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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 11-80.1, 11-85, and 11-90 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/11-80.1)
7    Sec. 11-80.1. High-speed passenger rail project. Due to the
8importance of developing high-speed or faster rail service, the
9General Assembly finds that it should encourage freight
10railroad owners to participate in State and federal government
11programs, including cooperative agreements designed to
12increase the speed of passenger rail service, that
13participation in those programs should not result in increased
14property taxes, and that such an increase in property taxes
15could negatively impact the participation in those programs.
16Therefore, the Department shall take into consideration any
17potential increase in a property's overall valuation that is
18directly attributable to the investment, improvement,
19replacement, or expansion of railroad operating property on or
20after January 1, 2010, through State or federal government
21programs, including cooperative agreements, necessary for
22higher speed passenger rail transportation. Any such increase
23in the property's overall valuation that is directly

 

 

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1attributable to the investment, improvement, replacement, or
2expansion of railroad operating property on or after January 1,
32010, through State or federal government programs necessary
4for higher speed passenger rail transportation, including
5cooperative agreements, shall be excluded from the valuation of
6its real property improvements under Section 11-80. This
7Section applies on and after the effective date of this
8amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly and through
9December 31, 2029 December 31, 2019.
10(Source: P.A. 97-481, eff. 8-22-11.)
 
11    (35 ILCS 200/11-85)
12    Sec. 11-85. Property schedules. Every railroad company
13shall, on or before June 1 of each year, when required, make
14out and file with the Department a statement or schedule
15showing the property held for right of way, whether owned,
16leased, or operated under trackage right agreement, and the
17length of the first, second, third and other main and all side
18tracks and turnouts, and the number of acres of right of way in
19each county of this State and in each taxing district of this
20State, through or into which the road may run. It shall
21describe all improvements and stations located on the right of
22way, giving the quantity, quality, character and original cost
23of each. It shall also report all non-operating personalty
24owned or controlled by the company on January 1, giving the
25quantity, quality, character and location of the same. The

 

 

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1report shall also include any potential increase in the
2property's overall valuation that is directly attributable to
3the investment, improvement, replacement, or expansion of
4railroad operating property on or after January 1, 2010,
5through State or federal governmental programs, including
6cooperative agreements, necessary for higher speed passenger
7rail transportation through December 31, 2029 December 31,
82019. New companies shall make the statement on or before the
9June 1 after the location of their road.
10    When the statement has once been made, it is not necessary
11to report the description as required above unless directed to
12do so by the Department, but the company shall, on or before
13June 1, annually, report all additions or changes in its
14property in this State as have occurred.
15    The return required by this Section should be made by the
16using company, but all property which is operated under one
17control shall be returned as provided in this Section.
18(Source: P.A. 97-481, eff. 8-22-11.)
 
19    (35 ILCS 200/11-90)
20    Sec. 11-90. Information schedules. Each year every
21railroad company in this State shall return to the Department,
22in addition to any other information required by this Code,
23sworn statements or schedules as follows:
24        (a) The amount of capital stock authorized and the
25    total number of shares of capital stock.

 

 

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1        (b) The amount of capital stock issued and outstanding.
2        (c) The market value, or if no market value then the
3    estimated value, of the shares of stock outstanding.
4        (d) The total amount of all bonds outstanding and all
5    other indebtedness.
6        (e) The market value, or if no market value then the
7    estimated value, of all bonds outstanding and all other
8    indebtedness.
9        (f) A statement in detail of the entire gross receipts
10    and net earnings of the company during the 5 calendar years
11    preceding the assessment date within this State, and of the
12    entire system from all sources.
13        (g) The length of the first, second, third and other
14    main tracks and all side tracks and turnouts showing the
15    proportions within this State and elsewhere.
16        (h) The reproduction cost of the property within
17    Illinois and the total reproduction cost of all property of
18    the company. The reproduction cost, so far as applicable,
19    shall be as last determined by the United States Interstate
20    Commerce Commission, or other competent authority, plus
21    additions and betterments, less retirements and
22    depreciation to the December 31 preceding the assessment
23    date.
24        (i) An enumeration and classification of all rolling
25    stock and car equipment owned or leased by the company. The
26    classification shall show type of equipment and

 

 

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1    circumstances of ownership and use. The enumeration shall
2    include rolling stock used over the track of other
3    companies under any trackage right agreement. All other
4    property used in connection with a trackage right agreement
5    shall be listed.
6        (j) Any other information the Department may require to
7    determine the fair cash value of the property of any
8    railroad company, or necessary to carry out the provisions
9    of this Code, including information pertaining to any
10    potential increases in the property's overall valuation
11    that is directly attributable to the investment,
12    improvement, replacement, or expansion of railroad
13    operating property on or after January 1, 2010, through
14    State or federal governmental programs, including
15    cooperative agreements, necessary for higher speed
16    passenger rail transportation through December 31, 2029
17    December 31, 2019.
18    Such statements or schedules shall conform to the
19instructions and forms prescribed by the Department.
20    In cases where a railroad company uses property owned by
21another, the return shall be made by the using company and all
22property operated under one control shall be returned as
23provided above.
24(Source: P.A. 97-481, eff. 8-22-11.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26becoming law.