Bill Text: IL SB1529 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Farm Nuisance Suit Act. To the definition of "farm", adds land used for the keeping of livestock, horse keeping, and horse boarding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0447 [SB1529 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1529-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1529 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chuck Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
740 ILCS 70/2 from Ch. 5, par. 1102
Amends the Farm Nuisance Suit Act. To the definition of "farm", adds land used for the keeping of livestock, horse keeping, and horse boarding.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Farm Nuisance Suit Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
(740 ILCS 70/2) (from Ch. 5, par. 1102)
Sec. 2. The term "farm" as used in this Act means any
parcel of land used for the growing and harvesting of crops;
for the feeding, breeding, keeping, and management of
livestock; for dairying, horse keeping, or horse boarding or
for any other agricultural or horticultural use or combination
thereof.
(Source: P.A. 82-509.)