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1 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
3 ON HOUSE BILL 3026
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6 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
7 House of Representatives:
8 We, the conference committee appointed to consider the
9 differences between the houses in relation to Senate
10 Amendments No. 1, 2, and 4 to House Bill 3026, recommend the
11 following:
12 (1) that the House concur in Senate Amendments Nos. 1
13 and 2; and
14 (2) that the Senate recede from Senate Amendment No. 4;
15 and
16 (3) that House Bill 3026, AS AMENDED, be further amended
17 in Section 5, by replacing the introductory clause with the
18 following:
19 "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
20 Sections 5-5, 9-195, 12-50, 14-15, 16-95, 16-125, 16-160,
21 21-385, 22-15, and 22-20 and adding Sections 15-103 and
22 20-178 as follows:
23 (35 ILCS 200/5-5)
24 Sec. 5-5. Election of board of review; counties of
25 3,000,000 or more.
26 (a) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, on
27 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1994, 2
28 commissioners of the board of appeals shall be elected to
29 hold office from the first Monday in December following their
30 election and until the first Monday in December 1998. In case
31 of any vacancy, the chief judge of the circuit court or any
32 judge of that circuit designated by the chief judge shall
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1 fill the vacancy by appointment. The commissioners shall be
2 electors in the particular county at the time of their
3 election or appointment and shall hold no other lucrative
4 public office or public employment. Each commissioner shall
5 receive compensation fixed by the county board, which shall
6 be paid out of the county treasury and which shall not be
7 changed during the term for which any commissioner is elected
8 or appointed. Effective the first Monday in December 1998,
9 the board of appeals is abolished.
10 The board of appeals shall maintain sufficient
11 evidentiary records to support all decisions made by the
12 board of appeals. All records, data, sales/ratio studies,
13 and other information necessary for the board of review
14 elected under subsection (c) to perform its functions and
15 duties shall be transferred by the board of appeals to the
16 board of review on the first Monday in December 1998.
17 (b) (Blank).
18 (c) In each county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants,
19 there is created a board of review. The board of review shall
20 consist of 3 members, one elected from each election district
21 in the county at the general election in 1998 to hold office
22 for a term beginning on the first Monday in December
23 following their election and until their respective
24 successors are elected and qualified.
25 No later than June 1, 1996, the General Assembly shall
26 establish the boundaries for the 3 election districts in each
27 county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants. The election
28 districts shall be compact, contiguous, and have
29 substantially the same population based on the 1990 federal
30 decennial census. One district shall be designated as the
31 first election district, one as the second election district,
32 and one as the third election district. The member from each
33 district shall be elected to a term of 4 years.
34 In the year following each federal decennial census, the
35 General Assembly shall reapportion the election districts to
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1 reflect the results of the census. The reapportioned
2 districts shall be compact, contiguous, and contain
3 substantially the same population. The member from the first
4 district shall be elected to terms of 4 years, 4 years, and 2
5 years. The member from the second district shall be elected
6 to terms of 4 years, 2 years, and 4 years. The member from
7 the third district shall be elected to terms of 2 years, 4
8 years, and 4 years.
9 In case of vacancy, the chief judge of the circuit court
10 or any judge of the circuit court designated by the chief
11 judge shall fill the vacancy by appointment of a person from
12 the same political party. If the vacancy is filled with more
13 than 28 months remaining in the term, the appointed member
14 shall serve until the next general election, at which time a
15 member shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the
16 term. If a vacancy is filled with 28 months or less remaining
17 in the term, the appointment shall be for the remainder of
18 the term. The members shall be electors within their
19 respective election district at the time of their election or
20 appointment and shall hold no other lucrative public office
21 or public employment.
22 Each member shall receive compensation fixed by the
23 county board, which shall be paid from the county treasury.
24 Compensation for each member shall be equitable and shall not
25 be changed during the term for which that member is elected
26 or appointed. The county shall provide suitable office space
27 for the board of review.
