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REVENUE (35 ILCS 200/) Property Tax Code. 35 ILCS 200/10-700 (35 ILCS 200/10-700) Sec. 10-700. Qualified commercial and industrial property; tornado disaster. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each qualified parcel of commercial or industrial property owned and used by a small business shall be valued at the lesser of (i) its modified equalized assessed value or (ii) 33 1/3% of its fair cash value or, in the case of property located in a county that classifies property for purposes of taxation in accordance with Section 4 of Article IX of the Constitution, the percentage of fair cash value as required by county ordinance. The method of valuation under this Section shall continue until there is a change in use or ownership of the property or until the fifteenth taxable year after the tornado disaster occurs, whichever occurs first. In order to qualify for valuation under this Section, the structure must be rebuilt within 2 years after the date of the tornado disaster, and the square footage of the rebuilt structure may not be more than 110% of the square footage of the original structure as it existed immediately prior to the tornado disaster. "Base year" means the taxable year prior to the taxable year in which the tornado disaster occurred. "Modified equalized assessed value" means: (1) in the first taxable year after the tornado | | disaster occurs, the equalized assessed value of the property for the base year; and
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| (2) in the second taxable year after the tornado
| | disaster occurs and thereafter, the modified equalized assessed value of the property for the previous taxable year, increased by 4%.
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| "Tornado disaster" means an occurrence of widespread or severe damage or loss of property resulting from a tornado or combination of tornadoes that has been proclaimed as a natural disaster by the Governor or the President of the United States.
"Qualified parcel of property" means property that (i) is owned and used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes by a small business and (ii) has been rebuilt following a tornado disaster occurring in taxable year 2013 or any taxable year thereafter.
"Small business" means a business that employs fewer than 50 full-time employees.
(Source: P.A. 98-702, eff. 7-7-14.)
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35 ILCS 200/10-705 (35 ILCS 200/10-705) Sec. 10-705. Keystone property. (a) For the purposes of this Section: "Base year" means the last tax year prior to the date | | of the application during which the property was occupied and assessed and taxes were collected.
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| "Tax year" means the calendar year for which assessed
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| "Keystone property" means property that has had a
| | distinguished past and is a prominent property in the Village of Park Forest, a home rule municipality in both Cook and Will Counties, but is not of historical significance or landmark status and meets the following criteria:
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| (1) the property contains an existing industrial
| | structure consisting of more than 100,000 square feet;
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| (2) the property is located on a lot, parcel, or
| | tract of land that is more than 5 acres in area;
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| (3) the industrial structure was originally built
| | more than 30 years prior to the date of the application;
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| (4) the property has been vacant for a period of
| | more than 5 consecutive years immediately prior to the date of the application; and
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| (5) the property is not located in a tax
| | increment financing district as of the date of the application.
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| (b) Within one year from the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, owners of real property may apply with the municipality in which the property is located to have the property designated as keystone property. If the property meets the criteria for keystone property set forth in subsection (a), then the corporate authorities of the municipality have one year from the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly within which they may certify the property as keystone property for the purposes of promoting rehabilitation of vacant property and fostering job creation in the fields of manufacturing and research and development. The certification shall be transmitted to the chief county assessment officer as soon as possible after the property is certified.
(c) Beginning with the first tax year after the property is certified as keystone property and continuing through the twelfth tax year after the property is certified as keystone property, for the purpose of taxation under this Code, the property shall be valued at 33 1/3% of the fair cash value of the land, without regard to buildings, structures, improvements, and other permanent fixtures located on the property. For the first 3 tax years after the property is certified as keystone property, the aggregate tax liability for the property shall be no greater than $75,000. That aggregate tax liability, once collected, shall be distributed to the taxing districts in which the property is located according to each taxing district's proportionate share of that aggregate liability. Beginning with the fourth tax year after the property is certified as keystone property and continuing through the twelfth tax year after the property is certified as keystone property, the property's tax liability for each taxing district in which the property is located shall be increased over the tax liability for the preceding year by the percentage increase, if any, in the total equalized assessed value of all property in the taxing district.
