Rep. Anthony DeLuca

Filed: 3/14/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 503

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 503 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 15-160 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/15-160)
7    Sec. 15-160. Airport authorities and airports. All
8property belonging to any Airport Authority and used for
9Airport Authority purposes or leased to another entity, which
10property use would be exempt from taxation under this Code if
11it were owned by the lessee entity, is exempt. However, except
12as otherwise provided in this Section, the provision added by
13Public Act 86-219 shall not apply to any property of any
14Airport Authority located in a county with more than 3,000,000
15inhabitants. Beginning in tax year 2010, the provisions added
16by Public Act 86-219 shall apply to a Municipal Airport

 

 

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1belonging to a municipality with less than 50,000 inhabitants
2located in a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants.
3Property acquired for airport purposes by an Authority shall
4remain subject to any tax previously levied to pay bonds issued
5and outstanding on the date of acquisition.
6    Also exempt is any airport or restricted land area or other
7air navigation facility owned, controlled, operated or leased
8by another state or a political subdivision of another state
9under the provisions of Sections 25.01 to 25.04, both
10inclusive, of the "Illinois Aeronautics Act". However if at the
11time of the acquisition of property to be used for public
12airport purposes the city, village, township or school
13district, in which said property is located is indebted for any
14amount for payment of which it provided for the collection of
15taxes, the property acquired for public airport purposes shall
16be subject to taxation for the payment of said indebtedness in
17the same proportion as said property bore to the taxable
18property in said city, village, township or school district
19immediately before the acquisition thereof, according to the
20last assessment for taxation.
21(Source: Laws 1963, p. 1725; P.A. 86-219; 88-455.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.".