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90_HB0693eng
35 ILCS 200/6-30
35 ILCS 200/6-32 new
35 ILCS 200/6-34 new
Amends the Property Tax Code. Deletes the provision
stating that a board of review in a commission county shall
within one year of taking office successfully complete a
basic course in assessment practice approved by the
Department. Provides that no person may serve on a board of
review in a commission county without first passing an
examination prepared and administered by the Department to
determine his or her competence to hold the office. Provides
that if the board of county commissioners constitutes the
board of review and if any member does not meet the
examination requirements, they shall appoint a board of
review. Provides that an appointed board of review in a
commission county shall consist of 2 members affiliated with
the political party polling the highest vote for any county
office in the county and one member of the party polling the
second highest vote for the same county office at the last
general election. Effective January 1, 1999.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section
2 6-30 and adding Sections 6-32 and 6-34.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
6 Section 6-30 and adding Sections 6-32 and 6-34 as follows:
7 (35 ILCS 200/6-30)
8 Sec. 6-30. Board of review in commission counties. In
9 counties not under township organization with less than
10 3,000,000 inhabitants in which no board of review is elected
11 under Section 6-35, the board of county commissioners shall
12 constitute the board of review. They shall have all the
13 powers and perform all the duties conferred on or required by
14 boards of review and shall within one year of taking office
15 successfully complete a basic course in assessment practice
16 approved by the Department. Alternatively, the board of
17 county commissioners may appoint a 3-member board of review.
18 County commissioners shall receive no additional compensation
19 for serving on the board of review. County commissioners
20 serving as the board of review must meet the examination
21 requirements of Section 6-32. If any member of the board of
22 county commissioners fails to meet the examination
23 requirements, the board of county commissioners shall appoint
24 a board of review.
25 The board of county commissioners shall appoint a
26 3-member board of review if (i) the board of county
27 commissioners so chooses or (ii) any member of the board of
28 county commissioners fails to meet the examination
29 requirements of Section 6-32. No person may serve on an
30 appointed board of review under this Section unless he or she
31 meets the examination requirements of Section 6-32. Members
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1 of a board of review appointed by the board of county
2 commissioners shall receive a per diem for their services as
3 established by the board of county commissioners.
4 A board of review appointed by the board of county
5 commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the board of the
6 county commissioners. If the board of review is appointed
7 because any member of the board of county commissioners fails
8 to meet the examination requirements of Section 6-32 and all
9 members subsequently fulfill the requirements, the board of
10 county commissioners may terminate the authority of the
11 sitting board of review, as soon as it completes its work for
12 a tax year, and serve as the board of review.
13 (Source: P.A. 87-818; 87-1189; 88-455; incorporates 88-221;
14 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
15 (35 ILCS 200/6-32 new)
16 Sec. 6-32. Examination requirement. In any county to
17 which Section 6-30 applies, no person may serve on a board of
18 review who has not passed an examination prepared and
19 administered by the Department to determine his or her
20 competence to hold the office. The Department shall conduct
21 examinations for various counties in a convenient location in
22 the region. A candidate appearing at the examination shall
23 indicate to the Department the name of the county the results
24 shall be certified to if he or she successfully passes the
25 examination. The Department shall certify the list to each
26 county from which candidates have appeared at the examination
27 location. Within one year after the effective date of this
28 amendatory Act of 1997, the Department shall conduct an
29 examination at least once in each commission county for which
30 the chairman of the County Board of Commissioners requests an
31 examination. The Department may provide by rule the maximum
32 time that the name of a person who has passed the examination
33 shall be included on a list of persons eligible to serve on
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1 the board of review.
2 (35 ILCS 200/6-34 new)
3 Sec. 6-34. Political makeup. If the board of county
4 commissioners appoints a board of review as prescribed in
5 Section 6-30, the board of review shall consist of 2 members
6 affiliated with the political party polling the highest vote
7 for any county office in the county and one member of the
8 party polling the second highest vote for the same county
9 office at the last general election.
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
11 January 1, 1999.