Full Text of SB1526 99th General Assembly
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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 16-55 as follows:
| 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/16-55)
| 7 | | Sec. 16-55. Complaints. | 8 | | (a) On written complaint that any property is
overassessed | 9 | | or underassessed, the board shall review the assessment, and
| 10 | | correct it, as appears to be just, but in no case shall the | 11 | | property be
assessed at a higher percentage of fair cash value | 12 | | than other property in the
assessment district prior to | 13 | | equalization by the board or the Department. | 14 | | (b) The board shall include compulsory sales in reviewing | 15 | | and correcting assessments, including, but not limited to, | 16 | | those compulsory sales submitted by the taxpayer, if the board | 17 | | determines that those sales reflect the same property | 18 | | characteristics and condition as those originally used to make | 19 | | the assessment. The board shall also consider whether the | 20 | | compulsory sale would otherwise be considered an arm's length | 21 | | transaction. | 22 | | (c) If a complaint is filed by an attorney on behalf of a | 23 | | taxpayer, all notices and correspondence from the board |
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| 1 | | relating to the appeal shall be directed to the attorney. The | 2 | | board may require proof of the attorney's authority to | 3 | | represent the taxpayer. If the attorney fails to provide proof | 4 | | of authority within the compliance period granted by the board | 5 | | pursuant to subsection (d), the board may dismiss the | 6 | | complaint. The Board shall send, electronically or by mail, | 7 | | notice of the dismissal to the attorney and taxpayer. | 8 | | (d) A
complaint to affect the assessment for the current | 9 | | year shall be filed on or before 30 calendar days after the | 10 | | date
of publication of the assessment list under Section 12-10. | 11 | | Upon receipt of a written complaint that is timely filed under | 12 | | this Section, the board of review shall docket the complaint. | 13 | | If the complaint does not comply with the board of review rules | 14 | | adopted under Section 9-5 entitling the complainant to a | 15 | | hearing, the board shall send, electronically or by mail, | 16 | | notification acknowledging receipt of the complaint. The | 17 | | notification must identify which rules have not been complied | 18 | | with and provide the complainant with not less than 10 business | 19 | | days to bring the complaint into compliance with those rules. | 20 | | If the complainant complies with the board of review rules | 21 | | either upon the initial filing of a complaint or within the | 22 | | time as extended by the board of review for compliance, then | 23 | | the board of review shall send, electronically or by mail, a | 24 | | notice of hearing and the board shall hear the complaint and | 25 | | shall issue and send, electronically or by mail, a decision | 26 | | upon resolution. Except as otherwise provided in subsection |
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| 1 | | (c), if the complainant has not complied with the rules within | 2 | | the time as extended by the board of review, the board shall | 3 | | nonetheless issue and send a decision. The board of review may | 4 | | adopt rules allowing any party to attend and participate in a | 5 | | hearing by telephone or electronically. | 6 | | (e) The board may also,
at any time before its revision of | 7 | | the assessments is completed in every year,
increase, reduce or | 8 | | otherwise adjust the assessment of any property, making
changes | 9 | | in the valuation as may be just, and shall have full power over | 10 | | the
assessment of any person and may do anything in regard | 11 | | thereto that it may deem
necessary to make a just assessment, | 12 | | but the property shall not be assessed at
a higher percentage | 13 | | of fair cash value than the assessed valuation of other
| 14 | | property in the assessment district prior to equalization by | 15 | | the board or the
Department. | 16 | | (f) No assessment shall be increased until the person to be | 17 | | affected
has been notified and given an opportunity to be | 18 | | heard, except as provided
below. | 19 | | (g) Before making any reduction in assessments of its own | 20 | | motion, the board
of review shall give notice to the assessor | 21 | | or chief county assessment officer
who certified the | 22 | | assessment, and give the assessor or chief county assessment
| 23 | | officer an opportunity to be heard thereon. | 24 | | (h) All complaints of errors in
assessments of property | 25 | | shall be in writing, and shall be filed by the
complaining | 26 | | party with the board of review, in duplicate. The duplicate |
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be filed by the board of review with the assessor or | 2 | | chief county assessment
officer who certified the assessment. | 3 | | (i) In all cases where a change in assessed
valuation of | 4 | | $100,000 or more is sought, the complainant must so state in | 5 | | the initial complaint. Failure to so indicate will preclude the | 6 | | complainant from seeking a change of $100,000 or more pursuant | 7 | | to that complaint. The board of review shall provide notice of | 8 | | the petition to all municipalities, school districts, park | 9 | | districts, forest preserve districts, conservation districts, | 10 | | fire protection districts, and community college districts | 11 | | that have a revenue interest in the property at least 14 days | 12 | | prior to the hearing on the complaint; this notice may be | 13 | | e-mailed. The board of review shall also provide notice of the | 14 | | petition to any other taxing district that has a revenue | 15 | | interest in the property, so long as the district files an | 16 | | annual written request to receive all such notices with the | 17 | | clerk of the board of review the board of review shall also | 18 | | serve a
copy of the petition on all taxing districts as shown | 19 | | on the last available tax
bill at least 14 days prior to the | 20 | | hearing on the complaint. All taxing
districts shall have an | 21 | | opportunity to be heard on the complaint . | 22 | | (j) Complaints
shall be classified by townships or taxing | 23 | | districts by the clerk of the board
of review. All classes of | 24 | | complaints shall be docketed numerically, each in its
own | 25 | | class, in the order in which they are presented, in books kept | 26 | | for that
purpose, which books shall be open to public |
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| 1 | | inspection. Complaints shall be
considered by townships or | 2 | | taxing districts until all complaints have been
heard and | 3 | | passed upon by the board.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 97-812, eff. 7-13-12; 98-322, eff. 8-12-13.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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