Public Act 101-0181
 
SB1932 EnrolledLRB101 08075 JRG 53138 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding
Section 24-36 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 200/24-36 new)
    Sec. 24-36. Property Tax Relief Task Force.
    (a) The Property Tax Relief Task Force is created. The Task
Force shall utilize a racial and economic equity lens to
identify the causes of increasingly burdensome property taxes
across Illinois, review best practices in public policy
strategies that create short-term and long-term property tax
relief for homeowners, and make recommendations to assist in
the development of short-term and long-term administrative,
electoral, and legislative changes needed to create short-term
and long-term property tax relief for homeowners.
    (b) The members of the Property Tax Relief Task Force shall
include and represent the diversity of the people of Illinois,
and shall be composed of the following:
        (1) members appointed by the Governor;
        (2) members of the House of Representatives appointed
    by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (3) members of the House of Representatives appointed
    by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;
        (4) members of the Senate appointed by the Senate
    President; and
        (5) members of the Senate appointed by the Senate
    Minority Leader.
    The members of the Task Force shall serve without
compensation and shall elect co-chairs from among their number.
    (c) The Department of Revenue shall provide administrative
support for the Task Force. The State Board of Education and
the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall
collaborate with the Task Force as requested by the Task Force.
    (d) Within 90 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Task Force
shall submit an initial report to the Governor and General
Assembly outlining short-term and long-term administrative,
electoral, and legislative changes needed to create short-term
and long-term property tax relief for homeowners.
    (e) The Task Force shall submit a final report to the
Governor and the General Assembly outlining short-term and
long-term administrative, electoral, and legislative changes
needed to create short-term and long-term property tax relief
for homeowners by December 31, 2019.
    (f) This Section is repealed December 31, 2020.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.