HR0280 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The assessment of real property in one residential sub-division, community, or neighborhood by more than one assessing authority can create an inequity for the property owners in that sub-division, community, or neighborhood; and

WHEREAS, The inequity occurs because the property is assessed by more than one county; and

WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Illinois provides that the General Assembly may provide by law for fair apportionment of the burden of taxation of property situated in taxing districts that lie in more than one county; and

WHEREAS, A study into multiple assessing authorities needs to be initiated as soon as possible to alleviate this inequity; and

WHEREAS, A task force would be able to take time and facilitate the necessary research to look into the problem of multiple assessing authorities; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is created the Overlapping Multiple Assessing Authorities Task Force consisting of 8 members: 4 to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 4 to be appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; in addition, the Task Force shall include as non-voting members, 4 members of the Illinois County Assessment Officers Association to be appointed by the President of the Illinois County Assessment Officers Association and a member designated by the Director of Revenue; and the Task Force members shall not receive any compensation or reimbursement; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet initially at the call of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall select one member as chairperson at its initial meeting, shall thereafter meet at the call of the chairperson, shall hold public hearings, shall receive the assistance of legislative staff, shall solicit the assistance of the Department of Revenue, and shall report its findings and recommendations on how to correct the problem of multiple assessing authorities to the House of Representatives by January 1, 2006; and that upon reporting to the House of Representatives, the Task Force shall be dissolved; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be presented to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Director of Revenue, and the President of the Illinois County Assessment Officers Association.