Rep. Jack D. Franks
Filed: 3/15/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 504 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 504 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:



 
4    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by adding 
5Section 18-179 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/18-179  new)
7    Sec. 18-179. Abatement for the residence of disabled 
8veterans. 
9    (a) The county clerk shall abate a
percentage of the taxes 
10levied on each parcel of property that is owned and used 
11exclusively by a
disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried 
12surviving spouse
of the veteran, as a home. The percentage of 
13taxes to be abated is equal to the percentage of disability of 
14the veteran, as certified by
the United States Department of

15Veterans Affairs.
16    (b) As used in this Section:
 
 
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1    "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who was honorably 
2discharged with a service-connected disability and for whom

3documentation, in any form, from any branch of the United

4States Armed Forces has been issued certifying that the veteran

5suffers from a disability.
6    "Veteran" means an Illinois resident
who has served as a 
7member of the United States Armed Forces on
active duty or 
8State active duty, a member of the Illinois
National Guard, or 
9a member of the United States Reserve
Forces.
10    (c) This Section applies to taxes levied in the 2011 
11taxable year and thereafter.
 

12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.".