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    AN ACT concerning property taxes. 

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


 
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    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing

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Section 9-230 as follows:


 
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    (35 ILCS 200/9-230)

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    Sec. 9-230. Return of township or multi-township 
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assessment books. The
township or multi-township assessors in 
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counties with less than
600,000
inhabitants, based on the 2000 
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federal decennial census, shall, on or before April 15 of the 
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assessment year, return
the assessment books or workbooks to 
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the supervisor of
assessments.
The township or multi-township 
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assessors in counties with 600,000 or more but
no more than 
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700,000 inhabitants, based on the  2000 federal decennial 
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census, shall, on or before October 15 of the assessment year, 
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return the assessment books or
workbooks to the supervisor of 
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assessments.
The township or multi-township assessors in 
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counties with less than 3,000,000
inhabitants, but more than 
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700,000
600,000
inhabitants, based on the 2000 federal 
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decennial census, shall, on or
before November 15
of the 
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assessment year, return the assessment books or workbooks to 
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the
supervisor of assessments. If a township or
multi-township 
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assessor in a county
with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, but 
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more than
600,000
inhabitants, based on the 2000 federal 
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decennial census, does
not return the assessment books or work 
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books within the required time, the
supervisor of assessments 
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may take possession of the books and complete the
assessments 
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pursuant to law. Each of the books shall be verified by 
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affidavit
by the assessor substantially as follows:


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State of Illinois)

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                 )ss.

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County of .......)


 


 






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    I do solemnly swear that the book or books .... in number, 
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to which this
affidavit is attached, contains a complete list 
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of all of the property in the
township or multi-township or 
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assessment district herein described subject to
taxation for 
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the year .... so far as I have been able to ascertain, and that

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the assessed value set down in the proper column opposite the 
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descriptions of
property is a just and equal assessment of the 
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property according to law.


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    Dated ...............


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    If the supervisor of assessments determines that the 
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township or
multi-township assessor has not completed the 
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assessments as required by law
before returning the assessment 
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books under this Section, the county board may
submit a bill to 
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the township board of trustees for the reasonable costs

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incurred by the supervisor of assessments in completing the 
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assessments.


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(Source: P.A. 85-1253; 88-455.)


 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
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1, 2005.