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Statutes > Illinois > Chapter30 > 473 (30 ILCS 120/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 651) Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Fair Act. (Source: P. A. 77‑1208.) |
(30 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 652) Sec. 2. When used in this Act, "Department" means Department of Agriculture. "County fair" means a fair sponsored by a fair association or agricultural society. "Director" means the Director of the Department of Agriculture. "Junior exhibitor" means an exhibitor whose age is within limits established by Department rule. (Source: P.A. 91‑934, eff. 6‑1‑01.) |
(30 ILCS 120/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 653) Sec. 3. A county fair in order to be eligible to receive state funds from the Agricultural Premium Fund must have held annual fairs or have been organized for that purpose prior to July 1, 1971 and at that time be eligible to participate in programs under Section 28 of "An Act in relation to State finance". If no county fair within a county meets the requirements set forth in this Section, the county board may by resolution designate an existing county fair to be the participant in such programs, and shall notify the Department of its action. (Source: P. A. 77‑1208.) |
(30 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 654) Sec. 4. The Department has the power to make rules and regulations as may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. The provisions of the rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. (Source: P. A. 77‑1208.) |
(30 ILCS 120/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 655) Sec. 5. To qualify for disbursements made by the Department from an appropriation made under provisions of this Act, each county fair should notify the Department in writing of its declaration of intent to participate by December 31 of the year preceding the year in which such distribution shall be made. The notification shall state the following: facts of its organization, location, officers, dates of exhibitions and approximate amount of premiums to be offered. (Source: P.A. 91‑934, eff. 6‑1‑01.) |
(30 ILCS 120/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 656) Sec. 6. After August 20, 1971, the General Assembly and the Director shall approve the organization of new county fairs that shall be established for the purpose of holding annual fairs, provided that an element of such approval shall be an appropriation in a separate bill authorizing such fairs' participation in the disbursements provided for in this Act. (Source: P.A. 81‑159.) |
(30 ILCS 120/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 657) Sec. 7. The Department may deny any county fair participation in the programs provided in this Act for violation of any part of the Act and for failure to comply with the rules and regulations as provided for in this Act. If a county fair eligible to participate in the appropriations made under this Act does not hold a fair for 2 consecutive years, unless failure to hold a county fair is due to an act of God or war, it shall be ineligible to participate in the programs provided in this Act until the county board designates it as the county fair in that county to be eligible to receive disbursements from an appropriation under this Act. (Source: P.A. 77‑1208.) |
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(Source: P.A. 94‑261, eff. 1‑1‑06.) |
(30 ILCS 120/10) (from Ch. 85, par. 660) Sec. 10. (a) Effective with fiscal year 1987, each county fair's authorized base shall be set at 66 2/3% of the approved amount of premium paid in either fiscal year 1984 or 1985, whichever year has the largest approved amount. The authorized base of the Gallatin, Montgomery and Massac county fairs for fiscal years 1987 and 1988 shall be $15,000 each. If there is a change in the appropriation, the Director shall allocate to each fair the same percentages of that appropriation as it received of the authorized bases for all fairs. (b) The Department shall reimburse each eligible county fair as follows: 100% of the first $2,000 of approved premiums awarded at each eligible county fair; 85% of the next $2,000; 75% of the next $3,000; 65% of the next $3,000; 55% of the next $4,000; and 50% of the remaining premiums paid until the total reimbursement equals the authorized base amount for each fair. (c) If, after all approved state aid claims are paid for the current year pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section, any amount remains in the appropriations for state aid, that remaining amount shall be distributed on a grant basis. If the total amount of excess approved state aid claims over the authorized base is equal to or less than the remaining amount appropriated for state aid, then each participating fair shall receive a grant equivalent to the excess of its approved claim over its authorized base. If the total amount of excess approved state aid claims exceeds the remaining monies appropriated for state aid, the grants shall be distributed to the participating fairs in proportion to the total amounts of their respective excess approved claims. If, after all approved claims are paid, any amount remains, that amount shall be distributed to all county fairs eligible under this Section in proportion to their total state aid claims. Fairs filing approved claims exceeding both their authorized base and the grant provided for in this subsection shall participate in the Growth Incentive Program set forth in Section 10.1. Grant monies received by a county fair shall be used only for premiums, awards, judge's fees, and other expenses incurred by the fair which are directly related to the operation of the fair and approved by regulation of the Department. Each fair shall file with the Department a fiscal accounting of the expenditure of the grant monies received under this subsection each year at the same time it files its report under Section 12 in relation to the fair held in the next succeeding year. Effective with fiscal year 1989 and each odd numbered fiscal year thereafter, the authorized base of all participating county fairs shall be adjusted by applying 66 2/3% to the amount of approved premiums paid in the highest of the previous 2 fiscal years. (Source: P.A. 91‑934, eff. 6‑1‑01.) |
