093_SB0862

 
                                     LRB093 03122 DRJ 03139 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to aging.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Senior  Citizens  and Disabled Persons
 5    Property Tax Relief  and  Pharmaceutical  Assistance  Act  is
 6    amended by changing Section 3.12 as follows:

 7        (320 ILCS 25/3.12) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.12)
 8        Sec. 3.12. "Residence" means the principal dwelling place
 9    occupied  in  this  State  by  a household and so much of the
10    surrounding land as is reasonably necessary for  use  of  the
11    dwelling   as   a  home.  "Residence",  and  includes  rental
12    property, mobile homes, single family dwellings, and units in
13    multifamily, multidwelling or multipurpose buildings. If  the
14    assessor  has  established a specific legal description for a
15    portion of property constituting  the  residence,  then  that
16    portion  of  property  shall  be  deemed  "residence" for the
17    purposes of this Act. "Residence" also includes that  portion
18    of a nursing or sheltered care home occupied as a dwelling by
19    a  claimant,  determined  as prescribed in regulations of the
20    Department.
21    (Source: P.A. 78-1249.)