Bill Text: IL HB3597 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in a county with a population of more than 500,000 that does not have an elected county board chairman or executive and has an appointed supervisor of assessments, the office of supervisor of assessments shall be an elected position beginning with the general election held in 2020. The supervisor of assessments serving on the date of the election shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-01-05 - Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As January 13, 2021 [HB3597 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3597-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in a county with a population of more than 500,000 that does not have an elected county board chairman or executive and has an appointed supervisor of assessments, the office of supervisor of assessments shall be an elected position beginning with the general election held in 2020. The supervisor of assessments serving on the date of the election shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-01-05 - Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As January 13, 2021 [HB3597 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3597-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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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 changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 3-5 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/3-5)
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7 | Sec. 3-5. Supervisor of assessments. In counties with less | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | than 3,000,000
inhabitants and in which no county assessor has | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | been elected under Section
3-45, there shall be a county | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | supervisor of assessments, either appointed as
provided in this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Section, or elected.
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12 | In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | having an elected
county assessor or an elected supervisor of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | assessments, the office of
supervisor of assessments shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | filled by appointment by the presiding
officer of the county | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | board with the advice and consent of the county board.
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17 | To be eligible for appointment or to be eligible to file | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | nomination
papers or participate as a candidate in any primary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | or general election
for, or be elected to, the office of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | supervisor of assessments, or to enter
upon the duties of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | office, a person must possess one of the following
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22 | qualifications as certified by the individual to the county | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | clerk:
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1 | (1) A Certified Illinois Assessing Official | ||||||
2 | certificate from the Illinois
Property Assessment | ||||||
3 | Institute, plus the additional training required for
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4 | additional compensation under Section 4-10.
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5 | (2) A Certified Assessment Evaluator certificate from | ||||||
6 | the International
Association of Assessing Officers.
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7 | (3) A Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI), | ||||||
8 | Residential Member (RM),
Senior Real Estate Analyst | ||||||
9 | (SREA), Senior Real Property Analyst (SRPA) or
Senior | ||||||
10 | Residential Analyst (SRA) certificate from the Appraisal | ||||||
11 | Institute or
its predecessor organizations.
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12 | (4) If the person has served as a supervisor of | ||||||
13 | assessments for 12
years or more, a Certified Illinois | ||||||
14 | Assessing Official certificate
from the Illinois Property | ||||||
15 | Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360
additional hours | ||||||
16 | of
successfully completed courses approved by the | ||||||
17 | Department if at least 180 of
the course hours
required a | ||||||
18 | written examination.
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19 | In addition, a person must have had at least 2 years' | ||||||
20 | experience in the field
of property sales, assessments, finance | ||||||
21 | or appraisals and must have passed an
examination conducted by | ||||||
22 | the Department to determine his or her competence to
hold the | ||||||
23 | office. The examination may be conducted by the Department at a
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24 | convenient location in the county or region. Notice of the time | ||||||
25 | and place
shall be given by publication in a newspaper of | ||||||
26 | general circulation in the
counties, at least one week prior to |
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1 | the exam. The Department shall certify to
the county board a | ||||||
2 | list of the names and scores of persons who pass the
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3 | examination. The Department may provide by rule the maximum | ||||||
4 | time that the name
of a person who has passed the examination | ||||||
5 | will be included on a list of
persons eligible for appointment | ||||||
6 | or election. The term of office shall be 4
years from the date | ||||||
7 | of appointment and until a successor is appointed and
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8 | qualified.
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9 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a county | ||||||
10 | with a population of more than 500,000 that does not have an | ||||||
11 | elected county board chairman or executive and has an appointed | ||||||
12 | supervisor of assessments, the office of
supervisor of | ||||||
13 | assessments shall be an elected position beginning with the | ||||||
14 | general election held in 2020. The supervisor of assessments | ||||||
15 | serving on the date of the election shall continue to serve | ||||||
16 | until his or her successor is elected and qualified. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 92-667, eff. 7-16-02.)
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