Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

Filed: 4/26/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2830

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2830 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2-5 and 2-10 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/2-5)
7    Sec. 2-5. Multi-township assessors.
8    (a) Qualified townships Townships with less than 1,000
9inhabitants shall not elect assessors for each township but
10shall elect multi-township assessors.
11        (1) If 2 or more qualified townships townships with
12    less than 1,000 inhabitants are contiguous, one
13    multi-township assessor shall be elected to assess the
14    property in as many of the townships as are contiguous and
15    whose combined population exceeds the maximum population
16    amount is 1,000 or more inhabitants.

 

 

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1        (2) If any qualified township of less than 1,000
2    inhabitants is not contiguous to another qualified
3    township of less than 1,000 inhabitants, one
4    multi-township assessor shall be elected to assess the
5    property of that township and any other township to which
6    it is contiguous.
7    (b) As used in this Section:
8    "Maximum population amount" means:
9        (1) before the publication of population data from the
10    2030 federal decennial census, 1,000 inhabitants; and
11        (2) on and after the publication of population data
12    from the 2030 federal decennial census, 3,000 inhabitants.
13    "Qualified township" means a township with a population
14that does not exceed the maximum population amount.
15(Source: P.A. 87-818; 88-455.)
 
16    (35 ILCS 200/2-10)
17    Sec. 2-10. Mandatory establishment of multi-township
18assessment districts. Before August 1, 2002 and every 10
19years thereafter, the supervisor of assessments shall prepare
20maps, by county, of the townships, indicating the number of
21inhabitants and the equalized assessed valuation of each
22township for the preceding year, within the counties under
23township organization, and shall distribute a copy of that map
24to the county board and to each township supervisor, board of
25trustees, sitting township or multi-township assessor, and to

 

 

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1the Department. The map shall contain suggested multi-township
2assessment districts for purposes of assessment. Upon receipt
3of the maps, the boards of trustees shall determine
4separately, by majority vote, if the suggested multi-township
5districts are acceptable.
6    The township boards of trustees may meet as a body to
7discuss the suggested districts of which they would be a part.
8Upon request of the township supervisor of any township, the
9township supervisor of the township containing the most
10population shall call the meeting, designating the time and
11place, and shall act as temporary chairperson of the meeting
12until a permanent chairperson is chosen from among the
13township officials included in the call to the meeting. The
14township assessors and supervisor of assessments may
15participate in the meeting. Notice of the meeting shall be
16given in the same manner as notice is required for township
17meetings in the Township Code. The meeting shall be open to the
18public and may be recessed from time to time.
19    If a multi-township assessment district is not acceptable
20to any board of trustees, they shall so determine and further
21determine an alternative multi-township assessment district.
22The suggested or alternative multi-township assessment
23district shall contain at least 2 qualified townships, as
24defined in Section 2-5 and 1,000 or more inhabitants, shall
25contain no less than the total area of any one township, shall
26be contiguous to at least one other township in the

 

 

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1multi-township assessment district, and shall be located
2within one county. For purposes of this Section only,
3townships are contiguous if they share a common boundary line
4or meet at any point. This amendatory Act of 1996 is not a new
5enactment, but is declarative of existing law.
6    Before September 15, 2002 and every 10 years thereafter,
7the respective boards of town trustees shall notify the
8supervisor of assessments and the Department whether they have
9accepted the suggested multi-township assessment district or
10whether they have adopted an alternative district, and, in the
11latter case, they shall include in the notification a
12description or map, by township, of the alternative district.
13Before October 1, 2002 and every 10 years thereafter, the
14supervisor of assessments shall determine whether any
15suggested or alternative multi-township assessment district
16meets the conditions of this Section and Section 2-5. If any
17township board of trustees fails to so notify the supervisor
18of assessments and the Department as provided in this Section,
19the township shall be part of the original suggested
20multi-township assessment district. In any dispute between 2
21or more townships as to inclusion or exclusion of a township in
22any one multi-township assessment district, the county board
23shall hold a public hearing in the county seat and, as soon as
24practicable thereafter, make a final determination as to the
25composition of the district. It shall notify the Department of
26the final determination before November 15, 2002 and every 10

 

 

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1years thereafter. The Department shall promulgate the
2multi-township assessment districts, file the same with the
3Secretary of State as provided in the Illinois Administrative
4Procedure Act and so notify the township supervisors, boards
5of trustees and county clerks of the townships and counties
6subject to this Section and Section 2-5. If the Department's
7promulgation removes a township from a prior multi-township
8assessment district, that township shall, within 30 days after
9the effective date of the removal, receive a distribution of a
10portion of the assets of the prior multi-township assessment
11district according to the ratio of the total equalized
12assessed valuation of all the taxable property in the township
13to the total equalized assessed valuation of all the taxable
14property in the prior multi-township assessment district. If a
15township is removed from one multi-township assessment
16district and made a part of another multi-township assessment
17district, the district from which the township is removed
18shall, within 30 days after the effective date of the removal,
19cause the township's distribution under this paragraph to be
20paid directly to the district of which the township is made a
21part. A township receiving such a distribution (or a
22multi-township assessment district receiving such a
23distribution on behalf of a township that is made a part of
24that district) shall use the proceeds from the distribution
25only in connection with assessing real estate in the township
26for tax purposes.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 88-455; incorporates 88-221; 88-670, eff.
212-2-94; 89-502, eff. 6-28-96; 89-695, eff. 12-31-96.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.".