Bill Text: IL HB1356 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in addition to any other requirements set forth by law, each member of the board of review in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants must be an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1356 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1356-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 6-7 as follows:
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| 6 | (35 ILCS 200/6-7 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 6-7. Board of review; counties with 3,000,000 or more | ||||||
| 8 | inhabitants. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, | ||||||
| 9 | beginning with the first vacancy to occur on or after the | ||||||
| 10 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | ||||||
| 11 | Assembly, in addition to any other requirements set forth by | ||||||
| 12 | law, each member of the board of review in a county with | ||||||
| 13 | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants must be an attorney licensed to | ||||||
| 14 | practice law in Illinois. This Section is a denial and | ||||||
| 15 | limitation of
home rule powers and functions in accordance | ||||||
| 16 | with subsection (i) of Section 6
of Article VII of the Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | Constitution. A home rule unit may not regulate its board of | ||||||
| 18 | review in a manner that is inconsistent with this Section.
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