101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2341
 
Introduced 1/8/2020, by Sen. Melinda Bush
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
35 ILCS 200/Art. 2.5 heading new
35 ILCS 200/2.5-5 new
35 ILCS 200/2.5-10 new
35 ILCS 200/3-70
35 ILCS 200/19-33 new
70 ILCS 905/27 new

     Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the county board of Lake County, by ordinance, or the voters of Lake County, by backdoor referendum, may vote to discontinue all offices of the township assessor in the county. Provides petition and referendum requirements. Provides that after the adoption of an ordinance, or after the approval of a backdoor referendum, to discontinue all offices of township assessor in Lake County, the office of township assessor is discontinued in each township at the end of each township assessor's term. Provides that at the end of each township assessor's term: (i) the Chief County Assessment Officer of Lake County assumes the duties of the township assessor; (ii) the county board members become the board of health for any public health district in the township; and (iii) the office of the township collector of the township ceases and the county treasurer assumes the duties of the township collector. Amends the Public Health District Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.
  


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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 3-70 and  by adding Article 2.5 and Section 19-33 as 
6follows:
 
7    (35 ILCS 200/Art. 2.5 heading new)
8
Article 2.5.  Discontinuance of Offices of
  
9
Township Assessor in Lake County  

 
10    (35 ILCS 200/2.5-5 new)
11    Sec. 2.5-5. Ordinance to discontinue all offices of 
12township assessor in Lake County; backdoor referendum.
13    (a) All offices of township assessor may be discontinued in 
14Lake County by an ordinance of the county board.
15    (b) If, upon the adoption of an ordinance by the county 
16board to end all offices of township assessor, 10% of the 
17registered voters sign a petition requesting the dissolution be 
18subject to a referendum, a backdoor referendum shall be 
19submitted to the voters at the next general election as 
20provided in Section 2.5-10 of this Article.
 
21    (35 ILCS 200/2.5-10 new)
 
 
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1    Sec. 2.5-10. Referendum; approval.
2    (a) If a petition for a referendum is filed with the county 
3clerk that meets the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 
42.5-5 of this Article, a referendum, subject to the 
5requirements of Section 16-7 of the Election Code, shall be 
6placed on the ballot at the next general election in 
7substantially the following form:
8        Shall all offices of township assessor be abolished in 
9    Lake County and the duties of each township assessor be 
10    transferred to the Chief County Assessment Officer of Lake 
11    County?
12The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". The referendum is 
13approved when a majority of the voters approve the referendum.
14    (b) After the adoption of an ordinance under subsection (a) 
15of Section 2.5-5, or after the approval of a referendum of a 
16majority of voters under this Section, the office of township 
17assessor is discontinued in each township in Lake County at the 
18end of each township assessor's term. At the end of each 
19township assessor's term: (i) the Chief County Assessment 
20Officer of Lake County assumes the duties of the township 
21assessor under this Code; (ii) the county board members become 
22the board of health for any public health district in the 
23township under the Public Health District Act; and (iii) the 
24office of the township collector of the township ceases and the 
25county treasurer assumes the duties of the township collector 
26under this Code. 
 
 
 
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1    (35 ILCS 200/3-70)
2    Sec. 3-70. Cessation or discontinuance of township 
3assessor Township Assessor. 
4    (a) If the office of Township Assessor in a coterminous 
5township ceases as provided in Articles 27 and 28 of the 
6Township Code, then the coterminous municipality shall assume 
7the duties of the township assessor Township Assessor under 
8this Code.

9    (b) If the offices of township assessor in Lake County are 
10discontinued as provided in Article 2.5 of this Code, then, at 
11the end of each township assessor's term,  the Chief County 
12Assessment Officer shall assume the duties of each township 
13assessor under this Code. 
14(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13; 99-474, eff. 8-27-15.)
 
15    (35 ILCS 200/19-33 new)
16    Sec. 19-33. Discontinuance of township collector.  If the 
17offices of township assessor in Lake County are discontinued as 
18provided in Article 2.5 of this Code, then, at the end of each 
19township assessor's term, the office of the township collector 
20of the township ceases and the county treasurer assumes the 
21duties of the township collector under this Code.
 
22    Section 10. The Public Health District Act is amended  by 
23adding Section 27 as follows:
 
 
 
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1    (70 ILCS 905/27 new)
2    Sec. 27. Discontinuance of Lake County township assessors. 
3If the offices of township assessor in Lake County are 
4discontinued as provided in Article 2.5 of the Property Tax 
5Code, then the county board members shall be the board of 
6health for the public health district under this Act.
  
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
8becoming law.