Rep. Ron Stephens
Filed: 3/26/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2914




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2914 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
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    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by adding 
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Section 18-179 as follows:
 
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    (35 ILCS 200/18-179  new)
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    Sec. 18-179. Abatement for the residence of disabled 
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veterans. 
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    (a) The county clerk shall abate a
percentage of the taxes 
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levied on each parcel of property that is owned and used 
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exclusively by a
disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried 
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surviving spouse
of the veteran, as a home. The percentage of 
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taxes to be abated is equal to the percentage of disability of 
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the veteran, as certified by
the United States Department of

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Defense upon the veteran's date of discharge.
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    (b) As used in this Section:
 


 






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    "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who was honorably 
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discharged with a service-connected disability and for whom

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documentation, in any form, from any branch of the United

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States Armed Forces has been issued certifying that the veteran

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suffers from a disability.
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    "Veteran" means an Illinois resident
who has served as a 
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member of the United States Armed Forces on
active duty or 
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State active duty, a member of the Illinois
National Guard, or 
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a member of the United States Reserve
Forces.
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    (c) This Section applies to taxes levied in the 2008 
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taxable year and thereafter.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".