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IL HB0810
Bill
Status
1/18/2019
Primary Sponsor
Sonya Harper
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AI Summary
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Allows the Director of Central Management Services to sell or lease surplus state property (under 5 acres) to charitable non-profit organizations for urban farming operations that cultivate and sell fresh fruits and vegetables
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Non-profit recipients must not be controlled directly or indirectly by any agricultural, commercial, or other business entity
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Non-profits may sell produce grown on the conveyed land either on-site or off-site, provided sales are related to their non-profit purposes and net proceeds further their charitable mission
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Any lease of state property to qualifying non-profits must comply with the Illinois Procurement Code
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Creates a property tax exemption for state land sold or leased to non-profits for urban farming use, so long as net proceeds are used to further the organization's non-profit purposes
Legislative Description
STATE PROPERTY-URBAN FARMS
Last Action
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/29/2019