2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 30 - FINANCE › 30 ILCS 595/ - Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act.

(30 ILCS 595/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act".
(Source: P.A. 96-579, eff. 8-18-09.)
(30 ILCS 595/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. "Local farm or food products" are products: (1) grown in Illinois; or (2) processed and packaged in Illinois, using at least one ingredient grown in Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 101-258, eff. 1-1-20.)
(30 ILCS 595/10)
Sec. 10. Procurement goals for local farm or food products.
(a) In order to create, strengthen, and expand local farm and food economies throughout Illinois, it shall be the goal of this State that 20% of all food and food products purchased by State agencies and State-owned facilities, including, without limitation, facilities for persons with mental health and developmental disabilities, correctional facilities, and public universities, shall, by 2020, be local farm or food products.
(b) The State shall support and encourage that 10% of food and food products purchased by entities funded in part or in whole by State dollars, which spend more than $25,000 per year on food or food products for its students, residents, or clients, including, without limitation, public schools, child care facilities, after-school programs, and hospitals, shall, by 2020, be local farm or food products.
(c) To meet the goals set forth in this Section, when a State contract for purchase of food or food products is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of local farm or food products may be given preference over other bidders, provided that the cost included in the bid of local farm or food products is not more than 10% greater than the cost included in a bid that is not for local farm or food products.
(d) All State agencies and State-owned facilities that purchase food and food products shall develop a system for (i) identifying the percentage of local farm or food products purchased for fiscal year 2021 as the baseline; and (ii) tracking and reporting local farm or food products purchases on an annual basis.
(e) On January 1, 2024 and each January 1 thereafter, those State agencies and State-owned facilities that
purchase food or food products shall publish in their respective procurement bulletins, in the form and format prescribed by the chief procurement officer, notice of their purchases of local farm or food products
in the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(Source: P.A. 102-1119, eff. 1-23-23.)
(30 ILCS 595/15)
Sec. 15. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 96-579, eff. 8-18-09. Repealed by P.A. 102-1119, eff. 1-23-23.)
(30 ILCS 595/20)
Sec. 20. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 99-653, eff. 1-1-17. Repealed by P.A. 102-1119, eff. 1-23-23.)
(30 ILCS 595/25)
Sec. 25. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 99-653, eff. 1-1-17. Repealed by P.A. 102-1119, eff. 1-23-23.)
(30 ILCS 595/30)
Sec. 30. Farm-school database. The Department of Agriculture shall establish, and make available on its website, a geo-coded  electronic database to facilitate the purchase of fresh produce and food products by schools. The database shall, at a minimum, contain the information necessary for (i) schools to identify and contact agricultural producers that are interested in supplying schools in the State with fresh produce and food products and (ii) agricultural producers of fresh produce and food products to identify schools in the State that are interested in purchasing those products. The Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules necessary to implement this Section. The Department of Agriculture shall also solicit federal and State funding for the purpose of implementing this program. The requirement of the Department to establish, and make available on its website, this database shall become effective once the Department has secured all of the additional federal or State funding necessary to implement this program.
(Source: P.A. 102-1119, eff. 1-23-23.)
(30 ILCS 595/80)
Sec. 80. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 96-579, eff. 8-18-09; text omitted.)
(30 ILCS 595/97)
Sec. 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
(Source: P.A. 96-579, eff. 8-18-09.)
(30 ILCS 595/99)
Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 96-579, eff. 8-18-09.)