Full Text of SB3503 98th General Assembly
SB3503 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB3503 Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each supervisor of assessments, assessor, deputy assessor, county treasurer, or member of a board of review must successfully complete a minimum of 15 hours of continuing education hours each year, except that board of review members in counties with more than 300,000 and less than 3,000,000 inhabitants must meet certain additional criteria. Provides that, at the annual meeting of supervisors of assessments, the supervisor shall instruct all assessors and their deputies in the type of software or other method of assessment that township assessors must use. Provides that the chief county assessment officer shall publish a list of all reduced assessments on the county's website. Provides that each notice of a final board of review action shall be postmarked (or e-mailed, if applicable) no later than 120 days after that final board of review action. Provides that, with respect to taxpayer complaints filed with the board of review, if the assessed value of the property for the year in question exceeds the assessed value of the property for the previous general assessment year by more than 5%, then the assessor or chief county assessment officer
who certified the assessment has the burden of proving that the assessment is correct. Provides that the board of review may grant a continuance of any hearing before the board of review for good cause. Effective immediately.
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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 changing | 5 | | Sections 6-10, 9-15, 9-80, 12-50, 16-30, 16-55, and 16-125 and | 6 | | by adding Sections 2-85 and 4-17 as follows: | 7 | | (35 ILCS 200/2-85 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2-85. Taxpayer entitled to statement of assessment | 9 | | process. The township assessor, when requested, shall deliver | 10 | | to any person a copy of the description or statement of | 11 | | property assessed in his or her name or in which he or she is | 12 | | interested, and the valuation placed thereon by the assessor. | 13 | | The description shall include the method by which the | 14 | | assessment was derived, comparative properties used to reach | 15 | | the assessment or to substantiate the assessment given, and | 16 | | other information which explains the method in which the | 17 | | assessment was reached. A copy of the statement shall serve as | 18 | | the township assessor's evidence at any appeal the taxpayer | 19 | | brings before the Board of Review. The assessor may submit | 20 | | further evidence in response to an appeal filed before the | 21 | | board of review. | 22 | | (35 ILCS 200/4-17 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 4-17. Continuing education. | 2 | | (a) Beginning on January 1, 2015, each of the following | 3 | | officials shall complete a minimum of 15 continuing education | 4 | | hours each year: (i) each supervisor of assessments, each | 5 | | assessor; (ii) each deputy assessor; (iii) each county | 6 | | treasurer; and (iv) each member of a board of review in a | 7 | | county with less than 300,000 inhabitants. The Department shall | 8 | | designate and approve acceptable courses and specify | 9 | | procedures for certifying the completion of those continuing | 10 | | education hours. If a supervisor of assessments, assessor, | 11 | | deputy assessor, county treasurer, or member of a board of | 12 | | review holds a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer
| 13 | | certificate from the Illinois Property Assessment Institute, | 14 | | or a professional designation by any other appraisal
or | 15 | | assessing association approved by the Department that requires | 16 | | at least 15 hours of continuing education as a requirement for | 17 | | maintaining that designation, then that supervisor of | 18 | | assessments, assessor, deputy assessor, county treasurer, or | 19 | | member of a board of review shall be deemed to be in compliance | 20 | | with this Section. | 21 | | (b) Beginning on January 1, 2015, in a county with more | 22 | | than 300,000 and less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, no person is | 23 | | eligible to be appointed to board of review, unless he or she | 24 | | possesses at least one of the following qualifications: | 25 | | (1) a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer Certificate | 26 | | from the Illinois Property Assessment Institute with |
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| 1 | | current additional 30 class hours as required for | 2 | | additional compensation under Section 4-10; | 3 | | (2) a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer certificate | 4 | | from the Illinois Property Assessment Institute with a | 5 | | minimum of 300 additional hours of successfully completed | 6 | | courses approved by the Department, if at least 150 of the | 7 | | course hours required a written examination, and, within | 8 | | the 4 years preceding the election, successful completion | 9 | | of at least 15 class hours of additional training in | 10 | | courses that must be approved by the Department, including | 11 | | but not limited to, assessment, appraisal, or computer | 12 | | courses, and that may be offered by accredited | 13 | | universities, colleges, or community colleges; | 14 | | (3) a Certified Assessment Evaluator designation form | 15 | | the International Association of Assessing Officers; | 16 | | (4) certification as a Member of the Appraisal | 17 | | Institute, Senior Real Estate Analyst, or Senior Real | 18 | | Property Appraiser from the Appraisal Institute or its | 19 | | predecessor organization; | 20 | | (5) a professional designation by any other appraisal | 21 | | or assessing association approved by the Department; or | 22 | | (6) if the person has served as a township or | 23 | | multi-township assessor for 12 years or more, a Certified | 24 | | Illinois Assessing Official certificate from the Illinois | 25 | | Property Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360 | 26 | | additional hours of successfully completed courses |
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| 1 | | approved by the Department, if at least 180 of the course | 2 | | hours required a written examination.
