(505 ILCS 5/7) (from Ch. 5, par. 1007)
Sec. 7.
Public hearing required.
The Agricultural Areas Committee of the
county board shall hold a public hearing on any proposal for the creation
of an agricultural area. Such hearing shall be held at a place within the
proposed area or a place readily accessible to the proposed area. Notice
of the hearing shall contain a statement of the time, date and place of
the public hearing and a description of the proposed area and any proposed
additions. Such notice shall in addition contain a statement that the public
hearing will be held concerning the original proposal, any written
amendments proposed during the 30 day review period and any recommendations
proposed by the county committee or the planning commissions. The notice shall
be published in a newspaper having a general circulation within the proposed
area or if no newspaper has general circulation within the proposed area, then
in a newspaper having general circulation within the county, and shall be given
in writing to the persons owning land within such a proposed area.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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