Farmland Preservation Act

Sections covered

• 505 ILCS 75/1Short Title
• 505 ILCS 75/2Legislative Findings and Intent
• 505 ILCS 75/3An Inter-Agency Committee on Farmland Preservation is created
• 505 ILCS 75/4The Inter-Agency Committee on Farmland Preservation shall prepare policy statements and working agreements for each of the agencies named in Section 3 of this Act specifying the policy of that agency toward farmland preservation and the administrative process used to implement that policy
• 505 ILCS 75/5Agriculture › 505 ILCS 75 — Farmland Preservation Act
• 505 ILCS 75/6The Department of Agriculture shall administer this Act and report annually to the Governor and to the General Assembly the amount of farmland converted to nonagricultural uses as a result of State action
• 505 ILCS 75/7This Act shall not apply to those projects for which, on the effective date of this Act, (a) a final public hearing has been held or (b) design approval has been given by the responsible State agency or by the federal agency which is providing all or part of the project funds
• 505 ILCS 75/8This Act shall take effect upon becoming law