No later than March 1 of each year before taxes are extended for the prior tax year, the Village of Park Forest shall certify to the county clerk of the county in which the property is located a percentage reduction to be applied to property taxes to limit the aggregate tax liability on keystone property in accordance with this Section.
(Source: P.A. 100-510, eff. 9-15-17.)
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35 ILCS 200/Art. 10 Div. 20
(35 ILCS 200/Art. 10 Div. 20 heading)
Division 20. Commercial solar energy systems
(Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18.) |
35 ILCS 200/10-720 (35 ILCS 200/10-720) Sec. 10-720. Definitions. For the purpose of this Division
20: "Allowance for physical depreciation" means (i) the actual age
in years of the commercial solar energy system on the assessment
date divided by 25 years, multiplied by (ii) its trended real property
cost basis. The physical depreciation, however, may not reduce
the value of the commercial solar energy system to less than 30%
of its trended real property cost basis. "Commercial solar energy system" means any device or
assembly of devices that (i) is ground installed and (ii) uses
solar energy from the sun for generating electricity for the
primary purpose of wholesale or retail sale and not primarily
for consumption on the property on which the device or devices
reside. "Commercial solar energy system real property cost basis"
means the owner of a commercial solar energy system's
interest in the land within the project boundaries and real
property improvements and shall be calculated at $218,000 per megawatt of
nameplate capacity. For the purposes of this Section,
"nameplate capacity" has the same definition as found in Section
1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act. "Ground installed" means the installation of a commercial
solar energy system, with the primary purpose of solar energy
generation for wholesale or retail sale, on a parcel or tract of
land. "Trended real property cost basis" means the commercial
solar energy system real property cost basis multiplied by the
trending factor. "Trending factor" means a number equal to the Consumer
Price Index (U.S. city average all items) published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics for the December immediately
preceding the assessment date, divided by the Consumer Price
Index (U.S. city average all items) published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics for December of 2017.
(Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18.) |
35 ILCS 200/10-725 (35 ILCS 200/10-725) Sec. 10-725. Improvement valuation of commercial solar
energy systems in counties with fewer than 3,000,000
inhabitants. Beginning in assessment year 2018, the fair cash
value of commercial solar energy system improvements in counties
with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants shall be determined by
subtracting the allowance for physical depreciation from the
trended real property cost basis. Functional obsolescence and
external obsolescence of the solar energy device may further
reduce the fair cash value of the commercial solar energy system
improvements, to the extent they are proved by the taxpayer by
clear and convincing evidence.
(Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18.) |
35 ILCS 200/10-735 (35 ILCS 200/10-735) Sec. 10-735. Commercial solar energy systems not subject to
equalization. Commercial solar energy systems assessable under
this Division are not subject to equalization factors applied by
the Department or any board of review, assessor, or chief county
assessment officer.
(Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18.) |
35 ILCS 200/10-740 (35 ILCS 200/10-740) Sec. 10-740. Survey for ground installed commercial solar
energy systems; parcel identification numbers for property
improved with a ground installed commercial solar energy system.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner of the
ground installed commercial solar energy system shall commission
a metes and bounds survey description of the land upon which the
commercial solar energy system is installed, including access
routes, over which the owner of the commercial solar energy
system has exclusive control. The owner of the ground installed
commercial solar energy system shall, at his or her own expense,
use an Illinois-registered land surveyor to prepare the survey.
