093_HB2567

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning taxes.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by  changing
 5    Sections 16-190 and 16-191 as follows:

 6        (35 ILCS 200/16-190)
 7        Sec. 16-190.  Record of proceedings and orders.
 8        (a)  The Property Tax Appeal Board shall keep a record of
 9    its  proceedings  and orders and the record shall be a public
10    record. In all cases where the contesting party is seeking  a
11    change  of  $100,000  or  more  in  assessed  valuation,  the
12    contesting  party must provide a court reporter at his or her
13    own expense.   The  original  certified  transcript  of  such
14    hearing  shall  be forwarded to the Springfield office of the
15    Property Tax Appeal  Board  and  shall  become  part  of  the
16    Board's  official  record  of  the proceeding on appeal. Each
17    year the Property Tax Appeal Board  shall  publish  a  volume
18    containing  a synopsis of representative cases decided by the
19    Board during that year. The publication shall be organized by
20    or cross-referenced by the issue presented before  the  Board
21    in  each  case  contained in the publication. The publication
22    shall be available  for  inspection  by  the  public  at  the
23    Property  Tax  Appeal  Board  offices  and  copies  shall  be
24    available  for  a  reasonable  cost,  except  as  provided in
25    Section 16-191.
26        (b)  The  Property  Tax  Appeal   Board   shall   provide
27    annually,  no  later than February 1, to the Governor and the
28    General Assembly a report that contains for each  county  the
29    following:
30             (1)  the  total  number  of cases for commercial and
31        industrial property requesting a  reduction  in  assessed
 
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 1        value of $100,000 or more for each of the last 5 years;
 2             (2)  the  total  number  of cases for commercial and
 3        industrial property decided by the  Property  Tax  Appeal
 4        Board for each of the last 5 years; and
 5             (3)  the total change in assessed value based on the
 6        Property  Tax  Appeal  Board  decisions  for   commercial
 7        property  and  industrial property for each of the last 5
 8        years.
 9        (c) The requirement for providing a report to the General
10    Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies  of  the  report
11    with the following:
12             (1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
13             (2)   the   Minority   Leader   of   the   House  of
14        Representatives;
15             (3) the Clerk of the House of Representatives;
16             (4) the President of the Senate;
17             (5) the Minority Leader of the Senate;
18             (6) the Secretary of the Senate;
19             (7) the Legislative Research Unit,  as  required  by
20        Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act; and
21             (8)  the State Government Report Distribution Center
22        for the General Assembly, as required by  subsection  (t)
23        of Section 320 of the State Library Act.
24    (Source: P.A. 90-770, eff. 8-14-98.)

25        (35 ILCS 200/16-191)
26        Sec.  16-191.  Publications  for  Chief County Assessment
27    Officers.  The  Property  Tax  Appeal  Board  shall  annually
28    distribute  to  each chief county assessment officer, free of
29    charge, one copy of the volume published pursuant to  Section
30    16-190  and one copy of any other publication produced by the
31    Property Tax Appeal Board, upon request.
32        In  addition,  in  counties  with   3,000,000   or   more
33    inhabitants,    the   Property   Tax   Appeal   Board   shall
 
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 1    electronically distribute every 30 days to the  chief  county
 2    assessment   officer,  free  of  charge,  appeal  information
 3    containing the following:
 4             (1) appeal year and appeal docket number;
 5             (2) Property Tax Appeal Board  class  and  requested
 6        level of reduction;
 7             (3) appellant name;
 8             (4) permanent index number or numbers;
 9             (5) scheduled hearing dates;
10             (6)  final assessed value determined by the Property
11        Tax Appeal Board;
12             (7) date case closed at Property Tax Appeal Board;
13             (8) reason for action;
14             (9) intervenor name; and
15             (10) intervenor representatives.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-770, eff. 8-14-98.)

17        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
18    becoming law.