Full Text of HB0153 100th General Assembly
HB0153ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Justin Slaughter Filed: 3/28/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 153
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 153 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 15-175 as follows:
| 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/15-175)
| 7 | | Sec. 15-175. General homestead exemption. | 8 | | (a) Except as provided in Sections 15-176 and 15-177, | 9 | | homestead
property is
entitled to an annual homestead exemption | 10 | | limited, except as described here
with relation to | 11 | | cooperatives, to a reduction in the equalized assessed value
of | 12 | | homestead property equal to the increase in equalized assessed | 13 | | value for the
current assessment year above the equalized | 14 | | assessed value of the property for
1977, up to the maximum | 15 | | reduction set forth below. If however, the 1977
equalized | 16 | | assessed value upon which taxes were paid is subsequently |
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| 1 | | determined
by local assessing officials, the Property Tax | 2 | | Appeal Board, or a court to have
been excessive, the equalized | 3 | | assessed value which should have been placed on
the property | 4 | | for 1977 shall be used to determine the amount of the | 5 | | exemption.
| 6 | | (b) Except as provided in Section 15-176, the maximum | 7 | | reduction before taxable year 2004 shall be
$4,500 in counties | 8 | | with 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants
and $3,500 in all other | 9 | | counties. Except as provided in Sections 15-176 and 15-177, for | 10 | | taxable years 2004 through 2007, the maximum reduction shall be | 11 | | $5,000, for taxable year 2008, the maximum reduction is $5,500, | 12 | | and, for taxable years 2009 through 2011, the maximum reduction | 13 | | is $6,000 in all counties. For taxable years 2012 and | 14 | | thereafter, the maximum reduction is $7,000 in counties with | 15 | | 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants
and $6,000 in all other counties. | 16 | | If a county has elected to subject itself to the provisions of | 17 | | Section 15-176 as provided in subsection (k) of that Section, | 18 | | then, for the first taxable year only after the provisions of | 19 | | Section 15-176 no longer apply, for owners who, for the taxable | 20 | | year, have not been granted a senior citizens assessment freeze | 21 | | homestead exemption under Section 15-172 or a long-time | 22 | | occupant homestead exemption under Section 15-177, there shall | 23 | | be an additional exemption of $5,000 for owners with a | 24 | | household income of $30,000 or less.
| 25 | | (c) In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if, | 26 | | based on the most
recent assessment, the equalized assessed |
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| 1 | | value of
the homestead property for the current assessment year | 2 | | is greater than the
equalized assessed value of the property | 3 | | for 1977, the owner of the property
shall automatically receive | 4 | | the exemption granted under this Section in an
amount equal to | 5 | | the increase over the 1977 assessment up to the maximum
| 6 | | reduction set forth in this Section.
| 7 | | (d) If in any assessment year beginning with the 2000 | 8 | | assessment year,
homestead property has a pro-rata valuation | 9 | | under
Section 9-180 resulting in an increase in the assessed | 10 | | valuation, a reduction
in equalized assessed valuation equal to | 11 | | the increase in equalized assessed
value of the property for | 12 | | the year of the pro-rata valuation above the
equalized assessed | 13 | | value of the property for 1977 shall be applied to the
property | 14 | | on a proportionate basis for the period the property qualified | 15 | | as
homestead property during the assessment year. The maximum | 16 | | proportionate
homestead exemption shall not exceed the maximum | 17 | | homestead exemption allowed in
the county under this Section | 18 | | divided by 365 and multiplied by the number of
days the | 19 | | property qualified as homestead property.