(30 ILCS 120/10.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 660.1) Sec. 10.1. Fairs with approved state aid claims exceeding both their authorized base and the grant provided for in subsection (c) of Section 10 of this Act, hereinafter referred to as eligible claims, shall receive a special appropriation from the Growth Incentive Program as provided in this Section. If the total amount of eligible claims is equal to or less than the amount appropriated for the Growth Incentive Program, then each participating fair shall receive the amount of its eligible claim. Should the total amount of all such eligible claims exceed the monies appropriated for this program, the amount appropriated shall be distributed to the several participating fairs in proportion to the total amounts of their respective eligible claims. If, after all approved claims are paid, any amount remains in the special appropriation for this program, that remaining amount shall become a part of the grant program for all county fairs as provided for in subsection (c) of Section 10 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 81‑159.) |
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b) That all receipts from any source other than | ||
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The statement shall correspond with the published offer of premiums, and shall be accompanied by an itemized list of all premiums paid upon the basis of the premiums provided, a copy of the published premium list of the fair, and a full statement of receipts and expenditures for the current year that has been duly verified by the president and secretary of the fair. The Department may within the period not to exceed 30 days after a fair has filed its claim pay 75% of the fair's authorized base amount if the claim for premiums filed is equal to or exceeds such fair's authorized base for that year. If the claim filed is less than the fair's authorized base, the Department shall only pay 75% of the amount of the claim filed. Should the amount paid a fair exceed the amount authorized after the final audit of such claim, then the fair shall within 30 days after notice by the Department pay to the Department the difference between the amount received and the amount as approved for such fair in the final audit as long as funds are available. (Source: P.A. 94‑261, eff. 1‑1‑06.) |
(30 ILCS 120/15) (from Ch. 85, par. 665) Sec. 15. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 81‑159. Repealed by P.A. 91‑934, eff. 6‑1‑01 .) |
(30 ILCS 120/19) (from Ch. 85, par. 669) Sec. 19. Each year, beginning in State fiscal year 2001, each county fair or Fair and Exposition Authority that received moneys from the Fair and Exposition Fund during State fiscal year 2000 shall receive from that Fund an amount equal to that received in State fiscal year 2000. If an eligible county fair elects to begin participation in an appropriation from the Fair and Exposition Fund in State fiscal year 2001 or thereafter, an additional amount shall be appropriated not to exceed an amount equal to the number representing the last official census of that county multiplied by the amount determined by dividing the amount appropriated for State fiscal year 2000 by the total official census of those counties that participated in State fiscal year 2000, except that no county fair shall receive an amount greater than the largest amount received by a county fair or Fair and Exposition Authority in 2000. In the event a county has more than one fair participating in such appropriation, that county's share shall be divided equally among them. (Source: P.A. 91‑934, eff. 6‑1‑01.) |
(30 ILCS 120/21) (from Ch. 85, par. 671) Sec. 21. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87‑1219. Repealed by P.A. 91‑934, eff. 6‑1‑01 .) |
(30 ILCS 120/21.5) Sec. 21.5. No county fair shall qualify for disbursements made by the Department from an appropriation made under the provisions of this Act unless it notifies the Department in writing of its declaration of intent to participate by December 31 of the year preceding the year in which such distribution shall be made. The notification shall state the following: the facts of its organization, location, officers, dates of exhibitions, approximate amount of premiums to be offered and the estimated amounts to be expended, and the purpose for the expenditures. Before the end of the calendar year following the expenditure, each participant receiving money shall make an accounting of it to the Director. (Source: P.A. 91‑934, eff. 6‑1‑01.) |
(30 ILCS 120/22) (from Ch. 85, par. 672) Sec. 22. No appropriation made under the provisions of this Act shall be used for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of any fair. (Source: P.A. 91‑934, eff. 6‑1‑01.) |