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90_SB1568enr

      35 ILCS 200/9-55
          Amends the Property Tax Code.  In the Section  concerning
      surveys  by owners, provides that the plat shall be certified
      and recorded before the issuance of any building  permit  for
      the lot or lots by a unit of local government responsible for
      issuing  the building permit, or except as otherwise provided
      by law.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT  to  amend  the  Property  Tax  Code  by  changing
 2    Sections 9-55 and 10-20.
 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    Sections 9-55 and 10-20 as follows:
 7        (35 ILCS 200/9-55)
 8        Sec.  9-55.   Survey by owner. When a property is divided
 9    into  parcels  so  that  it  cannot  be   described   without
10    describing  it  by  metes  and  bounds, it is the duty of the
11    owner to have the land surveyed and platted  into  lots.  The
12    platting shall be in accord with the Plat Act. The plat shall
13    be  certified  and  recorded.   Any  unit of local government
14    responsible for issuing  building  permits  may  require,  by
15    ordinance, that the plat be certified and recorded before the
16    building  permit  is issued, unless a subdivision plat is not
17    required under subsection (b) of Section 1 of the  Plat  Act.
18    The  description  of  property, in accordance with the number
19    and description in the plat, shall be a valid description  of
20    the  property  described.  However, no plat of a subdivision,
21    vacation or dedication of a tract of land shall  be  approved
22    by  a  city,  incorporated town or village officer, nor shall
23    any recorder record a  plat,  unless  a  statement  from  the
24    county clerk is endorsed thereon showing that he or she finds
25    no  delinquent  general  taxes, unpaid current general taxes,
26    delinquent special  assessments  or  unpaid  current  special
27    assessments  against the tract of land. No officer of a city,
28    village or incorporated town shall  approve  the  plat  of  a
29    subdivision   of   a   tract   of  land  until  all  deferred
30    installments of outstanding unpaid  special  assessments  are
31    either  certified  as  paid  by  the  proper  collector, or a
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 1    division  thereof  is  made  in  accord  with  the   proposed
 2    subdivision and duly approved by the court that confirmed the
 3    special assessment.
 4    (Source: P.A. 83-358; 88-455.)
 5        (35 ILCS 200/10-20)
 6        Sec.  10-20.   Repairs  and  maintenance  of  residential
 7    property.  Maintenance  and  repairs  to residential property
 8    owned and used exclusively for a  residential  purpose  shall
 9    not  increase  the  assessed  valuation  of the property. For
10    purposes of this Section, work shall  be  deemed  repair  and
11    maintenance  when it (1) does not increase the square footage
12    of improvements and does not materially  alter  the  existing
13    character  and  condition  of the structure but is limited to
14    work  performed  to  prolong  the  life   of   the   existing
15    improvements  or  to keep the existing improvements in a well
16    maintained condition; and  (2)  employs  materials,  such  as
17    those  used for roofing or siding, whose value is not greater
18    than the replacement value of the materials  being  replaced.
19    Maintenance  and  repairs,  as  those  terms are used in this
20    Section, to property that enhance the  overall  exterior  and
21    interior  appearance  and quality of a residence by restoring
22    it from a state of disrepair to a standard state of repair do
23    not "materially alter the existing character  and  condition"
24    of the residence.
25    (Source: P.A. 80-1289; 80-1364; 88-455.)
26        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
27    becoming law.

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