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Public Act 91-0502

HB1987 Enrolled                                LRB9103274PTpk

    AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section
1-130 and by adding Division 11 to Article 10.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Section 1-130 and by adding Division  11  to  Article  10  as
follows:

    (35 ILCS 200/1-130)
    Sec.  1-130.  Property; real property; real estate; land;
tract; lot.  The  land  itself,  with  all  things  contained
therein, and also all buildings, structures and improvements,
and other permanent fixtures thereon, including all oil, gas,
coal  and  other minerals in the land and the right to remove
oil, gas and other minerals, excluding coal, from  the  land,
and   all  rights  and  privileges  belonging  or  pertaining
thereto, except  where  otherwise  specified  by  this  Code.
Included therein is any vehicle or similar portable structure
used  or  so  constructed  as to permit its use as a dwelling
place, if the structure is resting in whole  on  a  permanent
foundation.  Not  included therein are low-income housing tax
credits authorized by Section  42  of  the  Internal  Revenue
Code, 26 U.S.C. 42.
(Source: P.A. 86-1481; 87-877; 88-455.)

    (35 ILCS 200/Art. 10, Div. 11 heading new)
              DIVISION 11.  LOW-INCOME HOUSING

    (35 ILCS 200/10-235 new)
    Sec.  10-235.  Low-income  housing.   In  determining the
fair cash value  of  property  receiving  benefits  from  the
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit authorized by Section 42 of the
Internal  Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 42, emphasis shall be given
to the income approach, except in those  circumstances  where
another method is clearly more appropriate.

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

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