Public Act 0486 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1948 Enrolled LRB096 09401 RCE 19558 b

Public Act 096-0486

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 9-80 and 9-230 as follows:

(35 ILCS 200/9-80)

Sec. 9-80. Authority to revise assessments; Counties of less than 3,000,000. The chief county assessment officer in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants shall have the same authority as the township or multi-township assessor to assess and to make changes or alterations in the assessment of property, and shall assess and make such changes or alterations in the assessment of property as though originally made. Changes by the chief county assessment officer in valuations shall be noted in a column provided, and no change shall be made in the original assessor's figures.

When the chief county assessment officer or his or her deputy views property for the purposes of assessing the property or determining whether a change or alteration in the assessment of the property is required, he or she shall give notice to the township assessor by U.S. Mail at least 5 days but not more than 30 days prior to the viewing, so that the assessor may arrange to be present at the viewing, except if the township or multi-township assessor fails to timely return the assessment books or workbooks as required by Section 9-230. He or she shall also give notice to owners of the properties by means of notices in a paper of general circulation in the township. The notices shall state the chief county assessment officer's intention to view the property but need not specify the date and time of the viewing. When the chief county assessment officer or his or her deputy is present at the property to be viewed, immediately prior to the viewing, he or she shall make a reasonable effort to ascertain if the owner or his or her representative, or the assessor, are on the premises and to inform them of his or her intention to view the property. Failure to provide notice to the township assessor and owner shall not of and by itself invalidate any change in an assessment. A viewing under this Section and Section 9-155 means actual viewing of the visible property in its entirety from, on or at the site of the property.

All changes and alterations in the assessment of property shall be subject to revision by the board of review in the same manner that original assessments are reviewed.

(Source: P.A. 81-0838; 81-1055; 81-1509; 88-455.)

(35 ILCS 200/9-230)

Sec. 9-230. Return of township or multi-township assessment books.

(a) The township or multi-township assessors in counties with less than 600,000 inhabitants, based on the 2000 federal decennial census, shall, on or before June 15 April 15 of the assessment year, return the assessment books or workbooks to the supervisor of assessments. The township or multi-township assessors in counties with 600,000 or more but no more than 700,000 inhabitants, based on the 2000 federal decennial census, shall, on or before October 15 of the assessment year, return the assessment books or workbooks to the supervisor of assessments. The township or multi-township assessors in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, but more than 700,000 inhabitants, based on the 2000 federal decennial census, shall, on or before November 15 of the assessment year, return the assessment books or workbooks to the supervisor of assessments. If a township or multi-township assessor in a county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, but more than 600,000 inhabitants, based on the 2000 federal decennial census, does not return the assessment books or work books within the required time, the supervisor of assessments may take possession of the books and complete the assessments pursuant to law. Each of the books shall be verified by affidavit by the assessor substantially as follows:

State of Illinois) )ss. County of .......)

I do solemnly swear that the book or books .... in number, to which this affidavit is attached, contains a complete list of all of the property in the township or multi-township or assessment district herein described subject to taxation for the year .... so far as I have been able to ascertain, and that the assessed value set down in the proper column opposite the descriptions of property is a just and equal assessment of the property according to law.

Dated ...............

(b) If the supervisor of assessments determines that the township or multi-township assessor has not completed the assessments as required by law before returning the assessment books under this Section, the county board may submit a bill to the township board of trustees for the reasonable costs incurred by the supervisor of assessments in completing the assessments. The moneys collected under this subsection may be used by the supervisor of assessments only for the purpose of recouping costs incurred in completing the assessments.

(Source: P.A. 93-761, eff. 1-1-05; 94-417, eff. 8-2-05.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.