96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1826

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. John M. Sullivan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/14-30

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the chief county assessment officer may charge not more than $0.20 per parcel for copies of records furnished in electronic format. Effective immediately.


LRB096 09394 RCE 19551 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1826 LRB096 09394 RCE 19551 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 14-30 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 200/14-30)
7     Sec. 14-30. Hearings on revisions or corrections; public
8 records. In all counties, all hearings held by the chief county
9 assessment officer in support of or in opposition to a proposed
10 revision or correction in assessed valuation shall be open to
11 the public. All files maintained by the chief county assessment
12 officer relating to the assessed valuation of any property, and
13 all complaints, supporting documents, and other evidence
14 submitted by the complainant shall be available for public
15 inspection during regular office hours of the chief county
16 assessment officer.
17     If a property owner wishes to support his or her request
18 for a revision or correction of valuation by facts set forth in
19 income tax returns, he or she shall submit the entire return to
20 the chief county assessment officer. However, only the portions
21 of the return relating to the property for which a revision or
22 correction is requested shall be a public record. If requested
23 by the chief county assessment officer, the property owner

 

 

SB1826 - 2 - LRB096 09394 RCE 19551 b

1 shall execute a consent in favor of the chief county assessment
2 officer instructing the taxing body with which the income tax
3 return was filed to furnish a certified copy of the return so
4 that the accuracy of the copy submitted to the chief county
5 assessment officer may be verified.
6     The chief county assessment officer shall promptly furnish
7 to any person copies of all complaints, supporting documents
8 and other evidence submitted by a complainant, subject to the
9 foregoing qualification, and all public records of the chief
10 county assessment officer for a fee of 35 cents per page of
11 legal size or smaller, and $1 for each larger page, and not
12 more than $0.20 per parcel if furnished in electronic format.
13 (Source: P.A. 77-1709; 88-455.)
 
14     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.