Chapter 505 — AGRICULTURE

(505 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 5, par. 1001) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act". (Source: P.A. 81-1173.)

(505 ILCS 5/10) (from Ch. 5, par. 1010) Sec. 10. Adoption of Plan by County Board. The county board, after receiving the reports of the county committee and other comments, and after such public hearing, may adopt as a plan the proposal or any modification of the proposal it deem…

(505 ILCS 5/11) (from Ch. 5, par. 1011) Sec. 11. Requirement that Description of Agricultural Areas be filed with County Clerk and Recorder. Upon the creation or alteration of an agricultural area, the description thereof shall be filed by the county board with the county clerk. …

(505 ILCS 5/12) (from Ch. 5, par. 1012) Sec. 12. Petition for Withdrawal. Any person may submit a petition to the county board requesting the withdrawal of land from the agricultural area located within that county. Such petition must contain: 1. A statement indicating the propos…

(505 ILCS 5/13) (from Ch. 5, par. 1013) Sec. 13. Procedures for Consideration of Petition for Withdrawal. 1. Within 5 days after the receipt of a petition for withdrawal of land from an agricultural area, the county board shall provide notice of such petition by publishing a noti…

(505 ILCS 5/14) (from Ch. 5, par. 1014) Sec. 14. Procedures for Public Hearings on Petitions for Withdrawal. The Agricultural Areas Committee of the county board shall hold a public hearing within 60 days of the receipt of a petition for withdrawal of land from an agricultural ar…

(505 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 5, par. 1015) Sec. 15. Withdrawal of Land from an Agricultural Area. 1. Within 90 days after the receipt of a petition for withdrawal of land from an agricultural area, the county board shall accept or reject the petition in a written decision. The count…

(505 ILCS 5/16) (from Ch. 5, par. 1016) Sec. 16. Review of Agricultural Areas by County Board. The county board shall review any agricultural area created under this Act 10 years after the date of its creation and every 8 years thereafter. In conducting such review, the county bo…

(505 ILCS 5/17) (from Ch. 5, par. 1017) Sec. 17. Petition for Dissolution. Ten years after the date of creation of any agricultural area, owners of land within such area may petition the county board to dissolve the area. Such petition must be submitted in writing to the county b…

(505 ILCS 5/18) (from Ch. 5, par. 1018) Sec. 18. Limitation on Local Regulations. No local government shall exercise any of its powers to enact local laws or ordinances within an agricultural area in a manner which would unreasonably restrict or regulate farm structures or farmin…

(505 ILCS 5/19) (from Ch. 5, par. 1019) Sec. 19. Policy of State Agencies. It shall be the policy of all state agencies to encourage the maintenance of viable farming in agricultural areas and their administrative regulations and procedures shall be modified to this end insofar a…

(505 ILCS 5/2) (from Ch. 5, par. 1002) Sec. 2. Legislative findings and intent. It is the policy of the State to conserve, protect and to encourage the development and improvement of its agricultural lands for the production of food and other agricultural products. It is also the…

(505 ILCS 5/20) (from Ch. 5, par. 1020) Sec. 20. Limitation on power of certain public agencies to impose benefit assessments or special ad valorem levies. No political subdivision providing public services such as sewer, water or lights or for non-farm drainage may impose benefi…

(505 ILCS 5/20.1) (from Ch. 5, par. 1020.1) Sec. 20.1. Report to General Assembly and State Agencies. The Department of Agriculture shall make an annual report to the General Assembly on the location and size of all agricultural areas created or dissolved during the past year and…

(505 ILCS 5/20.2) (from Ch. 5, par. 1020.2) Sec. 20.2. Adding Land to Designated Agricultural Areas. Any proposal for adding land to a designated agricultural area shall be submitted to the county board which shall forward the proposal to the county committee within 10 days. With…

(505 ILCS 5/20.3) (from Ch. 5, par. 1020.3) Sec. 20.3. Land Ownership and Agricultural Areas. There shall be no restrictions on buying and selling of land in an agricultural area. Agricultural area designation of any land shall not be affected by any change in ownership of the la…

(505 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 1003) Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in Sections 3.01 through 3.08 have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections. (Source: P.A. 81-1173.)

(505 ILCS 5/3.01) (from Ch. 5, par. 1003.01) Sec. 3.01. "Agricultural Production" means the production for commercial purposes of crops, livestock and livestock and aquatic products, but not land or portions thereof used for processing of such crops, livestock or livestock or aqu…

(505 ILCS 5/3.02) (from Ch. 5, par. 1003.02) Sec. 3.02. "Crops, livestock and livestock and aquatic products" include but are not limited to the following: legume, hay, grain, fruit, and truck or vegetable crops, floriculture, horticulture, mushroom growing, nurseries, orchards, …

(505 ILCS 5/3.03) (from Ch. 5, par. 1003.03) Sec. 3.03. "Public Agency" means the State of Illinois or any political subdivision, or any agency, board, or department thereof, any special district, any municipality or any unit of local government. (Source: P.A. 81-1173.)

(505 ILCS 5/3.04) (from Ch. 5, par. 1003.04) Sec. 3.04. "Viable Farm Land" means land suitable for agricultural production and which will continue to be economically feasible for such use if real estate taxes, farm use restrictions, and speculative activities are limited to level…

(505 ILCS 5/3.05) (from Ch. 5, par. 1003.05) Sec. 3.05. "County Committee" means the County Agricultural Areas Committee. (Source: P.A. 81-1173.)

(505 ILCS 5/3.06) (from Ch. 5, par. 1003.06) Sec. 3.06. "Active Farmer" means any individual actively involved in the day-to-day operation or management of a farm and deriving at least 50% of his gross income from such management or operation. (Source: P.A. 81-1173.)