| 3 | | (35 ILCS 200/6-10)
| 4 | | Sec. 6-10. Examination requirement - Counties of 100,000 or | 5 | | more . In
any county to which Section 6-5 applies and which has | 6 | | 100,000 or more
inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants , | 7 | | no person may serve on the board of review who has not passed | 8 | | an
examination prepared and administered by the Department to | 9 | | determine his or her
competence to hold the office. The | 10 | | examination shall be conducted by the
Department at some | 11 | | convenient location in the county. The Department may
provide | 12 | | by rule the maximum time that the name of a person who has | 13 | | passed the
examination will be included on a list of persons | 14 | | eligible for appointment or
election. The county board of any | 15 | | other county may, by resolution, impose a
like requirement in | 16 | | its county. In counties with less than 100,000 inhabitants,
the | 17 | | members of the board of review shall within one year of taking | 18 | | office
successfully complete a basic course in assessment | 19 | | practice approved by the
Department.
In counties with 3,000,000 | 20 | | or more inhabitants, the members of the
board of
review shall | 21 | | successfully complete a basic
course in
assessment practice, | 22 | | approved by the Department, within one year after taking
| 23 | | office.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 88-455; incorporates 88-221; 88-670, eff. | 25 | | 12-2-94; 89-126,
eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff. 8-14-96.)
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| 1 | | (35 ILCS 200/9-15)
| 2 | | Sec. 9-15. Annual meeting of supervisor of assessments. In | 3 | | all counties of
township organization having a supervisor of | 4 | | assessments, the supervisor of
assessments shall, by January 1 | 5 | | of each year, assemble all assessors and their
deputies for | 6 | | consultation and shall instruct them in uniformity of their
| 7 | | functions. The instructions shall be in writing and available | 8 | | to the public. The instructions shall include the type of | 9 | | software or other method of assessment that all township | 10 | | assessors must use. The supervisor of assessments shall provide | 11 | | training on using such software.
Notice of the annual assembly | 12 | | shall be published not more than 30 nor less than
10 days | 13 | | before the assembly in a newspaper published in the township or | 14 | | the tax
assessment district, and if there is no such newspaper, | 15 | | in a newspaper
published in the county and in general | 16 | | circulation in the township or tax
assessment district. At the | 17 | | time of publishing the notice, a press release
giving notice of | 18 | | the assembly shall be given to each newspaper published in the
| 19 | | county and to each commercial broadcasting station whose main | 20 | | office is located
in the county. The assembly is open to the | 21 | | public.
| 22 | | Any assessor or deputy assessor who wilfully refuses or | 23 | | neglects to observe
or follow instructions of the supervisor of | 24 | | assessments, which are in
accordance with law, shall be guilty | 25 | | of a Class B misdemeanor. Any supervisor
of assessments who |
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| 1 | | willfully gives directions which are not in accordance with
law | 2 | | is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 84-837; 88-455.)
| 4 | | (35 ILCS 200/9-80)
| 5 | | Sec. 9-80. Authority to revise assessments; Counties of | 6 | | less than 3,000,000. The chief county assessment officer in | 7 | | counties with less than 3,000,000
inhabitants shall have the | 8 | | same authority as the township or multi-township
assessor to | 9 | | assess and to make changes or alterations in the assessment of
| 10 | | property, and shall assess and make such changes or alterations | 11 | | in the
assessment of property as though originally made. | 12 | | Changes by the chief county
assessment officer in valuations | 13 | | shall be noted in a column provided, and no
change shall be | 14 | | made in the original assessor's figures.