The owner of the ground installed commercial solar energy system
shall deliver a copy of the survey to the chief county
assessment officer and to the owner of the land upon which the
ground installed commercial solar energy system is constructed. Upon receiving a copy of the survey and an agreed acknowledgement to the separate parcel identification number by the owner of the land upon which the ground installed commercial solar energy system is constructed, the chief county assessment officer shall issue a separate parcel identification for the real property improvements, including the land containing the ground installed commercial solar energy system, to be used only for the purposes of property assessment for taxation. The property records shall contain the legal description of the
commercial solar energy system parcel and describe any leasehold
interest or other interest of the owner of the commercial solar
energy system in the property. A plat prepared under this
Section shall not be construed as a violation of the Plat Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18.) |
35 ILCS 200/10-745 (35 ILCS 200/10-745) Sec. 10-745. Real estate taxes. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 9-175 of this Code, the owner of the
commercial solar energy system shall be liable for the real
estate taxes for the land and real property improvements of a
ground installed commercial solar energy system.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the owner of the land upon which a
commercial solar energy system is installed may pay any unpaid
tax of the commercial solar energy system parcel prior to the
initiation of any tax sale proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.) |
35 ILCS 200/10-750 (35 ILCS 200/10-750) Sec. 10-750. Property assessed as farmland. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, real property assessed as farmland
in accordance with Section 10-110 in the assessment year prior
to valuation under this Division shall return to being assessed
as farmland in accordance with Section 10-110 in the year
following completion of the removal of the commercial solar
energy system as long as the property is returned to a farm use
as defined in Section 1-60 of this Act, notwithstanding that the
land was not used for farming for the 2 preceding years.
(Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18.) |
35 ILCS 200/10-755 (35 ILCS 200/10-755) Sec. 10-755. Abatements. Any taxing district, upon a
majority vote of its governing authority, may, after the
determination of the assessed valuation as set forth in this
Code, order the clerk of the appropriate municipality or county
to abate any portion of real property taxes otherwise levied or
extended by the taxing district on a commercial solar energy
system.
(Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18.) |
35 ILCS 200/10-760 (35 ILCS 200/10-760) Sec. 10-760. Applicability. The provisions of this Division
apply for assessment years 2018 through 2033.
(Source: P.A. 100-781, eff. 8-10-18.) |
35 ILCS 200/Art. 10 Div. 21
(35 ILCS 200/Art. 10 Div. 21 heading)
Division 21. Southland reactivation property
(Source: P.A. 102-1010, eff. 5-27-22.) |
35 ILCS 200/10-800 (35 ILCS 200/10-800) Sec. 10-800. Southland reactivation property. (a) For the purposes of this Section: "Base year" means the last tax year prior to the date of the application for southland reactivation designation during which the property was occupied and assessed and had an equalized assessed value. "Cook County Land Bank Authority" means the Cook County Land Bank Authority created by ordinance of the Cook County Board. "Municipality" means a city, village, or incorporated town located in the State. "Participating entity" means any of the following, either collectively or individually: the municipality in which the property is located; the South Suburban Land Bank and Development Authority; or the Cook County Land Bank Development Authority. "Southland reactivation property" means property that: (1) has been designated by the municipality by | | resolution as a priority tax reactivation parcel, site, or property due to its clear pattern of stagnation and depressed condition or the decline in its assessed valuation;
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| (2) is held by a participating entity; and
(3) meets all of the following criteria:
(A) the property is zoned for commercial or
| | (B) the property has had its past property taxes
| | cleared and is now classified as exempt, or the property has not had a lawful occupant for at least 12 months immediately preceding the application for certification as southland reactivation property, as attested to by a supporting affidavit;
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| (C) the sale or transfer of the property,
| | following southland reactivation designation, to a developer would result in investment which would result a higher assessed value;
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| (D) the property will be sold by a participating
| | entity to a buyer of property that has been approved by the corporate authorities of the municipality or to a developer that has been approved by the corporate authorities of the municipality whose redevelopment of the parcel, site, or property would reverse long-standing divestment in the area, enhance inclusive economic growth, create jobs or career pathways, support equitable recovery of the community, and stabilize the tax base through investments that align with local government plans and priorities;
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| (E) an application for southland reactivation
| | designation is filed with the participating entity and a resolution designating the property as southland reactivation property is passed by the municipality prior to the sale, rehabilitation, or reoccupation;
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| (F) if not for the southland reactivation
| | designation, development or redevelopment of the property would not occur; and
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| (G) the property is located in any of the
| | following Townships in Cook County: Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Rich, Thornton, or Worth.
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| "South Suburban Land Bank and Development Authority" means the South Suburban Land Bank and Development Authority created in 2012 by intergovernmental agreement.
"Tax year" means the calendar year for which assessed value is determined as of January 1 of that year.
