Bill Text: IL SB2780 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning supervisors of assessments to include references to county executives. Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning community mental health boards to include references to county executives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-17 - Referred to Assignments [SB2780 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2780-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, | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 3-5 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/3-5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3-5. Supervisor of assessments. In counties with less | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | than 3,000,000 inhabitants and in which no county assessor has | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | been elected under Section 3-45, there shall be a county | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | supervisor of assessments, either appointed as provided in | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | this Section, or elected. | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and not | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | having an elected county assessor or an elected supervisor of | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | assessments, the office of supervisor of assessments shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | filled by appointment by the presiding officer of the county | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | board or by the county executive if the county has a county | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | executive with the advice and consent of the county board. | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | To be eligible for appointment or to be eligible to file | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | nomination papers or participate as a candidate in any primary | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | or general election for, or be elected to, the office of | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | supervisor of assessments, or to enter upon the duties of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | office, a person must possess one of the following | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | qualifications as certified by the Department to the county |
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1 | clerk: | ||||||
2 | (1) A currently active Certified Illinois Assessing | ||||||
3 | Officer designation from the Illinois Property Assessment | ||||||
4 | Institute. | ||||||
5 | (2) A currently active AAS, CAE, or MAS designation | ||||||
6 | from the International Association of Assessing Officers. | ||||||
7 | (3) A currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM | ||||||
8 | designation from the Appraisal Institute. | ||||||
9 | In addition, a person must have had at least 2 years' | ||||||
10 | experience in the field of property sales, assessments, | ||||||
11 | finance or appraisals and must have passed an examination | ||||||
12 | conducted by the Department to determine his or her competence | ||||||
13 | to hold the office. The examination may be conducted by the | ||||||
14 | Department at a convenient location in the county or region. | ||||||
15 | Notice of the time and place shall be given by publication in a | ||||||
16 | newspaper of general circulation in the counties, at least one | ||||||
17 | week prior to the exam. The Department shall certify to the | ||||||
18 | county board a list of the names and scores of persons who pass | ||||||
19 | the examination. The Department may provide by rule the | ||||||
20 | maximum time that the name of a person who has passed the | ||||||
21 | examination will be included on a list of persons eligible for | ||||||
22 | appointment or election. The term of office shall be 4 years | ||||||
23 | from the date of appointment and until a successor is | ||||||
24 | appointed and qualified, or a successor is elected and | ||||||
25 | qualified under Section 3-52. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 101-150, eff. 7-26-19; 101-467, eff. 8-23-19; |
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1 | 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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2 | Section 10. The Community Mental Health Act is amended by | ||||||
3 | changing Section 3a as follows:
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4 | (405 ILCS 20/3a) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 303a) | ||||||
5 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-274 ) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 3a. Every governmental unit authorized to levy an | ||||||
7 | annual tax under any of the provisions of this Act shall, | ||||||
8 | before it may levy such tax, establish a 7 member community | ||||||
9 | mental health board who shall administer this Act. Such board | ||||||
10 | shall be appointed by the chairman or executive of the | ||||||
11 | governing body of a county, the mayor of a city, the president | ||||||
12 | of a village, the president of an incorporated town, or the | ||||||
13 | supervisor of a township, as the case may be, with the advice | ||||||
14 | and consent of the governing body of such county, city, | ||||||
15 | village, incorporated town or the town board of trustees of | ||||||
16 | any township. Members of the community mental health board | ||||||
17 | shall be residents of the government unit and, as nearly as | ||||||
18 | possible, be representative of interested groups of the | ||||||
19 | community such as local health departments, medical societies, | ||||||
20 | local comprehensive health planning agencies, hospital boards, | ||||||
21 | lay associations concerned with mental health, developmental | ||||||
22 | disabilities and substance abuse, as well as the general | ||||||
23 | public. Only one member shall be a member of the governing | ||||||
24 | body. The chairman or executive of the governing body may, |
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1 | upon the request of the community mental health board, appoint | ||||||
2 | 2 additional members to the community mental health board. No | ||||||
3 | member of the community mental health board may be a full-time | ||||||
4 | or part-time employee of the Department of Human Services or a | ||||||
5 | board member, employee or any other individual receiving | ||||||
6 | compensation from any facility or service operating under | ||||||
7 | contract to the board. If a successful referendum is held | ||||||
8 | under Section 5 of this Act, all members of such board shall be | ||||||
9 | appointed within 60 days of the referendum. | ||||||
10 | Home rule units are exempt from this Act. However, they | ||||||
11 | may, by ordinance, adopt the provisions of this Act, or any | ||||||
12 | portion thereof, that they may deem advisable. | ||||||
13 | The tax rate set forth in Section 4 may be levied by any | ||||||
14 | non-home rule unit only pursuant to the approval by the voters | ||||||
15 | at a referendum. Such referendum may have been held at any time | ||||||
16 | subsequent to the effective date of the Community Mental | ||||||
17 | Health Act. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 95-336, eff. 8-21-07.)
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19 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-274 ) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 3a. Every governmental unit authorized to levy an | ||||||
21 | annual tax under any of the provisions of this Act shall, | ||||||
22 | before it may levy such tax, establish a 7 member community | ||||||
23 | mental health board who shall administer this Act. Such board | ||||||
24 | shall be appointed by the chairman or executive of the | ||||||
25 | governing body of a county, the mayor of a city, the president |
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1 | of a village, the president of an incorporated town, or the | ||||||
2 | supervisor of a township, as the case may be, with the advice | ||||||
3 | and consent of the governing body of such county, city, | ||||||
4 | village, incorporated town or the town board of trustees of | ||||||
5 | any township. Members of the community mental health board | ||||||
6 | shall be residents of the government unit and, as nearly as | ||||||
7 | possible, be representative of interested groups of the | ||||||
8 | community such as local health departments, medical societies, | ||||||
9 | local comprehensive health planning agencies, hospital boards, | ||||||
10 | lay associations concerned with mental health, developmental | ||||||
11 | disabilities and substance abuse, as well as the general | ||||||
12 | public. Only one member shall be a member of the governing | ||||||
13 | body, with the term of membership on the board to run | ||||||
14 | concurrently with the elected term of the member. The chairman | ||||||
15 | or executive of the governing body may, upon the request of the | ||||||
16 | community mental health board, appoint 2 additional members to | ||||||
17 | the community mental health board. No member of the community | ||||||
18 | mental health board may be a full-time or part-time employee | ||||||
19 | of the Department of Human Services or a board member, | ||||||
20 | employee or any other individual receiving compensation from | ||||||
21 | any facility or service operating under contract to the board. | ||||||
22 | If a successful referendum is held under Section 5 of this Act, | ||||||
23 | all members of such board shall be appointed within 60 days | ||||||
24 | after the local election authority certifies the passage of | ||||||
25 | the referendum. | ||||||
26 | Home rule units are exempt from this Act. However, they |
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1 | may, by ordinance, adopt the provisions of this Act, or any | ||||||
2 | portion thereof, that they may deem advisable. | ||||||
3 | The tax rate set forth in Section 4 may be levied by any | ||||||
4 | non-home rule unit only pursuant to the approval by the voters | ||||||
5 | at a referendum. Such referendum may have been held at any time | ||||||
6 | subsequent to the effective date of the Community Mental | ||||||
7 | Health Act. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 103-274, eff. 1-1-24.)
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