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90_SB1267eng

      35 ILCS 200/15-175
          Amends  the  Property  Tax  Code.   Makes   a   technical
      correction  in  the  Section concerning the General Homestead
      Exemption.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section
 2    20-178.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Property Tax Code is amended by adding
 6    Section 20-178 as follows:
 7        (35 ILCS 200/20-178 new)
 8        Sec. 20-178.  Certificate of error; refund; interest.  If
 9    a certificate of error is issued under Sections 14-15 through
10    14-25 of this Code and the  certificate  of  error  certifies
11    that  the taxpayer is entitled to a refund for overpayment of
12    taxes, the county collector shall refund  the  taxes  to  the
13    taxpayer.   The  county  collector  shall  pay  the  taxpayer
14    interest  on the amount of the refund at the rate of 1.5% per
15    month from the date of the execution of  the  certificate  of
16    error  by the chief county assessment officer to the date the
17    refund is made.  To cover the cost of  interest,  the  county
18    collector  shall  proportionately  reduce the distribution of
19    taxes  collected  for  each  taxing  district  in  which  the
20    property is situated.
21        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
22    becoming law.

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