93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2140


 
Introduced 1/14/2004, by Susan Garrett
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













35 ILCS 200/9-230










    Amends the Property Tax Code.
Provides that the township or multi-township assessors in counties with 500,000
or more but no more than 700,000 inhabitants shall, on or before October 15 of
the
assessment year, return the
assessment books or workbooks to the supervisor of assessments (now, counties
with less than 600,000 inhabitants must return the books on or before April 15).
Effective January 1, 2005.



















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 














SB2140

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    AN ACT concerning property taxes. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing

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Section 9-230 as follows:


 
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    (35 ILCS 200/9-230)

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    Sec. 9-230. Return of township or multi-township 
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assessment books. The
township or multi-township assessors in 
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counties with less than 500,000
600,000
inhabitants shall, on 
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or before April 15 of the assessment year, return
the 
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assessment books or workbooks to the supervisor of
assessments.

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The township or multi-township assessors in counties with 
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500,000 or more but
no more than 700,000 inhabitants shall, on 
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or before
before October 15 of the assessment year, return the 
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assessment books or
workbooks to the supervisor of assessments.

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The township or multi-township assessors in counties with less 
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than 3,000,000
inhabitants, but more than 700,000
600,000

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inhabitants, shall, on or
before November 15
of the assessment 
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year, return the assessment books or workbooks to the

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supervisor of assessments. If a township or
multi-township 
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assessor in a county
with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, but 
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more than 500,000
600,000
inhabitants, does
not return the 
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assessment books or work books within the required time, the

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supervisor of assessments may take possession of the books and 
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complete the
assessments pursuant to law. Each of the books 
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shall be verified by affidavit
by the assessor substantially as 
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follows:

State of Illin
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ois)
                 )ss.
County
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 of .......)


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    I do solemnly swear that the book or
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 books
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 .... in number, to which this
affidavit is attached, conta
 


 









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ins a complete list of all of the property in the
township or 
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multi-township or assessment district herein described subje
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ct to
taxation for the year .... so far as I have been able t
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o ascertain, and that
the assessed value set down in the proper 
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column opposite the descriptions of
property is a just and equ
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al assessment of the property according to law.

    Dated ...............


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    If the supervisor of assessments determine
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s that the township or
multi-township assessor 
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has not completed the assessments as required by law
before retu
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rning the assessment books under this Section, the county board
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 may
submit a bill to the township board of trustees for the rea
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sonable costs
incurred by the supervisor of assessments 
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in completing the assessments.

(Source: P.A.
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 85-1253; 88-455.
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     Section 99. E
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ffective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2005.