| 20 | | (d-1) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, where | 21 | | the chief county assessment officer provides a notice of | 22 | | discovery, if a property is not
occupied by its owner as a | 23 | | principal residence as of January 1 of the current tax year, | 24 | | then the property owner shall notify the chief county | 25 | | assessment officer of that fact on a form prescribed by the | 26 | | chief county assessment officer. That notice must be received |
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| 1 | | by the chief county assessment officer on or before March 1 of | 2 | | the collection year. If mailed, the form shall be sent by | 3 | | certified mail, return receipt requested. If the form is | 4 | | provided in person, the chief county assessment officer shall | 5 | | provide a date stamped copy of the notice. Failure to provide | 6 | | timely notice pursuant to this subsection (d-1) shall result in | 7 | | the exemption being treated as an erroneous exemption. Upon | 8 | | timely receipt of the notice for the current tax year, no | 9 | | exemption shall be applied to the property for the current tax | 10 | | year. If the exemption is not removed upon timely receipt of | 11 | | the notice by the chief assessment officer, then the error is | 12 | | considered granted as a result of a clerical error or omission | 13 | | on the part of the chief county assessment officer as described | 14 | | in subsection (h) of Section 9-275, and the property owner | 15 | | shall not be liable for the payment of interest and penalties | 16 | | due to the erroneous exemption for the current tax year for | 17 | | which the notice was filed after the date that notice was | 18 | | timely received pursuant to this subsection. If an exemption is | 19 | | applied after timely receipt of the notice, upon request of the | 20 | | property owner, the exemption shall be removed prior to the | 21 | | final installment due date as specified on the real estate tax | 22 | | bill. Notice provided under this subsection shall not | 23 | | constitute a defense or amnesty for prior year erroneous | 24 | | exemptions. | 25 | | For the purposes of this subsection (d-1): | 26 | | "Collection year" means the year in which the first and |
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| 1 | | second installment of the current tax year is billed. | 2 | | "Current tax year" means the year prior to the collection | 3 | | year. | 4 | | (e) The chief county assessment officer may, when | 5 | | considering whether to grant a leasehold exemption under this | 6 | | Section, require the following conditions to be met: | 7 | | (1) that a notarized application for the exemption, | 8 | | signed by both the owner and the lessee of the property, | 9 | | must be submitted each year during the application period | 10 | | in effect for the county in which the property is located; | 11 | | (2) that a copy of the lease must be filed with the | 12 | | chief county assessment officer by the owner of the | 13 | | property at the time the notarized application is | 14 | | submitted; | 15 | | (3) that the lease must expressly state that the lessee | 16 | | is liable for the payment of property taxes; and | 17 | | (4) that the lease must include the following language | 18 | | in substantially the following form: | 19 | | "Lessee shall be liable for the payment of real | 20 | | estate taxes with respect to the residence in | 21 | | accordance with the terms and conditions of Section | 22 | | 15-175 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/15-175). | 23 | | The permanent real estate index number for the premises | 24 | | is (insert number), and, according to the most recent | 25 | | property tax bill, the current amount of real estate | 26 | | taxes associated with the premises is (insert amount) |
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| 1 | | per year. The parties agree that the monthly rent set | 2 | | forth above shall be increased or decreased pro rata | 3 | | (effective January 1 of each calendar year) to reflect | 4 | | any increase or decrease in real estate taxes. Lessee | 5 | | shall be deemed to be satisfying Lessee's liability for | 6 | | the above mentioned real estate taxes with the monthly | 7 | | rent payments as set forth above (or increased or | 8 | | decreased as set forth herein).". | 9 | | In addition, if there is a change in lessee, or if the | 10 | | lessee vacates the property, then the chief county assessment | 11 | | officer may require the owner of the property to notify the | 12 | | chief county assessment officer of that change. | 13 | | This subsection (e) does not apply to leasehold interests | 14 | | in property owned by a municipality. | 15 | | (f) "Homestead property" under this Section includes | 16 | | residential property that is
occupied by its owner or owners as | 17 | | his or their principal dwelling place, or
that is a leasehold | 18 | | interest on which a single family residence is situated,
which | 19 | | is occupied as a residence by a person who has an ownership | 20 | | interest
therein, legal or equitable or as a lessee, and on | 21 | | which the person is
liable for the payment of property taxes. | 22 | | For land improved with
an apartment building owned and operated | 23 | | as a cooperative or a building which
is a life care facility as | 24 | | defined in Section 15-170 and considered to
be a cooperative | 25 | | under Section 15-170, the maximum reduction from the equalized
| 26 | | assessed value shall be limited to the increase in the value |
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| 1 | | above the
equalized assessed value of the property for 1977, up | 2 | | to
the maximum reduction set forth above, multiplied by the | 3 | | number of apartments
or units occupied by a person or persons | 4 | | who is liable, by contract with the
owner or owners of record, | 5 | | for paying property taxes on the property and is an
owner of | 6 | | record of a legal or equitable interest in the cooperative
| 7 | | apartment building, other than a leasehold interest. For | 8 | | purposes of this
Section, the term "life care facility" has the | 9 | | meaning stated in Section
15-170.
