Bill Amendment: IL HB1076 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: COUNTIES CD-LEASE OF FARMLAND

Status: 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0415 [HB1076 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1076-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Jason Plummer

Filed: 5/17/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1076
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1076 by replacing
line 14 on page 1 through line 4 on page 2 with the following:
"ordinance passed by three-fourths of the full county board
members then holding office, at any regular meeting or at any
special meeting called for that purpose. However, the county
board may authorize any county officer to make leases for
terms not exceeding 2 years in a manner determined by the
Board.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), upon three-fourths
vote, by the full county board, the county board may lease
farmland acquired or held by the county for any term not
exceeding 5 years. Farmland may be leased to either public or
private entities via a cash lease, crop-sharing arrangement,
or custom farming arrangement. The bid process for a lease
entered into under this subsection must be publicly advertised
and sealed bids must be opened at a county board meeting for
public review. Counties shall not acquire farmland for the

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sole purpose of entering into a cash lease, crop-sharing
arrangement, or custom farming arrangement or other
speculative purpose.".