Illinois House Bill 3096 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-04-05 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Municipal Urban Agricultural Areas Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, establish an urban agricultural area committee for the purpose of transforming vacant lots in a disadvantaged community or communities within the municipality into an urban agricultural area. Provides that, before the municipality either approves or denies the creation of an urban agricultural area, the urban agricultural area committee shall: (1) review the geographic description of the proposed urban agricultural area and make recommendations as to the adequacy of the geographic area; (2) seek and compile a list of qualified farmers that would operate in the proposed urban agricultural area; (3) estimate the number of jobs to be created, maintained, or supported within the proposed urban agricultural area and the type of products to be produced; and (4) make recommendations as to how the vacant parcels shall be transformed into usable agricultural or aquaculture lots if the vacant lots are not immediately ready for a qualifying farmer. States the duration of such urban agricultural area. Allows agricultural or aquaculture use of vacant lots within the urban agricultural area, even if not zoned for such use, with reasonable setback, height, livestock, and poultry regulations.

MUNI-URBAN AGRICULTURAL AREA

Rep. Sonya Harper [D]

Rep. Carol Ammons [D]

Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
2021-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2021-03-16	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
2021-03-15	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2021-02-19	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2021-02-19	House	First Reading
2021-02-18	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	5	11-15.4-10	Amended Code	Citation Text
65	5	11-15.4-13	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3096&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB3096.htm