Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 700 - FARMLAND PRESERVATION ACT › Appendix B - Illinois Bureau of the Budget's Agricultural Land Preservation Policy Statement and Cooperative Working Agreement

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
I. FARMLAND PRESERVATION POLICY
The Illinois State Clearinghouse (Office of the Governor) is
				responsible for coordinating the gubernatorial review and analysis of grant
				applications and ensuring that they are consistent with existing state
				policies. The Bureau of the Budget (BOB) is responsible for the gubernatorial
				review and analysis of state capital plans and grant applications. In view of
				these major functions, the BOB/Office of the Governor shall implement the
				following activities pursuant to the Farmland Preservation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat.
				1985, ch. 5, par. 1301 et seq.).
1. The review of state capital plans.
State capital plans will be reviewed to determine
				their degree of compliance with farmland preservation policies (8 Ill. Adm.
				Code 700). The desired outcome of this effort will be improved state agency
				plans reflecting a concern for preservation of agricultural land in
				Illinois.
2. Assist the Department of Agriculture (DOA) in the
				review of federal grant applications which identify state and federal projects
				that will impact agricultural land. The Office of the Governor and the DOA will
				also strive to identify and resolve potential conflicts between proposed state
				agency projects and state farmland preservation goals.
3. Coordinate the review of State agency projects,
				applications for Federal assistance, contracts, plans and agreements utilizing
				the revised Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental Review of Federal
				Programs, 48 FR 3075 (1983)) and Section 5.1 of "AN ACT to create a Bureau of
				the Budget and to define its powers and duties and to make an appropriation"
				(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 127, par. 415) (State Review of Federal Programs)
				processes and mechanisms.
The Office of the Governor shall process and monitor
				all projects and applications covered by Executive Order 12372 and "AN ACT to
				create a Bureau of the Budget and to define its powers and duties and to make
				an appropriation" for compliance with Illinois' Farmland Preservation
				goals.
In fulfilling this task, BOB/Office of the Governor
				shall:
* identify individual state and federal projects
				displaying a potential impact upon agricultural land.
* provide weekly descriptions (Notices of Intent) to
				state agencies and to local and regional planning bodies of individual
				proposals submitted which demonstrate a potential for effecting agricultural
				lands.
* request that state agency projects, especially
				those involving capital development, routinely include information which will
				allow reviewers (state agencies and local planning bodies) to ascertain the
				proposal's impact upon agricultural lands.
II. CONCLUSION
The Bureau of the Budget and Office of the Governor recognize
				that land is one of Illinois' most valuable natural resources. The BOB and
				Office of the Governor will cooperate in the effort of the State of Illinois to
				minimize the conversion of land, valued for its agricultural products, to
				non-agricultural uses.
(July, 1987; revised)
ILLINOIS BUREAU OF THE BUDGET - ILLINOIS
				DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COOPERATIVE WORKING AGREEMENT
The Bureau of the Budget/Office of the Governor and the
				Illinois Department of Agriculture agree to the following:
1. The Governor's Office will provide the DOA with
				all Applications for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424) for the DOA's
				review of project proposals which may have an impact upon agricultural lands.
				Accordingly, the following procedures will apply.
A. The Governor's Office will forward the
				applications to the DOA on a weekly basis.
B. The DOA will review the applications to determine
				if they qualify for the Study of Agricultural Impacts (8 Ill. Adm. Code
				700.Appendix A: Exhibit B).
C. If the DOA determines that a Study of
				Agricultural Impacts is necessary, the DOA will notify the Governor's Office
				immediately in writing that a Study will be conducted. Subsequently, the
				Governor's Office will withhold its sign-off until the DOA has completed its
				Study of Agricultural Impacts or has received written notification from the DOA
				that an agreement has been reached on minimizing the negative agricultural
				impacts associated with the project(s).
D. If, within 30 working days of receipt of the
				application by the DOA, the Governor's Office has not been contacted by the DOA
				regarding the submitted application, the Governor's Office will assume the DOA
				has no objections and will proceed with the sign-off of the project(s).
2. Should either agency experience changes in policy
				or procedures which would alter the manner in which the agreement would be
				executed, the sister agency shall be informed for the purpose of negotiating a
				new agreement.
3. This Cooperative Working Agreement and the
				associated Agricultural Land Preservation Policy Statement shall be the
				governing document for the Bureau of the Budget/Office of the Governor and
				shall not be preempted in whole nor in part by any other agency's
				agreement.
(July, 1987; revised)