Illinois House Bill 3545

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to create a 5-year pilot program to reimburse farmers to leave a row of corn as snow fences. Requires the Department to establish rules and procedures. Provides that the Department shall pay the landowner or farmer based on its assumed yield, and the price per bushel shall be determined using the statewide average cash prince on August 1 each year plus $2 per bushel.

IDOT-SNOW FENCE PILOT PROGRAM

Rep. Bradley Fritts [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-18	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-18	House	First Reading
2025-02-07	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bradley Fritts

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	2705	2705-627	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3545&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=162235&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=202023&DocName=10400HB3545&DocNum=3545&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=162235&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=