Bill Text: IL HJR0136 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the South Suburban Commercial Real Estate Tax Assessment Task Force to study how taxes are assessed on commercial businesses in the south suburbs and if it is driving businesses away.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0136 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HJR0136-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, There is an unbalanced
approach concerning how | ||||||
| 3 | taxes are assessed on commercial real estate in the south | ||||||
| 4 | suburbs, which may be draining those businesses and driving | ||||||
| 5 | them away; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 7 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | ||||||
| 8 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the South Suburban Commercial Real | ||||||
| 9 | Estate Tax Assessment Task Force is created; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLED, That the Task Force should look at the following | ||||||
| 11 | issues: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) If proximity to Indiana is impacting business
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| 13 | closing; | ||||||
| 14 | (2) How many businesses have left Illinois for Indiana; | ||||||
| 15 | and | ||||||
| 16 | (3) If
implementing a five-year pilot program for a | ||||||
| 17 | flat tax rate system would stabilize the area; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
| 20 | following members, who shall serve without compensation: | ||||||
| 21 | (1) Two members of the House of Representatives, one | ||||||
| 22 | from each party, appointed by the Speaker of the House and | ||||||
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| 1 | the House Minority Leader respectively; | ||||||
| 2 | (2) Two members of the Senate, one from each party, | ||||||
| 3 | appointed by the Senate President and the Senate Minority | ||||||
| 4 | Leader respectively; and | ||||||
| 5 | (3) Two south suburban businessmen, one each appointed | ||||||
| 6 | by the Speaker of the House and Senate President | ||||||
| 7 | respectively; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Revenue shall provide | ||||||
| 9 | administrative support; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet at least three | ||||||
| 11 | times and submit their final report no later than December 31, | ||||||
| 12 | 2018, and upon the filing of its report, the Task Force is | ||||||
| 13 | dissolved; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That the report filed with the General Assembly | ||||||
| 15 | shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 16 | and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic form only, in the | ||||||
| 17 | manner that the Clerk and Secretary shall direct; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | delivered to the Speaker of the House, the House Minority | ||||||
| 21 | Leader, the Senate President, the Senate Minority Leader, and | ||||||
| 22 | the Director of Revenue.
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