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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1778

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1778  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
 8    Sections 17-5, 17-10,  17-15,  17-20,  17-25,  17-30,  17-35,
 9    31-10,  31-15,  31-25, 31-30, 31-35, 31-45, 31-50, 31-60, and
10    31-70 and adding Section 31-47 as follows:

11        (35 ILCS 200/17-5)
12        Sec. 17-5.  Equalization among counties.  The  Department
13    shall  act  as an equalizing authority.  It shall examine the
14    abstracts of property assessed for taxation in  the  counties
15    and in the assessment districts in counties having assessment
16    districts,  as  returned  by  the  county  clerks,  and shall
17    equalize the assessments between counties as provided in this
18    Code.  Except as hereinafter provided, the  Department  shall
19    lower  or  raise the total assessed value of property in each
20    any county as  returned  by  the  county  clerk,  other  than
21    property  assessed  under  Sections 10-110 through 10-140 and
 
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 1    10-170 through 10-200, so that the property will be  assessed
 2    at 33 1/3% of its fair cash value.
 3        The  Department  shall  annually determine the percentage
 4    relationship, for each  county  of  the  State,  between  the
 5    valuations  at  which  locally-assessed  property, other than
 6    property assessed under the Sections  10-110  through  10-140
 7    and  10-170  through  10-200,  as  is listed by assessors and
 8    revised by boards of review or  boards  of  appeal,  and  the
 9    estimated 33 1/3% of the fair cash value of the property.  To
10    make   this  analysis,  the  Department  shall  use  property
11    transfers, property appraisals, and other means as  it  deems
12    proper and reasonable.
13        With   the   ratio   determined   for  each  county,  the
14    Department shall then determine the percentage to be added to
15    or  deducted  from  the  aggregate  reviewed  assessment   on
16    property subject to local assessment jurisdiction, other than
17    property assessed under the Sections  cited above, to produce
18    a  ratio  of assessed value to 33 1/3% of the fair cash value
19    equivalent to 100%.
20        If the Department determines that there  are  substantial
21    differences  in  the  level  of  assessment  among  different
22    townships  in  the same county, it shall, upon the request of
23    the county executive or, in counties not  having  an  elected
24    county  executive,  of  the  county  board under a resolution
25    adopted by the board, apply  separate  township  equalization
26    factors  determined  by  the  Department, in lieu of a single
27    equalization factor for the entire county, but this provision
28    does not apply  within  any  county  which  elects  a  county
29    assessor under Sections 3-45 or 3-50.
30    (Source: P.A. 84-1343; 88-455.)

31        (35 ILCS 200/17-10)
32        Sec.  17-10.   Sales ratio studies.  The Department shall
33    monitor  the  quality  of  local  assessments  by  designing,
 
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 1    preparing and using ratio studies, and shall use the  results
 2    as  the basis for equalization decisions.  In compiling sales
 3    ratio studies, the Department shall exclude from the reported
 4    sales price of any property any amounts included for personal
 5    property and, for sales occurring through December 31,  1999,
 6    shall  exclude  seller paid points.  The Department shall not
 7    include in its sales ratio studies sales  of  property  which
 8    have  been  platted and for which an increase in the assessed
 9    valuation is restricted  by  Section  10-30.  The  Department
10    shall not include in its sales ratio studies the initial sale
11    of   residential   property   that   has  been  converted  to
12    condominium property.
13        When the  declaration  required  under  the  Real  Estate
14    Transfer  Tax  Law  contains  financing  information required
15    under Section 31-25, the Department shall adjust sales prices
16    to exclude seller-paid points and shall adjust  sales  prices
17    to "cash value" when seller related financing is used that is
18    different  than  the  prevailing cost of cash. The prevailing
19    cost of cash for sales occurring on or after January 1,  1992
20    shall  be  established  as  the monthly average 30-year fixed
21    Primary Mortgage Market Survey rate  for  the  North  Central
22    Region  as published weekly by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
23    Corporation, as computed by the  Department,  or  such  other
24    rate  as  determined  by  the Department.  This rate shall be
25    known as the survey rate. For sales  occurring  on  or  after
26    January  1,  1992,  through December 31, 1999, adjustments in
27    the prevailing cost of cash shall  be  made  only  after  the
28    survey  rate  has  been  at  or  above 13% for 12 consecutive
29    months and will continue until the survey rate has been below
30    13% for 12 consecutive months.  For  sales  occurring  on  or
31    after January 1, 2000, adjustments for seller paid points and
32    adjustments in the prevailing cost of cash shall be made only
33    after  the  survey  rate  has  been  at  or  above 13% for 12
34    consecutive months and will continue until  the  survey  rate
 
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 1    has  been below 13% for 12 consecutive months. The Department
 2    shall not include in its sales ratio studies the initial sale
 3    of  residential  property  that   has   been   converted   to
 4    condominium  property.  The  Department shall make public its
 5    adjustment procedure upon request.
 6    (Source: P.A. 86-1481; 87-877; 88-455.)

