Bill Text: IL HB0552 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Changes the exemption for disabled veterans. Provides that a "disabled veteran" is a veteran who has been awarded a 100% service-connected disability, permanent and total with no further examinations, by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington [HB0552 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0552-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0552 Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/15-165
30 ILCS 805/8.33 new
Amends the Property Tax Code. Changes the exemption for disabled veterans. Provides that a "disabled veteran" is a veteran who has been awarded a 100% service-connected disability, permanent and total with no further examinations, by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
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 15-165 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/15-165)
Sec. 15-165. Disabled veterans. Property up to an assessed
value of $70,000, owned and used exclusively by a disabled
veteran, or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the
veteran, as a home, is exempt.
(b) As used in this Section:
"Disabled veteran" means a veteran that has been awarded a
100% service-connected disability, permanent and total with no
further examinations, by the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs. As used in this Section, a disabled veteran
means a person who has served in the Armed Forces of the United
States and whose disability is of such a nature that the
Federal Government has authorized payment for purchase or
construction of Specially Adapted Housing as set forth in the
United States Code, Title 38, Chapter 21, Section 2101.
The exemption applies to housing where Federal funds have
been used to purchase or construct special adaptations to suit
the veteran's disability.

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The exemption also applies to housing that is specially
adapted to suit the veteran's disability, and purchased
entirely or in part by the proceeds of a sale, casualty loss
reimbursement, or other transfer of a home for which the
Federal Government had previously authorized payment for
purchase or construction as Specially Adapted Housing.
However, the entire proceeds of the sale, casualty loss
reimbursement, or other transfer of that housing shall be
applied to the acquisition of subsequent specially adapted
housing to the extent that the proceeds equal the purchase
price of the subsequently acquired housing.
"Unmarried For purposes of this Section, "unmarried
surviving spouse" means the surviving spouse of the veteran at
any time after the death of the veteran during which such
surviving spouse is not married.
(c) This exemption must be reestablished on an annual basis
by certification from the Illinois Department of Veterans'
Affairs to the Department, which shall forward a copy of the
certification to local assessing officials.
A taxpayer who claims an exemption under Section 15-168 or
15-169 may not claim an exemption under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 94-310, eff. 7-25-05; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07.)
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.33 as follows:

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(30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of