28 For the year beginning on the first Monday in December
29 1998 and ending the first Monday in December 1999, and every
30 fourth year thereafter, the chair of the board shall be the
31 member elected from the first district. For the year
32 beginning the first Monday in December 1999 and ending the
33 first Monday in December 2000, and every fourth year
34 thereafter, the chair of the board shall be the member
35 elected from the second district. For the year beginning the
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1 first Monday in December 2000 and ending the first Monday in
2 December 2001, and every fourth year thereafter, the chair
3 shall be the member elected from the third district. For the
4 year beginning the first Monday in December 2001 and ending
5 the first Monday in December 2002, and every fourth year
6 thereafter, the chair of the board shall be determined by
7 lot.
8 On and after the first Monday in December, 1998, any
9 reference in this Code to a board of appeals shall mean the
10 board of review created under this subsection. Such board of
11 review shall succeed to the powers and duties of the board of
12 appeals and shall also have any powers and duties granted to
13 it under this Code. All action of the board of review shall
14 be by a majority vote of its members.
15 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
16 8-14-96.)
17 (35 ILCS 200/9-195)
18 Sec. 9-195. Leasing of exempt property.
19 (a) Except as provided in Sections Section 15-55, and
20 15-100, and 15-103, when property which is exempt from
21 taxation is leased to another whose property is not exempt,
22 and the leasing of which does not make the property taxable,
23 the leasehold estate and the appurtenances shall be listed as
24 the property of the lessee thereof, or his or her assignee.
25 Taxes on that property shall be collected in the same manner
26 as on property that is not exempt, and the lessee shall be
27 liable for those taxes. However, no tax lien shall attach to
28 the exempt real estate. The changes made by this amendatory
29 Act of 1997 are declaratory of existing law and shall not be
30 construed as a new enactment. The changes made by Public
31 Acts 88-221 and 88-420 that are incorporated into this
32 Section by this amendatory Act of 1993 are declarative of
33 existing law and are not a new enactment.
34 (b) The provisions of this Section regarding taxation of
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1 leasehold interests in exempt property do not apply to any
2 leasehold interest created pursuant to any transaction
3 described in subsection (b) of Section 15-100 or in Section
4 15-103.
5 (Source: P.A. 90-562, eff. 12-16-97.)
6 (35 ILCS 200/12-50)
7 Sec. 12-50. Mailed notice to taxpayer after change by
8 board of review or board of appeals. If final board of
9 review or board of appeals action regarding any property,
10 including equalization under Section 16-60 or Section 16-65,
11 results in an increased or decreased assessment, the board
12 shall mail a notice to the taxpayer, at his or her address as
13 it appears in the assessment records, whose property is
14 affected by such action, and in the case of a complaint filed
15 with a board of review under Section 16-25 or 16-115, to the
16 taxing body filing the complaint. A copy shall be given to
17 the assessor or chief county assessment officer if his or her
18 assessment was reversed or modified by the board. Written
19 notice shall also be given to any taxpayer who filed a
20 complaint in writing with the board and whose assessment was
21 not changed. The notice shall set forth the assessed value
22 prior to board action; the assessed value after final board
23 action but prior to any equalization; and the assessed value
24 as equalized by the board, if the board equalizes. This
25 notice shall state that the value as certified to the county
26 clerk by the board will be the locally assessed value of the
27 property for that year and each succeeding year, unless
28 revised in a succeeding year in the manner provided in this
29 Code. The written notice shall also set forth specifically
30 the facts upon which the board's decision is based. In
31 counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the notice and
32 shall also contain the following statement: "You may appeal
33 this decision to the Property Tax Appeal Board by filing a
34 petition for review with the Property Tax Appeal Board within
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1 30 days after this notice is mailed to you or your agent, or
2 is personally served upon you or your agent"; except that, in
3 counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants the statement
4 shall be included in the written notice (i) for residential
5 property with 6 units or less beginning with assessments made
6 for the 1996 assessment year and (ii) for all other property
7 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants beginning with
8 assessments made for the 1997 assessment year. In counties
9 with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the notice shall also
10 contain the following statement: "You may appeal this
11 decision to the Property Tax Appeal Board by filing a
12 petition for review with the Property Tax Appeal Board within
13 30 days of the date of this notice or within 30 days of the
14 date that the Board of Appeals or Board of Review transmits
15 to the county assessor pursuant to Section 16-125 its final
16 action on the township in which your property is located,
17 whichever is later". The Board shall publish its transmittal
18 date of final action on each township in at least one
19 newspaper of general circulation in the county. The changes
20 made by this amendatory Act of 1998 shall be effective
21 beginning with the 1998 assessment year.
