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90_SB1219 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-9 from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-9 Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if a municipality obtains ownership of additional parcels within any redevelopment project area within 2 years of adoption of the ordinance establishing tax increment financing, the municipality's ownership would result in an exemption under the Section of the Property Tax Code concerning taxing district property, and certain other conditions are met, the equalized assessed value of all taxable real property within the redevelopment area shall be adjusted. Effective immediately. LRB9007734MWpc LRB9007734MWpc 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing 2 Section 11-74.4-9. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 6 changing Section 11-74.4-9 as follows: 7 (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-9) 8 Sec. 11-74.4-9. (a) If a municipality by ordinance 9 provides for tax increment allocation financing pursuant to 10 Section 11-74.4-8, the county clerk immediately thereafter 11 shall determine (1) the most recently ascertained equalized 12 assessed value of each lot, block, tract or parcel of real 13 property within such redevelopment project area from which 14 shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided by 15 Sections 15-170 and 15-175 of the Property Tax Code, which 16 value shall be the "initial equalized assessed value" of each 17 such piece of property, and (2) the total equalized assessed 18 value of all taxable real property within such redevelopment 19 project area by adding together the most recently ascertained 20 equalized assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, 21 or parcel of real property within such project area, from 22 which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided by 23 Sections 15-170 and 15-175 of the Property Tax Code, and 24 shall certify such amount as the "total initial equalized 25 assessed value" of the taxable real property within such 26 project area. 27 (b) In reference to any municipality which has adopted 28 tax increment financing after January 1, 1978, and in respect 29 to which the county clerk has certified the "total initial 30 equalized assessed value" of the property in the 31 redevelopment area, the municipality may thereafter request -2- LRB9007734MWpc 1 the clerk in writing to adjust the initial equalized value of 2 all taxable real property within the redevelopment project 3 area by deducting therefrom the exemptions provided for by 4 Sections 15-170 and 15-175 of the Property Tax Code 5 applicable to each lot, block, tract or parcel of real 6 property within such redevelopment project area. The county 7 clerk shall immediately after the written request to adjust 8 the total initial equalized value is received determine the 9 total homestead exemptions in the redevelopment project area 10 provided by Sections 15-170 and 15-175 of the Property Tax 11 Code by adding together the homestead exemptions provided by 12 said Sections on each lot, block, tract or parcel of real 13 property within such redevelopment project area and then 14 shall deduct the total of said exemptions from the total 15 initial equalized assessed value. The county clerk shall 16 then promptly certify such amount as the "total initial 17 equalized assessed value as adjusted" of the taxable real 18 property within such redevelopment project area. 19 (b-5) Notwithstanding any other provision to the 20 contrary, if within any redevelopment project area the 21 municipality has obtained ownership of additional parcels 22 within 2 years of adoption of the ordinance establishing tax 23 increment allocation financing and such ownership would 24 result in an exemption under Section 15-60 of the Property 25 Tax Code, and such properties constitute not more than 7 26 parcels with a total acreage of not more than 20 acres and 27 not less than 10 acres, then the clerk shall adjust the 28 initial equalized assessed value of all taxable real property 29 within the redevelopment project area by deducting therefrom 30 the exemption provided by Section 15-60 to the applicable 31 parcels within the redevelopment project area. The county 32 clerk shall determine the total exemption under Section 15-60 33 of the Property Tax Code for the additional parcels obtained 34 by the municipality and then shall deduct the total of the -3- LRB9007734MWpc 1 exemptions granted under that Section for the parcels from 2 the total initial equalized assessed value. The county clerk 3 shall then promptly certify such amount as the "total initial 4 equalized assessed value as adjusted" of the taxable real 5 property within the redevelopment project area. 6 (c) After the county clerk has certified the "total 7 initial equalized assessed value" of the taxable real 8 property in such area, then in respect to every taxing 9 district containing a redevelopment project area, the county 10 clerk or any other official required by law to ascertain the 11 amount of the equalized assessed value of all taxable 12 property within such district for the purpose of computing 13 the rate per cent of tax to be extended upon taxable property 14 within such district, shall in every year that tax increment 15 allocation financing is in effect ascertain the amount of 16 value of taxable property in a redevelopment project area by 17 including in such amount the lower of the current equalized 18 assessed value or the certified "total initial equalized 19 assessed value" of all taxable real property in such area, 20 except that after he has certified the "total initial 21 equalized assessed value as adjusted" he shall in the year of 22 said certification if tax rates have not been extended and in 23 every year thereafter that tax increment allocation financing 24 is in effect ascertain the amount of value of taxable 25 property in a redevelopment project area by including in such 26 amount the lower of the current equalized assessed value or 27 the certified "total initial equalized assessed value as 28 adjusted" of all taxable real property in such area. The rate 29 per cent of tax determined shall be extended to the current 30 equalized assessed value of all property in the redevelopment 31 project area in the same manner as the rate per cent of tax 32 is extended to all other taxable property in the taxing 33 district. The method of extending taxes established under 34 this Section shall terminate when the municipality adopts an -4- LRB9007734MWpc 1 ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation fund for the 2 redevelopment project area. This Division shall not be 3 construed as relieving property owners within a redevelopment 4 project area from paying a uniform rate of taxes upon the 5 current equalized assessed value of their taxable property as 6 provided in the Property Tax Code. 7 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.) 8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 9 becoming law.