Rep. Anthony DeLuca
Filed: 4/8/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3888




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3888 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by adding 
5Section 18-184.15 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/18-184.15 new)
7    Sec. 18-184.15. Grocery store abatement.  Any taxing 
8district may, by ordinance, order the county clerk to abate all 
9or a portion of its taxes on property that (i) contains  a 
10grocery store or supermarket that offers fresh produce for sale 
11at retail and (ii) is located in an area that qualified as a 
12food desert in the taxable year immediately preceding the 
13taxable year in which the grocery store or supermarket first 
14conducted business at that location.
15    For the purposes of this Section, a "food desert" means a 
16census tract in the State in which (i) the poverty rate is  20% 
 
 
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1or greater, or the median family income is at or below 80% of 
2the area median family income, and (ii) at least 33% of the 
3census tract's population lives more than one mile from a 
4supermarket or grocery store in the case of a census tract 
5located in a Metropolitan Statistical Area, or more than 10 
6miles from a supermarket or grocery store in the case of a 
7census tract located outside of a Metropolitan Statistical 
8Area.".