(35 ILCS 200/10-440) Sec. 10-440. Sale or transfer of unimproved land. The sale or transfer of unimproved land does not affect the valuation of the land, unless there is a change in the use of the land or the acreage requirement is no longer met. Any tract of land containing less than 5 acres after a sale or transfer may be reclassified by the chief county assessment officer and valued as otherwise permitted by law.
The taxpayer and the Department of Natural Resources may revise a conservation management plan whenever there is a change in the ownership of the affected land.
(Source: P.A. 95-633, eff. 10-1-07.) |
(35 ILCS 200/10-445) Sec. 10-445. Rules. The Department of Natural Resources shall adopt rules to implement and administer this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-633, eff. 10-1-07.) |
(35 ILCS 200/Art. 10 Div. 17 heading)
Division 17. Wooded Acreage Assessment Transition Law
(Source: P.A. 95-633, eff. 10-1-07 .) |
(35 ILCS 200/10-500)
Sec. 10-500. Short title. This Division may be cited as the Wooded Acreage Assessment Transition Law.
(Source: P.A. 95-633, eff. 10-1-07.) |
(35 ILCS 200/10-505)
Sec. 10-505. Wooded acreage defined. For the purposes of this Division 17, "wooded acreage" means any parcel of unimproved real property that: (1) can be defined as "woodlands" by the United | ||
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(2) is at least 5 contiguous acres; (3) does not qualify as cropland, permanent pasture, | ||
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(4) is not managed under a forestry management plan | ||
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(5) does not qualify for another preferential | ||
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(6) is owned by the taxpayer on October 1, 2007.
This amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly is intended as a clarification and is not a new enactment. (Source: P.A. 100-379, eff. 8-25-17.) |
(35 ILCS 200/10-510) Sec. 10-510. Assessment of wooded acreage.
(a) If wooded acreage was classified as farmland during the 2006 assessment year, then the property shall be assessed by multiplying the current fair cash value of the property by the transition percentage. The chief county assessment officer shall determine the transition percentage for the property by dividing (i) the property's 2006 equalized assessed value as farmland by (ii) the 2006 fair cash value of the property. (b) The wooded acreage shall continue to be assessed under the provisions of this Section through any assessment year in which the property is transferred or no longer qualifies as wooded acreage under Section 10-505, and the property must be assessed as otherwise permitted by law beginning the following assessment year. For purposes of this Section, a transfer between spouses does not disqualify the property from the preferential assessment treatment under this Division for wooded acreage.
(Source: P.A. 100-834, eff. 1-1-19 .) |