Illinois Compiled Statutes 505 Agriculture: Article -

• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Wheat Development Act. (Source: P.A. 90-377, eff. 8-14-97.)
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 5
  Legislative purpose. The following is declared to be the legislative policy of this Act: (1) to foster development of new markets for wheat and...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 10
  Definitions. For the purpose of this Act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: "Bushel" means 60 pounds of wheat by weight. "Department" means the...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 15
  Wheat development programs; requirements. A wheat development program proposed or adopted under this Act shall include where applicable the following: (1) a definition of...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 20
  Optional programs; contracts; political activities. A wheat development program proposed or adopted under this Act may include any of the following: (1) Wheat development...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 25
  Temporary program committee; proposals; procedures. After the effective date of this Act if there are sponsors willing and able to meet the requirements of Section...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 30
  Referenda; petitions. Within 90 days after final approval of any proposed wheat development program by the temporary wheat development program committee, the Director shall determine...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 35
  Wheat Commodity Trust Fund; expenses; reimbursements. Before considering any proposed wheat development program or amendment, the Director may require the sponsors to deposit an...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 40
  Voting; polling places; qualifications. In a referendum under this Act, voting shall be by ballot cast by eligible voters in a manner, as determined...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 45
  Duration of program; termination. A wheat development program established under this Act shall remain in effect for 5 years. Thereafter, the program shall automatically...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 50
  Wheat Development board; officers; expenses. A wheat development program established under this Act shall provide for a wheat development board consisting of at least...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 55
  Elections; candidates; vacancies. For the initial board any wheat producer may be elected only if he first has his name placed on the ballot...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 60
  Duties. The duties and responsibilities of the wheat development board shall be prescribed in the authority for each wheat development program and to the...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 65
  Director; duties. For any wheat development program approved by referendum under this Act the Director shall: (1) take steps to insure that adequate and...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 70
  Assessments. A properly qualified wheat development program shall provide for assessments against producers of the affected commodity to defray the costs of the activities provided...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 75
  Refunds. A producer who has sold wheat and has an assessment deducted from the sale price may, by application in writing to the board, secure...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 80
  Collection of assessments; penalties; actions. Persons who collect wheat development program assessment funds pursuant to Section 70 of this Act shall remit those funds...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 85
  Reports; audit. The wheat development board shall publish annually an activity and financial report for the wheat development program. The report shall be available...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 90
  Termination of program; unobligated funds. Upon termination of a wheat development program, all remaining unobligated funds shall be refunded to the Illinois Department of...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 95
  Enforcement; actions; injunctions. No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to comply with any requirement of this Act where obligated to comply by a...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 100
  Amendments; hearings; referendum. A proposed amendment to an existing wheat development program may be requested by petition to the Director by 5% of the...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 105
  Suspension of program. The operation of a wheat development program or any part thereof may be temporarily suspended for any reasonable cause by the...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 110
  Administrative Procedure Act; application. Sections 25 and 30 of this Act shall not be subject to Sections 5-35, 5-40, 5-100, 5-105, 5-110, 5-115, 5-120,...
• Illinois Wheat Development Act. - 505 ILCS 145, Section 199
  Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 90-377, eff. 8-14-97.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015