Sen. Adriane Johnson

Filed: 5/15/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4442

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4442, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
6Section 2-45 as follows:
 
7    (35 ILCS 200/2-45)
8    Sec. 2-45. Selection and eligibility of township and
9multi-township assessors.
10    (a) In all counties under township organization, township
11or multi-township assessors shall be qualified as required by
12subsections (b) through (d) of this Section and shall be
13elected as provided in this Code. Township or multi-township
14assessors shall enter upon their duties on January 1 following
15their election, and perform the duties of the office for 4
16years.

 

 

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1    (b) Beginning December 1, 1996, in any township or
2multi-township assessment district not subject to the
3requirements of subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, no
4person is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as
5a candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for,
6or be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of township or
7multi-township assessor, unless he or she (i) has successfully
8completed an introductory course in assessment practices that
9is approved by the Department; or (ii) possesses at least one
10of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
11subsection (c) of this Section. The candidate cannot file
12nominating papers or participate as a candidate unless a copy
13of the certificate of his or her qualifications from the
14Department is filed with the township clerk, board of election
15commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by
16the Election Code. The candidate cannot be appointed to fill a
17vacancy until he or she has filed a copy of the certificate of
18his or her qualifications from the Department with the
19appointing authority.
20    (c) Beginning December 1, 1996, in a township or
21multi-township assessment district with $25,000,000 or more of
22non-farm equalized assessed value or $1,000,000 or more in
23commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no person
24is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as a
25candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for, or
26be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of township or

 

 

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1multi-township assessor, unless he or she possesses at least
2one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6)
3of this subsection (c).
4        (1) a currently active Certified Illinois Assessing
5    Officer designation from the Illinois Property Assessment
6    Institute;
7        (2) (blank);
8        (3) a currently active AAS, CAE, or MAS designation
9    from the International Association of Assessing Officers;
10        (4) a currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM
11    designation from the Appraisal Institute;
12        (5) a currently active professional designation by any
13    other appraisal or assessing association approved by the
14    Department; or
15        (6) (blank).
16    The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate
17as a candidate unless a copy of the certificate of his or her
18qualifications from the Department is filed with the township
19clerk, board of election commissioners, or other appropriate
20authority as required by the Election Code. The candidate
21cannot be appointed to fill a vacancy until he or she has filed
22a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications with the
23appointing authority.
24    (d) Beginning December 1, 2000, in a township or
25multi-township assessment district with more than $10,000,000
26and less than $25,000,000 of non-farm equalized assessed value

 

 

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1and less than $1,000,000 in commercial and industrial
2equalized assessed value, no person who has previously been
3elected as township or multi-township assessor in any such
4township or multi-township assessment district is eligible to
5file nomination papers or participate as a candidate in any
6caucus or primary or general election for the office of
7township or multi-township assessor, unless he or she
8possesses at least one of the qualifications listed in
9paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c) of this Section.
10The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate as
11a candidate unless a copy of the certificate of his or her
12qualifications from the Department is filed with the township
13clerk, board of election commissioners, or other appropriate
14authority as required by the Election Code.
15    (e) If any person files nominating papers for candidacy
16for the office of township or multi-township assessor without
17also filing a copy of the certificate of his or her
18qualifications from the Department as required by this
19Section, the clerk of the township, the board of election
20commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by
21the Election Code shall refuse to certify the name of the
22person as a candidate to the proper election officials.
23    If no candidate for election meets the above
24qualifications there shall be no election and the town board
25of trustees or multi-township board of trustees shall appoint
26or contract with a person under Section 2-60.

 

 

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1    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with
2respect to the office of township or multi-township assessor
3for any township or multi-township assessment district located
4in Lake County, for the 2025 consolidated election and the
52029 consolidated election, a person is eligible to file
6nomination papers or participate as a candidate for that
7office without having obtained the qualifications listed in
8paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c) if the person has
9successfully completed an introductory course in assessment
10practices that is approved by the Department. If the person
11would otherwise be required to obtain one of the
12qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
13subsection (c) to serve as township or multi-township
14assessor, that person shall obtain at least one of those
15qualifications prior to being sworn into office as township or
16multi-township assessor. Prior to a person taking office, the
17Department must have issued a provisional certificate that the
18person has completed the introductory course in assessment
19practices and a qualifications certificate that the person has
20completed the classes required to hold the office as otherwise
21required under paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c),
22and the provisional certificate and qualifications certificate
23shall be provided to the election authority. The failure of
24such a person to obtain the necessary qualifications shall
25result in a vacancy in the office of township or
26multi-township assessor, which shall be filled as provided in

 

 

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1Section 2-60.
2    (g) As used in this Section only, "non-farm equalized
3assessed value" means the total equalized assessed value in
4the township or multi-township assessment district as reported
5to the Department under Section 18-225 after removal of
6homestead exemptions, and after removal of the equalized
7assessed value reported as farm or minerals to the Department
8under Section 18-225.
9    For purposes of this Section only, "file nomination
10papers" also includes having nomination papers filed on behalf
11of the candidate by another person.
12(Source: P.A. 101-467, eff. 8-23-19.)
 
13    Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
14Section 30-10 as follows:
 
15    (60 ILCS 1/30-10)
16    Sec. 30-10. Notice of meeting; agenda.
17    (a) Notice of the time and place of holding the annual and
18any special township meetings shall be given by the township
19clerk (or, in the clerk's absence, the supervisor, assessor,
20or collector) by posting written or printed notices in 3 of the
21most public places in the township at least 15 days before the
22meeting and, if there is an English language newspaper
23published in the township, by at least one publication in that
24newspaper before the meeting. The notice shall set forth the

 

 

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1agenda for the meeting.
2    A township that has a website that the full-time staff of
3the township maintains shall also post on its website the
4notice and agenda of the annual and any special township
5meetings. A notice and agenda of the annual or a special
6township meeting that is posted on a township's website shall
7remain posted on the website at least until the annual or
8special township meeting is concluded.
9    (b) Agenda. Not less than 15 days before the annual
10meeting, the township board shall adopt an agenda for the
11annual meeting. Any 15 or more registered voters in the
12township may request an agenda item for consideration by the
13electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of a
14specific request to the township clerk no later than March 1
15prior to the annual meeting. The agenda published by the
16township board shall include any such request made by voters
17if the request is relevant to powers granted to electors under
18the Township Code.
19    (c) Additional agenda items. Any matter or proposal not
20set forth in the published agenda shall not be considered at
21the annual meeting other than advising that the matter may be
22considered at a special meeting of the electors at a later
23date.
24    (d) Notice and agenda requirements for an annual township
25meeting that has been postponed under subsection (d) of
26Section 30-5 shall be the same as provided in this Section.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 101-632, eff. 6-5-20.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.".