HB2269 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2269

Introduced , by Rep. Robert Martwick

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/17-10.4 new

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits assessment fraud when he or she knowingly: (1) provides or submits fraudulent information to an assessment official to induce a reduction in an assessed value; or (2) provides fraudulent information to an agent or attorney for submission to an assessment official to induce a reduction in an assessed value. Assessment fraud is a Class 4 felony.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding Section 17-10.4 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/17-10.4 new)

Sec. 17-10.4. Assessment fraud.

(a) A person commits assessment fraud when he or she knowingly:

(1) provides or submits fraudulent information to an assessment official to induce a reduction in an assessed value; or

(2) provides fraudulent information to an agent or attorney for submission to an assessment official to induce a reduction in an assessed value.

(b) Sentence. Assessment fraud is a Class 4 felony.