22 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
23 8-14-96.)
24 (35 ILCS 200/14-15)
25 Sec. 14-15. Certificate of error; counties of 3,000,000
26 or more.
27 (a) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, if,
28 after the assessment is certified pursuant to Section 16-150,
29 but subject to the limitations of subsection (c) of this
30 Section, at any time before judgment is rendered in any
31 proceeding to collect or to enjoin the collection of taxes
32 based upon any assessment of any property belonging to any
33 taxpayer, the county assessor discovers an error or mistake
34 in the assessment, the assessor shall execute a certificate
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1 setting forth the nature and cause of the error. The
2 certificate when endorsed by the county assessor, or when
3 endorsed by the county assessor and board of appeals (until
4 the first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review
5 beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter)
6 where the certificate is executed for any assessment which
7 was the subject of a complaint filed in the board of appeals
8 (until the first Monday in December 1998 and the board of
9 review beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and
10 thereafter) for the tax year for which the certificate is
11 issued, may, at the discretion of the county assessor, either
12 be certified according to the procedure authorized by this
13 Section or be presented and received in evidence in any court
14 of competent jurisdiction. When so introduced in evidence
15 such certificate shall become a part of the court records,
16 and shall not be removed from the files except upon the order
17 of the court. A certificate executed under this Section may
18 be issued to the person erroneously assessed.
19 Certificates of error that will be presented to the court
20 shall be filed A certificate executed under this Section or a
21 list of the parcels for which certificates have been issued
22 may be presented by the assessor to the court as an objection
23 in the application for judgment and order of sale for the
24 year in relation to which the certificate is made or as an
25 amendment to the objection under subsection (b).
26 Certificates of error that are to be certified according to
27 the procedure authorized by this Section need not be
28 presented to the court as an objection or an amendment under
29 subsection (b). The State's Attorney of the county in which
30 the property is situated shall mail a copy of any final
31 judgment entered by the court regarding any the certificate
32 of error to the taxpayer of record for the year in question.
33 Any unpaid taxes after the entry of the final judgment by
34 the court or certification on certificates issued under this
35 Section may be included in a special tax sale, provided that
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1 an advertisement is published and a notice is mailed to the
2 person in whose name the taxes were last assessed, in a form
3 and manner substantially similar to the advertisement and
4 notice required under Sections 21-110 and 21-135. The
5 advertisement and sale shall be subject to all provisions of
6 law regulating the annual advertisement and sale of
7 delinquent property, to the extent that those provisions may
8 be made applicable.
9 A certificate of error certified executed under this
10 Section allowing homestead exemptions under Sections 15-170,
11 15-172, and 15-175 of this Act (formerly Sections 19.23-1 and
12 19.23-1a of the Revenue Act of 1939) not previously allowed
13 shall be given effect by the county treasurer, who shall mark
14 the tax books and, upon receipt one of of the following
15 certificates certificate from the county assessor or the
16 county assessor and the board of appeals (until the first
17 Monday in December 1998 and the board of review beginning the
18 first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter) where the board
19 of appeals or board of review is required to endorse the
20 certificate of error, shall issue refunds to the taxpayer
21 accordingly:
