100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2901

 

Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/2-45
35 ILCS 200/3-5

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes to the professional designations required for township and multi-township assessors and for supervisors of assessment. Repeals a provision regarding experience-based qualifications. Effective July 1, 2017.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2-45 and 3-5 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/2-45)
7    Sec. 2-45. Selection and eligibility of township and
8multi-township assessors.
9    (a) In all counties under township organization, township
10or multi-township assessors shall be qualified as required by
11subsections (b) through (d) of this Section and shall be
12elected as provided in this Code. Township or multi-township
13assessors shall enter upon their duties on January 1 following
14their election, and perform the duties of the office for 4
15years.
16    (b) Beginning December 1, 1996, in any township or
17multi-township assessment district not subject to the
18requirements of subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, no
19person is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as
20a candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for,
21or be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of township or
22multi-township assessor, unless he or she (i) has successfully
23completed an introductory course in assessment practices that

 

 

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1is approved by the Department; or (ii) possesses at least one
2of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
3subsection (c) of this Section. The candidate cannot file
4nominating papers or participate as a candidate unless a copy
5of the certificate of his or her qualifications from the
6Department is filed with the township clerk, board of election
7commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by
8the Election Code. The candidate cannot be appointed to fill a
9vacancy until he or she has filed a copy of the certificate of
10his or her qualifications from the Department with the
11appointing authority.
12    (c) Beginning December 1, 1996, in a township or
13multi-township assessment district with $25,000,000 or more of
14non-farm equalized assessed value or $1,000,000 or more in
15commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no person
16is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as a
17candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for, or
18be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of township or
19multi-township assessor, unless he or she possesses at least
20one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6)
21of this subsection (c).
22        (1) a currently active Certified Illinois Assessing
23    Officer designation certificate from the Illinois Property
24    Assessment Institute with current additional 30 class
25    hours as required for additional compensation under
26    Section 4-10;

 

 

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1        (2) (A) (blank) A Certified Illinois Assessing Officer
2    certificate from the Illinois Property Assessment
3    Institute with a minimum of 300 additional hours of
4    successfully completed courses approved by the Department,
5    if at least 150 of the course hours required a written
6    examination; and
7        (B) (blank) within the 4 years preceding the election,
8    successful completion of at least 15 class hours of
9    additional training in courses that must be approved by the
10    Department, including but not limited to, assessment,
11    appraisal, or computer courses, and that may be offered by
12    accredited universities, colleges, or community colleges;
13        (3) a Certified Assessment Evaluator designation from
14    the International Association of Assessing Officers;
15        (4) currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM
16    designation certification as a Member of the Appraisal
17    Institute, Senior Real Estate Analyst, or Senior Real
18    Property Appraiser from the Appraisal Institute or its
19    predecessor organization; or
20        (5) currently active a professional designation by any
21    other appraisal or assessing association approved by the
22    Department; or
23        (6) (blank). if the person has served as a township or
24    multi-township assessor for 12 years or more, a Certified
25    Illinois Assessing Official certificate from the Illinois
26    Property Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360

 

 

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1    additional hours of successfully completed courses
2    approved by the Department, if at least 180 of the course
3    hours required a written examination.
4    The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate
5as a candidate unless a copy of the certificate of his or her
6qualifications from the Department is filed with the township
7clerk, board of election commissioners, or other appropriate
8authority as required by the Election Code. The candidate
9cannot be appointed to fill a vacancy until he or she has filed
10a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications with the
11appointing authority.
12    (d) Beginning December 1, 2000, in a township or
13multi-township assessment district with more than $10,000,000
14and less than $25,000,000 of non-farm equalized assessed value
15and less than $1,000,000 in commercial and industrial equalized
16assessed value, no person who has previously been elected as
17township or multi-township assessor in any such township or
18multi-township assessment district is eligible to file
19nomination papers or participate as a candidate in any caucus
20or primary or general election for the office of township or
21multi-township assessor, unless he or she possesses at least
22one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6)
23of subsection (c) of this Section. The candidate cannot file
24nominating papers or participate as a candidate unless a copy
25of the certificate of his or her qualifications from the
26Department is filed with the township clerk, board of election

 

 

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1commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by
2the Election Code.
3    (e) If any person files nominating papers for candidacy for
4the office of township or multi-township assessor without also
5filing a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications
6from the Department as required by this Section, the clerk of
7the township, the board of election commissioners, or other
8appropriate authority as required by the Election Code shall
9refuse to certify the name of the person as a candidate to the
10proper election officials.
11    If no candidate for election meets the above qualifications
12there shall be no election and the town board of trustees or
13multi-township board of trustees shall appoint or contract with
14a person under Section 2-60.
15    As used in this Section only, "non-farm equalized assessed
16value" means the total equalized assessed value in the township
17or multi-township assessment district as reported to the
18Department under Section 18-225 after removal of homestead
19exemptions, and after removal of the equalized assessed value
20reported as farm or minerals to the Department under Section
2118-225.
22    For purposes of this Section only, "file nomination papers"
23also includes having nomination papers filed on behalf of the
24candidate by another person.
25(Source: P.A. 93-188, eff. 7-11-03.)
 

 

 

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1    (35 ILCS 200/3-5)
2    Sec. 3-5. Supervisor of assessments. In counties with less
3than 3,000,000 inhabitants and in which no county assessor has
4been elected under Section 3-45, there shall be a county
5supervisor of assessments, either appointed as provided in this
6Section, or elected.
7    In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and not
8having an elected county assessor or an elected supervisor of
9assessments, the office of supervisor of assessments shall be
10filled by appointment by the presiding officer of the county
11board with the advice and consent of the county board.
12    To be eligible for appointment or to be eligible to file
13nomination papers or participate as a candidate in any primary
14or general election for, or be elected to, the office of
15supervisor of assessments, or to enter upon the duties of the
16office, a person must possess one of the following
17qualifications as certified by the Department individual to the
18county clerk:
19        (1) A currently active Certified Illinois Assessing
20    Official designation certificate from the Illinois
21    Property Assessment Institute, plus the additional
22    training required for additional compensation under
23    Section 4-10.
24        (2) A currently active Certified Assessment Evaluator
25    designation certificate from the International Association
26    of Assessing Officers.

 

 

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1        (3) A currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM
2    designation Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI),
3    Residential Member (RM), Senior Real Estate Analyst
4    (SREA), Senior Real Property Analyst (SRPA) or Senior
5    Residential Analyst (SRA) certificate from the Appraisal
6    Institute or its predecessor organizations.
7        (4) (Blank). If the person has served as a supervisor
8    of assessments for 12 years or more, a Certified Illinois
9    Assessing Official certificate from the Illinois Property
10    Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360 additional hours
11    of successfully completed courses approved by the
12    Department if at least 180 of the course hours required a
13    written examination.
14    In addition, a person must have had at least 2 years'
15experience in the field of property sales, assessments, finance
16or appraisals and must have passed an examination conducted by
17the Department to determine his or her competence to hold the
18office. The examination may be conducted by the Department at a
19convenient location in the county or region. Notice of the time
20and place shall be given by publication in a newspaper of
21general circulation in the counties, at least one week prior to
22the exam. The Department shall certify to the county board a
23list of the names and scores of persons who pass the
24examination. The Department may provide by rule the maximum
25time that the name of a person who has passed the examination
26will be included on a list of persons eligible for appointment

 

 

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1or election. The term of office shall be 4 years from the date
2of appointment and until a successor is appointed and
3qualified.
4(Source: P.A. 92-667, eff. 7-16-02.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
62017.