093_HB1285enr HB1285 Enrolled LRB093 02568 BDD 07873 b 1 AN ACT concerning agriculture. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Agricultural Areas Conservation and 5 Protection Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows: 6 (505 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 5, par. 1005) 7 Sec. 5. Agricultural Areas; Creation. Any owner or 8 owners of land may submit a proposal to the county board for 9 the creation of an agricultural area within such county. An 10 agricultural area, at the creation of any such area, shall 11 not be less than 350 acres in all counties with a population 12 under 600,000 and not less than 100 acres in all counties 13 with a population of 600,000 or more. Such proposal shall 14 include a description of the proposed area, including the 15 boundaries thereof. Such territory shall be as compact and 16 nearly contiguous as feasible. An area created under this Act 17 shall be established for a period of ten years. No land 18 shall be included in an agricultural area without the consent 19 of the owner. No land within an agricultural area shall be 20 used for other than agricultural production as described in 21 Sections 3.01 and 3.02 of this Act. Agreements for the 22 extraction of mineral resources duly agreed upon prior to the 23 creation of an agricultural area shall be exempted from the 24 use provisions of this Section. In addition, the extraction 25 of mineral resources conducted pursuant to The Surface Coal 26 Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act shall be 27 considered temporary land use and shall be exempted from the 28 use provisions of this Section. 29 (Source: P.A. 84-456.) 30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon HB1285 Enrolled -2- LRB093 02568 BDD 07873 b 1 becoming law.