Full Text of HB0009 97th General Assembly
HB0009 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB0009 Introduced 1/12/2011, by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 35 ILCS 200/12-10 | | 35 ILCS 200/12-15 | | 35 ILCS 200/12-25 | | 35 ILCS 200/12-33 new | |
| Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in addition to or instead of publishing any property tax assessment in a newspaper, a county of less than 3,000,000 may publish the assessment on its Internet website. Sets forth requirements for the Internet publication.
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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 12-10, 12-15, 12-20, and 12-25, and by adding Section | 6 | | 12-33 as follows:
| 7 | | (35 ILCS 200/12-10)
| 8 | | Sec. 12-10. Publication of assessments; counties of less | 9 | | than 3,000,000. In
counties with less than 3,000,000 | 10 | | inhabitants, as soon as the chief county
assessment officer has | 11 | | completed the assessment in the county or in the
assessment | 12 | | district, he or she shall, in each year of a general | 13 | | assessment,
publish for the county or assessment district a | 14 | | complete list of the
assessment, by townships if so organized. | 15 | | In years other than years of a
general assessment, the chief | 16 | | county assessment officer shall publish a list of
property for | 17 | | which assessments have been added or changed since the | 18 | | preceding
assessment, together with the amounts of the | 19 | | assessments, except that
publication of individual assessment | 20 | | changes shall not be required if the
changes result from | 21 | | equalization by the supervisor of assessments under Section
| 22 | | 9-210, or Section 10-200, in which case the list shall include | 23 | | a general
statement indicating that assessments have been |
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| 1 | | changed because of the
application of an equalization factor | 2 | | and shall set forth the percentage of
increase or decrease | 3 | | represented by the factor. The publication shall be made
on or | 4 | | before December 31 of that year, and shall be : (i) published on | 5 | | the county's Internet website as set forth under Section 12-33; | 6 | | or (ii) printed in some public
newspaper or newspapers | 7 | | published in the county. In every township or
assessment | 8 | | district in which there is published one or more newspapers of
| 9 | | general circulation, the list of that township shall be | 10 | | published in one of the
newspapers.
| 11 | | At the top of the list of assessments there shall be a | 12 | | notice in
substantially the following form printed in type no | 13 | | smaller than eleven point:
| 14 | | "NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
| 15 | | Median Level of Assessment--(insert here the median level | 16 | | of assessment
for the assessment district)
| 17 | | Your property is to be assessed at the above listed median | 18 | | level of
assessment for the assessment district. You may check | 19 | | the accuracy of your
assessment by dividing your assessment by | 20 | | the median level of assessment. The
resulting value should | 21 | | equal the estimated fair cash value of your property.
If the | 22 | | resulting value is greater than the estimated fair cash value | 23 | | of your
property, you may be over-assessed. If the resulting | 24 | | value is less than the
fair cash value of your property, you | 25 | | may be under-assessed. You may appeal
your assessment to the | 26 | | Board of Review."
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| 1 | | The newspaper shall furnish to the local assessment | 2 | | officers as many
copies of the paper containing the assessment | 3 | | list as they may require.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 86-415; 86-1481; 87-1189; 88-455.)
| 5 | | (35 ILCS 200/12-15)
| 6 | | Sec. 12-15. Publication fee - Counties of less than | 7 | | 3,000,000. The newspaper
shall be paid a fee for publishing the | 8 | | assessment list according to the
following schedule:
| 9 | | (a) For a parcel listing including the name of the property | 10 | | owner, a
property index number and the total assessment, 80˘ | 11 | | per parcel;
| 12 | | (b) For a parcel listing including the name of the property | 13 | | owner, a
property index number, the assessed value of | 14 | | improvements and the total
assessment, $1.20 per parcel;
| 15 | | (c) For a parcel listing including the name of the property | 16 | | owner, a
legal description of the property and the total | 17 | | assessment, $1.20 per parcel;
| 18 | | (d) For a parcel listing including the name of the property | 19 | | owner, a
property index number, a legal description and the | 20 | | total assessment, $1.60 per
parcel;
| 21 | | (e) For a parcel listing including the name of the property | 22 | | owner, a
legal description, the assessed value of improvements | 23 | | and the total assessment,
$1.60 per parcel;
| 24 | | (f) For a parcel listing including the name of the property | 25 | | owner, a
property index number, a legal description, the |
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| 1 | | assessed value of improvements
and the total assessment, $2.00 | 2 | | per parcel; and
| 3 | | (g) For the preamble, headings, and any other explanatory | 4 | | matter either
required by law, or requested by the supervisor | 5 | | of assessments, to be
published, the newspaper's published rate | 6 | | for such advertising. | 7 | | (h) For a notice of Internet publishing under Section | 8 | | 12-33, the newspaper's published rate for similar advertising.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 86-415; 86-1481; 87-1189; 88-455 .)
| 10 | | (35 ILCS 200/12-25)
| 11 | | Sec. 12-25. Contents of assessment list publication; | 12 | | payment. In all
counties, the expense of printing the notice of | 13 | | Internet publishing and of the printing and publication of | 14 | | assessment lists shall be
paid out of the county treasury. The | 15 | | publication of the assessments shall
include the name of the | 16 | | owner or of the person who last paid the taxes on each
| 17 | | property, and the total amount of its assessment and how much | 18 | | of the assessment
is attributable to the improvements on the | 19 | | property. When any property so
assessed is susceptible of | 20 | | description or identification by street name and
street or | 21 | | house number, or by a property index number, the publication of | 22 | | the
street name and street or house number, or property index | 23 | | number shall
constitute a sufficient description of the | 24 | | property for the purposes of
publication required by this Code.
| 25 | | (Source: Laws 1939, p. 886; P.A. 88-455.)
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| 1 | | (35 ILCS 200/12-33 new) | 2 | | Sec. 12-33. Internet publication of assessments. | 3 | | (a) In addition to or instead of publishing any assessment | 4 | | under this Division in a newspaper, the chief county assessment | 5 | | officer may publish the assessment on the county's Internet | 6 | | website. The form of the Internet publication must be in | 7 | | substantially the same form as otherwise required under this | 8 | | Division. | 9 | | (b) If a county publishes an assessment on the Internet, it | 10 | | must publish a notice of the Internet publication in some | 11 | | public
newspaper or newspapers published in the county. In | 12 | | every township or
assessment district in which there is | 13 | | published one or more newspapers of
general circulation, the | 14 | | notice of the Internet publication shall be published in one of | 15 | | the
newspapers. The notice shall be in substantially the | 16 | | following form printed in type no smaller than eleven point: | 17 | | NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS | 18 | | The assessment for (the assessment district) may be | 19 | | viewed online at the (the county's) Internet website at | 20 | | (website address). | 21 | | Median Level of Assessment--(insert here the median | 22 | | level of assessment
for the assessment district). | 23 | | Your property is to be assessed at the above listed | 24 | | median level of
assessment for the assessment district. You | 25 | | may check the accuracy of your
assessment by dividing your |
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| 1 | | assessment by the median level of assessment. The
resulting | 2 | | value should equal the estimated fair cash value of your | 3 | | property.
If the resulting value is greater than the | 4 | | estimated fair cash value of your
property, you may be | 5 | | over-assessed. If the resulting value is less than the
fair | 6 | | cash value of your property, you may be under-assessed. You | 7 | | may appeal
your assessment to the Board of Review.
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