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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
5Sections 4-10 and 17-20 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/4-10)
7    Sec. 4-10. Compensation for Certified Illinois Assessing
8Officers. Subject to the requirements for continued training,
9any supervisor of assessments, assessor, deputy assessor or
10member of a board of review in any county who has earned a
11Certified Illinois Assessing Officers Certificate from the
12Illinois Property Assessment Institute shall receive from the
13State, out of funds appropriated to the Department from the
14Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund, additional
15compensation of $500 per year.
16    To receive a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer
17certificate, a person shall complete successfully and pass
18examinations on a basic course in assessment practice approved
19by the Department and conducted by the Institute and
20additional courses totaling not less than 60 class hours that
21are designated and approved by the Department, on the cost,
22market and income approaches to value, mass appraisal
23techniques, and property tax administration.

 

 

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1    To continue to be eligible for the additional
2compensation, a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer must
3complete successfully a minimum of 15 class hours requiring a
4written examination, and the equivalent of one seminar course
5of 15 class hours which does not require a written
6examination, in each year for which additional compensation is
7sought after receipt of the certificate. The Department shall
8designate and approve courses acceptable for additional
9training, including courses in business and computer
10techniques, and class hours applicable to each course. The
11Department shall specify procedures for certifying the
12completion of the additional training.
13    The courses and training shall be conducted annually in a
14manner and format deemed appropriate by the Department at
15various convenient locations throughout the State. At least
16one course shall be conducted annually in each county with
17more than 400,000 inhabitants.
18(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
19    (35 ILCS 200/17-20)
20    Sec. 17-20. Hearing on tentative equalization factor. The
21Department shall, after publishing its tentative equalization
22factor and giving notice of hearing to the public in a
23newspaper of general circulation in the county, hold a hearing
24on its estimate not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days
25from the date of the publication. The notice shall state the

 

 

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1provided hearing platform and accessibility instructions,
2date, and time of the hearing, which shall be held in either
3Chicago or Springfield, the basis for the estimate of the
4Department, and further information as the Department may
5prescribe. The Department shall, after giving a hearing to all
6interested parties and opportunity for submitting testimony
7and evidence in support of or adverse to the estimate as the
8Department considers requisite, either confirm or revise the
9estimate so as to correctly represent the considered judgment
10of the Department respecting the estimated percentage to be
11added to or deducted from the aggregate assessment of all
12locally assessed property in the county except property
13assessed under Sections 10-110 through 10-140 or 10-170
14through 10-200. Within 30 days after the conclusion of the
15hearing the Department shall mail to the County Clerk, by
16certified mail, its determination with respect to such
17estimated percentage to be added to or deducted from the
18aggregate assessment.
19(Source: P.A. 91-555, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
211, 2023.