100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2813
 
Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
35 ILCS 200/10-505

     Amends the Property Tax Code.  In the definition of "wooded acreage", provides that the property must be defined as "woodlands" by the United States Department of the Interior (currently, defined as  "wooded acreage" by the Department of Labor).  Provides that the change is intended as a clarification. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 10-505 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/10-505)

7    Sec. 10-505. Wooded acreage defined.  For the purposes of 
8this Division 17, "wooded acreage" means any parcel of 
9unimproved real property that:
10        (1) can be defined as "woodlands" "wooded acreage" by 
11    the United States Department of the Interior Labor Bureau 
12    of Land Management;
13        (2) is at least 5 contiguous acres;
14        (3) does not qualify as cropland, permanent pasture, 
15    other farmland, or wasteland under Section 10-125 of this 
16    Code;
17        (4) is not managed under a forestry management plan and 
18    considered to be other farmland under Section 10-150 of 
19    this Code;
20        (5) does not qualify for another preferential 
21    assessment under this Code; and
22        (6) is owned by the taxpayer on October 1, 2007.

23    This amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly is 
 
 
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1intended as a clarification and is not a new enactment. 
2(Source: P.A. 95-633, eff. 10-1-07.)
 
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.