102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4835
 
Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Chris Bos
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
35 ILCS 200/4-20 rep.
35 ILCS 200/2-55

     Amends the Property Tax Code. Repeals provisions concerning additional performance-based compensation for assessors.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    (35 ILCS 200/4-20 rep.)
5    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by repealing 
6Section 4-20.
  
 
7    Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 
8Section 2-55 as follows:
 



9    (35 ILCS 200/2-55)



10    Sec. 2-55. Role as ex-officio deputy assessors. In all 
11townships in counties
of 3,000,000 or more, in which township 
12assessors are elected, the township
assessors shall be 
13ex-officio deputy assessors to make the assessments in the

14townships wherein they are elected but those ex-officio deputy 
15assessors shall
be under the direction and control of the 
16county assessor in the same manner as
other deputy assessors, 
17subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the
county 
18assessor and the board of appeals.  The compensation and 
19expenses of the
township assessors shall be determined and 
20paid as provided in Sections 2-70,
2-75, 2-80, 4-10, and 4-15 
21and 4-20. If in any township the ex-officio deputy
assessor is 
22not able, within the time allowed by law or set by rules and

 
 
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1regulations prescribed by the county assessor and the board of 
2appeals, to make
the assessment in the township, any 
3additional deputy assessor or deputy
assessors required to 
4make the assessment shall be residents and legal voters
of the 
5township and may be appointed by the county assessor.  For 
6failure to
complete the assessment and return the assessment 
7books within the time
prescribed by law or set by the rules and 
8regulations of the county assessor
and board of appeals, any 
9township assessor may be removed from office by the
order of 
10the county assessor.  All clerks and deputies shall take and 
11subscribe
an oath of office to honestly and faithfully perform 
12all the duties of their
respective offices under the direction 
13of the county assessor.  The county
assessor, the clerks and 
14deputy assessors, may administer oaths authorized by
law to be 
15administered by assessors. The number and compensation of the 
16clerks
and the deputies (other than the ex-officio deputies) 
17shall be determined
annually by the county board and shall be 
18paid from the county treasury.

19(Source: P.A. 83-121; 88-455.)