House Sponsors: PANKAU. Senate Sponsors: PETERSON Short description: PROP TAX-OFFICE OF APPRAISALS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Property Tax Code. Removes language that the Office of Appraisals within the Department of Revenue shall be staffed by 10 or more professional appraisers qualified by experience and education as required by the Department. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Replaces the amendatory changes in the bill with a technical change to the same provisions. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 200/10-110 35 ILCS 200/10-135 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the bill as introduced with the following changes. Further amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning valuation procedures for farmland, provides that to assure proper implementation of the valuation procedures for farmland, the Department may withhold non-farm multipliers for any county other than a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants that classifies property for tax purposes (now, to assure proper implementation of a provision that farmland is not subject to equalization by means of State equalization factors, the Department may withhold non-farm multipliers for any county, other than a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants which classifies property for tax purposes). Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0301 Last action date: AUG-09-2001 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status