94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2551

 

Introduced 2/18/2005, by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/15-165
30 ILCS 805/8.29 new

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Changes the exemption for disabled veterans. The exemption now applies only to property up to an assessed value of $58,000 owned and used exclusively as a home by a disabled veteran found eligible for specially adapted housing by the federal government or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the veteran. This amendatory Act provides that the exemption applies, for taxable years 2005 and thereafter, to the first $58,000 in assessed value of property owned and used exclusively by a disabled veteran, or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the veteran, as a home. Provides that a "disabled veteran" is a veteran who has been awarded a 100% service-connected disability, permanent and total with no further examinations, by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
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 15-165 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 200/15-165)
7     Sec. 15-165. Disabled veterans.
8     (a) For taxable years 2005 and thereafter, the first
9 $58,000 in assessed value of property up to an assessed value
10 of $58,000, owned and used exclusively by a disabled veteran,
11 or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the veteran, as
12 a home, is exempt.
13     (b) As used in this Section:
14     "Disabled veteran" means a veteran that has been awarded a
15 100% service-connected disability, permanent and total with no
16 further examinations, by the United States Department of
17 Veterans Affairs. As used in this Section, a disabled veteran
18 means a person who has served in the Armed Forces of the United
19 States and whose disability is of such a nature that the
20 Federal Government has authorized payment for purchase or
21 construction of Specially Adapted Housing as set forth in the
22 United States Code, Title 38, Chapter 21, Section 2101.
23     The exemption applies to housing where Federal funds have
24 been used to purchase or construct special adaptations to suit
25 the veteran's disability.
26     The exemption also applies to housing that is specially
27 adapted to suit the veteran's disability, and purchased
28 entirely or in part by the proceeds of a sale, casualty loss
29 reimbursement, or other transfer of a home for which the
30 Federal Government had previously authorized payment for
31 purchase or construction as Specially Adapted Housing.
32     However, the entire proceeds of the sale, casualty loss

 

 

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1 reimbursement, or other transfer of that housing shall be
2 applied to the acquisition of subsequent specially adapted
3 housing to the extent that the proceeds equal the purchase
4 price of the subsequently acquired housing.
5     For purposes of this Section,
6     "Unmarried surviving spouse" means the surviving spouse of
7 the veteran at any time after the death of the veteran during
8 which such surviving spouse is not married.
9     (c) This exemption must be reestablished on an annual basis
10 by certification from the Illinois Department of Veterans'
11 Affairs to the Department, which shall forward a copy of the
12 certification to local assessing officials.
13 (Source: P.A. 91-401, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
14     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
15 Section 8.29 as follows:
 
16     (30 ILCS 805/8.29 new)
17     Sec. 8.29. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
18 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
19 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
20 the 94th General Assembly.