Full Text of HJR0095 94th General Assembly
HJ0095 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Due to the complexity of the Property Tax Code, | 3 |
| there is a wide disparity in the methods by which county and | 4 |
| township assessment officials have assessed wooded land in the | 5 |
| State; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, This is a pressing problem requiring the urgent | 7 |
| attention of the General Assembly, the Governor, and other | 8 |
| State and local officials; therefore, be it | 9 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 11 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Wooded Land Assessment Task | 12 |
| Force is created concerning the assessment of wooded land and | 13 |
| property under forestry management programs; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall consist of 12 voting | 15 |
| members as
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| (1) 4 members of the General Assembly appointed, one
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| each, by the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader
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| of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
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| and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; | 20 |
| (2) one member appointed by the Governor; | 21 |
| (3) the Director of Revenue or his or her designee, who | 22 |
| shall serve as chair of the task force; | 23 |
| (4) the Director of Natural Resources or his or her
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| designee; | 25 |
| (5) the Director of Agriculture or his or her designee; | 26 |
| (6) one member appointed by the University of Illinois; | 27 |
| (7) one member appointed by Southern Illinois | 28 |
| University; | 29 |
| (6) one member, appointed by the Governor, who serves | 30 |
| or has served as a county or township assessment official; | 31 |
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| (7) one member, appointed by the Governor, who has |
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| knowledge of farming and agricultural practices; and be it | 2 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Department of Revenue shall provide | 4 |
| staff and administrative
support services to the task force; | 5 |
| and be it further | 6 |
| RESOLVED, That task force members shall serve without | 7 |
| compensation,
but may be reimbursed for their reasonable travel | 8 |
| expenses from
funds available for that purpose; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall gather information and | 11 |
| make
recommendations to the Governor and to the General | 12 |
| Assembly
regarding procedures and policies for:
(1) the | 13 |
| assessment of wooded land; and
(ii) the assessment of property | 14 |
| under a certified
forestry management program under Section | 15 |
| 10-50 of the Property Tax Code; and be it further | 16 |
| RESOLVED, That the task force must submit a report to the | 17 |
| Governor and
the General Assembly by December 31, 2006 | 18 |
| concerning its findings
and recommendations; and be it further | 19 |
| RESOLVED, That if, during the 2005 taxable year, any parcel | 20 |
| of wooded land was valued based upon its productivity index | 21 |
| equalized assessed value as cropland, then we urge the | 22 |
| Department of Revenue to accept any similar valuation of that | 23 |
| wooded land for the 2006 and 2007 taxable years; and be it | 24 |
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| RESOLVED, That, for the purpose of this Resolution, "wooded | 26 |
| land" means
any parcel of unimproved real property that: (i) | 27 |
| does not
qualify as cropland, permanent pasture, other | 28 |
| farmland, or
wasteland under Section 10-125 of the Property Tax | 29 |
| Code; and (ii) is not managed under a
forestry management plan | 30 |
| and considered to be other farmland
under Section 10-150 of the |
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| Property Tax Code; and be it further | 2 |
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be delivered to | 3 |
| the Governor, the Director of Revenue, the Director of Natural | 4 |
| Resources, the Director of Agriculture, the President of the | 5 |
| University of Illinois, and the President of Southern Illinois | 6 |
| University.
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