Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning a housing opportunity area tax abatement program, provides that a housing choice voucher includes a tenant voucher converted to a project-based voucher by a housing authority. Provides that a qualified township in a county with 200,000 or more inhabitants, but fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, means a township whose tax capacity exceeds 80% (instead of 100%) of the average tax capacity of the county in which it is located. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0685 [HB2470 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Barbara Currie [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charles Jefferson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Esther Golar [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Burns [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-026	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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