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                                     LRB093 02480 SJM 11727 a

 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 125

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  125,  on  page  1,
 3    line 5, after "Sections", by inserting, "14-10,"; and

 4    on  page  1,  immediately  below  line  5,  by  inserting the
 5    following:

 6        "(35 ILCS 200/14-10)
 7        Sec.  14-10.   Certificate  of  correction;  counties  of
 8    3,000,000 or more. If the county assessor  in  counties  with
 9    3,000,000  or more inhabitants, at any time prior to the time
10    the board of appeals (until the first Monday in December 1998
11    and the  board  of  review  beginning  the  first  Monday  in
12    December  1998  and  thereafter)  is required to complete its
13    work and adjourn under Section 16-150, certifies to the board
14    that there is a mistake or error (other  than  a  mistake  or
15    error  of  judgment)  in  the  valuation or assessment of any
16    property, or in the entry of any assessment in the assessment
17    books, the county assessor shall set  forth  the  nature  and
18    cause  of  the  mistake or error. The board of appeals (until
19    the first Monday in December 1998 and  the  board  of  review
20    beginning  the  first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter)
21    shall give the person affected by the  assessment  notice  an
22    opportunity to be heard. In any county with 3,000,000 or more
 
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 1    inhabitants, if an owner fails to file an application for the
 2    Senior   Citizens  and  Disabled  Persons  Assessment  Freeze
 3    Homestead Exemption provided in  Section  15-172  during  the
 4    previous assessment year and qualifies for the exemption, the
 5    chief county assessment officer, pursuant to this Section, or
 6    the  board of review, pursuant to Section 16-100, shall issue
 7    a certificate of correction setting forth the correct taxable
 8    valuation of the property. If the board of appeals (until the
 9    first Monday  in  December  1998  and  the  board  of  review
10    beginning  the  first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter)
11    is satisfied that  a  mistake  or  error  has  occurred,  the
12    majority  of  the  members  shall  endorse  it by signing the
13    certificate and shall  order  the  assessor  to  correct  the
14    mistake or error.
15    (Source:  P.A.  88-455;  89-126,  eff.  7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
16    8-14-96.)"; and

17    on page  5,  by  replacing  lines  10  through  18  with  the
18    following:
19    "a disabled person for purposes of this Section.".