Full Text of HB4023 96th General Assembly
HB4023 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB4023
Introduced 2/26/2009, by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Exempts township assessors with at least 25 years of experience in the property assessment field from certain education requirements.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning revenue.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 2-45 as follows:
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| (35 ILCS 200/2-45)
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| Sec. 2-45. Selection and eligibility of township and | 8 |
| multi-township
assessors.
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| (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
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| assessors shall enter upon their duties on January 1 following | 14 |
| their election,
and perform the duties of the office for 4 | 15 |
| years.
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| (b) Beginning December 1, 1996, in any township or | 17 |
| multi-township
assessment
district not subject to the | 18 |
| requirements of subsections (c) or (d) of this
Section, no | 19 |
| person is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as | 20 |
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candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for, | 21 |
| or be appointed to
fill vacancies in, the office of township or | 22 |
| multi-township assessor, unless he
or she (i) has successfully | 23 |
| completed an introductory course in assessment
practices that |
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| is approved by the Department; or (ii) possesses at least one | 2 |
| of
the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
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| subsection (c) of
this Section ; or (iii) has at least 25 years | 4 |
| of experience in the property assessment field . The candidate | 5 |
| cannot file nominating papers or participate as a
candidate | 6 |
| unless a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications | 7 |
| is
filed with the township clerk, board
of election | 8 |
| commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by | 9 |
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Election Code. The candidate cannot be appointed to fill a | 10 |
| vacancy until he or
she has filed a copy of the certificate of | 11 |
| his or her qualifications
with the appointing authority.
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| (c) Beginning December 1, 1996, in a township or | 13 |
| multi-township assessment
district with $25,000,000 or more of | 14 |
| non-farm equalized assessed value or
$1,000,000 or more in | 15 |
| commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no
person | 16 |
| is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as a | 17 |
| candidate in
any caucus or primary or general election for, or | 18 |
| be appointed to fill
vacancies in, the office of township or | 19 |
| multi-township assessor, unless he or
she possesses at least | 20 |
| one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1)
through (6) | 21 |
| of this subsection (c).
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| (1) a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer certificate | 23 |
| from the Illinois
Property Assessment Institute with | 24 |
| current additional 30 class hours as
required for | 25 |
| additional compensation under Section 4-10;
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| (2) (A) A Certified Illinois Assessing Officer |
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| certificate from the
Illinois Property Assessment | 2 |
| Institute with a minimum of 300 additional hours
of | 3 |
| successfully completed courses approved by the Department, | 4 |
| if at least 150
of the course hours required a written | 5 |
| examination; and
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| (B) within the 4 years preceding the election, | 7 |
| successful completion of
at least 15 class hours of | 8 |
| additional training in courses that must be approved
by the | 9 |
| Department, including but not limited to, assessment, | 10 |
| appraisal, or
computer courses, and that may be offered by | 11 |
| accredited universities, colleges,
or community colleges;
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| (3) a Certified Assessment Evaluator designation from | 13 |
| the International
Association of Assessing Officers;
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| (4) certification as a Member of the Appraisal | 15 |
| Institute, Senior Real
Estate Analyst, or Senior Real | 16 |
| Property Appraiser from the Appraisal Institute
or its | 17 |
| predecessor organization;
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| (5) a professional designation by any other appraisal | 19 |
| or assessing
association approved by the Department; or
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| (6) if the person has served as a township or | 21 |
| multi-township assessor for
12 years or more, a Certified | 22 |
| Illinois Assessing Official certificate from the
Illinois | 23 |
| Property Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360 | 24 |
| additional hours
of
successfully completed courses | 25 |
| approved by the Department, if at least 180 of
the
course | 26 |
| hours required a written examination ; or |
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| (7) has at least 25 years of experience in the property | 2 |
| assessment field .
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| The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate | 4 |
| as a candidate
unless a copy of the certificate of his or her
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| qualifications is filed with the township clerk, board
of | 6 |
| election commissioners, or other appropriate authority as | 7 |
| required by the
Election Code. The candidate cannot be | 8 |
| appointed to fill a vacancy until he or
she has filed a copy of | 9 |
| the certificate of his or her qualifications
with the | 10 |
| appointing authority.
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| (d) Beginning December 1, 2000, in a township or | 12 |
| multi-township assessment
district with more than $10,000,000 | 13 |
| and less than $25,000,000 of non-farm
equalized assessed value | 14 |
| and less than $1,000,000 in commercial and industrial
equalized | 15 |
| assessed value, no person who has previously been elected as | 16 |
| township
or multi-township assessor in any such township or | 17 |
| multi-township assessment
district is eligible to file | 18 |
| nomination papers or participate as a candidate
in any caucus | 19 |
| or primary or general election for the office of township or
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| multi-township assessor, unless he or she possesses at least | 21 |
| one of the
qualifications
listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) | 22 |
| of subsection (c) of this
Section. The
candidate cannot file | 23 |
| nominating papers or participate as a candidate unless a
copy | 24 |
| of the certificate of his or her qualifications is
filed with | 25 |
| the township clerk, board of election
commissioners, or other | 26 |
| appropriate authority as required by the Election Code.
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| (e) If any person files nominating papers for candidacy for | 2 |
| the office
of township or multi-township assessor without also | 3 |
| filing a copy of the
certificate as required by this Section, | 4 |
| the clerk of the township, the
board of election commissioners, | 5 |
| or other appropriate authority as required
by the Election Code | 6 |
| shall refuse to certify the name of the person
as a candidate | 7 |
| to the proper election officials.
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| If no candidate for election meets the above qualifications | 9 |
| there shall
be no election and the town board of trustees or | 10 |
| multi-township board of
trustees shall appoint or contract with | 11 |
| a person under Section 2-60.
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| As used in this Section only, "non-farm equalized assessed | 13 |
| value" means the
total equalized assessed value in the township | 14 |
| or multi-township assessment
district as reported to
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| Department under Section 18-225 after removal of homestead | 16 |
| exemptions, and
after removal of the equalized assessed value | 17 |
| reported as farm or minerals
to the Department under Section | 18 |
| 18-225.
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| For purposes of this Section only, "file nomination papers" | 20 |
| also includes
having nomination papers filed on behalf of the | 21 |
| candidate by another person.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-188, eff. 7-11-03.)
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