Bill Text: IL SB0811 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "residence".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0811 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB0811-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB0811 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
320 ILCS 25/3.12 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.12
Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "residence".
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning aging.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is
amended by changing Section 3.12 as follows:
(320 ILCS 25/3.12) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.12)
Sec. 3.12. Residence. "Residence" means the the principal
dwelling place occupied in this State by a household and so
much of the surrounding land as is reasonably necessary for use
of the dwelling as a home, and includes rental property, mobile
homes, single family dwellings, and units in multifamily,
multidwelling or multipurpose buildings. If the assessor has
established a specific legal description for a portion of
property constituting the residence, then that portion of
property shall be deemed "residence" for the purposes of this
Act. "Residence" also includes that portion of a nursing or
sheltered care home occupied as a dwelling by a claimant,
determined as prescribed in regulations of the Department on
Aging.
(Source: P.A. 96-804, eff. 1-1-10.)