SB3498 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3498

Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Matt Murphy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 200/9-145

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for assessment years following the next general assessment after the effective date of the amendatory Act, no increase in assessment may exceed 2% per year. Provides exceptions for the valuation of property that is sold, transferred, or conveyed during the taxable year and for new improvements.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning revenue.

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

Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing Section 9-145 as follows:

(35 ILCS 200/9-145)

Sec. 9-145. Statutory level of assessment. Except in counties with more than 200,000 inhabitants which classify property for purposes of taxation, property shall be valued as follows:

(a) Each tract or lot of property shall be valued at 33 1/3% of its fair cash value.

(b) Each taxable leasehold estate shall be valued at 33 1/3% of its fair cash value.

(c) Each building or structure which is located on the right of way of any canal, railroad or other company leased or granted to another company or person for a term of years, shall be valued at 33 1/3% of its fair cash value.

(d) Any property on which there is a coal or other mine, or stone or other quarry, shall be valued at 33 1/3% of its fair cash value. Oil, gas and other minerals, except coal, shall have value and be assessed separately at 33 1/3% of the fair cash value of such oil, gas and other minerals. Coal shall be assessed separately at 33 1/3% of the coal reserve economic value, as provided in Sections 10-170 through 10-200.

(e) In the assessment of property encumbered by public easement, any depreciation occasioned by such easement shall be deducted in the valuation of such property. Any property dedicated as a nature preserve or as a nature preserve buffer under the Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act, for the purposes of this paragraph, is encumbered by a public easement and shall be depreciated for assessment purposes to a level at which its valuation shall be $1 per acre or portion thereof.

(f) For assessment years following the next general assessment after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no increase in assessment may exceed 2% per year. Property that is sold, transferred, or conveyed during the taxable year shall be reassessed based on its value as of the date of sale, transfer, or conveyance. Property that is newly improved with a building, structure, or other improvement that increases the assessed value of the property during the taxable year shall be reassessed based on the value of the improvement.

This Section is subject to and modified by Sections 10-110 through 10-140 and 11-5 through 11-65.

(Source: P.A. 91-497, eff. 1-1-00.)