Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may create an urban agricultural zone composed of organizations or persons: who grow produce or other agricultural products; who raise livestock or poultry; who process livestock or poultry; or that sell a minimum of 75% locally grown food. Provides for the creation of an urban agricultural zone board to advise the county board, county board of commissioners, or corporate authorities of a municipality on urban agricultural zones. Provides for urban agricultural zone application requirements, including the number of jobs to be created, the types of products to be produced, and, if applying for a vending urban agricultural zone, the ability to accept food stamps under the provisions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program if selling products to consumers. Provides for county and municipal public hearing and notice requirements before adoption of an ordinance to establish an urban agricultural zone. Provides that property taxes on property located within an urban agricultural zone shall not be increased, if so provided in the urban agricultural zone ordinance, for a period of up to 25 years. Provides that sales tax amounts received from the sale of agricultural products sold in an urban agricultural zone shall be deposited in the Urban Agricultural Zone Fund and specifies distribution to the county, municipality, or school districts under specified circumstances. Allows for wholesale water rates and a reduction in water connection charges for property in an urban agricultural zone. Amends the State Finance Act making conforming changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-1)

Status: (Passed) 2018-11-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1133 [HB3418 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Representative Sonya Harper [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
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Representative Juliana Stratton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Ammons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Theresa Mah [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christian Mitchell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-026	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Elgie Sims [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Silvana Tabares [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Justin Slaughter [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Flowers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Linda LaVia [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-083	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Latoya Greenwood [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-114	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robyn Gabel [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Arthur Turner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Davis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ann Williams [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cynthia Soto [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Will Guzzardi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kathleen Willis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephanie Kifowit [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-084	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sue Scherer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ryan Spain [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-073	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Andre Thapedi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Laura Murphy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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