102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1964

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Jeff Keicher

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/21-41 new

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for the 2020 and 2021 taxable years only, the county board of each county shall, by ordinance or resolution, adopt a method of tax billing which allows for taxes to be paid in 4 installments if the county board has declared a local disaster as provided in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act related to the COVID-19 public health emergency during any part of the taxable year. 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 adding
5Section 21-41 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/21-41 new)
7    Sec. 21-41. Disaster installment relief.
8    (a) For the 2020 and 2021 taxable years only (payable in
92021 and 2022, respectively), the county board of each county
10shall, by ordinance or resolution, adopt a method of tax
11billing which allows for taxes to be paid in 4 installments if
12the county board has declared a local disaster as provided in
13the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act related to the
14COVID-19 public health emergency during any part of the
15taxable year.
16    (b) The ordinance or resolution must establish a procedure
17for affected property owners to make application to a
18designated county official who shall determine, according to
19the guidelines in the ordinance or resolution, whether
20financial hardship is evident. The designated county official
21shall notify the county collector of the parcel number and the
22name of the owner of property approved for relief.
23    (c) Nothing in this Section shall prevent a property owner

 

 

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1from paying taxes in the same manner and schedule prescribed
2and in effect in any county under Sections 21-15, 21-20,
321-25, 21-30, or 21-40.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.