Bill Text: IL SB1593 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that parking areas owned by religious institutions, when leased or rented to a municipality for the purpose of providing free public parking, are exempt. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0455 [SB1593 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1593-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1593 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Karen McConnaughay SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/15-125
30 ILCS 805/8.41 new
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that parking areas owned by religious institutions, when leased or rented to a municipality for the purpose of providing free public parking, are exempt. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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 15-125 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/15-125)
Sec. 15-125. Parking areas.
(a) Parking areas, not leased or used for profit other than
those lease or rental agreements subject to subsection (b) of
this Section, when used as a part of a use for which an
exemption is provided by this Code and owned by any school
district, non-profit hospital, school, or religious or
charitable institution which meets the qualifications for
exemption, are exempt.
(b) Parking areas owned by any religious institution that
meets the qualifications for exemption, when leased or rented
to a mass transportation entity for the limited free parking of
the commuters of the mass transportation entity, are exempt.
(c) Parking areas owned by any religious institution that
meets the qualifications for exemption, when leased or rented
to a municipality for the purpose of providing free public
parking, are exempt, so long as the lease is for no more than
nominal consideration. For purposes of this Section,

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maintenance and insurance of the parking areas by the
municipality shall be considered nominal consideration.
(Source: P.A. 93-1038, eff. 6-1-05.)
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.41 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.41 new)
Sec. 8.41. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
the 100th General Assembly.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.