96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5084


 
Introduced 1/29/2010, by Rep. Ron Stephens - Timothy L. Schmitz - Jim Watson - Patricia R. Bellock
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Property Tax Code. Requires the county clerk to abate a
percentage of the property taxes levied on each parcel of property that is owned and used exclusively as a home by a
disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse
of the veteran. Provides that the percentage of taxes to be abated is equal to the percentage of disability of the veteran. Effective immediately.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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    AN ACT concerning revenue, which may be referred to as the 
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"Wounded Warrior Act".

 
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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 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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Veterans Affairs.
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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 2009 
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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.