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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 24-36 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (35 ILCS 200/24-36 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 24-36. Property Tax Relief Task Force. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Property Tax Relief Task Force is created. The Task | ||||||
| 9 | Force shall utilize a racial and economic equity lens to | ||||||
| 10 | identify the causes of increasingly burdensome property taxes | ||||||
| 11 | across Illinois, review best practices in public policy | ||||||
| 12 | strategies that create short-term and long-term property tax | ||||||
| 13 | relief for homeowners, and make recommendations to assist in | ||||||
| 14 | the development of short-term and long-term administrative, | ||||||
| 15 | electoral, and legislative changes needed to create short-term | ||||||
| 16 | and long-term property tax relief for homeowners. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) The members of the Property Tax Relief Task Force shall | ||||||
| 18 | include and represent the diversity of the people of Illinois, | ||||||
| 19 | and shall be composed of the following: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) members appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
| 21 | (2) members of the House of Representatives appointed | ||||||
| 22 | by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
| 23 | (3) members of the House of Representatives appointed | ||||||
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| 1 | by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
| 2 | (4) members of the Senate appointed by the Senate | ||||||
| 3 | President; and | ||||||
| 4 | (5) members of the Senate appointed by the Senate | ||||||
| 5 | Minority Leader. | ||||||
| 6 | The members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 7 | compensation and shall elect co-chairs from among their number. | ||||||
| 8 | (c) The Department of Revenue shall provide administrative | ||||||
| 9 | support for the Task Force. The State Board of Education and | ||||||
| 10 | the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall | ||||||
| 11 | collaborate with the Task Force as requested by the Task Force. | ||||||
| 12 | (d) Within 90 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
| 13 | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Task Force | ||||||
| 14 | shall submit an initial report to the Governor and General | ||||||
| 15 | Assembly outlining short-term and long-term administrative, | ||||||
| 16 | electoral, and legislative changes needed to create short-term | ||||||
| 17 | and long-term property tax relief for homeowners. | ||||||
| 18 | (e) The Task Force shall submit a final report to the | ||||||
| 19 | Governor and the General Assembly outlining short-term and | ||||||
| 20 | long-term administrative, electoral, and legislative changes | ||||||
| 21 | needed to create short-term and long-term property tax relief | ||||||
| 22 | for homeowners by December 31, 2019. | ||||||
| 23 | (f) This Section is repealed December 31, 2020.
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law. | ||||||