100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2943
 
Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
35 ILCS 200/24-40 new

     Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the Collar County Property Tax Reform and Relief Task Force.  Provides that the Task Force shall conduct a study of the property tax system in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties and investigate methods of reducing the reliance on property taxes and alternative methods of funding. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force.  Provides that the Task Force shall submit its findings to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2020. Effective immediately.
  


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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 adding 
5Section 24-40 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/24-40 new)
7    Sec. 24-40. Collar County Property Tax Reform and Relief 
8Task Force.
9    (a) There is created the Collar County Property Tax Reform 
10and Relief Task Force consisting of 9 members appointed as 
11follows: 3 members appointed by the President of the Senate, 
12one of whom shall be designated as the chair of the Task Force 
13upon appointment; 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of 
14the Senate; 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
15Representatives; and 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader 
16of the House of Representatives. 
17    (b) The Task Force shall conduct a study of the property 
18tax system in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties 
19and investigate methods of reducing the reliance on property 
20taxes and alternative methods of funding. 
21    (c) The members of the Task Force shall serve without 
22compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and 
23necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose. 
 
 
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1    (d) The Task Force shall submit its findings to the General 
2Assembly no later than January 1, 2020. 
3    (e) The Department of Revenue shall provide administrative 
4support to the Task Force. 
5    (f) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2021. 
 
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.