96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1826


 
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. John M. Sullivan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



35 ILCS 200/14-30









    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the chief county assessment officer may charge not more than $0.20 per parcel for copies of records furnished in electronic format. Effective immediately.
















LRB096 09394 RCE 19551 b

















FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











SB1826

LRB096 09394 RCE 19551 b






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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 14-30 as follows:
 



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    (35 ILCS 200/14-30)



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    Sec. 14-30. Hearings on revisions or corrections; public 
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records. In all
counties, all hearings held by the chief county 
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assessment officer in support
of or in opposition to a proposed 
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revision or correction in assessed valuation
shall be open to 
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the public. All files maintained by the chief county
assessment 
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officer relating to the assessed valuation of any property, and 
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all
complaints, supporting documents, and other evidence 
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submitted by the
complainant shall be available for public 
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inspection during regular office
hours of the chief county 
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assessment officer.

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    If a property owner wishes to support his or her request 
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for a revision
or correction of valuation by facts set forth in 
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income tax returns, he or she
shall submit the entire return to 
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the chief county assessment officer. However,
only the portions 
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of the return relating to the property for which a
revision or 
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correction is requested shall be a public record. If requested

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by the chief county assessment officer, the property owner 
 


 






SB1826
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shall execute a
consent in favor of the chief county assessment 
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officer instructing the taxing
body with which the income tax 
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return was filed to furnish a certified copy of
the return so 
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that the accuracy of the copy submitted to the chief county

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assessment officer may be verified.

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    The chief county assessment officer shall promptly furnish 
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to any person
copies of all complaints, supporting documents 
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and other evidence submitted by
a complainant, subject to the 
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foregoing qualification, and all public records
of the chief 
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county assessment officer for a fee of 35 cents per page of 
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legal
size or smaller, and $1 for each larger page, and not 
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more than $0.20 per parcel if furnished in electronic format.

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(Source: P.A. 77-1709; 88-455.)

 

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