96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2718

 

Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
505 ILCS 57/5

    Amends the Illinois Family Farmer Support Act. Makes a technical change concerning the definition of "family farmer".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning agriculture.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Family Farmer Support Act is
5 amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6     (505 ILCS 57/5)
7     Sec. 5. Family farmer. "Family farmer" means an individual
8 who is a resident of Illinois and and owns or leases land in
9 Illinois that is used as a farm as that term is defined in
10 Section 1-60 of the Property Tax Code.
11 (Source: P.A. 91-191, eff. 7-20-99.)