Bill Amendment: IL HB4442 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: TWP CD-WEBSITE MEETING NOTICE

Status: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB4442 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4442-Senate_Amendment_003.html

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Sen. Adriane Johnson

Filed: 5/15/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4442
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4442, AS AMENDED,
by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
following:
"Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Section 2-45 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/2-45)
Sec. 2-45. Selection and eligibility of township and
multi-township assessors.
(a) In all counties under township organization, township
or multi-township assessors shall be qualified as required by
subsections (b) through (d) of this Section and shall be
elected as provided in this Code. Township or multi-township
assessors shall enter upon their duties on January 1 following
their election, and perform the duties of the office for 4
years.

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(b) Beginning December 1, 1996, in any township or
multi-township assessment district not subject to the
requirements of subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, no
person is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as
a candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for,
or be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of township or
multi-township assessor, unless he or she (i) has successfully
completed an introductory course in assessment practices that
is approved by the Department; or (ii) possesses at least one
of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
subsection (c) of this Section. The candidate cannot file
nominating papers or participate as a candidate unless a copy
of the certificate of his or her qualifications from the
Department is filed with the township clerk, board of election
commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by
the Election Code. The candidate cannot be appointed to fill a
vacancy until he or she has filed a copy of the certificate of
his or her qualifications from the Department with the
appointing authority.
(c) Beginning December 1, 1996, in a township or
multi-township assessment district with $25,000,000 or more of
non-farm equalized assessed value or $1,000,000 or more in
commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no person
is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as a
candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for, or
be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of township or

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multi-township assessor, unless he or she possesses at least
one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6)
of this subsection (c).
(1) a currently active Certified Illinois Assessing
Officer designation from the Illinois Property Assessment
Institute;
(2) (blank);
(3) a currently active AAS, CAE, or MAS designation
from the International Association of Assessing Officers;
(4) a currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM
designation from the Appraisal Institute;
(5) a currently active professional designation by any
other appraisal or assessing association approved by the
Department; or
(6) (blank).
The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate
as a candidate unless a copy of the certificate of his or her
qualifications from the Department is filed with the township
clerk, board of election commissioners, or other appropriate
authority as required by the Election Code. The candidate
cannot be appointed to fill a vacancy until he or she has filed
a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications with the
appointing authority.
(d) Beginning December 1, 2000, in a township or
multi-township assessment district with more than $10,000,000
and less than $25,000,000 of non-farm equalized assessed value

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and less than $1,000,000 in commercial and industrial
equalized assessed value, no person who has previously been
elected as township or multi-township assessor in any such
township or multi-township assessment district is eligible to
file nomination papers or participate as a candidate in any
caucus or primary or general election for the office of
township or multi-township assessor, unless he or she
possesses at least one of the qualifications listed in
paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c) of this Section.
The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate as
a candidate unless a copy of the certificate of his or her
qualifications from the Department is filed with the township
clerk, board of election commissioners, or other appropriate
authority as required by the Election Code.
(e) If any person files nominating papers for candidacy
for the office of township or multi-township assessor without
also filing a copy of the certificate of his or her
qualifications from the Department as required by this
Section, the clerk of the township, the board of election
commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by
the Election Code shall refuse to certify the name of the
person as a candidate to the proper election officials.
If no candidate for election meets the above
qualifications there shall be no election and the town board
of trustees or multi-township board of trustees shall appoint
or contract with a person under Section 2-60.

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(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with
respect to the office of township or multi-township assessor
for any township or multi-township assessment district located
in Lake County, for the 2025 consolidated election and the
2029 consolidated election, a person is eligible to file
nomination papers or participate as a candidate for that
office without having obtained the qualifications listed in
paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c) if the person has
successfully completed an introductory course in assessment
practices that is approved by the Department. If the person
would otherwise be required to obtain one of the
qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
subsection (c) to serve as township or multi-township
assessor, that person shall obtain at least one of those
qualifications prior to being sworn into office as township or
multi-township assessor. Prior to a person taking office, the
Department must have issued a provisional certificate that the
person has completed the introductory course in assessment
practices and a qualifications certificate that the person has
completed the classes required to hold the office as otherwise
required under paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c),
and the provisional certificate and qualifications certificate
shall be provided to the election authority. The failure of
such a person to obtain the necessary qualifications shall
result in a vacancy in the office of township or
multi-township assessor, which shall be filled as provided in

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Section 2-60.
(g) As used in this Section only, "non-farm equalized
assessed value" means the total equalized assessed value in
the township or multi-township assessment district as reported
to the Department under Section 18-225 after removal of
homestead exemptions, and after removal of the equalized
assessed value reported as farm or minerals to the Department
under Section 18-225.
For purposes of this Section only, "file nomination
papers" also includes having nomination papers filed on behalf
of the candidate by another person.
(Source: P.A. 101-467, eff. 8-23-19.)
Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
Section 30-10 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/30-10)
Sec. 30-10. Notice of meeting; agenda.
(a) Notice of the time and place of holding the annual and
any special township meetings shall be given by the township
clerk (or, in the clerk's absence, the supervisor, assessor,
or collector) by posting written or printed notices in 3 of the
most public places in the township at least 15 days before the
meeting and, if there is an English language newspaper
published in the township, by at least one publication in that
newspaper before the meeting. The notice shall set forth the

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agenda for the meeting.
A township that has a website that the full-time staff of
the township maintains shall also post on its website the
notice and agenda of the annual and any special township
meetings. A notice and agenda of the annual or a special
township meeting that is posted on a township's website shall
remain posted on the website at least until the annual or
special township meeting is concluded.
(b) Agenda. Not less than 15 days before the annual
meeting, the township board shall adopt an agenda for the
annual meeting. Any 15 or more registered voters in the
township may request an agenda item for consideration by the
electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of a
specific request to the township clerk no later than March 1
prior to the annual meeting. The agenda published by the
township board shall include any such request made by voters
if the request is relevant to powers granted to electors under
the Township Code.
(c) Additional agenda items. Any matter or proposal not
set forth in the published agenda shall not be considered at
the annual meeting other than advising that the matter may be
considered at a special meeting of the electors at a later
date.
(d) Notice and agenda requirements for an annual township
meeting that has been postponed under subsection (d) of
Section 30-5 shall be the same as provided in this Section.

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(Source: P.A. 101-632, eff. 6-5-20.)