HB4774 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4774

Introduced , by Rep. Dave Winters

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new
65 ILCS 5/11-153-1 new

Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the county board of any county and the corporate authorities of any municipality may acquire agricultural land conservation easements for farmland preservation purposes. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 5-1130 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new)

Sec. 5-1130. Purchase of agricultural conservation easements for farmland preservation. The county board of any county may, by ordinance, acquire one or more agricultural land conservation easements, permanent or definitive, for farmland preservation purposes through the purchase of easements from landowners. The easement rights must limit the use of the land to production agriculture, as defined in Section 3-35 of the Use Tax Act, for a term specified by the ordinance.

Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-153-1 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-153-1 new)

Sec. 11-153-1. Purchase of agricultural conservation easements for farmland preservation. The corporate authorities of any municipality may, by ordinance, acquire one or more agricultural land conservation easements, permanent or definitive, for farmland preservation purposes through the purchase of easements from landowners. The easement rights must limit the use of the land to production agriculture, as defined in Section 3-35 of the Use Tax Act, for a term specified by the ordinance.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.