96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5096

 

Introduced 1/29/2010, by Rep. Rich Brauer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/10-146 new

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2010 taxable year, all barns that were first placed in service more than 75 years before the first day of the taxable year and are located in areas zoned for agriculture shall have an assessed value of zero. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding
5 Section 10-146 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 200/10-146 new)
7     Sec. 10-146. Valuation of barns that are more than 75 years
8 old and located in areas zoned for agriculture.
9     (a) Beginning with the 2010 taxable year, all barns that
10 were first placed in service more than 75 years before the
11 first day of the taxable year and are located in areas zoned
12 for agriculture shall have an assessed value of zero.
13     (b) For purposes of this Section, "barn" means an
14 agricultural structure, in whatever shape or design, that is
15 used for the storage of farm products or feed or for the
16 housing of farm animals or farm equipment.
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.