102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2543

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Melinda Bush

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/10-31

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, beginning in assessment year 2024, lots that have been platted and subdivided shall be assessed based on the estimated price the property would bring at a fair voluntary sale (currently, based on the assessed value assigned to the property when last assessed prior to its last transfer or conveyance).


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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
5Section 10-31 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/10-31)
7    Sec. 10-31. Subdivisions; counties of less than 3,000,000.
8    (a) In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
9platting and subdivision of property into separate lots and
10the development of the subdivided property with streets,
11sidewalks, curbs, gutters, sewer, water and utility lines
12shall not increase the assessed valuation of all or any part of
13the property, if:
14        (1) The property is platted and subdivided in
15    accordance with the Plat Act;
16        (2) The platting occurs after January 1, 1978;
17        (3) At the time of platting the property is in excess
18    of 5 acres; and
19        (4) At the time of platting or replatting the property
20    is vacant or used as a farm as defined in Section 1-60.
21    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section,
22prior to the 2024 assessment year, the assessed valuation of
23property so platted and subdivided shall be determined based

 

 

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1on the assessed value assigned to the property when last
2assessed prior to its last transfer or conveyance. Prior to
3the 2024 assessment year, an An initial sale of any platted
4lot, including a lot that is vacant, or a transfer to a holder
5of a mortgage, as defined in Section 15-1207 of the Code of
6Civil Procedure, pursuant to a mortgage foreclosure proceeding
7or pursuant to a transfer in lieu of foreclosure, does not
8disqualify that lot from the provisions of this subsection
9(b). Beginning with the 2024 assessment year, except as
10provided in subsection (c) of this Section, all lots so
11platted and subdivided shall be assessed based on the
12estimated price the property would bring at a fair voluntary
13sale.
14    (c) Upon completion of a habitable structure on any lot of
15subdivided property, or upon the use of any lot, either alone
16or in conjunction with any contiguous property, for any
17business, commercial or residential purpose: (i) the
18provisions of subsection (b) of this Section shall no longer
19apply in determining the assessed valuation of the lot, (ii)
20each lot shall be assessed without regard to any provision of
21this Section, and (iii) the assessed valuation of the
22remaining property, when next determined, shall be reduced
23proportionately to reflect the exclusion of the property that
24no longer qualifies for valuation under this Section. Holding
25or offering a platted lot for initial sale shall not
26constitute a use of the lot for business, commercial or

 

 

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1residential purposes unless a habitable structure is situated
2on the lot or unless the lot is otherwise used for a business,
3commercial or residential purpose. The replatting of a
4subdivision or portion of a subdivision does not disqualify
5the replatted lots from the provisions of subsection (b).
6    (d) This Section applies on and after the effective date
7of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and
8through December 31, 2011.
9(Source: P.A. 96-480, eff. 8-14-09.)