101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1871

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Linda Holmes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/6-5
35 ILCS 200/6-15

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in a county under township organization with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and an appointed board of review, the county board may, by resolution, require that members of the board of review have certain professional assessment designations. Provides that, if the county board requires those designations, then provisions of the Code concerning the political makeup of the board of review do not apply to that county. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Sections 6-5 and 6-15 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/6-5)
7    Sec. 6-5. Appointed boards of review. In counties under
8township organization with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants in
9which no board of review is elected under Section 6-35, there
10shall be an appointed board of review to review the assessments
11made by the supervisor of assessments. When there is no
12existing appointed board of review, the chairman of the county
13board shall appoint, with approval of the county board, 3
14citizens of the county to comprise the board of review for that
15county, 2 to serve for a one year term commencing on the
16following June 1, and one to serve for a 2 year term commencing
17on the same date. When an appointed board of review already
18exists, successors shall be appointed and qualified to serve
19for terms of 2 years commencing on June 1 of the year of
20appointment and until their successors are appointed and
21qualified. Vacancies shall be filled in like manner as original
22appointments, for the balance of the unexpired term. Members of
23the county board may be appointed to the board of review. A

 

 

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1member of the board of review may be reappointed. No person may
2serve on the board of review who is not qualified by experience
3and training in property appraisal and property tax
4administration.
5(Source: P.A. 86-905; 87-1189; 88-455.)
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/6-15)
7    Sec. 6-15. Qualifications; political Political makeup; and
8compensation; counties appointing a board of review under
9Section 6-5.
10    (a) No person may serve on the board of review who is not
11qualified by experience and training in property appraisal and
12property tax administration.
13    (b) Except in such counties where the county board has by
14resolution adopted the provisions of subsection (c), the The
15board of review appointed under Section 6-5 shall consist of 3
16members, 2 of whom are affiliated with the political party
17polling the highest vote for any county office in the county at
18the last general election prior to any appointment made under
19this Section. The third member shall not be affiliated with
20that same party.
21    (c) A county board may, by resolution, require that no
22person may be appointed under Section 6-5 unless that person
23has one of the following qualifications:
24        (1) any of the professional assessment designations
25    listed in subsection (c) of Section 2-45; or

 

 

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1        (2) a certified residential real estate appraiser
2    license or a certified general real estate appraiser
3    license issued under the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing
4    Act of 2002 or any successor real estate appraiser
5    licensing Act.
6    (d) Each member of the board of review shall receive an
7annual salary to be fixed by the county board and paid out of
8the county treasury.
9(Source: P.A. 98-322, eff. 8-12-13.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.