Bill Text: IL HB1076 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, notwithstanding other specified county property leasing provisions, upon majority vote, the county board may lease farmland acquired or held by the county for any term not exceeding 99 years. Provides that farmland may be leased to either public or private entities for the public purpose of financially supporting the operations of the government at any time or times and on any terms and conditions that the county board deems best for the interest of the county, including, but not limited to, crop-sharing arrangements. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0415 [HB1076 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1076-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, notwithstanding other specified county property leasing provisions, upon majority vote, the county board may lease farmland acquired or held by the county for any term not exceeding 99 years. Provides that farmland may be leased to either public or private entities for the public purpose of financially supporting the operations of the government at any time or times and on any terms and conditions that the county board deems best for the interest of the county, including, but not limited to, crop-sharing arrangements. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0415 [HB1076 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1076-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 5-1049.2 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/5-1049.2)
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7 | Sec. 5-1049.2. Lease of county property. | ||||||
8 | (a) The county board
may lease real estate acquired or | ||||||
9 | held by the county for any term not exceeding
99 years and may | ||||||
10 | lease the real estate when, in the opinion of the county
board, | ||||||
11 | the real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate, required | ||||||
12 | for the
use of, profitable to, or for the best interests of the | ||||||
13 | county. The authority
to lease shall be exercised by an | ||||||
14 | ordinance passed by three-fourths
of the full county board | ||||||
15 | members then holding office, at any regular meeting or at
any | ||||||
16 | special meeting called for that purpose. However, the county | ||||||
17 | board may
authorize any county officer to make leases for | ||||||
18 | terms not exceeding 2 years in
a manner determined by the | ||||||
19 | Board.
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20 | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), upon three-fourths | ||||||
21 | vote, by the full county board, the county board may lease | ||||||
22 | farmland acquired or held by the county for any term not | ||||||
23 | exceeding 5 years. Farmland may be leased to either public or |
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1 | private entities via a cash lease, crop-sharing arrangement, | ||||||
2 | or custom farming arrangement. The bid process for a lease | ||||||
3 | entered into under this subsection must be publicly advertised | ||||||
4 | and sealed bids must be opened at a county board meeting for | ||||||
5 | public review. Counties shall not acquire farmland for the | ||||||
6 | sole purpose of entering into a cash lease, crop-sharing | ||||||
7 | arrangement, or custom farming arrangement or other | ||||||
8 | speculative purpose. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 88-526.)
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law.
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