Bill Text: IL HB2302 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall make resources available for future and existing community gardens and farms located within urban areas of the State that seek to screen or test the soil for contaminants that could pose a hazard to human health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [HB2302 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2302-Introduced.html


101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2302

Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 205/205-70 new

Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall make resources available for future and existing community gardens and farms located within urban areas of the State that seek to screen or test the soil for contaminants that could pose a hazard to human health.
LRB101 09141 SLF 54235 b

A BILL FOR

HB2302LRB101 09141 SLF 54235 b
1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
6205-70 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 205/205-70 new)
8 Sec. 205-70. Community gardens. The Department shall make
9resources available for future and existing community gardens
10and farms located within urban areas of this State that seek to
11screen or test the soil for contaminants that could pose a
12hazard to human health.
feedback