Full Text of HB5954 098th General Assembly
HB5954 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5954 Introduced , by Rep. Dwight Kay SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the maximum reduction under the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption from $5,000 to $7,000 for taxable year 2014 and indexes the reduction to the Consumer Price Index. Effective immediately.
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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 15-170 as follows:
| 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/15-170) | 7 | | Sec. 15-170. Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption. An | 8 | | annual homestead
exemption limited, except as described here | 9 | | with relation to cooperatives or
life care facilities, to a
| 10 | | maximum reduction set forth below from the property's value, as | 11 | | equalized or
assessed by the Department, is granted for | 12 | | property that is occupied as a
residence by a person 65 years | 13 | | of age or older who is liable for paying real
estate taxes on | 14 | | the property and is an owner of record of the property or has a
| 15 | | legal or equitable interest therein as evidenced by a written | 16 | | instrument,
except for a leasehold interest, other than a | 17 | | leasehold interest of land on
which a single family residence | 18 | | is located, which is occupied as a residence by
a person 65 | 19 | | years or older who has an ownership interest therein, legal,
| 20 | | equitable or as a lessee, and on which he or she is liable for | 21 | | the payment
of property taxes. Before taxable year 2004, the | 22 | | maximum reduction shall be $2,500 in counties with
3,000,000 or | 23 | | more inhabitants and $2,000 in all other counties. For taxable |
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| 1 | | years 2004 through 2005, the maximum reduction shall be $3,000 | 2 | | in all counties. For taxable years 2006 and 2007, the maximum | 3 | | reduction shall be $3,500. For taxable years 2008 through 2011, | 4 | | the maximum reduction is $4,000 in all counties.
For taxable | 5 | | year 2012, the maximum reduction is $5,000 in counties with
| 6 | | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $4,000 in all other counties. | 7 | | For taxable year years 2013 and thereafter , the maximum | 8 | | reduction is $5,000 in all counties. For taxable year 2014, the | 9 | | maximum reduction is $7,000 in all counties. For taxable years | 10 | | 2015 and thereafter, the maximum reduction is the maximum | 11 | | reduction for the prior taxable year increased by the annual | 12 | | rate of increase for the previous
calendar year of the Consumer | 13 | | Price Index for All Urban
Consumers for all items published by | 14 | | the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics. | 15 | | For land
improved with an apartment building owned and | 16 | | operated as a cooperative, the maximum reduction from the value | 17 | | of the property, as
equalized
by the Department, shall be | 18 | | multiplied by the number of apartments or units
occupied by a | 19 | | person 65 years of age or older who is liable, by contract with
| 20 | | the owner or owners of record, for paying property taxes on the | 21 | | property and
is an owner of record of a legal or equitable | 22 | | interest in the cooperative
apartment building, other than a | 23 | | leasehold interest. For land improved with
a life care | 24 | | facility, the maximum reduction from the value of the property, | 25 | | as
equalized by the Department, shall be multiplied by the | 26 | | number of apartments or
units occupied by persons 65 years of |
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| 1 | | age or older, irrespective of any legal,
equitable, or | 2 | | leasehold interest in the facility, who are liable, under a
| 3 | | contract with the owner or owners of record of the facility, | 4 | | for paying
property taxes on the property. In a
cooperative or | 5 | | a life care facility where a
homestead exemption has been | 6 | | granted, the cooperative association or the
management firm of | 7 | | the cooperative or facility shall credit the savings
resulting | 8 | | from that exemption only to
the apportioned tax liability of | 9 | | the owner or resident who qualified for
the exemption.
Any | 10 | | person who willfully refuses to so credit the savings shall be | 11 | | guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor. Under this Section and | 12 | | Sections 15-175, 15-176, and 15-177, "life care
facility" means | 13 | | a facility, as defined in Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities
| 14 | | Act, with which the applicant for the homestead exemption has a | 15 | | life care
contract as defined in that Act. | 16 | | When a homestead exemption has been granted under this | 17 | | Section and the person
qualifying subsequently becomes a | 18 | | resident of a facility licensed under the Assisted Living and | 19 | | Shared Housing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized | 20 | | Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or the ID/DD | 21 | | Community Care Act, the exemption shall continue so long as the | 22 | | residence
continues to be occupied by the qualifying person's | 23 | | spouse if the spouse is 65
years of age or older, or if the | 24 | | residence remains unoccupied but is still
owned by the person | 25 | | qualified for the homestead exemption. | 26 | | A person who will be 65 years of age
during the current |
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| 1 | | assessment year
shall
be eligible to apply for the homestead | 2 | | exemption during that assessment
year.
