101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3605
 
Introduced , by Rep. Robert Martwick
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
35 ILCS 200/3-50

     Amends the County Assessment Officials Article of the Property Tax Code. Provides that on the expiration of the term of the county assessor in office (in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants) on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the county assessor shall be appointed by the president of the county board of commissioners and subject to confirmation and oversight by the county board of commissioners.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
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 3-50 as follows:
 



6    (35 ILCS 200/3-50)



7    Sec. 3-50. Election of county assessors - Counties of 
83,000,000 or more. 
In all counties with 3,000,000 or more 
9inhabitants, the office of county
assessor, heretofore created 
10and established, is hereby continued.

11    On the expiration of the term of the county assessor in 
12office on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
13101st General Assembly, the The county assessor shall be 
14appointed by the president of the county board of commissioners 
15and subject to confirmation and oversight by the county board 
16of commissioners elected as provided in the general election 
17law,
at the general election in 1994 and every fourth year 
18thereafter to hold office
for a term of 4 years from the first 
19Monday of December, and until a successor
is elected and 
20qualified.  Any vacancy in office shall be filled by
appointment 
21as provided in the general election law, until the next regular

22election of county officers when a successor shall be elected 
23for the
unexpired term or for the full term as the case may 
 
 
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1require.  The county
assessor shall take the oath and give the 
2bond herein required of other
assessors and of supervisors of 
3assessments and shall receive such compensation
payable from 
4the county treasury in an amount set by the county board.  The

5amount so set shall not be changed during the term for which he 
6or she is
elected or appointed. The county assessor shall also 
7have a suitable office to
be provided by the county board.

8(Source: P.A. 83-121; 88-455.)