HB2718 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2718

Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

505 ILCS 57/5

Amends the Illinois Family Farmer Support Act. Makes a technical change concerning the definition of "family farmer".

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning agriculture.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Family Farmer Support Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(505 ILCS 57/5)

Sec. 5. Family farmer. "Family farmer" means an individual who is a resident of Illinois and and owns or leases land in Illinois that is used as a farm as that term is defined in Section 1-60 of the Property Tax Code.

(Source: P.A. 91-191, eff. 7-20-99.)