Bill Text: IL HB2243 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act. Provides that a person who petitions a municipality or county agency for relief from a zoning ordinance may, at his or her discretion, furnish a copy to the Soil and Water Conservation District to obtain its written opinion concerning the matter. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2243 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2243-Introduced.html
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
| |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 22.02a as follows:
| |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (70 ILCS 405/22.02a) (from Ch. 5, par. 127.2a)
| |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 22.02a.
| |||||||||||||||||||
8 | The Soil and Water Conservation District shall make all | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | natural resource
information available to the appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | county agency or municipality in
the promulgation of zoning | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | ordinances or variances. Any person who
petitions any | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | municipality or county agency in the district for variation,
| |||||||||||||||||||
13 | amendment, or other relief from that municipality's or county's | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | zoning
ordinance or who proposes to subdivide vacant or | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | agricultural lands therein
may, at his or her discretion, shall | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | furnish a copy of such petition or proposal to the Soil and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Water
Conservation District. If a petition or proposal is | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | provided, the The Soil and Water Conservation District shall be
| |||||||||||||||||||
19 | given not more than 30 days from the time of receipt of the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | petition or
proposal to issue its written opinion concerning | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the petition or proposal
and submit the same to the appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | county agency or municipality for
further action.
| |||||||||||||||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 77-1757.)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
|