Bill Text: IL HB4563 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the publication of assessments, provides that, if no newspaper is published in the county, then the publication shall be printed in a public newspaper of general circulation in the county. Provides that, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the county assessor may, in lieu of other publication methods provided by law, publish the list of assessments on the county website. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4563 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4563-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB4563 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/12-10
35 ILCS 200/12-12 new
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the publication of assessments, provides that, if no newspaper is published in the county, then the publication shall be printed in a public newspaper of general circulation in the county. Provides that, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the county assessor may, in lieu of other publication methods provided by law, publish the list of assessments on the county website. Effective immediately.
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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 12-10 and by adding Section 12-12 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/12-10)
Sec. 12-10. Publication of assessments; counties of less
than 3,000,000.
(a) In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants,
except as provided in Section 12-12, as soon as the chief
county assessment officer has completed the assessment in the
county or in the assessment district, he or she shall, in each
year of a general assessment, publish for the county or
assessment district a complete list of the assessment, by
townships if so organized.
(b) Except as provided in Section 12-12, in In years other
than years of a general assessment, the chief county
assessment officer shall publish a list of property for which
assessments have been added or changed since the preceding
assessment, together with the amounts of the assessments,
except that publication of individual assessment changes shall
not be required if the changes result from equalization by the
supervisor of assessments under Section 9-210, or Section

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10-200, in which case the list shall include a general
statement indicating that assessments have been changed
because of the application of an equalization factor and shall
set forth the percentage of increase or decrease represented
by the factor.
(c) The publication shall be made on or before December 31
of that year, and shall be printed in some public newspaper or
newspapers published in the county; if no newspaper is
published in the county, then the publication shall be printed
in some public newspaper of general circulation in the county.
In every township or assessment district in which there is
published one or more newspapers of general circulation, the
list of that township shall be published in one of the
newspapers.
(d) At the top of the list of assessments, or in place of
the list of assessments if the list is published on a county
website as provided by Section 12-12, there shall be a notice
in substantially the following form printed in type no smaller
than eleven point:
"NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Median Level of Assessment--(insert here the median level
of assessment for the assessment district)
Your property is to be assessed at the above listed median
level of assessment for the assessment district. You may check
the accuracy of your assessment by dividing your assessment by
the median level of assessment. The resulting value should

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equal the estimated fair cash value of your property. If the
resulting value is greater than the estimated fair cash value
of your property, you may be over-assessed. If the resulting
value is less than the fair cash value of your property, you
may be under-assessed. You may appeal your assessment to the
Board of Review."
If the list of assessments has been published on a county
website under the provisions of Section 12-12, then the notice
must state: "A complete list of the assessments for this
county or assessment district is available at (insert URL of
county website)."
(e) The notice published under this Section shall also
include the following:
(1) A statement advising the taxpayer that assessments
of property, other than farm land and coal, are required
by law to be assessed at 33 1/3% of fair market value.
(2) The name, address, phone number, office hours,
and, if one exists, the website address of the assessor.
(3) A statement advising the taxpayer of the steps to
follow if the taxpayer believes the full fair market value
of the property is incorrect or believes the assessment is
not uniform with other comparable properties in the same
neighborhood. The statement shall also (i) advise all
taxpayers to contact the township assessor's office, in
those counties under township organization, first to
review the assessment, (ii) advise all taxpayers to file

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an appeal with the board of review if not satisfied with
the assessor review, and (iii) give the phone number to
call for a copy of the board of review rules; if the Board
of Review maintains a web site, the notice must also
include the address of the website where the Board of
Review rules can be viewed.
(4) A statement advising the taxpayer that there is a
deadline date for filing an appeal with the board of
review and indicating that deadline date (30 days
following the scheduled publication date).
(5) A brief explanation of the relationship between
the assessment and the tax bill.
(6) In bold type, a notice of possible eligibility for
the various homestead exemptions as provided in Section
15-165 through Section 15-175 and Section 15-180.
The newspaper shall furnish to the local assessment
officers as many copies of the paper containing the assessment
list as they may require.
(Source: P.A. 97-146, eff. 7-14-11.)
(35 ILCS 200/12-12 new)
Sec. 12-12. Publication of assessments on county website;
counties of less than 3,000,000.
(a) As used in this Section:
"County website" means a website that is managed by either
the county board or the chief county assessment officer and

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that has been available to the public with the same URL for at
least one year.
"List of assessments" means a complete list of the
assessment, by township if so organized, containing the
information listed in Section 12-25.
(b) In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, as
soon as the chief county assessment officer has completed the
assessment in the county or in the assessment district in any
year, the chief county assessment officer may, in place of
publishing the list of assessments as described in Section
12-10, publish the list of assessments on the county website.
The list of assessments must be in searchable text and not an
unsearchable image. The list of assessments must include the
language provided in subsections (d) and (e) of Section 12-10.
The list of assessments must be maintained on the website at
least until the board of review certifies the county
assessment roll to the clerk as described in Section 16-85.
(c) Upon the request of any taxpayer, the chief county
assessment officer shall provide to that taxpayer a printed
copy of the list of assessments at no charge.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.