Public Act 93-0188

HB3079 Enrolled                      LRB093 11015 SJM 11621 b

    AN ACT in relation to taxes.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Section 2-45 as follows:

    (35 ILCS 200/2-45)
    Sec. 2-45.  Selection and  eligibility  of  township  and
multi-township assessors.
    (a)  In   all   counties   under  township  organization,
township or multi-township assessors shall  be  qualified  as
required  by  subsections (b) through (d) of this Section and
shall be elected as  provided  in  this  Code.   Township  or
multi-township  assessors  shall  enter  upon their duties on
January 1 following their election, and perform the duties of
the office for 4 years.
    (b)  Beginning December  1,  1996,  in  any  township  or
multi-township   assessment   district  not  subject  to  the
requirements of subsections (c) or (d) of  this  Section,  no
person  is  eligible to file nomination papers or participate
as a candidate in any caucus or primary or  general  election
for,  or  be  appointed  to  fill vacancies in, the office of
township or multi-township assessor, unless he or she (i) has
successfully completed an introductory course  in  assessment
practices  that  is  approved  by  the  Department;  or  (ii)
possesses  at  least  one  of  the  qualifications  listed in
paragraphs (1) through (6) (5)  of  subsection  (c)  of  this
Section.  The  candidate  cannot  file  nominating  papers or
participate as a candidate unless a copy of  the  certificate
of  his  or  her  qualifications  is  filed with the township
clerk, board of election commissioners, or other  appropriate
authority  as  required  by the Election Code.  The candidate
cannot be appointed to fill a vacancy until  he  or  she  has
filed  a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications
with the appointing authority.
    (c)  Beginning  December  1,  1996,  in  a  township   or
multi-township  assessment  district with $25,000,000 or more
of non-farm equalized assessed value or $1,000,000 or more in
commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no person
is eligible to file nomination papers  or  participate  as  a
candidate  in  any caucus or primary or general election for,
or be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of  township
or  multi-township  assessor,  unless  he or she possesses at
least one of the  qualifications  listed  in  paragraphs  (1)
through (6) (5) of this subsection (c).
         (1)  a    Certified   Illinois   Assessing   Officer
    certificate  from  the   Illinois   Property   Assessment
    Institute  with  current  additional  30  class  hours as
    required for additional compensation under Section 4-10;
         (2) (A)  A  Certified  Illinois  Assessing   Officer
    certificate   from   the   Illinois  Property  Assessment
    Institute with a  minimum  of  300  additional  hours  of
    successfully    completed   courses   approved   by   the
    Department, if at least 150 of the course hours  required
    a written examination; and
         (B)  within  the  4  years  preceding  the election,
    successful completion of  at  least  15  class  hours  of
    additional  training  in courses that must be approved by
    the Department, including but not limited to, assessment,
    appraisal, or computer courses, and that may  be  offered
    by   accredited   universities,  colleges,  or  community
    colleges;
         (3)  a Certified  Assessment  Evaluator  designation
    from the International Association of Assessing Officers;
         (4)  certification  as  a  Member  of  the Appraisal
    Institute, Senior Real Estate  Analyst,  or  Senior  Real
    Property  Appraiser  from  the Appraisal Institute or its
    predecessor organization; or
         (5)  a  professional  designation   by   any   other
    appraisal   or  assessing  association  approved  by  the
    Department; or
         (6)  if the person  has  served  as  a  township  or
    multi-township assessor for 12 years or more, a Certified
    Illinois Assessing Official certificate from the Illinois
    Property  Assessment  Institute  with  a  minimum  of 360
    additional  hours  of  successfully   completed   courses
    approved by the Department, if at least 180 of the course
    hours required a written examination.
    The   candidate   cannot   file   nominating   papers  or
participate as a candidate unless a copy of  the  certificate
of  his  or  her  qualifications  is  filed with the township
clerk, board of election commissioners, or other  appropriate
authority  as  required  by the Election Code.  The candidate
cannot be appointed to fill a vacancy until  he  or  she  has
filed  a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications
with the appointing authority.
    (d)  Beginning  December  1,  2000,  in  a  township   or
multi-township assessment district with more than $10,000,000
and  less  than  $25,000,000  of  non-farm equalized assessed
value and less than $1,000,000 in commercial  and  industrial
equalized  assessed  value, no person who has previously been
elected as township or multi-township assessor  in  any  such
township or multi-township assessment district is eligible to
file  nomination  papers or participate as a candidate in any
caucus or primary or  general  election  for  the  office  of
township   or  multi-township  assessor,  unless  he  or  she
possesses at  least  one  of  the  qualifications  listed  in
paragraphs  (1)  through  (6)  (5)  of subsection (c) of this
Section. The  candidate  cannot  file  nominating  papers  or
participate  as  a candidate unless a copy of the certificate
of his or her  qualifications  is  filed  with  the  township
clerk,  board of election commissioners, or other appropriate
authority as required by the Election Code.
    (e)  If any person files nominating papers for  candidacy
for the office of township or multi-township assessor without
also  filing  a  copy  of the certificate as required by this
Section, the clerk of the township,  the  board  of  election
commissioners,  or other appropriate authority as required by
the Election Code shall refuse to certify  the  name  of  the
person as a candidate to the proper election officials.
    If   no   candidate   for   election   meets   the  above
qualifications there shall be no election and the town  board
of trustees or multi-township board of trustees shall appoint
or contract with a person under Section 2-60.
    As   used  in  this  Section  only,  "non-farm  equalized
assessed value" means the total equalized assessed  value  in
the   township   or  multi-township  assessment  district  as
reported to the Department under Section 18-225 after removal
of homestead exemptions, and after removal of  the  equalized
assessed value reported as farm or minerals to the Department
under Section 18-225.
    For  purposes  of  this  Section  only,  "file nomination
papers" also  includes  having  nomination  papers  filed  on
behalf of the candidate by another person.
(Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-441, eff. 6-1-96.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.