Bill Text: IL HB5951 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the maximum reduction under the General Homestead Exemption is $7,000, and indexes the maximum reductions in all counties to the Consumer Price Index. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5951 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB5951-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 15-175 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/15-175)
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7 | Sec. 15-175. General homestead exemption. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Except as provided in Sections 15-176 and 15-177, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | homestead
property is
entitled to an annual homestead exemption | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | limited, except as described here
with relation to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | cooperatives, to a reduction in the equalized assessed value
of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | homestead property equal to the increase in equalized assessed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | value for the
current assessment year above the equalized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | assessed value of the property for
1977, up to the maximum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | reduction set forth below. If however, the 1977
equalized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | assessed value upon which taxes were paid is subsequently | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | determined
by local assessing officials, the Property Tax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Appeal Board, or a court to have
been excessive, the equalized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | assessed value which should have been placed on
the property | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | for 1977 shall be used to determine the amount of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | exemption.
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22 | (b) Except as provided in Section 15-176, the maximum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | reduction before taxable year 2004 shall be
$4,500 in counties |
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1 | with 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants
and $3,500 in all other | ||||||
2 | counties. Except as provided in Sections 15-176 and 15-177, for | ||||||
3 | taxable years 2004 through 2007, the maximum reduction shall be | ||||||
4 | $5,000, for taxable year 2008, the maximum reduction is $5,500, | ||||||
5 | and, for taxable years 2009 through 2011, the maximum reduction | ||||||
6 | is $6,000 in all counties. For taxable years 2012 and 2013 | ||||||
7 | thereafter , the maximum reduction is $7,000 in counties with | ||||||
8 | 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants
and $6,000 in all other counties. | ||||||
9 | For taxable year 2014, the maximum reduction in all counties is | ||||||
10 | $7,000; thereafter, the maximum reduction is the maximum | ||||||
11 | reduction for the prior taxable year increased by the annual | ||||||
12 | rate of increase for the previous
calendar year in the Consumer | ||||||
13 | Price Index for All Urban
Consumers for all items published by | ||||||
14 | the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics. If a county has | ||||||
15 | elected to subject itself to the provisions of Section 15-176 | ||||||
16 | as provided in subsection (k) of that Section, then, for the | ||||||
17 | first taxable year only after the provisions of Section 15-176 | ||||||
18 | no longer apply, for owners who, for the taxable year, have not | ||||||
19 | been granted a senior citizens assessment freeze homestead | ||||||
20 | exemption under Section 15-172 or a long-time occupant | ||||||
21 | homestead exemption under Section 15-177, there shall be an | ||||||
22 | additional exemption of $5,000 for owners with a household | ||||||
23 | income of $30,000 or less.
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24 | (c) In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if, | ||||||
25 | based on the most
recent assessment, the equalized assessed | ||||||
26 | value of
the homestead property for the current assessment year |
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1 | is greater than the
equalized assessed value of the property | ||||||
2 | for 1977, the owner of the property
shall automatically receive | ||||||
3 | the exemption granted under this Section in an
amount equal to | ||||||
4 | the increase over the 1977 assessment up to the maximum
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5 | reduction set forth in this Section.
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6 | (d) If in any assessment year beginning with the 2000 | ||||||
7 | assessment year,
homestead property has a pro-rata valuation | ||||||
8 | under
Section 9-180 resulting in an increase in the assessed | ||||||
9 | valuation, a reduction
in equalized assessed valuation equal to | ||||||
10 | the increase in equalized assessed
value of the property for | ||||||
11 | the year of the pro-rata valuation above the
equalized assessed | ||||||
12 | value of the property for 1977 shall be applied to the
property | ||||||
13 | on a proportionate basis for the period the property qualified | ||||||
14 | as
homestead property during the assessment year. The maximum | ||||||
15 | proportionate
homestead exemption shall not exceed the maximum | ||||||
16 | homestead exemption allowed in
the county under this Section | ||||||
17 | divided by 365 and multiplied by the number of
days the | ||||||
18 | property qualified as homestead property.