| 15 | | When the chief county assessment officer or his or her | 16 | | deputy views property
for the purposes of assessing the | 17 | | property or determining whether a change or
alteration in the | 18 | | assessment of the property is required, he or she shall give
| 19 | | notice to the township assessor by U.S. Mail at least 5 days | 20 | | but not more than
30 days prior to the viewing, so that the | 21 | | assessor may arrange to be present at
the viewing, except if | 22 | | the township or multi-township assessor fails to timely return | 23 | | the assessment books or workbooks as required by Section 9-230. | 24 | | He or she shall also give notice to owners of the properties by
| 25 | | means of notices in a paper of general circulation in the |
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| 1 | | township. The
notices shall state the chief county assessment | 2 | | officer's intention to view the
property but need not specify | 3 | | the date and time of the viewing. When the chief
county | 4 | | assessment officer or his or her deputy is present at the | 5 | | property to be
viewed, immediately prior to the viewing, he or | 6 | | she shall make a reasonable
effort to ascertain if the owner or | 7 | | his or her representative, or the assessor,
are on the premises | 8 | | and to inform them of his or her intention to view the
| 9 | | property. Failure to provide notice to the township assessor | 10 | | and owner shall
not of and by itself invalidate any change in | 11 | | an assessment. A viewing under
this Section and Section 9-155 | 12 | | means actual viewing of the visible property in
its entirety | 13 | | from, on or at the site of the property.
| 14 | | All changes and alterations in the assessment of property | 15 | | shall be subject to
revision by the board of review in the same | 16 | | manner that original assessments
are reviewed.
| 17 | | If the chief county assessment officer reduces the | 18 | | assessment from the township assessor's original assessment, | 19 | | the chief county assessment officer shall cause to be published | 20 | | on the county's website, a list of all reduced assessments, | 21 | | organized by township if the county is so organized. The chief | 22 | | county assessment officer may include more information on the | 23 | | list, but a minimum shall include the property index number, | 24 | | the township in which the property is located, the original | 25 | | assessment, the revised assessment, and the percentage | 26 | | reduction. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 96-486, eff. 8-14-09.)
| 2 | | (35 ILCS 200/12-50)
| 3 | | Sec. 12-50. Mailed notice to taxpayer after change by board | 4 | | of review or
board of appeals. In counties with less than | 5 | | 3,000,000 inhabitants, if
final board of review or board of | 6 | | appeals
action regarding any
property, including equalization
| 7 | | under Section 16-60 or Section 16-65, results in an increased | 8 | | or decreased
assessment, the board shall mail a notice to the | 9 | | taxpayer whose property is
affected by such action, at his or | 10 | | her address as it appears on the complaint, unless the taxpayer | 11 | | has been represented in the appeal by an attorney, in which | 12 | | case the notice shall be mailed to the attorney, and in the | 13 | | case of a complaint filed with a board of
review under Section
| 14 | | 16-25 or 16-115, the board shall mail a notice to the taxing | 15 | | body filing the complaint. In counties with 3,000,000 or more | 16 | | inhabitants, the board shall provide notice by mail, or by | 17 | | means of electronic record, to the taxpayer whose property is | 18 | | affected by such action, at his or her address or e-mail | 19 | | address as it appears in the assessment records or a complaint | 20 | | filed with the board, unless the taxpayer has been represented | 21 | | in the appeal by an attorney, in which case the notice shall be | 22 | | mailed or e-mailed to the attorney, and, in the case of a | 23 | | complaint filed with a board of review under Section 16-125 or | 24 | | 16-115, the board shall provide notice to the taxing body | 25 | | filing the complaint. A copy shall be
given to the
assessor or |
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| 1 | | chief county assessment officer
if his or her assessment was | 2 | | reversed
or
modified by the board. Written notice shall also be | 3 | | given to any
taxpayer who filed a complaint in writing with the | 4 | | board and whose
assessment was not changed. The notice shall | 5 | | set forth the assessed value
prior to board action; the | 6 | | assessed value after final board action but prior to
any | 7 | | equalization; and the assessed value as
equalized by the board, | 8 | | if the board equalizes.
