Bill Text: IL HB2277 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the board of review in Cook County shall forward notification of the filing of a complaint that property is overassessed, underassessed, or exempt to the county assessor by electronic or other suitable means (instead of by forwarding a paper copy).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2277 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB2277-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB2277 Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/16-115
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the board of review in Cook County shall forward notification of the filing of a complaint that property is overassessed, underassessed, or exempt to the county assessor by electronic or other suitable means (instead of by forwarding a paper copy).
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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 16-115 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/16-115)
Sec. 16-115. Filing complaints. In counties with 3,000,000
or more inhabitants, complaints that any property is
overassessed or underassessed or is exempt may be made by any
taxpayer. Complaints that any property is overassessed or
underassessed or is exempt may be made by a taxing district
that has an interest in the assessment to a board of review.
All complaints shall be in writing, identify and describe the
particular property, otherwise comply with the rules in force,
be signed by the complaining party or his or her attorney, and
be filed with the board of appeals (until the first Monday in
December 1998 and the board of review beginning the first
Monday in December 1998 and thereafter) in at least duplicate.
The board shall forward notification by electronic or other
suitable means of the filing one copy of each complaint to the
county assessor.
Complaints by taxpayers and taxing districts and
certificates of correction by the county assessor as provided

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in this Code shall be filed with the board according to
townships on or before the dates specified in the notices given
in Section 16-110.
(Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
8-14-96.)