Full Text of HB4442 103rd General Assembly
HB4442sam003 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Adriane Johnson Filed: 5/15/2024 | | 10300HB4442sam003 | | LRB103 35508 AWJ 73495 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4442
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4442, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following: | 5 | | "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | 6 | | Section 2-45 as follows: | 7 | | (35 ILCS 200/2-45) | 8 | | Sec. 2-45. Selection and eligibility of township and | 9 | | multi-township assessors. | 10 | | (a) In all counties under township organization, township | 11 | | or multi-township assessors shall be qualified as required by | 12 | | subsections (b) through (d) of this Section and shall be | 13 | | elected as provided in this Code. Township or multi-township | 14 | | assessors shall enter upon their duties on January 1 following | 15 | | their election, and perform the duties of the office for 4 | 16 | | years. |
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| 1 | | (b) Beginning December 1, 1996, in any township or | 2 | | multi-township assessment district not subject to the | 3 | | requirements of subsections (c) or (d) of this Section, no | 4 | | person is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as | 5 | | a candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for, | 6 | | or be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of township or | 7 | | multi-township assessor, unless he or she (i) has successfully | 8 | | completed an introductory course in assessment practices that | 9 | | is approved by the Department; or (ii) possesses at least one | 10 | | of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of | 11 | | subsection (c) of this Section. The candidate cannot file | 12 | | nominating papers or participate as a candidate unless a copy | 13 | | of the certificate of his or her qualifications from the | 14 | | Department is filed with the township clerk, board of election | 15 | | commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by | 16 | | the Election Code. The candidate cannot be appointed to fill a | 17 | | vacancy until he or she has filed a copy of the certificate of | 18 | | his or her qualifications from the Department with the | 19 | | appointing authority. | 20 | | (c) Beginning December 1, 1996, in a township or | 21 | | multi-township assessment district with $25,000,000 or more of | 22 | | non-farm equalized assessed value or $1,000,000 or more in | 23 | | commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no person | 24 | | is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as a | 25 | | candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for, or | 26 | | be appointed to fill vacancies in, the office of township or |
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| 1 | | multi-township assessor, unless he or she possesses at least | 2 | | one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) | 3 | | of this subsection (c). | 4 | | (1) a currently active Certified Illinois Assessing | 5 | | Officer designation from the Illinois Property Assessment | 6 | | Institute; | 7 | | (2) (blank); | 8 | | (3) a currently active AAS, CAE, or MAS designation | 9 | | from the International Association of Assessing Officers; | 10 | | (4) a currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM | 11 | | designation from the Appraisal Institute; | 12 | | (5) a currently active professional designation by any | 13 | | other appraisal or assessing association approved by the | 14 | | Department; or | 15 | | (6) (blank). | 16 | | The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate | 17 | | as a candidate unless a copy of the certificate of his or her | 18 | | qualifications from the Department is filed with the township | 19 | | clerk, board of election commissioners, or other appropriate | 20 | | authority as required by the Election Code. The candidate | 21 | | cannot be appointed to fill a vacancy until he or she has filed | 22 | | a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications with the | 23 | | appointing authority. | 24 | | (d) Beginning December 1, 2000, in a township or | 25 | | multi-township assessment district with more than $10,000,000 | 26 | | and less than $25,000,000 of non-farm equalized assessed value |
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| 1 | | and less than $1,000,000 in commercial and industrial | 2 | | equalized assessed value, no person who has previously been | 3 | | elected as township or multi-township assessor in any such | 4 | | township or multi-township assessment district is eligible to | 5 | | file nomination papers or participate as a candidate in any | 6 | | caucus or primary or general election for the office of | 7 | | township or multi-township assessor, unless he or she | 8 | | possesses at least one of the qualifications listed in | 9 | | paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c) of this Section. | 10 | | The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate as | 11 | | a candidate unless a copy of the certificate of his or her | 12 | | qualifications from the Department is filed with the township | 13 | | clerk, board of election commissioners, or other appropriate | 14 | | authority as required by the Election Code. | 15 | | (e) If any person files nominating papers for candidacy | 16 | | for the office of township or multi-township assessor without | 17 | | also filing a copy of the certificate of his or her | 18 | | qualifications from the Department as required by this | 19 | | Section, the clerk of the township, the board of election | 20 | | commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by | 21 | | the Election Code shall refuse to certify the name of the | 22 | | person as a candidate to the proper election officials. | 23 | | If no candidate for election meets the above | 24 | | qualifications there shall be no election and the town board | 25 | | of trustees or multi-township board of trustees shall appoint | 26 | | or contract with a person under Section 2-60. |