| 10 | | "Household", as used in this Section,
means the owner, the | 11 | | spouse of the owner, and all persons using
the
residence of the | 12 | | owner as their principal place of residence.
| 13 | | "Household income", as used in this Section,
means the | 14 | | combined income of the members of a household
for the calendar | 15 | | year preceding the taxable year.
| 16 | | "Income", as used in this Section,
has the same meaning as | 17 | | provided in Section 3.07 of the Senior
Citizens
and Persons | 18 | | with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act,
except that
"income" | 19 | | does not include veteran's benefits.
| 20 | | (g) In a cooperative where a homestead exemption has been | 21 | | granted, the
cooperative association or its management firm | 22 | | shall credit the savings
resulting from that exemption only to | 23 | | the apportioned tax liability of the
owner who qualified for | 24 | | the exemption. Any person who willfully refuses to so
credit | 25 | | the savings shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
| 26 | | (h) Where married persons maintain and reside in separate |
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| 1 | | residences qualifying
as homestead property, each residence | 2 | | shall receive 50% of the total reduction
in equalized assessed | 3 | | valuation provided by this Section.
| 4 | | (i) In all counties, the assessor
or chief county | 5 | | assessment officer may determine the
eligibility of | 6 | | residential property to receive the homestead exemption and the | 7 | | amount of the exemption by
application, visual inspection, | 8 | | questionnaire or other reasonable methods. The
determination | 9 | | shall be made in accordance with guidelines established by the
| 10 | | Department, provided that the taxpayer applying for an | 11 | | additional general exemption under this Section shall submit to | 12 | | the chief county assessment officer an application with an | 13 | | affidavit of the applicant's total household income, age, | 14 | | marital status (and, if married, the name and address of the | 15 | | applicant's spouse, if known), and principal dwelling place of | 16 | | members of the household on January 1 of the taxable year. The | 17 | | Department shall issue guidelines establishing a method for | 18 | | verifying the accuracy of the affidavits filed by applicants | 19 | | under this paragraph. The applications shall be clearly marked | 20 | | as applications for the Additional General Homestead | 21 | | Exemption.
| 22 | | (i-5) This subsection (i-5) applies to counties with | 23 | | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants. In the event of a sale of
| 24 | | homestead property, the homestead exemption shall remain in | 25 | | effect for the remainder of the assessment year of the sale. | 26 | | Upon receipt of a transfer declaration transmitted by the |
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| 1 | | recorder pursuant to Section 31-30 of the Real Estate Transfer | 2 | | Tax Law for property receiving an exemption under this Section, | 3 | | the assessor shall mail a notice and forms to the new owner of | 4 | | the property providing information pertaining to the rules and | 5 | | applicable filing periods for applying or reapplying for | 6 | | homestead exemptions under this Code for which the property may | 7 | | be eligible. If the new owner fails to apply or reapply for a | 8 | | homestead exemption during the applicable filing period or the | 9 | | property no longer qualifies for an existing homestead | 10 | | exemption, the assessor shall cancel such exemption for any | 11 | | ensuing assessment year. | 12 | | (j) In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, in | 13 | | the event of a sale
of
homestead property the homestead | 14 | | exemption shall remain in effect for the
remainder of the | 15 | | assessment year of the sale. The assessor or chief county
| 16 | | assessment officer may require the new
owner of the property to | 17 | | apply for the homestead exemption for the following
assessment | 18 | | year.
| 19 | | (k) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates | 20 | | Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 21 | | implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-7, eff. 4-23-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-143, | 23 | | eff. 7-27-15; 99-164, eff. 7-28-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | 24 | | 99-851, eff. 8-19-16.)
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.".
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