(b) Within 5 years after May 27, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-1010), purchasers of real property from any of the participating entities may apply to that entity to have the property certified as southland reactivation property if the property meets the criteria for southland reactivation property set forth in subsection (a). The participating entity has 5 years from May 27, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-1010) within which it may certify the property as southland reactivation property for the purposes of promoting rehabilitation of abandoned, vacant, or underutilized property to attract and enhance economic activities and investment that stabilize, restore, and grow the tax base in severely blighted areas within Chicago's south suburbs. This certification is nonrenewable and shall be transmitted by the municipality, or by the participating entity on behalf of the municipality, to the chief county assessment officer as soon as possible after the property is certified. Southland reactivation designation is limited to the original applicant unless expressly approved by the corporate authorities of the municipality and the property has no change in use.
Support by the corporate authorities of the municipality for southland reactivation designation shall be considered in a lawful public meeting, and impacted taxing districts shall receive notification of the agenda item to consider southland reactivation of the site not less than 15 days prior to that meeting.
(c) Beginning with the first tax year after the property is certified as southland reactivation property and continuing through the twelfth tax year after the property is certified as southland reactivation property, for the purpose of taxation under this Code, the property shall be valued at 50% of the base year equalized assessed value as established by the chief county assessment officer, excluding all years with property tax exemptions applied as a result of the participating entity's ownership. For the first year after the property is certified as southland reactivation property, the aggregate property tax liability for the property shall be no greater than $100,000 per year. That aggregate property tax liability, once collected, shall be distributed to the taxing districts in which the property is located according to each taxing district's proportionate share of that aggregate liability. Beginning with the second tax year after the property is certified as southland reactivation property and continuing through the twelfth tax year after the property is certified as southland reactivation property, the property tax liability for the property for each taxing district in which the property is located shall be increased over the property tax liability for the property for the preceding year by 10%. In no event shall the purchaser's annual tax liability decrease.
(d) No later than March 1 of each year, the municipality or the participating entity on behalf of the municipality shall certify to the county clerk of the county in which the property is located a percentage southland reactivation reduction to be applied to property taxes for that calendar year, as provided in this Section.
(e) The participating entity shall collect the following information annually for the pilot program period: the number of program applicants; the street address of each certified property; the proposed use of certified properties; the amount of investment; the number of jobs created as a result of the certification; and copies of the certification of each southland reactivation site to allow for the evaluation and assessment of the effectiveness of southland reactivation designation. The participating entity responsible for seeking the southland reactivation designation shall present this information to the governing body of each taxing district affected by a southland reactivation designation on an annual basis, and the participating entity shall report the above information to any requesting members of the General Assembly at the conclusion of the 5-year designation period.
(f) Any southland reactivation certification granted under this Section shall be void if the property is conveyed to an entity or person that is liable for any unpaid, delinquent property taxes associated with the property.
(Source: P.A. 102-1010, eff. 5-27-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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35 ILCS 200/Art. 11
(35 ILCS 200/Art. 11 heading)
Article 11.
Valuations Performed by the Department
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35 ILCS 200/Art. 11 Div. 1
(35 ILCS 200/Art. 11 Div. 1 heading)
Division 1.
Pollution control facilities
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35 ILCS 200/11-5
(35 ILCS 200/11-5)
Sec. 11-5.
Pollution control facilities; valuation policy.
It is the policy
of this State that pollution control facilities should be valued, at 33 1/3% of
the fair cash value of their economic productivity to their owners.
(Source: P.A. 83-121; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-10
(35 ILCS 200/11-10)
Sec. 11-10.
Definition of pollution control facilities.
