Bill Text: IL HB1263 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each taxing district shall publish specified information concerning the district's property tax rate and extension. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr. [HB1263 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1263-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 adding | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Division 2.2 to Article 18 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/Art. 18 Div. 2.2 heading new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Division 2.2. Required disclosures | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (35 ILCS 200/18-104 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Sec. 18-104. Required disclosures. | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) As used in this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | "Collection year" means the calendar year in which | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | property taxes levied for the previous calendar year are | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | collected. | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Levy year" means the taxable year for which property | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | taxes are levied that are collected in the collection year. | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | "Taxing district" has the meaning specified in Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 1-150 and includes home rule units. | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (b) By February 1 of each collection year, beginning with | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | the 2024 collection year, each taxing district shall publish | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | the following information on the taxing district's publicly | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | accessible website, if the taxing district uses such a | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | website, and in a newspaper of general circulation published |
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1 | in the taxing district: | ||||||
2 | (1) the taxing district's property tax rate for the | ||||||
3 | levy year; | ||||||
4 | (2) the taxing district's property tax rate for the | ||||||
5 | immediately preceding levy year; | ||||||
6 | (3) the total dollar amount of the taxing district's | ||||||
7 | extension for the levy year; | ||||||
8 | (4) the total dollar amount of the taxing district's | ||||||
9 | extension for the immediately preceding levy year; | ||||||
10 | (5) the property tax liability for the levy year for | ||||||
11 | each $100,000 of fair market value. | ||||||
12 | (c) A home rule unit may not regulate the publication of | ||||||
13 | property tax information in a manner that is inconsistent with | ||||||
14 | the regulation by the State of the publication of property tax | ||||||
15 | information under this Section. This Section is a limitation | ||||||
16 | under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule | ||||||
18 | units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.
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