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90_HB0693

      35 ILCS 200/6-30
      35 ILCS 200/6-32 new
      35 ILCS 200/6-34 new
          Amends the Property  Tax  Code.   Deletes  the  provision
      stating  that  a board of review in a commission county shall
      within one year of  taking  office  successfully  complete  a
      basic   course   in   assessment  practice  approved  by  the
      Department.  Provides that no person may serve on a board  of
      review  in  a  commission  county  without  first  passing an
      examination prepared and administered by  the  Department  to
      determine his or her competence to hold the office.  Provides
      that  if  the  board  of county commissioners constitutes the
      board  of  review  and  if  any  member  does  not  meet  the
      examination requirements,  they  shall  appoint  a  board  of
      review.     Provides  that  an appointed board of review in a
      commission county shall consist of 2 members affiliated  with
      the  political  party polling the highest vote for any county
      office in the county and one member of the party polling  the
      second  highest  vote  for the same county office at the last
      general election.  Effective January 1, 1999.
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                                              LRB9002727KDksA
 1        AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section
 2    6-30 and adding Sections 6-32  and 6-34.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
 6    Section 6-30 and adding Sections 6-32 and 6-34 as follows:
 7        (35 ILCS 200/6-30)
 8        Sec. 6-30.  Board of review in  commission  counties.  In
 9    counties  not  under  township  organization  with  less than
10    3,000,000 inhabitants in which no board of review is  elected
11    under  Section  6-35, the board of county commissioners shall
12    constitute the board of  review.  They  shall  have  all  the
13    powers and perform all the duties conferred on or required by
14    boards  of  review and shall within one year of taking office
15    successfully complete a basic course in  assessment  practice
16    approved  by  the  Department.  Alternatively,  the  board of
17    county commissioners may appoint a 3-member board of  review.
18    County commissioners shall receive no additional compensation
19    for  serving  on  the board of review.   County commissioners
20    serving as the board of  review  must  meet  the  examination
21    requirements  of Section 6-32.  If any member of the board of
22    county  commissioners   fails   to   meet   the   examination
23    requirements, the board of county commissioners shall appoint
24    a board of review.
25        The  board  of  county  commissioners  shall   appoint  a
26    3-member   board  of  review  if  (i)  the  board  of  county
27    commissioners so chooses or (ii) any member of the  board  of
28    county   commissioners   fails   to   meet   the  examination
29    requirements of Section 6-32.  No  person  may  serve  on  an
30    appointed board of review under this Section unless he or she
31    meets  the  examination requirements of Section 6-32. Members
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 1    of a board  of  review  appointed  by  the  board  of  county
 2    commissioners  shall receive a per diem for their services as
 3    established by the board of county commissioners.
 4        A board of  review  appointed  by  the  board  of  county
 5    commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the board of the
 6    county  commissioners.   If  the board of review is appointed
 7    because any member of the board of county commissioners fails
 8    to meet the examination requirements of Section 6-32 and  all
 9    members  subsequently  fulfill the requirements, the board of
10    county commissioners  may  terminate  the  authority  of  the
11    sitting board of review and serve as the board of review.
12    (Source: P.A.  87-818;  87-1189; 88-455; incorporates 88-221;
13    88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
14        (35 ILCS 200/6-32 new)
15        Sec. 6-32.  Examination requirement.  In  any  county  to
16    which Section 6-30 applies, no person may serve on a board of
17    review  who  has  not  passed  an  examination  prepared  and
18    administered  by  the  Department  to  determine  his  or her
19    competence to hold the  office.   The  examination  shall  be
20    conducted  by  the  Department at some convenient location in
21    the county.  The Department may provide by rule  the  maximum
22    time that the name of a person who has passed the examination
23    shall  be  included on a list of persons eligible to serve on
24    the board of review.
25        (35 ILCS 200/6-34 new)
26        Sec. 6-34.  Political makeup.  If  the  board  of  county
27    commissioners  appoints  a  board  of review as prescribed in
28    Section 6-30, the board of review shall consist of 2  members
29    affiliated  with the political party polling the highest vote
30    for any county office in the county and  one  member  of  the
31    party  polling  the  second  highest vote for the same county
32    office at the last general election.
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 1        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
 2    January 1, 1999.

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