"Pollution control
facilities" means any system, method, construction, device or appliance
appurtenant thereto, or any portion of any building or equipment, that is
designed, constructed, installed or operated for the primary purpose of:
(a) eliminating, preventing, or reducing air or water pollution, as the
terms "air pollution" and "water pollution" are defined in the Environmental
Protection Act; or
(b) treating, pretreating, modifying or disposing of any potential solid,
liquid or gaseous pollutant which if released without treatment, pretreatment,
modification or disposal might be harmful, detrimental or offensive to human,
plant or animal life, or to property. "Pollution control facilities" shall not
include, however,
(1) any facility with the primary purpose of (i) | | eliminating, containing, preventing or reducing radioactive contaminants or energy, or (ii) treating waste water produced by the nuclear generation of electric power,
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(2) any large diameter pipes or piping systems used
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(3) any facility operated by any person other than a
| | unit of government, whether within or outside of the territorial boundaries of a unit of local government, for sewage disposal or treatment, or
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(4) land underlying a cooling pond.
(Source: P.A. 83-883; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-15 (35 ILCS 200/11-15) Sec. 11-15. Method of valuation for pollution control facilities. To determine the fair cash value of any certified pollution control facility, the Department shall determine the probable net value that could be realized by its owner if the facility were removed and sold at a fair, voluntary sale, giving due account to the expense of removal and condition of the particular facility in question. The assessed value of the facility shall be 33/1/3% of the fair cash value of the facility. (Source: P.A. 103-592, eff. 6-7-24.) |
35 ILCS 200/11-20
(35 ILCS 200/11-20)
Sec. 11-20.
Certification and assessment authority.
For tax purposes,
pollution control facilities shall be certified as such by the Pollution
Control Board and shall be assessed by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 77-1381; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-25
(35 ILCS 200/11-25)
Sec. 11-25. Certification procedure. Application for a pollution control
facility certificate shall be filed with the Pollution Control Board in a
manner and form prescribed in regulations issued by that board. The
application shall contain appropriate and available descriptive information
concerning anything claimed to be entitled in whole or in part to tax treatment
as a pollution control facility. If it is found that the claimed facility or
relevant portion thereof is a pollution control facility as defined in Section
11-10, the Pollution Control Board, acting through its Chairman or his or her
specifically authorized delegate, shall enter a finding and issue a certificate
to that effect. The certificate shall require tax treatment as a pollution
control facility, but only for the portion certified if only a portion is
certified. The effective date of a certificate shall be the date of application
for the certificate or the date of the construction of the facility, whichever
is later.
(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-30
(35 ILCS 200/11-30)
Sec. 11-30.
Powers and duties of the certifying board.
Before denying any
certificate, the Pollution Control Board shall give reasonable notice in
writing to the applicant and provide the applicant a reasonable opportunity for
a fair hearing. On like notice to the holder and opportunity for hearing, the
Board may on its own initiative revoke or modify a pollution control
certificate or a low sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled device certificate
whenever any of the following appears:
(a) the certificate was obtained by fraud or | |
(b) the holder of the certificate has failed
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(c) the pollution control facility to which the
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Prompt written notice of the Board's action upon any application shall
be given to the applicant together with a written copy of the Board's
findings and certificate, if any.
(Source: P.A. 82-134; 88-455 .)
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35 ILCS 200/Art. 11 Div. 2
(35 ILCS 200/Art. 11 Div. 2 heading)
Division 2.
Low sulfur dioxide coal fueled devices
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35 ILCS 200/11-35
(35 ILCS 200/11-35)
Sec. 11-35.
Low sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled devices.
It is the
policy of this State that the use of low sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled
devices should be encouraged as conserving nonrenewable resources, reducing
pollution and promoting the use of abundant, high-sulfur, locally available
coal as well as promoting the health and well-being of the people of this
State, and should be valued at 33 1/3% of their fair cash value.
(Source: P.A. 83-121; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-40
(35 ILCS 200/11-40)
Sec. 11-40.
Definition of low sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled devices.
"Low sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled devices" means any device used
or intended for the purpose of burning, combusting or converting locally
available coal in a manner which eliminates or significantly reduces the
need for additional sulfur abatement that would otherwise be required under
State or Federal air emission standards. The word "device" includes all
machinery, equipment, structures and all related apparatus, including coal
feeding equipment, of a coal gasification facility designed to convert locally
available coal into a low sulfur gaseous fuel and to manage all waste and
by-product streams.
