Bill Amendment: IL SB3049 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: PROP TX-AREA OF URBAN DECAY

Status: 2016-06-30 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB3049 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB3049-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Chuck Weaver

Filed: 4/12/2016

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3049
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3049 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Section 18-180 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/18-180)
Sec. 18-180. Abatement; urban decay.
(a) Except as provided below, a home rule municipality upon
adoption of an ordinance by majority vote of its governing
authority, may order the county clerk to abate, for a period
not to exceed 10 years, any percentage of the taxes levied by
the municipality and any other taxing district on each parcel
of property located in an area of urban decay within the
corporate limits of the municipality and upon which a newly
constructed or newly remodeled single-family or duplex
residential dwelling unit is located, except that the total

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abatement for any levy year shall not be in an amount in excess
of 2% of the taxes extended by all taxing districts on all
parcels located within the township that contain residential
dwelling units of 6 units or less. In the case of a newly
remodeled single-family or duplex residential dwelling unit,
the amount of the abatement may not exceed the amount of
property taxes attributable to the improvements. An abatement
adopted under this Section shall be extended to all subsequent
owners of an eligible property during the abatement period. The
ordinance shall provide that the same percentage abatement of
taxes shall apply to all eligible property subject to the
abatement ordinance, except that any abatement granted for any
parcel that is within a redevelopment area created under
Division 74.4 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code at
the time the ordinance is adopted shall not exceed the amount
of taxes allocable to taxing districts. No abatement adopted
under this Section shall apply to a parcel of property if the
owner does not live in the single-family or one of the duplex
residential units. Before final adoption of an abatement
ordinance under this Section, the governing authority of the
home rule municipality shall notify by mail each affected
taxing district of the pending ordinance. This Section does not
apply to property annexed by a municipality after January 1,
1989.
(b) The governing authority of each affected taxing
district shall within 10 days appoint one member to serve on an

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Abatement Review Board to review the terms and conditions of
the proposed abatement ordinance. The Board shall be convened
by the mayor or village president of the municipality
considering the abatement ordinance. The ordinance shall not be
adopted less than 45 days after the Board is convened. Failure
to appoint a member to the Board does not affect work of the
Board. The Board shall report the findings and conclusions to
the governing authority of the municipality not later than 30
days after it is convened.
(c) Any abatement granted under this Section shall be
reduced in 20% increments annually during the last 4 years of
the abatement period for the property.
(d) For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Area of urban decay" means an area demonstrating
conditions of a "blighted area" or "conservation area" as
defined by Section 11-74.4-3 of the Illinois Municipal
Code, notwithstanding the minimum acreage requirement
contained in the definition of a "redevelopment project
area" under that Section. Qualifying factors of blight or
conservation shall be defined as those present within the
year prior to adoption of the ordinance designating the
area of urban decay.
(2) "Duplex" means a 2 family residence that is not
more than 2 stories plus a basement in height and is
located on a single parcel of property.
(3) "Newly constructed" means constructed and ready

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for occupancy not earlier than one year before the date the
municipality first orders the abatement for the parcel
under this Section.
(4) "Newly remodeled" means that the property contains
improvements that were completed not earlier than one year
before the date the municipality first orders the abatement
for the parcel under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 87-1189; 88-455.)".