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    AN ACT concerning revenue.

 
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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 3-35 and  by adding Section 2-85 as follows:
 
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    (35 ILCS 200/2-85  new)
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    Sec. 2-85. Prohibited activities. A township or 
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multi-township assessor or any deputy or employee of the 
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assessor may not have a direct interest in any business concern 
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that provides assistance to any taxpayer to challenge the 
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assessment or valuation of any real property  that is located in 
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the county  in which the assessor serves in his or her office.
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    Any person who violates the provisions of this Section is 
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guilty of a business offense and is subject to a fine of not 
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less than $1,001 and not more than $2,000. If a person is 
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convicted of an offense for a violation of the provisions of 
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this Section, then the court must enter an order removing that 
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person from office as a  township or multi-township assessor or 
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as a deputy or employee of the assessor.
 



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    (35 ILCS 200/3-35)



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    Sec. 3-35. Outside employment; prohibited activities. 
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    (a) Except as provided below, any person
appointed under 
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Section 3-5 shall hold no other lucrative public office or

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public employment.  In counties with less than 100,000 
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inhabitants, he or she
may hold public employment if the duties 
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are not incompatible with his or her
duties as supervisor of 
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assessments as assigned by the county board.  The
duties of a 
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person administering a county zoning ordinance shall not be

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considered incompatible with the duties of a supervisor of 
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assessments.

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    (b) A supervisor of assessments or any deputy or employee 
 


 






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of the supervisor of assessments may not have a direct interest 
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in any business concern that provides assistance to any 
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taxpayer to challenge the assessment or valuation of any real 
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property  that is located in the county  in which the supervisor 
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of assessments serves in his or her office.
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    Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection 
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(b) is guilty of a business offense and is subject to a fine of 
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not less than $1,001 and not more than $2,000. If a person is 
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convicted of an offense for a violation of the provisions of 
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this subsection (b), then the court must enter an order 
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removing that person from office as a  supervisor of assessments 
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or as a deputy or employee of the supervisor of assessments.
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(Source: P.A. 86-482; 86-1475; 88-455.)