22 "CERTIFICATION
23 I, .................., county assessor, hereby certify
24 that the Certificates of Error set out on the attached
25 list have been duly issued to correct an error or mistake
26 in the assessment allow homestead exemptions pursuant to
27 Sections 15-170, 15-172, and 15-175 of the Property Tax
28 Code (formerly Sections 19.23-1 and 19.23-1a of the
29 Revenue Act of 1939) which should have been previously
30 allowed; and that a certified copy of the attached list
31 and this certification have been served upon the county
32 State's Attorney."
33 "CERTIFICATION
34 I, .................., county assessor, and we,
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1 ........................................................,
2 Commissioners of the board of appeals (until the first
3 Monday in December 1998 and Members of the board of
4 review beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and
5 thereafter) hereby certify that the Certificates of Error
6 set out on the attached list have been duly issued to
7 correct an error or mistake in the assessment, that any
8 certificates of error required to be endorsed by the
9 board of appeals (until the first Monday in December 1998
10 and the board of review beginning the first Monday in
11 December 1998 and thereafter) have been so endorsed."
12 The county treasurer has the power to mark the tax books
13 to reflect the issuance of homestead certificates of error
14 certified according to the procedure authorized in this
15 Section for certificates of error issued under Section 14-25
16 or certificates of error issued to and including 3 years
17 after the date on which the annual judgment and order of sale
18 for that tax year was first entered. The county treasurer
19 has the power to issue refunds to the taxpayer as set forth
20 above until all refunds authorized by this Section have been
21 completed.
22 The county treasurer has no power to issue refunds to the
23 taxpayer as set forth above unless the Certification set out
24 in this Section has been served upon the county State's
25 Attorney.
26 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Section shall be
27 construed to prohibit the execution, endorsement, issuance,
28 and adjudication of a certificate of error if (i) the annual
29 judgment and order of sale for the tax year in question is
30 reopened for further proceedings upon consent of the county
31 collector and county assessor, represented by the State's
32 Attorney, and (ii) a new final judgment is subsequently
33 entered pursuant to the certificate. This subsection (b)
34 shall be construed as declarative of existing law and not as
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1 a new enactment.
2 (c) No certificate of error, other than a certificate to
3 establish an exemption under Section 14-25, shall be executed
4 for any tax year more than 3 years after the date on which
5 the annual judgment and order of sale for that tax year was
6 first entered.
7 (d) The time limitation of subsection (c) shall not
8 apply to a certificate of error correcting an assessment to
9 $1, under Section 10-35, on a parcel that a subdivision or
10 planned development has acquired by adverse possession, if
11 during the tax year for which the certificate is executed the
12 subdivision or planned development used the parcel as common
13 area, as defined in Section 10-35, and if application for the
14 certificate of error is made prior to December 1, 31, 1997.
15 (e) The changes made by this amendatory Act of 1998
16 apply to certificates of error issued before, on, and after
17 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff. 8-14-96;
19 90-4, eff. 3-7-97; 90-288, eff. 8-1-97; revised 10-21-97.)
20 (35 ILCS 200/15-103 new)
21 Sec. 15-103. Bi-State Development Agency.
22 (a) Property owned by the Bi-State Development Agency of
23 the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District is exempt.
24 (b) The exemption under this Section is not affected by
25 any transaction in which, for the purpose of obtaining
26 financing, the Agency, directly or indirectly, leases or
27 otherwise transfers the property to another for which or whom
28 property is not exempt and immediately after the lease or
29 transfer enters into a leaseback or other agreement that
30 directly or indirectly gives the Agency a right to use,
31 control, and possess the property. In the case of a
32 conveyance of the property, the Agency must retain an option
33 to purchase the property at a future date or, within the
34 limitations period for reverters, the property must revert
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1 back to the Agency.
2 (c) If the property has been conveyed as described in
3 subsection (b), the property is no longer exempt under this
4 Section as of the date when:
5 (1) the right of the Agency to use, control, and
6 possess the property is terminated;
7 (2) the Agency no longer has an option to purchase
8 or otherwise acquire the property; and
9 (3) there is no provision for a reverter of the
10 property to the Agency within the limitations period for
11 reverters.
