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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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    Section 2-45 as follows:

 6        (35 ILCS 200/2-45)
 7        Sec.  2-45.   Selection  and  eligibility of township and
 8    multi-township assessors.
 9        (a)  In  all  counties   under   township   organization,
10    township  or  multi-township  assessors shall be qualified as
11    required by subsections (b) through (d) of this  Section  and
12    shall  be  elected  as  provided  in  this Code.  Township or
13    multi-township assessors shall enter  upon  their  duties  on
14    January 1 following their election, and perform the duties of
15    the office for 4 years.
16        (b)  Beginning  December  1,  1996,  in  any  township or
17    multi-township  assessment  district  not  subject   to   the
18    requirements  of  subsections  (c) or (d) of this Section, no
19    person is eligible to file nomination papers  or  participate
20    as  a  candidate in any caucus or primary or general election
21    for, or be appointed to fill  vacancies  in,  the  office  of
22    township or multi-township assessor, unless he or she (i) has
23    successfully  completed  an introductory course in assessment
24    practices  that  is  approved  by  the  Department;  or  (ii)
25    possesses at  least  one  of  the  qualifications  listed  in
26    paragraphs  (1)  through  (6)  (5)  of subsection (c) of this
27    Section. The  candidate  cannot  file  nominating  papers  or
28    participate  as  a candidate unless a copy of the certificate
29    of his or her  qualifications  is  filed  with  the  township
30    clerk,  board of election commissioners, or other appropriate
31    authority as required by the Election  Code.   The  candidate
 
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 1    cannot  be  appointed  to  fill a vacancy until he or she has
 2    filed a copy of the certificate of his or her  qualifications
 3    with the appointing authority.
 4        (c)  Beginning   December  1,  1996,  in  a  township  or
 5    multi-township assessment district with $25,000,000  or  more
 6    of non-farm equalized assessed value or $1,000,000 or more in
 7    commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no person
 8    is  eligible  to  file  nomination papers or participate as a
 9    candidate in any caucus or primary or general  election  for,
10    or  be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of township
11    or multi-township assessor, unless he  or  she  possesses  at
12    least  one  of  the  qualifications  listed in paragraphs (1)
13    through (6) (5) of this subsection (c).
14             (1)  a   Certified   Illinois   Assessing    Officer
15        certificate   from   the   Illinois  Property  Assessment
16        Institute with  current  additional  30  class  hours  as
17        required for additional compensation under Section 4-10;
18             (2) (A)  a   Certified  Illinois  Assessing  Officer
19        certificate  from  the   Illinois   Property   Assessment
20        Institute  with  a  minimum  of  300  additional hours of
21        successfully   completed   courses   approved   by    the
22        Department,  if at least 150 of the course hours required
23        a written examination; and
24             (B)  within the  4  years  preceding  the  election,
25        successful  completion  of  at  least  15  class hours of
26        additional training in courses that must be  approved  by
27        the Department, including but not limited to, assessment,
28        appraisal,  or  computer courses, and that may be offered
29        by  accredited  universities,  colleges,   or   community
30        colleges;
31             (3)  a  Certified  Assessment  Evaluator designation
32        from the International Association of Assessing Officers;
33             (4)  certification as  a  Member  of  the  Appraisal
34        Institute,  Senior  Real  Estate  Analyst, or Senior Real
 
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 1        Property Appraiser from the Appraisal  Institute  or  its
 2        predecessor organization; or
 3             (5)  a   professional   designation   by  any  other
 4        appraisal  or  assessing  association  approved  by   the
 5        Department; or
 6             (6)  if  the  person  has  served  as  a township or
 7        multi-township assessor for 12 years or more, a Certified
 8        Illinois Assessing Official certificate from the Illinois
 9        Property Assessment  Institute  with  a  minimum  of  360
10        additional   hours   of  successfully  completed  courses
11        approved by the Department, if at least 180 of the course
12        hours required a written examination.
13        The  candidate   cannot   file   nominating   papers   or
14    participate  as  a candidate unless a copy of the certificate
15    of his or her  qualifications  is  filed  with  the  township
16    clerk,  board of election commissioners, or other appropriate
17    authority as required by the Election  Code.   The  candidate
18    cannot  be  appointed  to  fill a vacancy until he or she has
19    filed a copy of the certificate of his or her  qualifications
20    with the appointing authority.
21        (d)  Beginning   December  1,  2000,  in  a  township  or
22    multi-township assessment district with more than $10,000,000
23    and less than  $25,000,000  of  non-farm  equalized  assessed
24    value  and  less than $1,000,000 in commercial and industrial
25    equalized assessed value, no person who has  previously  been
26    elected  as  township  or multi-township assessor in any such
27    township or multi-township assessment district is eligible to
28    file nomination papers or participate as a candidate  in  any
29    caucus  or  primary  or  general  election  for the office of
30    township  or  multi-township  assessor,  unless  he  or   she
31    possesses  at  least  one  of  the  qualifications  listed in
32    paragraphs (1) through (6) (5)  of  subsection  (c)  of  this
33    Section.  The  candidate  cannot  file  nominating  papers or
34    participate as a candidate unless a copy of  the  certificate
 
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 1    of  his  or  her  qualifications  is  filed with the township
 2    clerk, board of election commissioners, or other  appropriate
 3    authority as required by the Election Code.
 4        (e)  If  any person files nominating papers for candidacy
 5    for the office of township or multi-township assessor without
 6    also filing a copy of the certificate  as  required  by  this
 7    Section,  the  clerk  of  the township, the board of election
 8    commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required  by
 9    the  Election  Code  shall  refuse to certify the name of the
10    person as a candidate to the proper election officials.
11        If  no   candidate   for   election   meets   the   above
12    qualifications  there shall be no election and the town board
13    of trustees or multi-township board of trustees shall appoint
14    or contract with a person under Section 2-60.
15        As  used  in  this  Section  only,  "non-farm   equalized
16    assessed  value"  means the total equalized assessed value in
17    the  township  or  multi-township  assessment   district   as
18    reported to the Department under Section 18-225 after removal
19    of  homestead  exemptions, and after removal of the equalized
20    assessed value reported as farm or minerals to the Department
21    under Section 18-225.
22        For purposes  of  this  Section  only,  "file  nomination
23    papers"  also  includes  having  nomination  papers  filed on
24    behalf of the candidate by another person.
25    (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-441, eff. 6-1-96.)

26        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
27    becoming law.