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| 1 | | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with | 2 | | respect to the office of township or multi-township assessor | 3 | | for any township or multi-township assessment district located | 4 | | in Lake County, for the 2025 consolidated election and the | 5 | | 2029 consolidated election, a person is eligible to file | 6 | | nomination papers or participate as a candidate for that | 7 | | office without having obtained the qualifications listed in | 8 | | paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c) if the person has | 9 | | successfully completed an introductory course in assessment | 10 | | practices that is approved by the Department. If the person | 11 | | would otherwise be required to obtain one of the | 12 | | qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of | 13 | | subsection (c) to serve as township or multi-township | 14 | | assessor, that person shall obtain at least one of those | 15 | | qualifications prior to being sworn into office as township or | 16 | | multi-township assessor. Prior to a person taking office, the | 17 | | Department must have issued a provisional certificate that the | 18 | | person has completed the introductory course in assessment | 19 | | practices and a qualifications certificate that the person has | 20 | | completed the classes required to hold the office as otherwise | 21 | | required under paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c), | 22 | | and the provisional certificate and qualifications certificate | 23 | | shall be provided to the election authority. The failure of | 24 | | such a person to obtain the necessary qualifications shall | 25 | | result in a vacancy in the office of township or | 26 | | multi-township assessor, which shall be filled as provided in |
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| 1 | | Section 2-60. | 2 | | (g) As used in this Section only, "non-farm equalized | 3 | | assessed value" means the total equalized assessed value in | 4 | | the township or multi-township assessment district as reported | 5 | | to the Department under Section 18-225 after removal of | 6 | | homestead exemptions, and after removal of the equalized | 7 | | assessed value reported as farm or minerals to the Department | 8 | | under Section 18-225. | 9 | | For purposes of this Section only, "file nomination | 10 | | papers" also includes having nomination papers filed on behalf | 11 | | of the candidate by another person. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 101-467, eff. 8-23-19.) | 13 | | Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing | 14 | | Section 30-10 as follows: | 15 | | (60 ILCS 1/30-10) | 16 | | Sec. 30-10. Notice of meeting; agenda. | 17 | | (a) Notice of the time and place of holding the annual and | 18 | | any special township meetings shall be given by the township | 19 | | clerk (or, in the clerk's absence, the supervisor, assessor, | 20 | | or collector) by posting written or printed notices in 3 of the | 21 | | most public places in the township at least 15 days before the | 22 | | meeting and, if there is an English language newspaper | 23 | | published in the township, by at least one publication in that | 24 | | newspaper before the meeting. The notice shall set forth the |
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| 1 | | agenda for the meeting. | 2 | | A township that has a website that the full-time staff of | 3 | | the township maintains shall also post on its website the | 4 | | notice and agenda of the annual and any special township | 5 | | meetings. A notice and agenda of the annual or a special | 6 | | township meeting that is posted on a township's website shall | 7 | | remain posted on the website at least until the annual or | 8 | | special township meeting is concluded. | 9 | | (b) Agenda. Not less than 15 days before the annual | 10 | | meeting, the township board shall adopt an agenda for the | 11 | | annual meeting. Any 15 or more registered voters in the | 12 | | township may request an agenda item for consideration by the | 13 | | electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of a | 14 | | specific request to the township clerk no later than March 1 | 15 | | prior to the annual meeting. The agenda published by the | 16 | | township board shall include any such request made by voters | 17 | | if the request is relevant to powers granted to electors under | 18 | | the Township Code. | 19 | | (c) Additional agenda items. Any matter or proposal not | 20 | | set forth in the published agenda shall not be considered at | 21 | | the annual meeting other than advising that the matter may be | 22 | | considered at a special meeting of the electors at a later | 23 | | date. | 24 | | (d) Notice and agenda requirements for an annual township | 25 | | meeting that has been postponed under subsection (d) of | 26 | | Section 30-5 shall be the same as provided in this Section. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 101-632, eff. 6-5-20.) | 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.". |
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