505 ILCS 135/5

There is hereby created the Sustainable Agriculture Committee which shall consist of 7 members as follows: one member representing and appointed by the Governor; one member representing and appointed by the Board of Higher Education; one member representing and appointed by the Department of Agriculture; and 4 members appointed by the Department of Agriculture who are farmers actively involved in production agriculture. Members of the Committee shall be appointed for a term of 5 years.

It is the duty of the Committee to seek sources of funding for projects described in Section 4. These sources may be private or public, or federal, State, or local, or designated for agricultural, environmental, or other related purposes. The Committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the Department of Agriculture in program administration and funding recommendations.

The Department of Agriculture may accept funds from any public or private source for the purposes specified in Section 3. Funds received shall be deposited into the State treasury into a State trust fund to be held by the Treasurer as ex-officio custodian and subject to the Comptroller -- Treasurer, voucher -- warrant system. Such funds shall be used by the Department only for the purposes specified in Section 3.