(Source: P.A. 82-134; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-45
(35 ILCS 200/11-45)
Sec. 11-45.
Method of valuation for low sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled
devices. To determine 33 1/3% of the fair cash value of any low sulfur dioxide
emission coal fueled device, the Department shall determine the net value which
could be realized by its owner if the device were removed and sold at a fair,
voluntary sale, giving due account to the expense of removal, site restoration,
and transportation. That net value shall be considered to be 33 1/3% of fair
cash value.
(Source: P.A. 82-134; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-50
(35 ILCS 200/11-50)
Sec. 11-50.
Certification and assessment authority.
For tax purposes, a low
sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled device shall be certified as such by the
Pollution Control Board and shall be assessed by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 82-134; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-55
(35 ILCS 200/11-55)
Sec. 11-55.
Approval procedure.
Application for approval of a low sulfur
dioxide emission coal fueled device shall be filed with the Pollution Control
Board in the manner and form prescribed by that board. The application shall
contain appropriate and available descriptive information concerning anything
claimed to be entitled to tax treatment as a low sulfur dioxide emission coal
fueled device as defined in this Code. If it is found that the claimed device
meets that definition, the Pollution Control Board, acting through its Chairman
or its specifically authorized delegate, shall enter a finding and issue a
certificate that requires tax treatment as a low sulfur dioxide emission
coal fueled device. The effective date of a certificate shall be on January
1 preceding the date of certification or preceding the date construction
or installation of the device commences, whichever is later.
(Source: P.A. 82-134; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-60
(35 ILCS 200/11-60)
Sec. 11-60.
Judicial review; pollution control and low sulfur devices.
Any
applicant or holder aggrieved by the issuance, refusal to issue, denial,
revocation, modification or restriction of a pollution control certificate or a
low sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled device certificate may appeal the
finding and order of the Pollution Control Board, under the Administrative
Review Law.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-65
(35 ILCS 200/11-65)
Sec. 11-65.
Procedures for assessment; pollution control and low sulfur
devices. Proceedings for assessment or reassessment of property certified to be
pollution control facilities or low sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled devices
shall be conducted in accordance with procedural regulations issued by the
Department, in conformity with this Code.
(Source: P.A. 82-134; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/Art. 11 Div. 3
(35 ILCS 200/Art. 11 Div. 3 heading)
Division 3.
Railroads
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35 ILCS 200/11-70
(35 ILCS 200/11-70)
Sec. 11-70.
Assessment of railroad companies; definitions.
These words and
phrases, for the assessment of the property of railroad companies, and unless
otherwise required by the context shall be defined as follows:
(a) "Railroad company," "railroad," or "company" means any person, company,
corporation or association owning, operating or constructing a railroad, a
suburban or interurban railroad, a switching or terminal railroad, a railroad
station, or a railroad bridge in this State.
(b) "Operating property" means all tracks and right of way, all structures
and improvements on that right of way, all rights and franchises, all rolling
stock and car equipment, and all other property, real or personal, tangible or
intangible connected with or used in the operation of the railroad including
real estate contiguous to railroad right of way or station grounds held for
reasonable expansion or future development.
(c) "Non-operating personalty" means all personal property, tangible and
intangible, held by any railroad company and not included in the definition of
"operating property".
(d) "Non-carrier real estate" means all land, and improvements on that land,
not situated on the right of way of the railroad and not used as operating
property within the meaning of the definition in paragraph (b). Improvements
owned by others and situated on the right of way not used in the operations of
the railroad shall be deemed to be "non-carrier real estate." The Department
shall adopt proper rules and regulations to determine whether any property is
"non-carrier real estate."
(e) "Trackage rights" or "trackage right agreement" means the right by
which one railroad company operates trains in scheduled service over tracks
owned and used by another railroad company and the valuation of trackage rights
shall include the value of all rolling stock, and all tangible or intangible
personal property used or connected therewith.
(Source: P.A. 81-1stSS-1; 88-455 .)
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35 ILCS 200/11-75
(35 ILCS 200/11-75)
Sec. 11-75.
Assessment date for railroad companies.
