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| 1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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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 changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 16-160 as follows:
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| 6 | (35 ILCS 200/16-160)
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| 7 | Sec. 16-160. Property Tax Appeal Board; process. In | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | counties with
3,000,000 or more inhabitants, beginning with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | assessments made for the 1996
assessment year for residential | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | property of 6 units or less and beginning with
assessments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | made for the 1997 assessment year for all other property, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | for
all property in any county
other than a county with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, any taxpayer
dissatisfied with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | the decision of a board of review or board of appeals as
such
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| 15 | decision pertains to the assessment of his or her property for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | taxation
purposes, or any taxing body that has an interest in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | the decision of the board
of
review or board of appeals on an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | assessment made by any local assessment
officer,
may, (i) in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants within 30 days
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| 20 | after the date of written notice of the decision of
the board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | of review or (ii) in assessment year 1999 and thereafter
in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants within 30 days | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | after the
date of the board of review notice or within 30 days
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| 1 | after the date that the board of review transmits to the
county | ||||||
| 2 | assessor pursuant to Section 16-125 its final action on
the | ||||||
| 3 | township
in which the property is located, whichever is later,
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| 4 | appeal the
decision to the
Property Tax Appeal Board for | ||||||
| 5 | review. For filing purposes, taxpayers or owners shall also | ||||||
| 6 | include condominium associations and homeowner associations. | ||||||
| 7 | In any appeal where the board of review
or board of appeals has | ||||||
| 8 | given written
notice of the hearing to the taxpayer 30 days | ||||||
| 9 | before the hearing, failure to
appear at the board of review or | ||||||
| 10 | board of appeals hearing shall be grounds
for dismissal of the
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| 11 | appeal unless a continuance is granted to the taxpayer. If an | ||||||
| 12 | appeal is
dismissed for failure to appear at a board of review | ||||||
| 13 | or board of appeals
hearing, the Property Tax
Appeal Board | ||||||
| 14 | shall have no jurisdiction to hear any subsequent appeal on | ||||||
| 15 | that
taxpayer's complaint. Such taxpayer or taxing body, | ||||||
| 16 | hereinafter called the
appellant, shall file a petition with | ||||||
| 17 | the clerk of the Property Tax Appeal
Board, setting forth the | ||||||
| 18 | facts upon which he or she bases the objection,
together with a | ||||||
| 19 | statement of the contentions of law which he or she desires to
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| 20 | raise, and the relief requested. If a petition is filed by a | ||||||
| 21 | taxpayer, the
taxpayer is precluded from filing objections | ||||||
| 22 | based upon valuation, as may
otherwise be permitted by | ||||||
| 23 | Sections 21-175 and 23-5. However, any taxpayer not
satisfied | ||||||
| 24 | with the decision of the board of review or board of appeals as
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| 25 | such decision pertains to
the assessment of his or her | ||||||
| 26 | property need not appeal the decision to the
Property Tax | ||||||
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| 1 | Appeal Board before seeking relief in the courts.
The changes | ||||||
| 2 | made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly shall | ||||||
| 3 | be
effective beginning
with the 1999 assessment year.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 91-393, eff. 7-30-99; 91-425, eff. 8-6-99.)
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| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law.
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