Rep. Ron Stephens
Filed: 3/26/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2914
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2914 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 18-179 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (35 ILCS 200/18-179 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 18-179. Abatement for the residence of disabled | ||||||
| 8 | veterans. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The county clerk shall abate a
percentage of the taxes | ||||||
| 10 | levied on each parcel of property that is owned and used | ||||||
| 11 | exclusively by a
disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried | ||||||
| 12 | surviving spouse
of the veteran, as a home. The percentage of | ||||||
| 13 | taxes to be abated is equal to the percentage of disability of | ||||||
| 14 | the veteran, as certified by
the United States Department of
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| 15 | Defense upon the veteran's date of discharge. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) As used in this Section: | ||||||
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| 1 | "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who was honorably | ||||||
| 2 | discharged with a service-connected disability and for whom
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| 3 | documentation, in any form, from any branch of the United
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| 4 | States Armed Forces has been issued certifying that the veteran
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| 5 | suffers from a disability. | ||||||
| 6 | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident
who has served as a | ||||||
| 7 | member of the United States Armed Forces on
active duty or | ||||||
| 8 | State active duty, a member of the Illinois
National Guard, or | ||||||
| 9 | a member of the United States Reserve
Forces. | ||||||
| 10 | (c) This Section applies to taxes levied in the 2008 | ||||||
| 11 | taxable year and thereafter.
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| 12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 13 | becoming law.".
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