(30 ILCS 120/18) (from Ch. 85, par. 668)
Sec. 18. Money shall be paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund by the
Illinois Racing Board, as provided in Section 28 of the Illinois Horse
Racing Act of 1975. The General Assembly shall from time to time make
appropriations payable from such fund to the Department for distribution to
county fairs. Such appropriations shall be
distributed by the Department to county fairs which are eligible to participate
in appropriations made from the Agricultural Premium Fund but which elect
instead to participate in appropriations made from the Fair and Exposition Fund. If a county has more than
one
county fair, such fairs shall jointly elect to participate either in
appropriations made from the Agricultural Premium Fund or in appropriations
made from the Fair and Exposition Fund. All participating county fairs of the
same county shall participate in the same appropriation. Except as otherwise
allowed by the Director, a participant, to be
eligible to expend moneys appropriated from the
Fair and Exposition Fund for the purchase of new or additional land
construction or maintenance of buildings, grounds, facilities, infrastructure,
or any improvement to the grounds must hold
the land on which such fair or exposition is to be conducted as a fee or under
a lease of at least 20 years, the terms of which require the lessee to have
continuous possession of the land during every day of the lease period, or must be owned by the fair association participating in this disbursement, by an agricultural society, or by a fair and exposition authority.
(Source: P.A. 99-183, eff. 7-29-15.)
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