HR1072 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Illinois families currently face one of the highest tax burdens in the nation; and

WHEREAS, Illinois consistently ranks among the states with the highest property tax liabilities, with only New Jersey having a higher average property tax bill; and

WHEREAS, An Illinois homeowner living in a home valued at $184,000 (the median home value in the United States) pays approximately $4,300; a homeowner living in Wisconsin, by comparison, pays approximately $3,600; in Michigan, $3,200; in Iowa, $2,800; in Missouri, $1,800; and in Indiana and Kentucky, $1,600; and

WHEREAS, Illinois is losing population; families in Illinois have been forced to live in a State where their government appears to only continue finding ways of punishing its residents with an ever-growing need for raising taxes, without making an structural changes that seek to stabilize the out-of-control spending; and

WHEREAS, A new proposal is recommending that there be a state-wide property tax levied on homes, leading to an average property tax bill increase of 40 percent; and

WHEREAS, Such a proposal would, yet again, continue on the wrong trajectory without any guarantee that services will improve, the State's crippling debt will be paid, or any positive benefit will be realized; conversely, such a state-wide property tax would only cause homeowners to strongly consider leaving Illinois, as so many have already done in recent years; Illinoisans deserve better than this; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we stand in staunch opposition to any new state-wide property tax; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the Speaker of the House, the House Minority Leader, the Senate President, the Senate Minority Leader, and the Office of the Governor.