12 (d) Pursuant to Sections 15-15 and 15-20 of this Code,
13 the Agency shall notify the chief county assessment officer
14 of any transaction under subsection (b). The chief county
15 assessment officer shall determine initial and continuing
16 compliance with the requirements of this Section for tax
17 exemption. Failure to notify the chief county assessment
18 officer of a transaction under this Section or to otherwise
19 comply with the requirements of Sections 15-15 and 15-20 of
20 this Code shall, in the discretion of the chief county
21 assessment officer, constitute cause to terminate the
22 exemption, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code.
23 (e) No provision of this Section shall be construed to
24 affect the obligation of the Agency under Section 15-10 of
25 this Code to file an annual certificate of status or to
26 notify the chief county assessment officer of transfers of
27 interest or other changes in the status of the property as
28 required by this Code.
29 (35 ILCS 200/16-95)
30 Sec. 16-95. Powers and duties of board of appeals or
31 review; complaints. In counties with 3,000,000 or more
32 inhabitants, until the first Monday in December 1998, the
33 board of appeals in any year shall, on complaint that any
34 property is overassessed or underassessed, or is exempt,
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1 review and order the assessment corrected.
2 Beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and
3 thereafter, in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants,
4 the board of review:
5 (1) shall, on upon written complaint of any
6 taxpayer, or any taxing district that has an interest in
7 the assessment, that any property is overassessed,
8 underassessed, or exempt, review the assessment and
9 confirm upon good cause shown, revise, correct, alter, or
10 modify the any assessment, as appears to be just (or part
11 of an assessment) of any real property; nothing in this
12 Section, however, shall be construed to require a
13 taxpayer to file a complaint with the board; and
14 (2) may, upon written motion of any one or more
15 members of the board that is made on or before the dates
16 specified in notices given under Section 16-110 for each
17 township and upon good cause shown, revise, correct,
18 alter, or modify any assessment (or part of an
19 assessment) of real property regardless of whether the
20 taxpayer or owner of the property has filed a complaint
21 with the board.
22 An assessment shall not be increased until the
23 person to be affected has been notified and given an
24 opportunity to be heard. Before making any reduction in
25 assessments of its own motion, the board shall give
26 notice to the assessor or No assessment may be changed by
27 the board on its own motion until the taxpayer in whose
28 name the property is assessed and the chief county
29 assessment officer who certified the assessment have been
30 notified and given, and give the assessor or chief county
31 assessment officer an opportunity to be heard thereon.
32 All taxing districts shall have an opportunity to be
33 heard on the matter.
34 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
35 8-14-96.)
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1 (35 ILCS 200/16-125)
2 Sec. 16-125. Hearings. In counties with 3,000,000 or
3 more inhabitants, complaints filed with the board of appeals
4 (until the first Monday in December 1998 and the board of
5 review beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and
6 thereafter) shall be classified by townships. All complaints
7 shall be docketed numerically, in the order in which they are
8 presented, as nearly as possible, in books or computer
9 records kept for that purpose, which shall be open to public
10 inspection. The complaints shall be considered by townships
11 until they have been heard and passed upon by the board.
12 After completing final action on all matters in a township,
13 the board shall transmit such final actions to the county
14 assessor.
15 A hearing upon any complaint shall not be held until the
16 taxpayer affected and the county assessor have each been
17 notified and have been given an opportunity to be heard. All
18 hearings shall be open to the public and the board shall sit
19 together and hear the representations of the interested
20 parties or their representatives. An order for a correction
21 of any assessment shall not be made unless both commissioners
22 of the board, or a majority of the members in the case of a
23 board of review, concur therein, in which case, an order
24 therefor shall be made in open session and entered in the
25 records of the board. When an assessment is ordered
26 corrected, the board shall transmit a computer printout of
27 the results, or make and sign a brief written statement of
28 the reason for the change and the manner in which the method
29 used by the assessor in making the assessment was erroneous,
30 and shall deliver a copy of the statement to the county
31 assessor. Upon request the board shall hear any taxpayer in
32 opposition to a proposed reduction in any assessment.
33 The board may destroy or otherwise dispose of complaints
34 and records pertaining thereto after the lapse of 10 years
35 from the date of filing.
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1 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
2 8-14-96.)
