SB2298 Summary

• Amends Section 5 of the Food and Agriculture Research Act to make a technical grammatical correction, changing "the the intent" to "the intent."

• Establishes legislative findings identifying food and agricultural research as critically important with significant public benefits for Illinois.

• Identifies state agricultural universities as responsible for conducting basic, developmental, and adaptive research related to the food and agricultural sector.

• Authorizes state expenditure of funds to enlarge, improve, and sustain publicly supported food and agricultural research programs in Illinois.