Bill Text: IL HB1518 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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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) 2023-01-31 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1518 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1518-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1518 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/6-7 new
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.
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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 adding
Section 6-7 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/6-7 new)
Sec. 6-7. Board of review; counties with 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
beginning with the first vacancy to occur on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
Assembly, 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. A home rule unit may not regulate its
board of review in a manner that is inconsistent with this
Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
exercised by the State.