Full Text of SB0095 95th General Assembly
SB0095 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0095
Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. Larry K. Bomke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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35 ILCS 200/15-173 new |
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30 ILCS 805/8.31 new |
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a homestead exemption for taxable years 2006, 2007, and 2008, for homestead property that, after the 2005 taxable year, is no longer assessed as farmland. Sets forth the amount of the exemption at 75% of the assessment increase in the 2006 taxable year, 50% of the assessment increase in the 2007 taxable year, and 25% of the increase in the 2008 taxable year. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning revenue.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding | 5 |
| Section 15-173 as follows: | 6 |
| (35 ILCS 200/15-173 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 15-173. Farmland reclassification homestead | 8 |
| exemption. | 9 |
| (a) For taxable years 2006, 2007, and 2008, homestead | 10 |
| property that is reclassified farmland property is entitled to | 11 |
| an exemption in the amounts set forth under subsection (b). For | 12 |
| the purposes of this Section, "reclassified farmland property" | 13 |
| means property that, during the 2005 taxable year, was assessed | 14 |
| as farmland under Division 6 of Article 10 of this Code, but | 15 |
| that, after the 2005 taxable year, is assessed under Article 9 | 16 |
| of this Code. | 17 |
| (b) The amount of the exemption under this Section is as | 18 |
| follows: | 19 |
| (1) For the 2006 taxable year, the amount of the | 20 |
| exemption is an amount equal to 0.75 multiplied by the | 21 |
| difference of (i) the equalized assessed value of the | 22 |
| property in the 2006 taxable year less (ii) the assessed | 23 |
| value of the property in the 2005 taxable year; |
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| (2) For the 2007 taxable year, the amount of the | 2 |
| exemption is an amount equal to 0.5 multiplied by the | 3 |
| difference of (i) the equalized assessed value of the | 4 |
| property in the 2007 taxable year less (ii) the assessed | 5 |
| value of the property in the 2005 taxable year; and | 6 |
| (3) For the 2008 taxable year, the amount of the | 7 |
| exemption is an amount equal to 0.25 multiplied by the | 8 |
| difference of (i) the equalized assessed value of the | 9 |
| property in the 2008 taxable year less (ii) the assessed | 10 |
| value of the property in the 2005 taxable year. | 11 |
| The chief county assessment officer may determine the | 12 |
| eligibility of property to receive the homestead exemption and | 13 |
| the amount of the exemption by application, visual inspection, | 14 |
| questionnaire, or other reasonable methods. The determination | 15 |
| must be made in accordance with guidelines established by the | 16 |
| Department.
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 18 |
| Section 8.31 as follows: | 19 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | 20 |
| Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 21 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 22 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 23 |
| the 95th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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