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LAUZEN-SIEBEN.

   35 ILCS 200/10-153 new                                                      

        Amends the Property Tax  Code  to  create  a  procedure  for  the      
   special  assessment  of  hedgefences  and  windbreaks  located on farm      
   property.   Provides  that  in  counties  with  less  than   3,000,000      
   inhabitants,  a  hedgefence or windbreak must be valued  at  one-sixth      
   of its  productivity  index  equalized  assessed  value  as  cropland.      
   Provides that in counties with  3,000,000  or  more  inhabitants,  the      
   hedgefence or windbreak must be valued at the lesser of either (i) 16%      
   of   the  fair   cash   value   of  the farm property estimated at the      
   price it would bring at a fair, voluntary sale for use by the buyer as      
   a farm or (ii) 90% of the 1983 average equalized  assessed  value  per      
   acre  certified  by the Department of Revenue.       Provides that the      
   hedgefences and windbreaks must meet the standards and  specifications      
   adopted  by  rule  of the Department of Revenue and must contain dense      
   vegetation that forms a uniform ground cover and must have a width  of      
   at   least   30   feet   and   a   length   of   at  least  100  feet.      
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