This
notice shall state that the value | 9 | | as certified to the county clerk by the
board will be the | 10 | | locally assessed value of the
property for that year and each | 11 | | succeeding year, unless revised in a
succeeding year in the | 12 | | manner provided in this Code. The written notice
shall also set | 13 | | forth specifically the facts upon which the board's decision
is | 14 | | based. In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the | 15 | | notice shall also contain the
following statement: "You may | 16 | | appeal this
decision to the Property Tax Appeal Board by filing | 17 | | a petition for
review with the Property Tax Appeal Board within | 18 | | 30 days after this
notice is mailed to you or your agent, or is | 19 | | personally served upon you
or your agent".
In counties with | 20 | | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the notice shall also contain
| 21 | | the following statement: "You may appeal this decision to the | 22 | | Property Tax
Appeal Board by filing a petition for review with | 23 | | the Property Tax Appeal Board
within 30 days after the date of | 24 | | this notice or within 30 days after the date
that the Board of | 25 | | Review transmits to the county assessor
pursuant to Section | 26 | | 16-125 its final action on the
township in which your property |
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| 1 | | is located, whichever is later". Each notice required under | 2 | | this Section shall be postmarked (or e-mailed, if applicable) | 3 | | no later than 120 days after the final board of review action | 4 | | on the property. The Board
shall
publish its transmittal date | 5 | | of final action on each
township in at least one newspaper of | 6 | | general circulation in the county.
The changes made by this | 7 | | amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly apply to
the 1999 | 8 | | assessment year and thereafter.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1054, eff. 1-1-13.)
| 10 | | (35 ILCS 200/16-30)
| 11 | | Sec. 16-30. Board of review meetings. In counties with less | 12 | | than 3,000,000
inhabitants, the board of review may meet at | 13 | | times it deems necessary for
supervising and directing the | 14 | | clerk in the duties prescribed in this Article,
and shall meet | 15 | | on or before the first Monday each June to revise the | 16 | | assessment
of property. At the meeting, the board of review | 17 | | upon application of any
taxpayer or upon its own motion may | 18 | | revise the entire assessment of any
taxpayer or any part of the | 19 | | assessment as appears to it to be just. The
assessment of the | 20 | | property of any person shall not be increased unless that
| 21 | | person or his or her agent first has been notified in writing | 22 | | at the address
that appears on the assessment books, and been | 23 | | given an opportunity to be
heard. The meeting may be recessed | 24 | | as necessary.
| 25 | | The board of review may grant a continuance of any such |
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| 1 | | meeting or of any other hearing before the board of review for | 2 | | good cause shown, upon written motion of the taxpayer, the | 3 | | assessor, or any taxing body that has an interest in the | 4 | | assessment. | 5 | | The board of review shall develop rules for assigning board | 6 | | members to hearings at times when the full board is not meeting | 7 | | to consider an appeal. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 84-582; 88-455.)
