093_HB2567ham001
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2567
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2567 on page 1, by
3 replacing line 5 with the following:
4 "Sections 16-180, 16-190, and 16-191 as follows:
5 (35 ILCS 200/16-180)
6 Sec. 16-180. Procedure for determination of correct
7 assessment. The Property Tax Appeal Board shall establish by
8 rules an informal procedure for the determination of the
9 correct assessment of property which is the subject of an
10 appeal. The procedure, to the extent that the Board
11 considers practicable, shall eliminate formal rules of
12 pleading, practice and evidence, and except for any
13 reasonable filing fee determined by the Board, may provide
14 that costs shall be in the discretion of the Board. A copy of
15 the appellant's petition shall be mailed by the clerk of the
16 Property Tax Appeal Board to the board of review or board of
17 appeals whose decision is being appealed. In all cases where
18 a change in assessed valuation of $100,000 or more is sought,
19 the board of review or board of appeals shall serve a copy of
20 the petition on all taxing districts as shown on the last
21 available tax bill. The chairman of the Property Tax Appeal
22 Board shall provide for the speedy hearing of all such
23 appeals. Each appeal shall be limited to the grounds listed
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1 in the petition filed with the Property Tax Appeal Board.
2 All appeals shall be considered de novo. Where no complaint
3 has been made to the board of review of the county where the
4 property is located and the appeal is based solely on the
5 effect of an equalizing factor assigned to all property or to
6 a class of property by the board of review, the Property Tax
7 Appeal Board shall not grant a reduction in assessment
8 greater than the amount that was added as the result of the
9 equalizing factor.
10 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-671, eff. 8-14-96.)".