Full Text of HB4442 103rd General Assembly
HB4442sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Adriane Johnson Filed: 4/26/2024 | | 10300HB4442sam001 | | LRB103 35508 HLH 72749 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4442
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4442 on page 1, | 3 | | immediately below line 3, by inserting the following: | 4 | | "Section 3. 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 from the | 13 | | Department is filed with the township clerk, board of election | 14 | | commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by | 15 | | the Election Code. The candidate cannot be appointed to fill a | 16 | | vacancy until he or she has filed a copy of the certificate of | 17 | | his or her qualifications from the Department with the | 18 | | appointing authority. | 19 | | (c) Beginning December 1, 1996, in a township or | 20 | | multi-township assessment district with $25,000,000 or more of | 21 | | non-farm equalized assessed value or $1,000,000 or more in | 22 | | commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no person | 23 | | is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as a | 24 | | candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for, or | 25 | | be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of township or | 26 | | multi-township assessor, unless he or she possesses at least |
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| 1 | | one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) | 2 | | of this subsection (c). | 3 | | (1) a currently active Certified Illinois Assessing | 4 | | Officer designation from the Illinois Property Assessment | 5 | | Institute; | 6 | | (2) (blank); | 7 | | (3) a currently active AAS, CAE, or MAS designation | 8 | | from the International Association of Assessing Officers; | 9 | | (4) a currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM | 10 | | designation from the Appraisal Institute; | 11 | | (5) a currently active professional designation by any | 12 | | other appraisal or assessing association approved by the | 13 | | Department; or | 14 | | (6) (blank). | 15 | | The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate | 16 | | as a candidate unless a copy of the certificate of his or her | 17 | | qualifications from the Department is filed with the township | 18 | | clerk, board of election commissioners, or other appropriate | 19 | | authority as required by the Election Code. The candidate | 20 | | cannot be appointed to fill a vacancy until he or she has filed | 21 | | a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications with the | 22 | | appointing authority. | 23 | | (d) Beginning December 1, 2000, in a township or | 24 | | multi-township assessment district with more than $10,000,000 | 25 | | and less than $25,000,000 of non-farm equalized assessed value | 26 | | and less than $1,000,000 in commercial and industrial |
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| 1 | | equalized assessed value, no person who has previously been | 2 | | elected as township or multi-township assessor in any such | 3 | | township or multi-township assessment district is eligible to | 4 | | file nomination papers or participate as a candidate in any | 5 | | caucus or primary or general election for the office of | 6 | | township or multi-township assessor, unless he or she | 7 | | possesses at least one of the qualifications listed in | 8 | | paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c) of this Section. | 9 | | The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate as | 10 | | a candidate unless a copy of the certificate of his or her | 11 | | qualifications from the Department is filed with the township | 12 | | clerk, board of election commissioners, or other appropriate | 13 | | authority as required by the Election Code. | 14 | | (e) If any person files nominating papers for candidacy | 15 | | for the office of township or multi-township assessor without | 16 | | also filing a copy of the certificate of his or her | 17 | | qualifications from the Department as required by this | 18 | | Section, the clerk of the township, the board of election | 19 | | commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by | 20 | | the Election Code shall refuse to certify the name of the | 21 | | person as a candidate to the proper election officials. | 22 | | If no candidate for election meets the above | 23 | | qualifications there shall be no election and the town board | 24 | | of trustees or multi-township board of trustees shall appoint | 25 | | or contract with a person under Section 2-60. | 26 | | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with |
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| 1 | | respect to the office of township or multi-township assessor | 2 | | for any township or multi-township assessment district located | 3 | | in Lake County, for the 2024 general election or the 2028 | 4 | | primary or general election, a person is eligible to file | 5 | | nomination papers or participate as a candidate for that | 6 | | office without having obtained the qualifications listed in | 7 | | paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c) if the person has | 8 | | successfully completed an introductory course in assessment | 9 | | practices that is approved by the Department. If the person | 10 | | would otherwise be required to obtain one of the | 11 | | qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of this | 12 | | subsection (c) to serve as township or multi-township | 13 | | assessor, that person shall obtain at least one of those | 14 | | qualifications prior to being sworn into office as township or | 15 | | multi-township assessor. The failure of such a person to | 16 | | obtain the necessary qualifications shall result in a vacancy | 17 | | in the office of township or multi-township assessor, which | 18 | | shall be filled as provided in Section 2-60. | 19 | | (g) As used in this Section only, "non-farm equalized | 20 | | assessed value" means the total equalized assessed value in | 21 | | the township or multi-township assessment district as reported | 22 | | to the Department under Section 18-225 after removal of | 23 | | homestead exemptions, and after removal of the equalized | 24 | | assessed value reported as farm or minerals to the Department | 25 | | under Section 18-225. | 26 | | For purposes of this Section only, "file nomination |
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| 1 | | papers" also includes having nomination papers filed on behalf | 2 | | of the candidate by another person. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 101-467, eff. 8-23-19.)"; and | 4 | | on page 2, immediately below line 19, by inserting the | 5 | | following: | 6 | | "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.". |
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