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90_SB0677 35 ILCS 200/18-165 Amends the Property Tax Code. Includes in the list of commercial and industrial property that may receive a tax abatement the property of any commercial or industrial firm currently located in the taxing district with the intent of expanding a facility or its number of employees. Provides that the abatement shall not exceed a period of 10 years and an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 for all taxing districts. Increases the aggregate abatement for property of any commercial or industrial firm locating within the taxing district during the immediately preceding year from another state, territory, or county, or newly created during the immediately preceding year from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000. LRB9001431KDcc LRB9001431KDcc 1 AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section 2 18-165. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 6 Section 18-165 as follows: 7 (35 ILCS 200/18-165) 8 Sec. 18-165. Abatement of taxes. 9 (a) Any taxing district, upon a majority vote of its 10 governing authority, may, after the determination of the 11 assessed valuation of its property, order the clerk of that 12 county to abate any portion of its taxes on the following 13 types of property: 14 (1) Commercial and industrial. 15 (A) The property of any commercial or 16 industrial firm, including but not limited to the 17 property of any firm that is used for collecting, 18 separating, storing, or processing recyclable 19 materials, locating within the taxing district 20 during the immediately preceding year from another 21 state, territory, or country, or having been newly 22 created within this State during the immediately 23 preceding year, or expanding an existing facility. 24 The abatement shall not exceed a period of 10 years 25 and the aggregate amount of abated taxes for all 26 taxing districts combined shall not exceed 27 $10,000,000$3,000,000; or 28 (B) The property of any commercial or 29 industrial development of at least 500 acres having 30 been created within the taxing district. The 31 abatement shall not exceed a period of 20 years and -2- LRB9001431KDcc 1 the aggregate amount of abated taxes for all taxing 2 districts combined shall not exceed $12,000,000. 3 (C) The property of any commercial or 4 industrial firm currently located in the taxing 5 district with the intent of expanding a facility or 6 its number of employees. The abatement shall not 7 exceed a period of 10 years and the aggregate amount 8 of abated taxes for all taxing districts combined 9 shall not exceed $10,000,000. The abatement period 10 may be renewed at the option of the taxing 11 districts. 12 (2) Horse racing. Any property in the taxing 13 district which is used for the racing of horses and upon 14 which capital improvements consisting of expansion, 15 improvement or replacement of existing facilities have 16 been made since July 1, 1987. The combined abatements 17 for such property from all taxing districts in any county 18 shall not exceed $5,000,000 annually and shall not exceed 19 a period of 10 years. 20 (3) Auto racing. Any property designed exclusively 21 for the racing of motor vehicles which became subject to 22 property taxation after September 24, 1984 and is located 23 within a county with 225,000 or more but less than 24 300,000 inhabitants. Such abatement shall not exceed a 25 period of 10 years. 26 (b) Upon a majority vote of its governing authority, any 27 municipality may, after the determination of the assessed 28 valuation of its property, order the county clerk to abate 29 any portion of its taxes on any property that is located 30 within the corporate limits of the municipality in accordance 31 with Section 8-3-18 of the Illinois Municipal Code. 32 (Source: P.A. 87-17; 87-477; 87-895; 88-389; 88-455; 88-657, 33 eff. 1-1-95; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-561, eff. 1-1-97.)