Full Text of HB3222 98th General Assembly
HB3222 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB3222 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 35 ILCS 200/15-170 | |
410 ILCS 535/8 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-8 |
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each local registrar shall transmit monthly to each chief county assessment officer a copy of the death certificate of
each resident of the chief county assessment officer's county who (i) died during the previous month and (ii) was 65 years of age or older at the time of his or her death. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if a person qualifies for the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption, that person need not reapply. Provides that the chief county assessment officer shall review each death certificate transmitted to that chief county assessment officer to determine whether the decedent was, at the time of his or her death, an owner of record of property that received a Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption in the previous taxable year. Provides that, if the decedent is the only owner of record who qualifies for the exemption under this Section, then the exemption shall not be renewed for subsequent assessment years unless another qualified person reapplies for the exemption. Effective immediately.
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| 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 15-170 as follows: | 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/15-170) | 7 | | Sec. 15-170. Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption. An | 8 | | annual homestead
exemption limited, except as described here | 9 | | with relation to cooperatives or
life care facilities, to a
| 10 | | maximum reduction set forth below from the property's value, as | 11 | | equalized or
assessed by the Department, is granted for | 12 | | property that is occupied as a
residence by a person 65 years | 13 | | of age or older who is liable for paying real
estate taxes on | 14 | | the property and is an owner of record of the property or has a
| 15 | | legal or equitable interest therein as evidenced by a written | 16 | | instrument,
except for a leasehold interest, other than a | 17 | | leasehold interest of land on
which a single family residence | 18 | | is located, which is occupied as a residence by
a person 65 | 19 | | years or older who has an ownership interest therein, legal,
| 20 | | equitable or as a lessee, and on which he or she is liable for | 21 | | the payment
of property taxes. Before taxable year 2004, the | 22 | | maximum reduction shall be $2,500 in counties with
3,000,000 or | 23 | | more inhabitants and $2,000 in all other counties. For taxable |
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| 1 | | years 2004 through 2005, the maximum reduction shall be $3,000 | 2 | | in all counties. For taxable years 2006 and 2007, the maximum | 3 | | reduction shall be $3,500 and, for taxable years 2008 and | 4 | | thereafter, the maximum reduction is $4,000 in all counties.
| 5 | | For land
improved with an apartment building owned and | 6 | | operated as a cooperative, the maximum reduction from the value | 7 | | of the property, as
equalized
by the Department, shall be | 8 | | multiplied by the number of apartments or units
occupied by a | 9 | | person 65 years of age or older who is liable, by contract with
| 10 | | the owner or owners of record, for paying property taxes on the | 11 | | property and
is an owner of record of a legal or equitable | 12 | | interest in the cooperative
apartment building, other than a | 13 | | leasehold interest. For land improved with
a life care | 14 | | facility, the maximum reduction from the value of the property, | 15 | | as
equalized by the Department, shall be multiplied by the | 16 | | number of apartments or
units occupied by persons 65 years of | 17 | | age or older, irrespective of any legal,
equitable, or | 18 | | leasehold interest in the facility, who are liable, under a
| 19 | | contract with the owner or owners of record of the facility, | 20 | | for paying
property taxes on the property. In a
cooperative or | 21 | | a life care facility where a
homestead exemption has been | 22 | | granted, the cooperative association or the
management firm of | 23 | | the cooperative or facility shall credit the savings
resulting | 24 | | from that exemption only to
the apportioned tax liability of | 25 | | the owner or resident who qualified for
the exemption.
Any | 26 | | person who willfully refuses to so credit the savings shall be |
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| 1 | | guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor. Under this Section and | 2 | | Sections 15-175, 15-176, and 15-177, "life care
facility" means | 3 | | a facility, as defined in Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities
| 4 | | Act, with which the applicant for the homestead exemption has a | 5 | | life care
contract as defined in that Act. | 6 | | When a homestead exemption has been granted under this | 7 | | Section and the person
qualifying subsequently becomes a | 8 | | resident of a facility licensed under the Assisted Living and | 9 | | Shared Housing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized | 10 | | Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or the ID/DD Community Care | 11 | | Act, the exemption shall continue so long as the residence
| 12 | | continues to be occupied by the qualifying person's spouse if | 13 | | the spouse is 65
years of age or older, or if the residence | 14 | | remains unoccupied but is still
owned by the person qualified | 15 | | for the homestead exemption. | 16 | | A person who will be 65 years of age
during the current | 17 | | assessment year
shall
be eligible to apply for the homestead | 18 | | exemption during that assessment
year.
