Bob Rita voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Title: Authorizes the State Government to Declare Food Deserts
Signed by Governor JB Pritzker
Title: Authorizes the State Government to Declare Food Deserts
Title: Authorizes the State Government to Declare Food Deserts
Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes the state government to declare food deserts.
Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity within the Illinois state government to declare food deserts (Sec. 1).
Defines “food deserts” for the purpose of this bill as a census urban or rural tract that meets one of the following poverty and population standards including (Sec. 5):
With a poverty rate of at least 20% in census tracts;
Not located within a metropolitan statistical area and has a median family income less than or equal to 80% of the statewide median household income in census tracts;
Not located within a metropolitan statistical area and has a median family income less than or equal to 80% of the greater of the statewide median household or family income in census tracts;
With at least 33% of the population or 500 residents more than 10 miles from the nearest grocery store in rural tracts; or
With at least 33% of the population of the tract or at least 500 residents outside of a half-mile from the nearest grocery store in an urban tract.
Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 99).
Title: Authorizes the State Government to Declare Food Deserts
Title: Authorizes the State Government to Declare Food Deserts