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HB4175 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4175

 

Introduced 11/2/2005, by Rep. Kurt M. Granberg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/15-148 new

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2005 assessment year, qualified timberland shall be assessed at 33 1/3% of the lesser of: (i) its value; or (ii) $500 per acre. Defines "qualified timberland" as any parcel of unimproved real property that is timberland and that: (1) does not qualify as cropland, permanent pasture, other farmland, or wasteland; and (2) is not managed under a forestry management plan so as to be considered as "other farmland". Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 adding
5 Section 15-148 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 200/15-148 new)
7     Sec. 15-148. Assessment of certain timberland.
8     (a) Beginning with the 2005 assessment year, qualified
9 timberland shall be assessed at 33 1/3% of the lesser of: (i)
10 its value; or (ii) $500 per acre.
11     (b) For the purposes of this Section, "qualified
12 timberland" means any parcel of unimproved real property that
13 is timberland and that:
14         (1) does not qualify as cropland, permanent pasture,
15     other farmland, or wasteland under Section 10-125; and
16         (2) is not managed under a forestry management plan and
17     considered other farmland under Section 10-150.
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.