96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2277

 

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/16-115

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the board of review in Cook County shall forward notification of the filing of a complaint that property is overassessed, underassessed, or exempt to the county assessor by electronic or other suitable means (instead of by forwarding a paper copy).


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A BILL FOR

 

HB2277 LRB096 10132 RCE 20298 b

1     AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5 Section 16-115 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 200/16-115)
7     Sec. 16-115. Filing complaints. In counties with 3,000,000
8 or more inhabitants, complaints that any property is
9 overassessed or underassessed or is exempt may be made by any
10 taxpayer. Complaints that any property is overassessed or
11 underassessed or is exempt may be made by a taxing district
12 that has an interest in the assessment to a board of review.
13 All complaints shall be in writing, identify and describe the
14 particular property, otherwise comply with the rules in force,
15 be signed by the complaining party or his or her attorney, and
16 be filed with the board of appeals (until the first Monday in
17 December 1998 and the board of review beginning the first
18 Monday in December 1998 and thereafter) in at least duplicate.
19 The board shall forward notification by electronic or other
20 suitable means of the filing one copy of each complaint to the
21 county assessor.
22     Complaints by taxpayers and taxing districts and
23 certificates of correction by the county assessor as provided

 

 

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1 in this Code shall be filed with the board according to
2 townships on or before the dates specified in the notices given
3 in Section 16-110.
4 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
5 8-14-96.)