(35 ILCS 200/24-35)
Sec. 24-35. Property Tax Reform and Relief Task Force.
(a) There is created the Property Tax Reform and Relief Task Force consisting of 9 members appointed as follows: 3 members appointed by the President of the Senate, one of whom shall be designated as the chair of the Task Force upon appointment; 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
(b) The Task Force shall conduct a
study of the property tax system in Illinois and investigate
methods of reducing the reliance on property taxes and
alternative methods of funding. (c) The members of the Task Force shall serve
without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their
reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose.
(d) The Task Force shall submit its findings to
the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2010, at
which time the Task Force is dissolved.
(e) The Department of Revenue shall provide administrative support to the Task Force.
(Source: P.A. 95-644, eff. 10-12-07.) |
(35 ILCS 200/24-36) Sec. 24-36. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 101-181, eff. 8-2-19. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-20.) |
(35 ILCS 200/Art. 25 heading) Article 25.
Penalties
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(35 ILCS 200/25-5)
Sec. 25-5.
Delivery and receipt of collector's book before bond approved.
If
any county clerk delivers the tax books into the hands of the county collector,
or if any collector receives the books or collects any taxes before the
collector's bond has been approved and filed, as required by this Code, the
clerk and collector, and each of them, shall be liable to a penalty of not less
than $500, and all damages and costs, to be recovered in a civil action. The
State's Attorney shall bring suit, in the name of the People of the State of
Illinois. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as relieving the sureties
of a collector from liabilities incurred under a bond not approved and filed as
required by this Code.
(Source: P.A. 76-2254; 88-455.)
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(35 ILCS 200/25-10)
Sec. 25-10.
Failure of collector to obtain timely judgment or present list
of errors. If any collector, by his own neglect, fails to obtain judgment
within the time prescribed by this Code, or fails to present his list of errors
in assessment of property at the time required by this Code, he shall lose the
benefit of any abatement to which he might have been entitled, and shall pay to
the county the full amount charged against him, except that in the 10 years
next following the completion of a general reassessment of property in any
county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the collector is under no duty to
obtain judgment earlier than 30 days after taxes upon property have become
delinquent and have begun to bear interest.
(Source: P.A. 83-121; 88-455.)
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(35 ILCS 200/25-15)
Sec. 25-15.
Knowing failure of local assessment officer to perform
duties. Any local assessment officer or other person whose
duty it is to assess property for taxation or equalize any assessment,
who refuses or knowingly or wilfully neglects any duty required of him
by law, or who consents to or connives at any evasion of this Code whereby any
property required to be assessed is unlawfully exempted in whole or in part, or
the valuation thereof is set down at more or less than is required by law, is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. He or she shall also be liable upon his bond
to the party injured for all damages sustained by that party. He or she shall
also be removed from office by the judge of the court before whom he or she is
tried and convicted.
(Source: P.A. 77-2236; 88-455.)
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