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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 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:
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| 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.
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| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 22 | | becoming law. |
