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| 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008SB0199
  Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. John O. Jones  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 
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|  |  |     Amends the State Designations Act.  Designates the GoldRush Apple as the official State fruit of Illinois.  Effective immediately.
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|  |  | SB0199 |  | LRB095 04999 JAM 25067 b |  | 
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| 1 |  |     AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 |  |     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  |     Section 5. The State Designations Act is amended  by adding  | 
| 5 |  | Section 57 as follows:
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| 6 |  |     (5 ILCS 460/57  new) | 
| 7 |  |     Sec. 57. State fruit. The fruit Malus xdomestica, commonly  | 
| 8 |  | known as the "GoldRush Apple", is designated the official State  | 
| 9 |  | fruit of the State of Illinois.
 
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| 10 |  |     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon  | 
| 11 |  | becoming law.
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