Bill Text: IL HB2830 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that townships with less than 3,000 inhabitants (instead of 1,000 inhabitants) shall elect multi-township assessors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-31 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2830 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2830-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2830 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/2-5
35 ILCS 200/2-10
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that townships with less than 3,000 inhabitants (instead of 1,000 inhabitants) shall elect multi-township assessors.
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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
Sections 2-5 and 2-10 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/2-5)
Sec. 2-5. Multi-township assessors. Townships with less
than 3,000 1,000 inhabitants shall not elect assessors for
each township but shall elect multi-township assessors.
(1) If 2 or more townships with less than 3,000 1,000
inhabitants are contiguous, one multi-township assessor
shall be elected to assess the property in as many of the
townships as are contiguous and whose combined population
is 3,000 1,000 or more inhabitants.
(2) If any township of less than 3,000 1,000
inhabitants is not contiguous to another township of less
than 1,000 inhabitants, one multi-township assessor shall
be elected to assess the property of that township and any
other township to which it is contiguous.
(Source: P.A. 87-818; 88-455.)
(35 ILCS 200/2-10)
Sec. 2-10. Mandatory establishment of multi-township

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assessment districts. Before August 1, 2002 and every 10
years thereafter, the supervisor of assessments shall prepare
maps, by county, of the townships, indicating the number of
inhabitants and the equalized assessed valuation of each
township for the preceding year, within the counties under
township organization, and shall distribute a copy of that map
to the county board and to each township supervisor, board of
trustees, sitting township or multi-township assessor, and to
the Department. The map shall contain suggested multi-township
assessment districts for purposes of assessment. Upon receipt
of the maps, the boards of trustees shall determine
separately, by majority vote, if the suggested multi-township
districts are acceptable.
The township boards of trustees may meet as a body to
discuss the suggested districts of which they would be a part.
Upon request of the township supervisor of any township, the
township supervisor of the township containing the most
population shall call the meeting, designating the time and
place, and shall act as temporary chairperson of the meeting
until a permanent chairperson is chosen from among the
township officials included in the call to the meeting. The
township assessors and supervisor of assessments may
participate in the meeting. Notice of the meeting shall be
given in the same manner as notice is required for township
meetings in the Township Code. The meeting shall be open to the
public and may be recessed from time to time.

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If a multi-township assessment district is not acceptable
to any board of trustees, they shall so determine and further
determine an alternative multi-township assessment district.
The suggested or alternative multi-township assessment
district shall contain at least 2 townships and 3,000 1,000 or
more inhabitants, shall contain no less than the total area of
any one township, shall be contiguous to at least one other
township in the multi-township assessment district, and shall
be located within one county. For purposes of this Section
only, townships are contiguous if they share a common boundary
line or meet at any point. This amendatory Act of 1996 is not a
new enactment, but is declarative of existing law.
Before September 15, 2002 and every 10 years thereafter,
the respective boards of town trustees shall notify the
supervisor of assessments and the Department whether they have
accepted the suggested multi-township assessment district or
whether they have adopted an alternative district, and, in the
latter case, they shall include in the notification a
description or map, by township, of the alternative district.
Before October 1, 2002 and every 10 years thereafter, the
supervisor of assessments shall determine whether any
suggested or alternative multi-township assessment district
meets the conditions of this Section and Section 2-5. If any
township board of trustees fails to so notify the supervisor
of assessments and the Department as provided in this Section,
the township shall be part of the original suggested

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multi-township assessment district. In any dispute between 2
or more townships as to inclusion or exclusion of a township in
any one multi-township assessment district, the county board
shall hold a public hearing in the county seat and, as soon as
practicable thereafter, make a final determination as to the
composition of the district. It shall notify the Department of
the final determination before November 15, 2002 and every 10
years thereafter. The Department shall promulgate the
multi-township assessment districts, file the same with the
Secretary of State as provided in the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act and so notify the township supervisors, boards
of trustees and county clerks of the townships and counties
subject to this Section and Section 2-5. If the Department's
promulgation removes a township from a prior multi-township
assessment district, that township shall, within 30 days after
the effective date of the removal, receive a distribution of a
portion of the assets of the prior multi-township assessment
district according to the ratio of the total equalized
assessed valuation of all the taxable property in the township
to the total equalized assessed valuation of all the taxable
property in the prior multi-township assessment district. If a
township is removed from one multi-township assessment
district and made a part of another multi-township assessment
district, the district from which the township is removed
shall, within 30 days after the effective date of the removal,
cause the township's distribution under this paragraph to be

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paid directly to the district of which the township is made a
part. A township receiving such a distribution (or a
multi-township assessment district receiving such a
distribution on behalf of a township that is made a part of
that district) shall use the proceeds from the distribution
only in connection with assessing real estate in the township
for tax purposes.
(Source: P.A. 88-455; incorporates 88-221; 88-670, eff.
12-2-94; 89-502, eff. 6-28-96; 89-695, eff. 12-31-96.)