Bill Text: IL SB0909 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the county board of Lake County, by ordinance, or the voters of Lake County by backdoor referendum, may vote to discontinue all offices of the township assessor in the county. Provides petition and referendum requirements. Provides that after the adoption of an ordinance or after the approval of a backdoor referendum to discontinue all offices of township assessor in Lake County, the office of township assessor is discontinued in each township at the end of each township assessor's term. Provides that at the end of each township assessor's term: (i) the Chief County Assessment Officer of Lake County assumes the duties of the township assessor; (ii) the county board members become the board of health for any public health district in the township; and (iii) the office of the township collector of the township ceases and the county treasurer assumes the duties of the township collector. Amends the Public Health District Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0909 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0909-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB0909 Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. Melinda Bush SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/Art. 2.5 heading new
35 ILCS 200/2.5-5 new
35 ILCS 200/2.5-10 new
35 ILCS 200/3-70
35 ILCS 200/19-33 new
70 ILCS 905/27 new
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the county board of Lake County, by ordinance, or the voters of Lake County, by backdoor referendum, may vote to discontinue all offices of the township assessor in the county. Provides petition and referendum requirements. Provides that after the adoption of an ordinance, or after the approval of a backdoor referendum, to discontinue all offices of township assessor in Lake County, the office of township assessor is discontinued in each township at the end of each township assessor's term. Provides that at the end of each township assessor's term: (i) the Chief County Assessment Officer of Lake County assumes the duties of the township assessor; (ii) the county board members become the board of health for any public health district in the township; and (iii) the office of the township collector of the township ceases and the county treasurer assumes the duties of the township collector. Amends the Public Health District Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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
Section 3-70 and by adding Article 2.5 and Section 19-33 as
follows:
(35 ILCS 200/Art. 2.5 heading new)
Article. 2.5. Discontinuance of Offices of
Township Assessor in Lake County
(35 ILCS 200/2.5-5 new)
Sec. 2.5-5. Ordinance to discontinue all offices of
township assessor in Lake County; backdoor referendum.
(a) All offices of township assessor may be discontinued in
Lake County by an ordinance of the county board.
(b) If, upon the adoption of an ordinance by the county
board to end all offices of township assessor, 10% of the
registered voters sign a petition requesting the dissolution be
subject to a referendum, a backdoor referendum shall be
submitted to the voters at the next general election as
provided in Section 2.5-10 of this Article.
(35 ILCS 200/2.5-10 new)

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Sec. 2.5-10. Referendum; approval.
(a) If a petition for a referendum is filed with the county
clerk that meets the requirements of subsection (b) of Section
2.5-5 of this Article, a referendum, subject to the
requirements of Section 16-7 of the Election Code, shall be
placed on the ballot at the next general election in
substantially the following form:
Shall all offices of township assessor be abolished in
Lake County and the duties of each township assessor be
transferred to the Chief County Assessment Officer of Lake
County?
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". The referendum is
approved when a majority of the voters approve the referendum.
(b) After the adoption of an ordinance under subsection (a)
of Section 2.5-5, or after the approval of a referendum of a
majority of voters under this Section, the office of township
assessor is discontinued in each township in Lake County at the
end of each township assessor's term. At the end of each
township assessor's term: (i) the Chief County Assessment
Officer of Lake County assumes the duties of the township
assessor under this Code; (ii) the county board members become
the board of health for any public health district in the
township under the Public Health District Act; and (iii) the
office of the township collector of the township ceases and the
county treasurer assumes the duties of the township collector
under this Code.

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(35 ILCS 200/3-70)
Sec. 3-70. Cessation or discontinuance of township
assessor Township Assessor.
(a) If the office of Township Assessor in a coterminous
township ceases as provided in Articles 27 and 28 of the
Township Code, then the coterminous municipality shall assume
the duties of the township assessor Township Assessor under
this Code.
(b) If the offices of township assessor in Lake County are
discontinued as provided in Article 2.5 of this Code, then, at
the end of each township assessor's term, the Chief County
Assessment Officer shall assume the duties of each township
assessor under this Code.
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13; 99-474, eff. 8-27-15.)
(35 ILCS 200/19-33 new)
Sec. 19-33. Discontinuance of township collector. If the
offices of township assessor in Lake County are discontinued as
provided in Article 2.5 of this Code, then, at the end of each
township assessor's term, the office of the township collector
of the township ceases and the county treasurer assumes the
duties of the township collector under this Code.
Section 10. The Public Health District Act is amended by
adding Section 27 as follows:

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(70 ILCS 905/27 new)
Sec. 27. Discontinuance of Lake County township assessors.
If the offices of township assessor in Lake County are
discontinued as provided in Article 2.5 of the Property Tax
Code, then the county board members shall be the board of
health for the public health district under this Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.