Public Act 0181 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1932 Enrolled LRB101 08075 JRG 53138 b

Public Act 101-0181

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(f) This Section is repealed December 31, 2020.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.