3 (35 ILCS 200/16-160)
4 Sec. 16-160. Property Tax Appeal Board - Process. In
5 counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, beginning with
6 assessments made for the 1996 assessment year for residential
7 property of 6 units or less and beginning with assessments
8 made for the 1997 assessment year for all other property, and
9 for all property in any county other than a county with
10 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, any taxpayer dissatisfied with
11 the decision of a board of review or board of appeals as such
12 decision pertains to the assessment of his or her property
13 for taxation purposes, or any taxing body that has an
14 interest in the decision of the board of review or board of
15 appeals on an assessment made by any local assessment
16 officer, may, (i) in counties with less than 3,000,000
17 inhabitants within 30 days after the date of written notice
18 of the decision of the board of review or (ii) in assessment
19 year 1998 and thereafter in counties with 3,000,000 or more
20 inhabitants within 30 days of the date of the Board of Review
21 or Board of Appeals notice or within 30 days of the date that
22 the Board of Review or Board of Appeals transmits to the
23 county assessor pursuant to Section 16-125 its final action
24 on the township in which the property is located, whichever
25 is later, appeal the decision to the Property Tax Appeal
26 Board for review. In any appeal where the board of review or
27 board of appeals has given written notice of the hearing to
28 the taxpayer 30 days before the hearing, failure to appear at
29 the board of review or board of appeals hearing shall be
30 grounds for dismissal of the appeal unless a continuance is
31 granted to the taxpayer. If an appeal is dismissed for
32 failure to appear at a board of review or board of appeals
33 hearing, the Property Tax Appeal Board shall have no
34 jurisdiction to hear any subsequent appeal on that taxpayer's
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1 complaint. Such taxpayer or taxing body, hereinafter called
2 the appellant, shall file a petition with the clerk of the
3 Property Tax Appeal Board, setting forth the facts upon which
4 he or she bases the objection, together with a statement of
5 the contentions of law which he or she desires to raise, and
6 the relief requested. If a petition is filed by a taxpayer,
7 the taxpayer is precluded from filing objections based upon
8 valuation, as may otherwise be permitted by Sections 21-175
9 and 23-5. However, any taxpayer not satisfied with the
10 decision of the board of review or board of appeals as such
11 decision pertains to the assessment of his or her property
12 need not appeal the decision to the Property Tax Appeal Board
13 before seeking relief in the courts. The changes made by this
14 amendatory Act of 1998 shall be effective beginning with the
15 1998 assessment year.
16 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
17 8-14-96.)
18 (35 ILCS 200/20-178 new)
19 Sec. 20-178. Certificate of error; refund; interest.
20 When the county collector makes any refunds due on
21 certificates of error issued under Sections 14-15 through
22 14-25 that have been either certified or adjudicated, the
23 county collector shall pay the taxpayer interest on the
24 amount of the refund at the rate of 0.5% per month.
25 No interest shall be due under this Section for any time
26 prior to 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory
27 Act of 1998. For certificates of error issued prior to the
28 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998, the county
29 collector shall pay the taxpayer interest from 60 days after
30 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998 until the
31 date the refund is paid. For certificates of error issued on
32 or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998,
33 interest shall be paid from 60 days after the certificate of
34 error is issued by the chief county assessment officer to the
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1 date the refund is made. To cover the cost of interest, the
2 county collector shall proportionately reduce the
3 distribution of taxes collected for each taxing district in
4 which the property is situated.
5 This Section shall not apply to any certificate of error
6 granting a homestead exemption under Section 15-170, 15-172,
7 or 15-175."; and
8 by inserting below the last Section at the end of the bill
9 the following:
10 "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.".
12 Submitted on , 1998.
13 ______________________________ _____________________________
14 Senator T. Walsh Representative Moore, Eugene
15 ______________________________ _____________________________
16 Senator Peterson Representative Fantin
17 ______________________________ _____________________________
18 Senator S. Weaver Representative Currie
19 ______________________________ _____________________________
20 Senator Clayborne Representative Churchill
21 ______________________________ _____________________________
22 Senator Welch Representative Kubik
23 Committee for the Senate Committee for the House