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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 96
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Resolution 96 on page 1,
3 by replacing lines 2 through 31 with the following:
4 "WHEREAS, The extension of taxes for a taxing district
5 located in more than one county can create an inequity for
6 the property owners in that district if the burden of
7 taxation is not fairly apportioned; and
8 WHEREAS, The inequity occurs because the property in the
9 taxing district is assessed by more than one county; and
10 WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Illinois
11 provides that the General Assembly may provide by law for
12 fair apportionment of the burden of taxation of property
13 situated in taxing districts that lie in more than one
14 county; and
15 WHEREAS, A study into overlapping taxing districts needs
16 to be initiated as soon as possible to alleviate this
17 inequity; and
18 WHEREAS, A task force would be able to take time and
19 facilitate the necessary research to look into the problem of
20 overlapping taxing districts; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 there is created the Overlapping Taxing District Task Force
4 consisting of 8 members: 4 to be appointed by the Speaker of
5 the House of Representatives, and 4 to be appointed by the
6 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; in addition,
7 the Task Force shall include, as non-voting members, 4
8 members of the Illinois County Assessment Officers
9 Association to be appointed by the President of the Illinois
10 County Assessment Officers Association, 4 members of the
11 Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders to be
12 appointed by the President of the Illinois Association of
13 County Clerks and Recorders, and a member designated by the
14 Director of Revenue; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, that the Task Force shall meet initially at the
16 call of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall
17 select one member as chairperson at its initial meeting,
18 shall thereafter meet at the call of the chairperson, shall
19 hold public hearings, shall receive the assistance of
20 legislative staff, shall solicit the assistance of the
21 Department of Revenue, and shall report its findings and
22 recommendations on how to correct the problem of overlapping
23 taxing districts to the House of Representatives by January
24 1, 1998; and that upon reporting to the House of
25 Representatives, the Task Force shall be dissolved; and be it
26 further
27 RESOLVED, that suitable copies of this resolution be
28 presented to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
29 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Director
30 of Revenue, the President of the Illinois County Assessment
31 Officers Association, and the President of the Illinois
32 Association of County Clerks and Recorders."; and
33 by deleting page 2.