Full Text of HB3143 101st General Assembly
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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 | | Section 3-5 and by adding Section 3-52 as follows:
| 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/3-5)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-5. Supervisor of assessments. In counties with less | 8 | | than 3,000,000
inhabitants and in which no county assessor has | 9 | | been elected under Section
3-45, there shall be a county | 10 | | supervisor of assessments, either appointed as
provided in this | 11 | | Section, or elected.
| 12 | | In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and not | 13 | | having an elected
county assessor or an elected supervisor of | 14 | | assessments, the office of
supervisor of assessments shall be | 15 | | filled by appointment by the presiding
officer of the county | 16 | | board with the advice and consent of the county board.
| 17 | | To be eligible for appointment or to be eligible to file | 18 | | nomination
papers or participate as a candidate in any primary | 19 | | or general election
for, or be elected to, the office of | 20 | | supervisor of assessments, or to enter
upon the duties of the | 21 | | office, a person must possess one of the following
| 22 | | qualifications as certified by the individual to the county | 23 | | clerk:
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| 1 | | (1) A Certified Illinois Assessing Official | 2 | | certificate from the Illinois
Property Assessment | 3 | | Institute, plus the additional training required for
| 4 | | additional compensation under Section 4-10.
| 5 | | (2) A Certified Assessment Evaluator certificate from | 6 | | the International
Association of Assessing Officers.
| 7 | | (3) A Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI), | 8 | | Residential Member (RM),
Senior Real Estate Analyst | 9 | | (SREA), Senior Real Property Analyst (SRPA) or
Senior | 10 | | Residential Analyst (SRA) certificate from the Appraisal | 11 | | Institute or
its predecessor organizations.
| 12 | | (4) If the person has served as a supervisor of | 13 | | assessments for 12
years or more, a Certified Illinois | 14 | | Assessing Official certificate
from the Illinois Property | 15 | | Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360
additional hours | 16 | | of
successfully completed courses approved by the | 17 | | Department if at least 180 of
the course hours
required a | 18 | | written examination.
| 19 | | In addition, a person must have had at least 2 years' | 20 | | experience in the field
of property sales, assessments, finance | 21 | | or appraisals and must have passed an
examination conducted by | 22 | | the Department to determine his or her competence to
hold the | 23 | | office. The examination may be conducted by the Department at a
| 24 | | convenient location in the county or region. Notice of the time | 25 | | and place
shall be given by publication in a newspaper of | 26 | | general circulation in the
counties, at least one week prior to |
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| 1 | | the exam. The Department shall certify to
the county board a | 2 | | list of the names and scores of persons who pass the
| 3 | | examination. The Department may provide by rule the maximum | 4 | | time that the name
of a person who has passed the examination | 5 | | will be included on a list of
persons eligible for appointment | 6 | | or election. The term of office shall be 4
years from the date | 7 | | of appointment and until a successor is appointed and
| 8 | | qualified , or a successor is elected and qualified under | 9 | | Section 3-52 .
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 92-667, eff. 7-16-02.)
| 11 | | (35 ILCS 200/3-52 new) | 12 | | Sec. 3-52. Election or appointment of county assessors or | 13 | | county supervisors of assessments. | 14 | | (a) In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the | 15 | | county may change the manner in which it selects its county | 16 | | assessor or county supervisor of assessments upon: | 17 | | (1) adoption of an ordinance by the county board or | 18 | | county board of commissioners requiring the county | 19 | | assessor or county supervisor of assessments to be elected | 20 | | or appointed, as applicable; or | 21 | | (2) the filing of a petition with the county board or | 22 | | the county board of commissioners, subject to the petition | 23 | | requirements of Section 28-3 of the Election Code and | 24 | | signed by 2% of the registered voters of the county, | 25 | | requiring the county assessor or county supervisor of |
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| 1 | | assessments to be elected or appointed, as applicable. | 2 | | (b) If an ordinance is adopted or a petition is filed | 3 | | meeting the requirements of subsection (a), then the county | 4 | | clerk shall certify the proposition to the appropriate election | 5 | | authorities, who shall submit a referendum, subject to the | 6 | | requirements of Section 16-7 of the Election Code, to be placed | 7 | | on the ballot at the next following general election in | 8 | | substantially the following form: | 9 | | Shall the (county assessor or county supervisor of | 10 | | assessments, as applicable) be (elected rather than | 11 | | appointed or appointed rather than elected, as | 12 | | applicable)? | 13 | | The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". The | 14 | | referendum is approved when a majority of the votes cast on the | 15 | | referendum approve the referendum. | 16 | | (c) After the approval of a referendum under subsection | 17 | | (b): | 18 | | (1) if voters approve the referendum to make the county | 19 | | assessor or county supervisor of assessments position | 20 | | elected rather than appointed, then the county assessor or | 21 | | county supervisor of assessments shall be elected at the | 22 | | general election next following the approval of the | 23 | | referendum and at the general election every 4 years | 24 | | thereafter; the elected county assessor or county | 25 | | supervisor of assessments shall serve until a successor is | 26 | | elected and qualified; the term of any appointed county |
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| 1 | | assessor or county supervisor of assessments serving at the | 2 | | time of the approval of the referendum shall end when a | 3 | | successor is elected and qualified; and | 4 | | (2) if the voters approve a referendum to make the | 5 | | county assessor or county supervisor of assessments | 6 | | position appointed rather than elected, then, at the | 7 | | conclusion of the term of the elected county assessor or | 8 | | county supervisor of assessments serving at the time of the | 9 | | approval of the referendum, the county assessor or county | 10 | | supervisor of assessments shall be appointed by the county | 11 | | board or county board of commissioners to a 4-year term and | 12 | | shall serve until a successor is appointed and qualified.
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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