BLACK-STEPHENS-WATSON,JIM-POE-BOST, MEYER, RIGHTER AND WAIT. 35 ILCS 200/15-170 30 ILCS 805/8.2 from Ch. 85, par. 2208.2 Amends the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption provisions in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the maximum amount to be reduced from the assessed value of the property is $2,500 in all counties (now, $2,500 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $2,000 in all other counties). Amends the State Mandates Act to restate that the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption is exempt from the requirements of the State Mandates Act and further amends the Property Tax Code to state that the Senior Citizens Homestead Exmption is exempt from the requirements of the State Mandates Act. Effective immediately. OCT-01-2002 H FILED WITH CLERK OCT-01-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR STEPHENS OCT-01-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WATSON,JIM OCT-01-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR POE OCT-01-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST OCT-01-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MEYER OCT-01-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD OCT-01-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RIGHTER OCT-01-2002 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WAIT NOV-07-2002 H FIRST READING NOV-07-2002 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary