Full Text of HB0747 99th General Assembly
HB0747ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Lou Lang Filed: 4/20/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 747
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 747 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 2-45 as follows:
| 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/2-45)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-45.
Selection and eligibility of township and | 8 | | multi-township
assessors.
| 9 | | (a) In all counties
under township organization, township | 10 | | or multi-township assessors shall
be qualified as required by | 11 | | subsections (b) through (d) of this Section and
shall be | 12 | | elected as provided in this Code. Township or multi-township
| 13 | | assessors shall enter upon their duties on January 1 following | 14 | | their election,
and perform the duties of the office for 4 | 15 | | years.
| 16 | | (b) Beginning December 1, 1996, in any township or |
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| 1 | | multi-township
assessment
district not subject to the | 2 | | requirements of subsections (c) or (d) of this
Section, no | 3 | | person is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as | 4 | | a
candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for, | 5 | | or be appointed to
fill vacancies in, the office of township or | 6 | | multi-township assessor, unless he
or she (i) has successfully | 7 | | completed an introductory course in assessment
practices that | 8 | | is approved by the Department; or (ii) possesses at least one | 9 | | of
the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
| 10 | | subsection (c) of
this Section. The candidate cannot file | 11 | | nominating papers or participate as a
candidate unless a copy | 12 | | of the certificate of his or her qualifications is
filed with | 13 | | the township clerk, board
of election commissioners, or other | 14 | | appropriate authority as required by the
Election Code. The | 15 | | candidate cannot be appointed to fill a vacancy until he or
she | 16 | | has filed a copy of the certificate of his or her | 17 | | qualifications
with the appointing authority.
| 18 | | (c) Beginning December 1, 1996, in a township or | 19 | | multi-township assessment
district with $25,000,000 or more of | 20 | | non-farm equalized assessed value or
$1,000,000 or more in | 21 | | commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no
person | 22 | | is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as a | 23 | | candidate in
any caucus or primary or general election for, or | 24 | | be appointed to fill
vacancies in, the office of township or | 25 | | multi-township assessor, unless he or
she possesses at least | 26 | | one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1)
through (6) |
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| 1 | | of this subsection (c).
| 2 | | (1) a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer certificate | 3 | | from the Illinois
Property Assessment Institute with | 4 | | current additional 30 class hours as
required for | 5 | | additional compensation under Section 4-10;
| 6 | | (2) (A) A Certified Illinois Assessing Officer | 7 | | certificate from the
Illinois Property Assessment | 8 | | Institute with a minimum of 300 additional hours
of | 9 | | successfully completed courses approved by the Department, | 10 | | if at least 150
of the course hours required a written | 11 | | examination; and
| 12 | | (B) within the 4 years preceding the election, | 13 | | successful completion of
at least 15 class hours of | 14 | | additional training in courses that must be approved
by the | 15 | | Department, including but not limited to, assessment, | 16 | | appraisal, or
computer courses, and that may be offered by | 17 | | accredited universities, colleges,
or community colleges;
| 18 | | (3) a Certified Assessment Evaluator designation from | 19 | | the International
Association of Assessing Officers;
| 20 | | (4) certification as a Member of the Appraisal | 21 | | Institute, Senior Real
Estate Analyst, or Senior Real | 22 | | Property Appraiser from the Appraisal Institute
or its | 23 | | predecessor organization;
| 24 | | (5) a professional designation by any other appraisal | 25 | | or assessing
association approved by the Department; or
| 26 | | (6) if the person has served as a township or |
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| 1 | | multi-township assessor for
12 years or more, a Certified | 2 | | Illinois Assessing Official certificate from the
Illinois | 3 | | Property Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360 | 4 | | additional hours
of
successfully completed courses | 5 | | approved by the Department, if at least 180 of
the
course | 6 | | hours required a written examination.
| 7 | | The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate | 8 | | as a candidate
unless a copy of the certificate of his or her
| 9 | | qualifications is filed with the township clerk, board
of | 10 | | election commissioners, or other appropriate authority as | 11 | | required by the
Election Code. The candidate cannot be | 12 | | appointed to fill a vacancy until he or
she has filed a copy of | 13 | | the certificate of his or her qualifications
with the | 14 | | appointing authority.
| 15 | | (d) Beginning December 1, 2000, in a township or | 16 | | multi-township assessment
district with more than $10,000,000 | 17 | | and less than $25,000,000 of non-farm
equalized assessed value | 18 | | and less than $1,000,000 in commercial and industrial
equalized | 19 | | assessed value, no person who has previously been elected as | 20 | | township
or multi-township assessor in any such township or | 21 | | multi-township assessment
district is eligible to file | 22 | | nomination papers or participate as a candidate
in any caucus | 23 | | or primary or general election for the office of township or
| 24 | | multi-township assessor, unless he or she possesses at least | 25 | | one of the
qualifications
listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) | 26 | | of subsection (c) of this
Section. The
candidate cannot file |
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| 1 | | nominating papers or participate as a candidate unless a
copy | 2 | | of the certificate of his or her qualifications is
filed with | 3 | | the township clerk, board of election
commissioners, or other | 4 | | appropriate authority as required by the Election Code.
| 5 | | (e) If any person files nominating papers for candidacy for | 6 | | the office
of township or multi-township assessor without also | 7 | | filing a copy of the
certificate as required by this Section, | 8 | | the clerk of the township, the
board of election commissioners, | 9 | | or other appropriate authority as required
by the Election Code | 10 | | shall refuse to certify the name of the person
as a candidate | 11 | | to the proper election officials.
| 12 | | If no candidate for election meets the above qualifications | 13 | | there shall
be no election and the town board of trustees or | 14 | | multi-township board of
trustees shall appoint or contract with | 15 | | a person under Section 2-60.
| 16 | | As used in this Section only, "non-farm equalized assessed | 17 | | value" means the
total equalized assessed value in the township | 18 | | or multi-township assessment
district as reported to
the | 19 | | Department under Section 18-225 after removal of homestead | 20 | | exemptions, and
after removal of the equalized assessed value | 21 | | reported as farm or minerals
to the Department under Section | 22 | | 18-225.
| 23 | | For purposes of this Section only, "file nomination papers" | 24 | | also includes
having nomination papers filed on behalf of the | 25 | | candidate by another person.
| 26 | | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with |
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| 1 | | respect to elections or vacancies occurring on or after the | 2 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General | 3 | | Assembly, candidates for township or multi-township
assessor | 4 | | in Cook County are not required to file certificates of | 5 | | qualifications as provided in this Section. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 93-188, eff. 7-11-03.)".
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