The Department shall
assess all property owned or used by railroad companies operating within this
State, as of January first annually, except property found by the Department to
be non-carrier real estate.
The assessment of the property of any railroad company shall be based upon
the value of property defined in Section 11-70, less the percentage of the
total value which consists of operating or non-operating personal property.
(Source: P.A. 86-173; 86-905; 86-1028; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-80
(35 ILCS 200/11-80)
Sec. 11-80.
Assessment procedure for railroad companies.
In assessing
the taxable property of any railroad company, the Department shall first
determine 33 1/3% of the fair cash value of all the property of any railroad
company as a unit, but shall make due allowance for any non-carrier real estate
and all personalty.
The Department shall take into consideration the actual or market value of
the shares of stock outstanding, the actual or market value of all bonds
outstanding and all other indebtedness as is applicable, for operating the
road. In determining the market value of the stock or indebtedness the
Department shall consider quotations for the 5 years preceding the assessment
date; the net earnings of the company during the 5 calendar years preceding the
assessment date; and such other information as the Department may consider as
bearing on the fair cash value of the property. The valuation by the
Department shall include capital stock and all other property of railroad
companies, except non-carrier real estate. The above facts shall not be
conclusive upon the Department in determining 33 1/3% of the fair cash value of
the property of a railroad company.
The Department shall determine the equalized assessed value of the taxable
property of every railroad company by applying to its determination of 33 1/3%
of the fair cash value of the property an equalization factor equal to the
statewide average ratio of the equalized assessed value of locally assessed
property to 33 1/3% of the fair cash value of such locally assessed property.
The Department shall assess the value of all operating property acquired by a
railroad company or its wholly-owned subsidiary by trade with a municipality,
which is situated in a state contiguous to Illinois, at no greater value than
the value of the operating property traded to the municipality for the property
by the railroad company. The value shall be that value established for the
year immediately preceding the calendar year of the trade. The assessment
shall not increase, but may decrease, during the 10 years following the
calendar year of the trade.
(Source: P.A. 86-173; 86-905; 86-1028; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-80.1 (35 ILCS 200/11-80.1) Sec. 11-80.1. High-speed passenger rail project. Due to the importance of developing high-speed or faster rail service, the General Assembly finds that it should encourage freight railroad owners to participate in State and federal government programs, including cooperative agreements designed to increase the speed of passenger rail service, that participation in those programs should not result in increased property taxes, and that such an increase in property taxes could negatively impact the participation in those programs. Therefore, the Department shall take into consideration any potential increase in a property's overall valuation that is directly attributable to the investment, improvement, replacement, or expansion of railroad operating property on or after January 1, 2010, through State or federal government programs, including cooperative agreements, necessary for higher speed passenger rail transportation. Any such increase in the property's overall valuation that is directly attributable to the investment, improvement, replacement, or expansion of railroad operating property on or after January 1, 2010, through State or federal government programs necessary for higher speed passenger rail transportation, including cooperative agreements, shall be excluded from the valuation of its real property improvements under Section 11-80. This Section applies on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly and through December 31, 2029.
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35 ILCS 200/11-85
(35 ILCS 200/11-85)
Sec. 11-85. Property schedules. Every railroad company shall, on or before
June 1 of each year, when required, make out and file with the Department a
statement or schedule showing the property held for right of way, whether
owned, leased, or operated under trackage right agreement, and the length of
the first, second, third and other main and all side tracks and turnouts, and
the number of acres of right of way in each county of this State and in each
taxing district of this State, through or into which the road may run. It shall
describe all improvements and stations located on the right of way, giving the
quantity, quality, character and original cost of each. It shall also report
all non-operating personalty owned or controlled by the company on January 1,
giving the quantity, quality, character and location of the same. The report shall also include any potential increase in the property's overall valuation that is directly attributable to the investment, improvement, replacement, or expansion of railroad operating property on or after January 1, 2010, through State or federal governmental programs, including cooperative agreements, necessary for higher speed passenger rail transportation through December 31, 2029. New companies
shall make the statement on or before the June 1 after the location of their
road.
