101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3415

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Cristina Castro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/10-10

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property on which a solar energy system is installed is entitled to a 25% reduction in all property taxes levied against the property for the year in which the system is installed. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 10-10 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/10-10)
7    Sec. 10-10. Valuation and taxation of solar energy systems.
8When a solar energy system has been installed in improvements
9on any property, the owner of that property is entitled to
10claim, by filing with the chief county assessment officer, an
11alternate valuation of those improvements. When a claim for
12alternate valuation is filed, the chief county assessment
13officer shall ascertain the value of the improvements as if
14equipped with a conventional heating or cooling system and the
15value of the improvements as equipped with the solar energy
16system. So long as the solar energy system is used in total or
17part as the means of utilizing solar energy improvements, the
18alternate valuation computed as the lesser of the two values
19ascertained under this paragraph shall be applied. When the
20solar energy system so valued ceases to be used as the means of
21heating or cooling those improvements, the owner of that
22property shall within 30 days notify the chief county
23assessment officer in writing by certified mail.

 

 

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1    For tax year 2021 and thereafter, in addition to any
2alternate valuation provided under this Section, property on
3which a solar energy system is installed is entitled to a 25%
4reduction in all property taxes levied against the property for
5the year in which the system is installed.
6(Source: P.A. 80-430; 88-455.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.