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HB2933 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil | ||||||
| 5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 6 | 205-36 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 205/205-36 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 205-36. Agricultural drought and climate resilience | ||||||
| 9 | report. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The Department shall study: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) the specific actions that can be taken and the | ||||||
| 12 | practices that can be implemented to mitigate the impacts | ||||||
| 13 | of drought and climate change on agriculture in the State; | ||||||
| 14 | (2) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of | ||||||
| 15 | establishing and implementing financial and technical | ||||||
| 16 | assistance programs to mitigate the impacts of drought and | ||||||
| 17 | climate change on agricultural producers in the State; | ||||||
| 18 | (3) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of using | ||||||
| 19 | agricultural land management to realize greenhouse gas | ||||||
| 20 | reductions and maximize carbon sequestration opportunities | ||||||
| 21 | in the State; | ||||||
| 22 | (4) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of using | ||||||
| 23 | floatovoltaics in State waterways; and | ||||||
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| 1 | (5) the costs, benefits, and feasibility of | ||||||
| 2 | establishing within the Department an Agricultural Drought | ||||||
| 3 | and Climate Resilience Office for the purpose of providing | ||||||
| 4 | agricultural producers with the voluntary technical | ||||||
| 5 | assistance, nonregulatory programs, and incentives | ||||||
| 6 | necessary to harden the State's agricultural sector to the | ||||||
| 7 | coming impacts of drought and climate change. | ||||||
| 8 | (b) The Department may enter into a contract or grant | ||||||
| 9 | agreement with one or more organizations or institutions with | ||||||
| 10 | expertise in environmental and agricultural issues for the | ||||||
| 11 | purpose of completing the tasks delegated to it in this | ||||||
| 12 | Section. In conducting the cost-benefit analyses described in | ||||||
| 13 | this Section, the Department may take into account the value | ||||||
| 14 | of ecosystem services. | ||||||
| 15 | (c) Within 2 years after the effective date of this | ||||||
| 16 | amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Department | ||||||
| 17 | shall report its findings and recommendations to the General | ||||||
| 18 | Assembly by filing a copy of the report described in this | ||||||
| 19 | Section with General Assembly as provided in Section 3.1 of | ||||||
| 20 | the General Assembly Organization Act. | ||||||
| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law. | ||||||