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19 | (e) The chief county assessment officer may, when | ||||||
20 | considering whether to grant a leasehold exemption under this | ||||||
21 | Section, require the following conditions to be met: | ||||||
22 | (1) that a notarized application for the exemption, | ||||||
23 | signed by both the owner and the lessee of the property, | ||||||
24 | must be submitted each year during the application period | ||||||
25 | in effect for the county in which the property is located; | ||||||
26 | (2) that a copy of the lease must be filed with the |
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1 | chief county assessment officer by the owner of the | ||||||
2 | property at the time the notarized application is | ||||||
3 | submitted; | ||||||
4 | (3) that the lease must expressly state that the lessee | ||||||
5 | is liable for the payment of property taxes; and | ||||||
6 | (4) that the lease must include the following language | ||||||
7 | in substantially the following form: | ||||||
8 | "Lessee shall be liable for the payment of real | ||||||
9 | estate taxes with respect to the residence in | ||||||
10 | accordance with the terms and conditions of Section | ||||||
11 | 15-175 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/15-175). | ||||||
12 | The permanent real estate index number for the premises | ||||||
13 | is (insert number), and, according to the most recent | ||||||
14 | property tax bill, the current amount of real estate | ||||||
15 | taxes associated with the premises is (insert amount) | ||||||
16 | per year. The parties agree that the monthly rent set | ||||||
17 | forth above shall be increased or decreased pro rata | ||||||
18 | (effective January 1 of each calendar year) to reflect | ||||||
19 | any increase or decrease in real estate taxes. Lessee | ||||||
20 | shall be deemed to be satisfying Lessee's liability for | ||||||
21 | the above mentioned real estate taxes with the monthly | ||||||
22 | rent payments as set forth above (or increased or | ||||||
23 | decreased as set forth herein).". | ||||||
24 | In addition, if there is a change in lessee, or if the | ||||||
25 | lessee vacates the property, then the chief county assessment | ||||||
26 | officer may require the owner of the property to notify the |
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1 | chief county assessment officer of that change. | ||||||
2 | This subsection (e) does not apply to leasehold interests | ||||||
3 | in property owned by a municipality. | ||||||
4 | (f) "Homestead property" under this Section includes | ||||||
5 | residential property that is
occupied by its owner or owners as | ||||||
6 | his or their principal dwelling place, or
that is a leasehold | ||||||
7 | interest on which a single family residence is situated,
which | ||||||
8 | is occupied as a residence by a person who has an ownership | ||||||
9 | interest
therein, legal or equitable or as a lessee, and on | ||||||
10 | which the person is
liable for the payment of property taxes. | ||||||
11 | For land improved with
an apartment building owned and operated | ||||||
12 | as a cooperative or a building which
is a life care facility as | ||||||
13 | defined in Section 15-170 and considered to
be a cooperative | ||||||
14 | under Section 15-170, the maximum reduction from the equalized
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15 | assessed value shall be limited to the increase in the value | ||||||
16 | above the
equalized assessed value of the property for 1977, up | ||||||
17 | to
the maximum reduction set forth above, multiplied by the | ||||||
18 | number of apartments
or units occupied by a person or persons | ||||||
19 | who is liable, by contract with the
owner or owners of record, | ||||||
20 | for paying property taxes on the property and is an
owner of | ||||||
21 | record of a legal or equitable interest in the cooperative
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22 | apartment building, other than a leasehold interest. For | ||||||
23 | purposes of this
Section, the term "life care facility" has the | ||||||
24 | meaning stated in Section
15-170.
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25 | "Household", as used in this Section,
means the owner, the | ||||||
26 | spouse of the owner, and all persons using
the
residence of the |
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1 | owner as their principal place of residence.
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2 | "Household income", as used in this Section,
means the | ||||||
3 | combined income of the members of a household
for the calendar | ||||||
4 | year preceding the taxable year.
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5 | "Income", as used in this Section,
has the same meaning as | ||||||
6 | provided in Section 3.07 of the Senior
Citizens
and Disabled | ||||||
7 | Persons Property Tax Relief Act,
except that
"income" does not | ||||||
8 | include veteran's benefits.
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9 | (g) In a cooperative where a homestead exemption has been | ||||||
10 | granted, the
cooperative association or its management firm | ||||||
11 | shall credit the savings
resulting from that exemption only to | ||||||
12 | the apportioned tax liability of the
owner who qualified for | ||||||
13 | the exemption. Any person who willfully refuses to so
credit | ||||||
14 | the savings shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
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15 | (h) Where married persons maintain and reside in separate | ||||||
16 | residences qualifying
as homestead property, each residence | ||||||
17 | shall receive 50% of the total reduction
in equalized assessed | ||||||
18 | valuation provided by this Section.
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19 | (i) In all counties, the assessor
or chief county | ||||||
20 | assessment officer may determine the
eligibility of | ||||||
21 | residential property to receive the homestead exemption and the | ||||||
22 | amount of the exemption by
application, visual inspection, | ||||||
23 | questionnaire or other reasonable methods. The
determination | ||||||
24 | shall be made in accordance with guidelines established by the
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25 | Department, provided that the taxpayer applying for an | ||||||
26 | additional general exemption under this Section shall submit to |
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1 | the chief county assessment officer an application with an | ||||||
2 | affidavit of the applicant's total household income, age, | ||||||
3 | marital status (and, if married, the name and address of the | ||||||
4 | applicant's spouse, if known), and principal dwelling place of | ||||||
5 | members of the household on January 1 of the taxable year. The | ||||||
6 | Department shall issue guidelines establishing a method for | ||||||
7 | verifying the accuracy of the affidavits filed by applicants | ||||||
8 | under this paragraph. The applications shall be clearly marked | ||||||
9 | as applications for the Additional General Homestead | ||||||
10 | Exemption.
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11 | (j) In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, in | ||||||
12 | the event of a sale
of
homestead property the homestead | ||||||
13 | exemption shall remain in effect for the
remainder of the | ||||||
14 | assessment year of the sale. The assessor or chief county
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15 | assessment officer may require the new
owner of the property to | ||||||
16 | apply for the homestead exemption for the following
assessment | ||||||
17 | year.
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18 | (k) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates | ||||||
19 | Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
20 | implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-1125, eff. 8-28-12; | ||||||
22 | 98-7, eff. 4-23-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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