Application shall be | 19 | | made during the application period in effect for the
county of | 20 | | his residence. | 21 | | Beginning with assessment year 2003, for taxes payable in | 22 | | 2004,
property
that is first occupied as a residence after | 23 | | January 1 of any assessment year by
a person who is eligible | 24 | | for the senior citizens homestead exemption under this
Section | 25 | | must be granted a pro-rata exemption for the assessment year. | 26 | | The
amount of the pro-rata exemption is the exemption
allowed |
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| 1 | | in the county under this Section divided by 365 and multiplied | 2 | | by the
number of days during the assessment year the property | 3 | | is occupied as a
residence by a
person eligible for the | 4 | | exemption under this Section. The chief county
assessment | 5 | | officer must adopt reasonable procedures to establish | 6 | | eligibility
for this pro-rata exemption. | 7 | | The assessor or chief county assessment officer may | 8 | | determine the eligibility
of a life care facility to receive | 9 | | the benefits provided by this Section, by
affidavit, | 10 | | application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other | 11 | | reasonable
methods in order to insure that the tax savings | 12 | | resulting from the exemption
are credited by the management | 13 | | firm to the apportioned tax liability of each
qualifying | 14 | | resident. The assessor may request reasonable proof that the
| 15 | | management firm has so credited the exemption. | 16 | | The chief county assessment officer of each county with | 17 | | less than 3,000,000
inhabitants shall provide to each person | 18 | | allowed a homestead exemption under
this Section a form to | 19 | | designate any other person to receive a
duplicate of any notice | 20 | | of delinquency in the payment of taxes assessed and
levied | 21 | | under this Code on the property of the person receiving the | 22 | | exemption.
The duplicate notice shall be in addition to the | 23 | | notice required to be
provided to the person receiving the | 24 | | exemption, and shall be given in the
manner required by this | 25 | | Code. The person filing the request for the duplicate
notice | 26 | | shall pay a fee of $5 to cover administrative costs to the |
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| 1 | | supervisor of
assessments, who shall then file the executed | 2 | | designation with the county
collector. Notwithstanding any | 3 | | other provision of this Code to the contrary,
the filing of | 4 | | such an executed designation requires the county collector to
| 5 | | provide duplicate notices as indicated by the designation. A | 6 | | designation may
be rescinded by the person who executed such | 7 | | designation at any time, in the
manner and form required by the | 8 | | chief county assessment officer. | 9 | | The assessor or chief county assessment officer may | 10 | | determine the
eligibility of residential property to receive | 11 | | the homestead exemption provided
by this Section by | 12 | | application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other
| 13 | | reasonable methods. The determination shall be made in | 14 | | accordance with
guidelines established by the Department. | 15 | | Beginning in taxable year 2013, In counties with 3,000,000 | 16 | | or more inhabitants, beginning in taxable year 2010, each | 17 | | taxpayer who has been granted an exemption under this Section | 18 | | must reapply on an annual basis. The chief county assessment | 19 | | officer shall mail the application to the taxpayer. In counties | 20 | | with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the county board may by
| 21 | | resolution provide that if a person has been granted a | 22 | | homestead exemption
under this Section, the person qualifying | 23 | | need not reapply for the exemption. The chief county assessment | 24 | | officer shall review each death certificate transmitted to that | 25 | | chief county assessment officer under item (8.10) of Section 8 | 26 | | of the Vital Records Act to determine whether the decedent was, |
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| 1 | | at the time of his or her death, an owner of record of property | 2 | | that received an exemption under this Section in the previous | 3 | | taxable year. If the decedent is the only owner of record who | 4 | | qualifies for the exemption under this Section, then the | 5 | | exemption shall not be renewed for subsequent assessment years | 6 | | unless another qualified person reapplies for the exemption. | 7 | | In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if the | 8 | | assessor or chief
county assessment officer requires annual | 9 | | application for verification of
eligibility for an exemption | 10 | | once granted under this Section, the application