Application shall be | 3 | | made during the application period in effect for the
county of | 4 | | his residence. | 5 | | Beginning with assessment year 2003, for taxes payable in | 6 | | 2004,
property
that is first occupied as a residence after | 7 | | January 1 of any assessment year by
a person who is eligible | 8 | | for the senior citizens homestead exemption under this
Section | 9 | | must be granted a pro-rata exemption for the assessment year. | 10 | | The
amount of the pro-rata exemption is the exemption
allowed | 11 | | in the county under this Section divided by 365 and multiplied | 12 | | by the
number of days during the assessment year the property | 13 | | is occupied as a
residence by a
person eligible for the | 14 | | exemption under this Section. The chief county
assessment | 15 | | officer must adopt reasonable procedures to establish | 16 | | eligibility
for this pro-rata exemption. | 17 | | The assessor or chief county assessment officer may | 18 | | determine the eligibility
of a life care facility to receive | 19 | | the benefits provided by this Section, by
affidavit, | 20 | | application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other | 21 | | reasonable
methods in order to insure that the tax savings | 22 | | resulting from the exemption
are credited by the management | 23 | | firm to the apportioned tax liability of each
qualifying | 24 | | resident. The assessor may request reasonable proof that the
| 25 | | management firm has so credited the exemption. | 26 | | The chief county assessment officer of each county with |
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| 1 | | less than 3,000,000
inhabitants shall provide to each person | 2 | | allowed a homestead exemption under
this Section a form to | 3 | | designate any other person to receive a
duplicate of any notice | 4 | | of delinquency in the payment of taxes assessed and
levied | 5 | | under this Code on the property of the person receiving the | 6 | | exemption.
The duplicate notice shall be in addition to the | 7 | | notice required to be
provided to the person receiving the | 8 | | exemption, and shall be given in the
manner required by this | 9 | | Code. The person filing the request for the duplicate
notice | 10 | | shall pay a fee of $5 to cover administrative costs to the | 11 | | supervisor of
assessments, who shall then file the executed | 12 | | designation with the county
collector. Notwithstanding any | 13 | | other provision of this Code to the contrary,
the filing of | 14 | | such an executed designation requires the county collector to
| 15 | | provide duplicate notices as indicated by the designation. A | 16 | | designation may
be rescinded by the person who executed such | 17 | | designation at any time, in the
manner and form required by the | 18 | | chief county assessment officer. | 19 | | The assessor or chief county assessment officer may | 20 | | determine the
eligibility of residential property to receive | 21 | | the homestead exemption provided
by this Section by | 22 | | application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other
| 23 | | reasonable methods. The determination shall be made in | 24 | | accordance with
guidelines established by the Department. | 25 | | In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, beginning | 26 | | in taxable year 2010, each taxpayer who has been granted an |
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| 1 | | exemption under this Section must reapply on an annual basis. | 2 | | The chief county assessment officer shall mail the application | 3 | | to the taxpayer. In counties with less than 3,000,000 | 4 | | inhabitants, the county board may by
resolution provide that if | 5 | | a person has been granted a homestead exemption
under this | 6 | | Section, the person qualifying need not reapply for the | 7 | | exemption. | 8 | | In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if the | 9 | | assessor or chief
county assessment officer requires annual | 10 | | application for verification of
eligibility for an exemption | 11 | | once granted under this Section, the application
shall be | 12 | | mailed to the taxpayer. | 13 | | The assessor or chief county assessment officer shall | 14 | | notify each person
who qualifies for an exemption under this | 15 | | Section that the person may also
qualify for deferral of real | 16 | | estate taxes under the Senior Citizens Real Estate
Tax Deferral | 17 | | Act. The notice shall set forth the qualifications needed for
| 18 | | deferral of real estate taxes, the address and telephone number | 19 | | of
county collector, and a
statement that applications for | 20 | | deferral of real estate taxes may be obtained
from the county | 21 | | collector. | 22 | | Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act, | 23 | | no
reimbursement by the State is required for the | 24 | | implementation of any mandate
created by this Section. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, | 26 | | eff. 7-13-12; 98-7, eff. 4-23-13; 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; revised |
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| 1 | | 8-12-13.)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.
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