Bill Text: IL SB1794 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the Department of Revenue, with the assistance of the Office of Appraisals, shall maintain a database of all appraisals introduced as evidence in hearings before the Property Tax Appeal Board or the board of review. Provides that the database must be searchable by certain specified parameters. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1794 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1794-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1794 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Steve Stadelman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/8-60 new
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the Department of Revenue, with the assistance of the Office of Appraisals, shall maintain a database of all appraisals introduced as evidence in hearings before the Property Tax Appeal Board or the board of review. Provides that the database must be searchable by certain specified parameters. Effective immediately.
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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 adding
Section 8-60 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/8-60 new)
Sec. 8-60. Appraisal database. The Department, with the
assistance of the Office of Appraisals, shall maintain a
database of all appraisals introduced as evidence in hearings
before the Property Tax Appeal Board or the board of review.
The Department shall provide access to the database to any
taxing body that has been notified that an appeal is to be
taken before the Property Tax Appeal Board or the board of
review. At minimum, the database shall be searchable by the
following parameters, to the extent those parameters are
applicable to the property:
(1) the owner name;
(2) the street address of the property;
(3) the property index number, parcel number, or
permanent index number;
(4) the name of the subdivision in which the property
is located;
(5) the classification of the property;

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(6) the date the property was last sold, transferred,
or conveyed;
(7) the date of the appraisal report;
(8) the appraiser identification number;
(9) the year of the original construction of any
improvements; and
(10) the square footage of any improvements.
The Department shall maintain the record of each appraisal
entered into evidence for a period of not less than 3 years
from the date resolution is reached on the appeal of the
subject property's valuation.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.