shall be | 11 | | mailed to the taxpayer. | 12 | | The assessor or chief county assessment officer shall | 13 | | notify each person
who qualifies for an exemption under this | 14 | | Section that the person may also
qualify for deferral of real | 15 | | estate taxes under the Senior Citizens Real Estate
Tax Deferral | 16 | | Act. The notice shall set forth the qualifications needed for
| 17 | | deferral of real estate taxes, the address and telephone number | 18 | | of
county collector, and a
statement that applications for | 19 | | deferral of real estate taxes may be obtained
from the county | 20 | | collector. | 21 | | Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act, | 22 | | no
reimbursement by the State is required for the | 23 | | implementation of any mandate
created by this Section. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10; 96-355, eff. 1-1-10; | 25 | | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1418, eff. 8-2-10; 97-38, eff. | 26 | | 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.) |
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| 1 | | Section 10. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | 2 | | Section 8 as follows:
| 3 | | (410 ILCS 535/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-8)
| 4 | | Sec. 8. Each local registrar shall:
| 5 | | (1) Appoint one or more deputies to act for him in his | 6 | | absence or to
assist him. Such deputies shall be subject to all | 7 | | rules and regulations
governing local registrars.
| 8 | | (2) Appoint one or more subregistrars when necessary for | 9 | | the convenience
of the people. To become effective, such | 10 | | appointments must be approved by
the State Registrar of Vital | 11 | | Records. A subregistrar shall exercise such
authority as is | 12 | | given him by the local registrar and is subject to the
| 13 | | supervision and control of the State Registrar of Vital | 14 | | Records, and shall
be liable to the same penalties as local | 15 | | registrars, as provided in Section
27 of this Act.
| 16 | | (3) Administer and enforce the provisions of this Act and | 17 | | the
instructions, rules, and regulations issued hereunder.
| 18 | | (4) Require that certificates be completed and filed in | 19 | | accordance with
the provisions of this Act and the rules and | 20 | | regulations issued hereunder.
| 21 | | (5) Prepare and transmit monthly an accurate copy of each | 22 | | record of live
birth, death, and fetal death to the county | 23 | | clerk of his county. He shall
also, in the case of a death of a | 24 | | person who was a resident of another
county, prepare an |
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| 1 | | additional copy of the death record and transmit it to
the | 2 | | county clerk of the county in which such person was a resident. | 3 | | In no
case shall the county clerk's copy of a live birth record | 4 | | include the
section of the certificate which contains | 5 | | information for health and
statistical program use only.
| 6 | | (6) (Blank).
| 7 | | (7) Prepare, file, and retain for a period of at least 10 | 8 | | years in his
own office an accurate copy of each record of live | 9 | | birth, death, and fetal
death accepted for registration. Only | 10 | | in those instances in which the local
registrar is also a full | 11 | | time city, village, incorporated town, public
health district, | 12 | | county, or multi-county health officer recognized by the
| 13 | | Department may the health and statistical data section of the | 14 | | live birth
record be made a part of this copy.
| 15 | | (8) Transmit monthly the certificates, reports, or other | 16 | | returns filed
with him to the State Registrar of Vital Records, | 17 | | or more frequently when
directed to do so by the State | 18 | | Registrar of Vital Records.
| 19 | | (8.5) Transmit monthly to the State central register of the | 20 | | Illinois
Department of Children and Family Services a copy of | 21 | | all death certificates of
persons under 18 years of age who | 22 | | have died within the month.
| 23 | | (8.10) Transmit monthly to each chief county assessment | 24 | | officer, as defined in Section 1-15 of the Property Tax Code, a | 25 | | copy of the death certificate of
each resident of the chief | 26 | | county assessment officer's county who (i) died during the |
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| 1 | | previous month and (ii) was 65 years of age or older at the | 2 | | time of his or her death. | 3 | | (9) Maintain such records, make such reports, and perform | 4 | | such other
duties as may be required by the State Registrar of | 5 | | Vital Records.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 89-641, eff. 8-9-96; 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.
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