Bill Text: IL SB1901 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. In counties of less than 3,000,000, provides that the publication of assessments shall be in a newspaper circulated (instead of published) in the county. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1901 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1901-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 12-10 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/12-10)
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7 | Sec. 12-10. Publication of assessments; counties of less | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | than 3,000,000. In
counties with less than 3,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | inhabitants, as soon as the chief county
assessment officer has | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | completed the assessment in the county or in the
assessment | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | district, he or she shall, in each year of a general | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | assessment,
publish for the county or assessment district a | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | complete list of the
assessment, by townships if so organized. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | In years other than years of a
general assessment, the chief | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | county assessment officer shall publish a list of
property for | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | which assessments have been added or changed since the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | preceding
assessment, together with the amounts of the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | assessments, except that
publication of individual assessment | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | changes shall not be required if the
changes result from | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | equalization by the supervisor of assessments under Section
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21 | 9-210, or Section 10-200, in which case the list shall include | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | a general
statement indicating that assessments have been | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | changed because of the
application of an equalization factor |
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1 | and shall set forth the percentage of
increase or decrease | ||||||
2 | represented by the factor. The publication shall be made
on or | ||||||
3 | before December 31 of that year, and shall be printed in some | ||||||
4 | public
newspaper or newspapers circulated published in the | ||||||
5 | county. In every township or
assessment district in which there | ||||||
6 | is published one or more newspapers of
general circulation, the | ||||||
7 | list of that township shall be published in one of the
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8 | newspapers.
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9 | At the top of the list of assessments there shall be a | ||||||
10 | notice in
substantially the following form printed in type no | ||||||
11 | smaller than eleven point:
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12 | "NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
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13 | Median Level of Assessment--(insert here the median level | ||||||
14 | of assessment
for the assessment district)
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15 | Your property is to be assessed at the above listed median | ||||||
16 | level of
assessment for the assessment district. You may check | ||||||
17 | the accuracy of your
assessment by dividing your assessment by | ||||||
18 | the median level of assessment. The
resulting value should | ||||||
19 | equal the estimated fair cash value of your property.
If the | ||||||
20 | resulting value is greater than the estimated fair cash value | ||||||
21 | of your
property, you may be over-assessed. If the resulting | ||||||
22 | value is less than the
fair cash value of your property, you | ||||||
23 | may be under-assessed. You may appeal
your assessment to the | ||||||
24 | Board of Review."
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25 | The newspaper shall furnish to the local assessment | ||||||
26 | officers as many
copies of the paper containing the assessment |
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1 | list as they may require.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 86-415; 86-1481; 87-1189; 88-455.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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