|
|
Public Act 094-0444
|
| HB0229 Enrolled |
LRB094 06072 JAM 36133 b |
|
|
AN ACT concerning agriculture.
|
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
|
represented in the General Assembly:
|
Section 5. The Agricultural Areas Conservation and |
Protection Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
|
(505 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 5, par. 1005)
|
Sec. 5. Agricultural Areas; Creation. Any owner or owners |
of land may submit
a proposal to the county board for the |
creation of an agricultural area
within such county. An |
agricultural area, at the creation of any such area,
shall not |
be less than 350 acres in all counties with a population under
|
600,000 and not less than 100 acres in all counties with a |
population of
600,000 or more. Such proposal shall include a
|
description
of the proposed area, including the boundaries |
thereof.
Such territory shall
be as compact and nearly |
contiguous as feasible. If any portion of the proposed area is |
not contiguous to another portion of the proposed area, that |
non-contiguous portion must be no more than 1.5 miles from the |
nearest other portion of the proposed area as measured between |
the closest boundaries of the 2 portions. An area created under |
this
Act shall be established for a period of ten years. No |
land shall be included
in an agricultural area without the |
consent of the owner. No land within
an agricultural area shall |
be used for other than agricultural production
as described in |
Sections 3.01 and 3.02 of this Act. Agreements for the
|
extraction of mineral resources duly agreed upon prior to the |
creation of
an agricultural area shall be exempted from the use |
provisions of this
Section. In addition, the extraction of |
mineral resources conducted
pursuant to The Surface Coal Mining |
Land Conservation and Reclamation Act
shall be considered |
temporary land use and shall be exempted from the use
|
provisions of this Section.
|