(505 ILCS 40/21) (from Ch. 5, par. 721)
Sec. 21.
A proposed amendment to an existing corn marketing program may
be requested by petition to the Director by 5% of the affected producers
from each respective district or by a 2/3 majority vote of the corn marketing
board. If any amendment to an existing corn marketing program is proposed,
the Director shall hold a public hearing to consider such amendment. After
the close of the public hearing the Director and the corn marketing board
shall send copies of their findings to all parties of record appearing at
the hearing. If such proposed amendment is approved by the corn marketing
board a referendum may be held thereon in accordance with Section 9 and
the same voting requirements for adoption of the corn marketing program
as set forth in Section 7. When any such amendment is approved by referendum,
the Department shall file the amendment with the Secretary of State as provided
in Section 5-65 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
The Director, upon recommendation of the corn marketing board, shall
establish procedures necessary in the development and adoption of such proposed
amendment to an existing corn marketing program. Such procedures shall be
included in the rules of the Department required by Section 5-15 of the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-45.)
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