SB2012eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2012 Engrossed LRB096 09402 RCE 19559 b

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 2-5 as follows:

(35 ILCS 200/2-5)

Sec. 2-5. Multi-township assessors. Townships with less than 2,000 1,000 inhabitants shall not elect assessors for each township but shall elect multi-township assessors.

(1) If 2 or more townships with less than 1,000 inhabitants are contiguous, one multi-township assessor shall be elected to assess the property in as many of the townships as are contiguous and whose combined population is 1,000 or more inhabitants. Beginning January 1, 2010, if 2 or more townships with less than 2,000 inhabitants are contiguous, one multi-township assessor shall be elected to assess the property in as many of the townships as are contiguous and whose combined population is 2,000 or more inhabitants.

(2) If any township of less than 1,000 inhabitants is not contiguous to another township of less than 1,000 inhabitants, one multi-township assessor shall be elected to assess the property of that township and any other township to which it is contiguous. Beginning January 1, 2010, if any township of less than 2,000 inhabitants is not contiguous to another township of less than 2,000 inhabitants, one multi-township assessor shall be elected to assess the property of that township and any other township to which it is contiguous.

(Source: P.A. 87-818; 88-455.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.