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 1                     AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 33

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate  Bill  33  on  page  1,
 3    lines  1  and  2, by replacing "Section 9-195" with "Sections
 4    9-195 and 15-35"; and

 5    on page 1, line 6, after "9-195", by inserting  "and  15-35";
 6    and

 7    on page 1, by replacing lines 9 and 10 with the following:
 8        "(a)  Except as provided in Sections 15-35, Section 15-55
 9    ,  and  15-100,  and  15-103,  when  property which is exempt
10    from"; and

11    on page 1, line 19, after "1997", by inserting "and  by  this
12    amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly"; and

13    on  page  1,  by  replacing  lines  27  through  29  with the
14    following:
15    "described in subsection (e) of Section 15-35, subsection (b)
16    of Section 15-100, or Section 15-103.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-562, eff. 12-16-97.)

18        (35 ILCS 200/15-35)
19        Sec. 15-35.  Schools.  All property donated by the United
20    States for school purposes, and all property of schools,  not
21    sold  or  leased  or otherwise used with a view to profit, is
 
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 1    exempt, whether owned by a resident or non-resident  of  this
 2    State  or  by  a corporation incorporated in any state of the
 3    United States.  Also exempt is:
 4             (a)  property  of  schools  which  is  leased  to  a
 5        municipality to be  used  for  municipal  purposes  on  a
 6        not-for-profit basis;
 7             (b)  property  of  schools  on which the schools are
 8        located and any other property of  schools  used  by  the
 9        schools  exclusively  for school purposes, including, but
10        not limited to, student residence halls, dormitories  and
11        other  housing  facilities for students and their spouses
12        and children, staff housing facilities, and  school-owned
13        and  operated  dormitory  or  residence halls occupied in
14        whole or in part by students who belong to  fraternities,
15        sororities, or other campus organizations;
16             (c)  property donated, granted, received or used for
17        public school, college, theological seminary, university,
18        or  other  educational purposes, whether held in trust or
19        absolutely; and
20             (d)  in counties with more than 200,000  inhabitants
21        which classify property, property (including interests in
22        land  and  other  facilities)  on or adjacent to (even if
23        separated by a public street, alley, sidewalk, parkway or
24        other public way)  the  grounds  of  a  school,  if  that
25        property is used by an academic, research or professional
26        society,  institute,  association  or  organization which
27        serves the advancement of learning in a field  or  fields
28        of  study  taught by the school and which property is not
29        used with a view to profit; and.
30             (e)  property  owned  by  a  school  district.   The
31        exemption  under  this  subsection is not affected by any
32        transaction  in  which,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining
33        financing, the school district, directly  or  indirectly,
34        leases or otherwise transfers the property to another for
 
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 1        which  or  whom  property  is  not exempt and immediately
 2        after the lease or transfer enters into  a  leaseback  or
 3        other  agreement  that  directly  or indirectly gives the
 4        school district a right to use, control, and possess  the
 5        property.   In  the case of a conveyance of the property,
 6        the school district must retain an option to purchase the
 7        property at a future  date  or,  within  the  limitations
 8        period  for  reverters,  the property must revert back to
 9        the school district.
10                  (1)  If  the  property  has  been  conveyed  as
11             described in this subsection,  the  property  is  no
12             longer  exempt  under  this  Section  as of the date
13             when:
14                       (A)  the right of the school  district  to
15                  use,  control,  and  possess  the  property  is
16                  terminated;
17                       (B)  the  school district no longer has an
18                  option to purchase  or  otherwise  acquire  the
19                  property; and
20                       (C)  there  is no provision for a reverter
21                  of the property to the school  district  within
22                  the limitations period for reverters.
23                  (2)  Pursuant  to  Sections  15-15 and 15-20 of
24             this Code, the  school  district  shall  notify  the
25             chief  county  assessment officer of any transaction
26             under this subsection.  The chief county  assessment
27             officer   shall  determine  initial  and  continuing
28             compliance with the requirements of this  subsection
29             for  tax  exemption.   Failure  to  notify the chief
30             county assessment officer  of  a  transaction  under
31             this  subsection  or  to  otherwise  comply with the
32             requirements of Sections 15-15  and  15-20  of  this
33             Code  shall,  in  the discretion of the chief county
34             assessment officer, constitute  cause  to  terminate
 
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 1             the  exemption,  notwithstanding any other provision
 2             of this Code.
 3                  (3)  No provision of this subsection  shall  be
 4             construed  to  affect  the  obligation of the school
 5             district to which an exemption certificate has  been
 6             issued  under this Section from its obligation under
 7             Section  15-10  of  this  Code  to  file  an  annual
 8             certificate of status or to notify the chief  county
 9             assessment officer of transfers of interest or other
10             changes in the status of the property as required by
11             this Code.
12                  (4)  The changes made by this amendatory Act of
13             the   91st   General  Assembly  are  declarative  of
14             existing law and shall not be  construed  as  a  new
15             enactment.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)".

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