| 9 | | (35 ILCS 200/16-55)
| 10 | | Sec. 16-55. Complaints. | 11 | | (a) On written complaint that any property is
overassessed | 12 | | or underassessed, the board shall review the assessment, and
| 13 | | correct it, as appears to be just, but in no case shall the | 14 | | property be
assessed at a higher percentage of fair cash value | 15 | | than other property in the
assessment district prior to | 16 | | equalization by the board or the Department. | 17 | | (b) The board shall include compulsory sales in reviewing | 18 | | and correcting assessments, including, but not limited to, | 19 | | those compulsory sales submitted by the taxpayer, if the board | 20 | | determines that those sales reflect the same property | 21 | | characteristics and condition as those originally used to make | 22 | | the assessment. The board shall also consider whether the | 23 | | compulsory sale would otherwise be considered an arm's length | 24 | | transaction. | 25 | | (c) If a complaint is filed by an attorney on behalf of a |
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| 1 | | taxpayer, all notices and correspondence from the board | 2 | | relating to the appeal shall be directed to the attorney. The | 3 | | board may require proof of the attorney's authority to | 4 | | represent the taxpayer. If the attorney fails to provide proof | 5 | | of authority within the compliance period granted by the board | 6 | | pursuant to subsection (d), the board may dismiss the | 7 | | complaint. The Board shall send, electronically or by mail, | 8 | | notice of the dismissal to the attorney and taxpayer. | 9 | | (d) A
complaint to affect the assessment for the current | 10 | | year shall be filed on or before 30 calendar days after the | 11 | | date
of publication of the assessment list under Section 12-10. | 12 | | Upon receipt of a written complaint that is timely filed under | 13 | | this Section, the board of review shall docket the complaint. | 14 | | If the complaint does not comply with the board of review rules | 15 | | adopted under Section 9-5 entitling the complainant to a | 16 | | hearing, the board shall send, electronically or by mail, | 17 | | notification acknowledging receipt of the complaint. The | 18 | | notification must identify which rules have not been complied | 19 | | with and provide the complainant with not less than 10 business | 20 | | days to bring the complaint into compliance with those rules. | 21 | | If the complainant complies with the board of review rules | 22 | | either upon the initial filing of a complaint or within the | 23 | | time as extended by the board of review for compliance, then | 24 | | the board of review shall send, electronically or by mail, a | 25 | | notice of hearing and the board shall hear the complaint and | 26 | | shall issue and send, electronically or by mail, a decision |
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| 1 | | upon resolution. Except as otherwise provided in subsection | 2 | | (c), if the complainant has not complied with the rules within | 3 | | the time as extended by the board of review, the board shall | 4 | | nonetheless issue and send a decision. The board of review may | 5 | | adopt rules allowing any party to attend and participate in a | 6 | | hearing by telephone or electronically. | 7 | | (e) The board may also,
at any time before its revision of | 8 | | the assessments is completed in every year,
increase, reduce or | 9 | | otherwise adjust the assessment of any property, making
changes | 10 | | in the valuation as may be just, and shall have full power over | 11 | | the
assessment of any person and may do anything in regard | 12 | | thereto that it may deem
necessary to make a just assessment, | 13 | | but the property shall not be assessed at
a higher percentage | 14 | | of fair cash value than the assessed valuation of other
| 15 | | property in the assessment district prior to equalization by | 16 | | the board or the
Department. | 17 | | (f) No assessment shall be increased until the person to be | 18 | | affected
has been notified and given an opportunity to be | 19 | | heard, except as provided
below. | 20 | | (g) Before making any reduction in assessments of its own | 21 | | motion, the board
of review shall give notice to the assessor | 22 | | or chief county assessment officer
who certified the | 23 | | assessment, and give the assessor or chief county assessment
| 24 | | officer an opportunity to be heard thereon. | 25 | | (g-5) With respect to complaints by a taxpayer that | 26 | | property has been overassessed, if the assessed value of the |
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| 1 | | property for the year in question exceeds the assessed value of | 2 | | the property for the previous general assessment year by more | 3 | | than 5%, then the assessor or chief county assessment officer
| 4 | | who certified the assessment has the burden of proving, by a | 5 | | preponderance of the evidence, that the assessment is correct. | 6 | | Before making any reduction in assessments under this | 7 | | subsection, the board
of review shall give notice to the | 8 | | assessor or chief county assessment officer
who certified the | 9 | | assessment and give the assessor or chief county assessment
| 10 | | officer an opportunity to be heard thereon. | 11 | | (g-10) The board of review shall provide a written | 12 | | explanation to the assessor or chief county assessment officer | 13 | | who made the original assessment setting forth the board's | 14 | | reasoning for an assessment reduction for reductions that occur | 15 | | as a result of an appeal. | 16 | | (h) All complaints of errors in
assessments of property | 17 | | shall be in writing, and shall be filed by the
complaining | 18 | | party with the board of review, in duplicate. The duplicate | 19 | | shall
be filed by the board of review with the assessor or | 20 | | chief county assessment
officer who certified the assessment. | 21 | | (i) In all cases where a change in assessed
valuation of | 22 | | $100,000 or more is sought, the board of review shall also | 23 | | serve a
copy of the petition on all taxing districts as shown | 24 | | on the last available tax
bill at least 14 days prior to the | 25 | | hearing on the complaint. All taxing
districts shall have an | 26 | | opportunity to be heard on the complaint. |
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| 1 | | (j) Complaints
shall be classified by townships or taxing | 2 | | districts by the clerk of the board
of review. All classes of | 3 | | complaints shall be docketed numerically, each in its
own | 4 | | class, in the order in which they are presented, in books kept | 5 | | for that
purpose, which books shall be open to public | 6 | | inspection. Complaints shall be
considered by townships or | 7 | | taxing districts until all complaints have been
heard and | 8 | | passed upon by the board.