(505 ILCS 5/3.07) (from Ch. 5, par. 1003.07) Sec. 3.07. "County Board" means the county board of any county in this State except those counties with a population of 1 million or more. (Source: P.A. 81-1173.)

(505 ILCS 5/3.08) (from Ch. 5, par. 1003.08) Sec. 3.08. "County Appointing Authority" means a group comprised of the county board chairman, the county agricultural extension advisor and the chairman of the county soil and water conservation district which appoints persons to serv…

(505 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 5, par. 1004) Sec. 4. Agricultural Areas Committee. A county board may establish a county committee which shall consist of four active farmers, no more than two of whom shall be of the same major political party, and a member of the county board. The comm…

(505 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 5, par. 1005) Sec. 5. Agricultural Areas; Creation. Any owner or owners of land may submit a proposal to the county board for the creation of an agricultural area within such county. An agricultural area, at the creation of any such area, shall not be les…

(505 ILCS 5/6) (from Ch. 5, par. 1006) Sec. 6. Duties of the County Board. (a) Upon the receipt of such a proposal, the county board shall provide notice of such proposal by publishing a notice in a newspaper having general circulation within the proposed area or, if no such news…

(505 ILCS 5/7) (from Ch. 5, par. 1007) Sec. 7. Public hearing required. The Agricultural Areas Committee of the county board shall hold a public hearing on any proposal for the creation of an agricultural area. Such hearing shall be held at a place within the proposed area or a p…

(505 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 5, par. 1008) Sec. 8. Factors for Consideration in Formation of Agricultural Areas. (a) The following factors should be considered by county boards, county committees, or planning commissions, with respect to the formation of any agricultural area: 1. the…

(505 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 5, par. 1009) Sec. 9. If the proposed agricultural area includes real estate within a 1 1/2 mile radius from the corporate limits of any municipality, the county board shall notify the municipal authorities of such affected municipality of this proposed a…

(505 ILCS 10/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Experiences Act. (Source: P.A. 102-492, eff. 1-1-22.)

(505 ILCS 10/5) Sec. 5. Agricultural experiences. (a) In this Section, "agricultural experience" means any agriculture-related activity, as a secondary use in conjunction with agricultural production, on a farm which activity is open to the public with the intended purpose of pro…

(505 ILCS 15/0.01) (from Ch. 5, par. 90a.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Statistics Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(505 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 5, par. 90b) Sec. 1. The Department of Agriculture shall collect, compile, systematize, tabulate and publish statistical information relating to agriculture. Said Department is authorized to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture to a…

(505 ILCS 15/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 90d) Sec. 3. Each owner of farm land or his agent or tenant shall report the information sought by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to this Act. (Source: P.A. 81-188.)

(505 ILCS 15/7) (from Ch. 5, par. 90h) Sec. 7. "An Act in relation to the collection of agricultural statistics," approved June 28, 1919, and "An Act in relation to agricultural statistics and reports, and making an appropriation therefor," approved June 17, 1929, are repealed. (…

(505 ILCS 17/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Production Contract Code. (Source: P.A. 93-522, eff. 1-1-05.)

(505 ILCS 17/10) Sec. 10. Limited applicability. This Act shall not apply to a production contract under the provisions of which the commodity is to be delivered by the producer to the contractor or the contractor's designee within 30 days after the date of the production agreeme…

(505 ILCS 17/20) Sec. 20. Readability of production contracts. (a) A production contract must comply with all of the following: (1) It must be in a typeface at least as large as 10-point modern, one-point leaded. (2) It must be divided and captioned by its various sections, have …

(505 ILCS 17/25) Sec. 25. Index. An index of the major portions of the contract and the pages on which they are found must be included with each production contract offered to a producer that exceeds 2 pages in length. The index must contain references for any of the following th…

(505 ILCS 17/30) Sec. 30. Confidentiality clauses. A production contract may include a confidentiality provision, but communications with any of the following shall not be considered a breach of any such provision: (i) a producer's spouse; (ii) a producer's parents, siblings, and…

(505 ILCS 17/35) Sec. 35. Special provisions. If a production contract requires any special production or handling guidelines required by the producer, these provisions must be fully explained in the contract. These provisions include, but are not limited to, disease protocols fo…

(505 ILCS 17/40) Sec. 40. Termination or alteration of contracts. (a) A contractor may not provide, offer, or execute a production contract that allows the contractor to unilaterally terminate the contract unless (i) the termination is the result of a legitimate force majeure as …

(505 ILCS 17/45) Sec. 45. Investment requirements. (a) This Section applies to all production contracts that have capital investment requirements. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a contractor shall not take action to terminate or cancel a production contract until the c…

(505 ILCS 17/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Capital investment" means a purchase or lease of any of the following: (1) A structure used for producing or storing a commodity required to be provided by the producer under the ter…

(505 ILCS 17/50) Sec. 50. Enforcement; offenses; remedies. The Attorney General is primarily responsible for enforcing this Act. A violation of Section 20, 25, 30, or 35 is a business offense under the Unified Code of Corrections punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 per …

(505 ILCS 17/55) Sec. 55. Statute of limitations. A claim that a production contract violates this Act must be filed within 4 years after the date on which the party alleging the violation knew or should have known of the existence of the violation. (Source: P.A. 93-522, eff. 1-1…

(505 ILCS 17/60) Sec. 60. Conflict with the Uniform Commercial Code. To the extent that any provision of this Act conflicts with or is inconsistent with any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, the provision of this Act shall control. (Source: P.A. 93-522, eff. 1-1-05.)

(505 ILCS 17/7) Sec. 7. Applicability. This Code applies to production contracts signed on or after January 1, 2005. (Source: P.A. 93-815, eff. 1-1-05.)