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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1076 Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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.
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| | HB1076 | | LRB103 05169 AWJ 50184 b |
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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 county board members |
| 15 | | then holding office, at any regular meeting or at
any special |
| 16 | | meeting called for that purpose. However, the county board may
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| 17 | | authorize any county officer to make leases for terms not |
| 18 | | exceeding 2 years in
a manner determined by the Board.
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| 19 | | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), upon majority vote, |
| 20 | | the county board may lease farmland acquired or held by the |
| 21 | | county for any term not exceeding 99 years. Farmland may be |
| 22 | | leased to either public or private entities for the public |
| 23 | | purpose of financially supporting the operations of the |