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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0229
Introduced 1/13/2005, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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505 ILCS 5/5 |
from Ch. 5, par. 1005 |
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Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. For purposes of designating an agricultural area, requires that any non-contiguous portion must be within 1.5 miles of the nearest portion of the area.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0229 |
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LRB094 06072 JAM 36133 b |
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| AN ACT concerning agriculture.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Agricultural Areas Conservation and |
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| Protection Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (505 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 5, par. 1005)
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| Sec. 5. Agricultural Areas; Creation. Any owner or owners |
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| of land may submit
a proposal to the county board for the |
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| creation of an agricultural area
within such county. An |
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| agricultural area, at the creation of any such area,
shall not |
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| be less than 350 acres in all counties with a population under
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| 600,000 and not less than 100 acres in all counties with a |
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| population of
600,000 or more. Such proposal shall include a
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| description
of the proposed area, including the boundaries |
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| thereof.
Such territory shall
be as compact and nearly |
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| contiguous as feasible. If any portion of the proposed area is |
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| not contiguous to another portion of the proposed area, that |
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| non-contiguous portion must be no more that 1.5 miles from the |
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| nearest other portion of the proposed area as measured between |
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| the closest boundaries of the 2 portions. An area created under |
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| this
Act shall be established for a period of ten years. No |
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| land shall be included
in an agricultural area without the |
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| consent of the owner. No land within
an agricultural area shall |
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| be used for other than agricultural production
as described in |
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| Sections 3.01 and 3.02 of this Act. Agreements for the
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| extraction of mineral resources duly agreed upon prior to the |
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| creation of
an agricultural area shall be exempted from the use |
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| provisions of this
Section. In addition, the extraction of |
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| mineral resources conducted
pursuant to The Surface Coal Mining |
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| Land Conservation and Reclamation Act
shall be considered |
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| temporary land use and shall be exempted from the use
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| provisions of this Section.
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