Bill Text: IL HB2813 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. In the definition of "wooded acreage", provides that the property must be defined as "woodlands" by the United States Department of the Interior (currently, defined as "wooded acreage" by the Department of Labor). Provides that the change is intended as a clarification. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0379 [HB2813 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2813-Engrossed.html

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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 10-505 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/10-505)
Sec. 10-505. Wooded acreage defined. For the purposes of
this Division 17, "wooded acreage" means any parcel of
unimproved real property that:
(1) can be defined as "woodlands" "wooded acreage" by
the United States Department of the Interior Labor Bureau
of Land Management;
(2) is at least 5 contiguous acres;
(3) does not qualify as cropland, permanent pasture,
other farmland, or wasteland under Section 10-125 of this
Code;
(4) is not managed under a forestry management plan and
considered to be other farmland under Section 10-150 of
this Code;
(5) does not qualify for another preferential
assessment under this Code; and
(6) is owned by the taxpayer on October 1, 2007.
This amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly is

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intended as a clarification and is not a new enactment.
(Source: P.A. 95-633, eff. 10-1-07.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.