093_HB2888

 
                                     LRB093 04367 JAM 04417 b

 1        AN ACT concerning the Department of Agriculture.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Department  of  Agriculture  Law  of  the
 5    Civil  Administrative  Code  of Illinois is amended by adding
 6    Section 205-40.43 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 205/205-40.43 new)
 8        Sec. 205-40.43.  Purchase  of  agricultural  conservation
 9    easements.  The  Department  of Agriculture may establish and
10    implement  a  program  for  the  purchase   of   agricultural
11    conservation easements, including the purchase of development
12    rights   from  willing  landowners,  for  the  protection  of
13    agricultural land from unnecessary conversion to other uses.

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