When the statement has once been made, it is not necessary to report the
description as required above unless directed to do so by the Department, but
the company shall, on or before June 1, annually, report all additions or
changes in its property in this State as have occurred.
The return required by this Section should be made by the using company, but
all property which is operated under one control shall be returned as provided
in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-186, eff. 8-2-19.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-90
(35 ILCS 200/11-90)
Sec. 11-90. Information schedules. Each year every railroad company in this
State shall return to the Department, in addition to any other information
required by this Code, sworn statements or schedules as follows:
(a) The amount of capital stock authorized and the | | total number of shares of capital stock.
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(b) The amount of capital stock issued and
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(c) The market value, or if no market value then the
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(d) The total amount of all bonds outstanding and all
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(e) The market value, or if no market value then the
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(f) A statement in detail of the entire gross
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(g) The length of the first, second, third and other
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(h) The reproduction cost of the property within
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(i) An enumeration and classification of all rolling
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(j) Any other information the Department may require
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Such statements or schedules shall conform to the instructions and forms
prescribed by the Department.
In cases where a railroad company uses property owned by another, the return
shall be made by the using company and all property operated under one control
shall be returned as provided above.
(Source: P.A. 101-186, eff. 8-2-19.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-95
(35 ILCS 200/11-95)
Sec. 11-95.
Listing of non-carrier real estate.
Every railroad company
subject to assessment in this State shall annually return to the Department a
list of its non-carrier real estate in this State, providing its description,
the current assessed value, and the estimated true value of all non-carrier
real estate both within and outside of this State, and any other information
the Department may require. The Department shall examine the list and make
whatever additions or alterations it may find necessary, and transmit to the
proper assessing officials of each county in which non-carrier real estate is
located, the list described above, together with any other information it
considers pertinent. If additions or alterations to the list are made by the
Department, the revised list shall also be sent to the reporting carrier. The
proper assessing officials of each county shall then assess the non-carrier
real estate in the same manner as similar locally assessed property belonging
to individuals, except that it shall be treated as property belonging to
railroads. If any parcels are not platted, any description is sufficient which
would enable a competent surveyor to locate the property.
Property listed as non-carrier real estate shall also include the property
index number in counties where such a numbering system has been adopted.
(Source: P.A. 84-777; 84-1013; 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-100
(35 ILCS 200/11-100)
Sec. 11-100.
Proration of value; property outside of State.
If any railroad
company owns or uses operating property partly within and partly outside of
this State, the Department shall determine the value of the entire operating
property of the railroad but shall take only that part of the entire value as
is represented by the average percentage of (a) the length of all track
including main, second and additional main track, side track and turnouts
within this State, (b) its gross revenues arising from railroad operations in
this State, (c) the reproduction cost of its operating property within this
State, as determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United
States, or other competent authority, plus additions and betterments, less
retirements and depreciation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
preclude the use or substitution of other factors or methods as may appear
reasonable and necessary in determining the proportion of a railroad's
operating property within this State.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 886; P.A. 88-455.)
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35 ILCS 200/11-105
(35 ILCS 200/11-105)
Sec. 11-105.
Description of railroad track.
The right of way, including the
superstructures of first, second, third and other main tracks and all side
tracks and turnouts, and the stations and improvements of the railroad company
on the right of way and all other taxable operating property of the railroad
company shall be denominated "railroad track" and shall be so listed and
valued. "Railroad track" shall be described in the assessment thereof as a
strip of land extending on each side of the track and embracing the same,
together with all the stations and improvements and other taxable operating
property thereon, commencing where the track crosses the boundary line in
entering the taxing district, and extending to where the track crosses the
boundary line leaving the taxing district, or to the point of termination in
the district, as the case may be, containing .... acres, more or less
(inserting name of taxing district, boundary line of same, and number of acres
and length in miles), and when advertised or sold for taxes no other
description is necessary. Where a railroad company has taxable operating
property in taxing districts in which it owns or uses no tracks or trackage
rights, the property shall be described the same as similar property belonging
to individuals.
(Source: P.A. 81-1stSS-1; 88-455.)
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