| 9 | | (k) The board of review shall only consider evidence from | 10 | | the tax year of the assessment and tax years prior to the tax | 11 | | year in the complaint. The board of review shall not consider | 12 | | evidence from the calendar year in which the complaint is | 13 | | heard. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 97-812, eff. 7-13-12; 98-322, eff. 8-12-13.)
| 15 | | (35 ILCS 200/16-125)
| 16 | | Sec. 16-125. Hearings. In counties with 3,000,000 or more | 17 | | inhabitants,
complaints filed with the board of appeals
(until | 18 | | the first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review
| 19 | | beginning
the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter)
| 20 | | shall be classified by townships.
All complaints shall be | 21 | | docketed numerically, in the order in which they are
presented, | 22 | | as nearly as possible, in books or computer records kept for | 23 | | that
purpose, which shall be open to public inspection. The | 24 | | complaints shall be
considered by townships until they have | 25 | | been heard and passed upon by the
board.
After completing final |
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| 1 | | action on all matters in a township, the
board shall transmit | 2 | | such final actions to the county assessor.
| 3 | | A hearing upon any complaint shall not be held until the | 4 | | taxpayer affected
and the county assessor have each been | 5 | | notified and have been given an
opportunity to be heard. All | 6 | | hearings shall be open to the public and the board
shall sit | 7 | | together and hear the representations of the
interested
parties | 8 | | or their representatives. An order for a correction of any
| 9 | | assessment shall not be made unless both commissioners of the | 10 | | board, or a
majority of the members in the case of a board of | 11 | | review, concur
therein, in which case, an order for correction | 12 | | shall be made in open session and
entered in the records of the | 13 | | board. When an assessment is ordered corrected,
the board shall | 14 | | transmit a computer printout of the results, or
make
and sign a | 15 | | brief written statement of the reason for the change and the | 16 | | manner
in which the method used by the assessor in making the | 17 | | assessment was
erroneous, and shall deliver a copy of the | 18 | | statement to the county assessor.
Upon request the board shall | 19 | | hear any taxpayer in opposition to a proposed
reduction in any | 20 | | assessment.
| 21 | | With respect to complaints by a taxpayer that property has | 22 | | been overassessed, if the assessed value of the property for | 23 | | the year in question exceeds the assessed value of the property | 24 | | for the previous general assessment year by more than 5%, then | 25 | | the assessor or chief county assessment officer
who certified | 26 | | the assessment has the burden of proving, by a preponderance of |
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| 1 | | the evidence, that the assessment is correct. | 2 | | The board of review may grant a continuance of any hearing | 3 | | before the board of review for good cause shown, upon written | 4 | | motion of the taxpayer, the assessor, or any taxing body that | 5 | | has an interest in the assessment. | 6 | | The board may destroy or otherwise dispose of complaints | 7 | | and
records pertaining thereto after the lapse of 5 years from | 8 | | the date
of
filing.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1054, eff. 1-1-13.)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
| | 3 | | 35 ILCS 200/2-85 new | | | 4 | | 35 ILCS 200/4-17 new | | | 5 | | 35 ILCS 200/6-10 | | | 6 | | 35 ILCS 200/9-15 | | | 7 | | 35 ILCS 200/9-80 | | | 8 | | 35 ILCS 200/12-50 | | | 9 | | 35 ILCS 200/16-30 | | | 10 | | 35 ILCS 200/16-55 | | | 11 | | 35 ILCS 200/16-125 | |
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