 7        (35 ILCS 200/17-15)
 8        Sec.   17-15.    Tentative   equalization   factor.   The
 9    Department shall forward to the County Clerk of  each  county
10    in  each  year  its  estimate  of the percentage, established
11    under Section 17-5, to be  added  to  or  deducted  from  the
12    aggregate  of  the  locally assessed property in that county,
13    other than property assessed under  Sections  10-110  through
14    10-140 and 10-170 through 10-200. The percentage relationship
15    to  be  certified  to each county or to the several townships
16    therein by the Department as provided by Section 17-25  shall
17    be determined by the ratio between the percentage estimate so
18    made  and  forwarded,  as  provided  by this Section, and the
19    level of assessments of the assessed valuations  as  made  by
20    the  assessors and thereafter finally revised by the board of
21    review or board of appeals of  that  county.   Such  estimate
22    shall  be  forwarded by the Department to the County Clerk of
23    any County within 15 days after the chief  county  assessment
24    officer   files  with  the  Department  an  abstract  of  the
25    assessments of the locally assessed property in  the  county,
26    as  finally  revised.  The abstract shall be in substantially
27    the same form as required of the  County  Clerk  by  Sections
28    9-250  and 9-255 after completion of the revisions thereafter
29    to be made by the board of review or board of appeals of  the
30    county, except that the abstract shall specify separately the
31    amount  of  omitted  property, and the amount of improvements
32    upon property assessed for the first time in that  year.  The
33    chief county assessment officer shall forward the abstract to
 
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 1    the  Department  within  30  days  after returning the county
 2    assessment books to the county board of review  or  board  of
 3    appeals.
 4    (Source: P.A. 86-905; 88-455.)

 5        (35 ILCS 200/17-20)
 6        Sec.  17-20.   Hearing  on tentative equalization factor.
 7    The  Department  shall,  after   publishing   its   tentative
 8    equalization  factor  and  giving  notice  of  hearing to the
 9    public in a newspaper of general circulation in  the  county,
10    hold a hearing on its estimate not less than 10 days nor more
11    than  30  days  from the date of the publication.  The notice
12    shall state the date and time of the hearing, which shall  be
13    held  in  either  Chicago  or  Springfield, the basis for the
14    estimate of the Department, and further  information  as  the
15    Department  may prescribe. The Department shall, after giving
16    a hearing to  all  interested  parties  and  opportunity  for
17    submitting testimony and evidence in support of or adverse to
18    the  estimate  as  the Department considers requisite, either
19    confirm or revise the estimate so as to  correctly  represent
20    the  considered  judgment  of  the  Department respecting the
21    estimated percentage to be added  to  or  deducted  from  the
22    aggregate  assessment of all locally assessed property in the
23    county except property assessed under Sections 10-110 through
24    10-140 or 10-170 through 10-200.  Within 30  days  after  the
25    conclusion  of  the  hearing the Department shall mail to the
26    County Clerk,  by  certified  mail,  its  determination  with
27    respect  to  such  estimated  percentage  to  be  added to or
28    deducted from the aggregate assessment.  The  amendment  made
29    by  P.A.  77-714  does not apply in any county which elects a
30    county assessor under Sections 3-45 or 3-50.
31    (Source: P.A. 86-905; 88-455.)

32        (35 ILCS 200/17-25)
 
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 1        Sec. 17-25.  Application of  final  equalization  factor.
 2    The assessments of all property, other than property assessed
 3    under  Sections  10-110  through  10-140  and  10-170 through
 4    10-200, as returned by the county clerks, shall be  equalized
 5    by  adding  to  the aggregate assessed value thereof in every
 6    county in which the Department finds the valuation to be less
 7    than 33 1/3% of the fair cash value of the property, the rate
 8    per cent which will raise the aggregate assessed valuation to
 9    33 1/3% of  fair  cash  value,  and  by  deducting  from  the
10    aggregate assessed value thereof, in every county or township
11      in which the Department finds the valuation to be more than
12    33 1/3% of the fair cash value, the rate per cent which  will
13    reduce  the  aggregate  assessed valuation to 33 1/3% of fair
14    cash value.
15        However, no equalization factor shall be certified by the
16    Department to raise or reduce the aggregate assessed value of
17    any county or township in which the aggregate assessed  value
18    of property other than that assessed under the Sections cited
19    above, is more than 99% and less than 101% of 33 1/3% of fair
20    cash  value. The amendment made by P.A. 77-714 does not apply
21    within the jurisdiction of any county which elects  a  county
22    assessor under Sections 3-45 or 3-50.
23    (Source: P.A. 84-1343; 88-455.)

24        (35 ILCS 200/17-30)
25        Sec.  17-30.  Certification of final equalization factor.
26    When  the  Department  has  completed  its  equalization   of
27    assessments  in  each  year,  it  shall  certify  to each the
28    several county clerk clerks the percentage finally determined
29    by it to be added to or deducted from the listed or  assessed
30    valuation  of  property  in  the  county  several counties or
31    townships as returned by the county clerk.
32    (Source: P.A. 78-255; 88-455.)
 
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 1        (35 ILCS 200/17-35)
 2        Sec. 17-35.  Certification of assessments. The Department
 3    shall certify to the county clerks of the proper counties the
 4    assessments  made  by  it  on  certified  pollution   control
 5    facilities,  low  sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled devices
 6    and on property owned or used by railroad companies operating
 7    within this State,  along  with  the  distribution  of  those
 8    railroad  assessments  among  the respective taxing districts
 9    within the counties. The county clerks shall extend the taxes
10    for all purposes on the amounts so  certified,  in  the  same
11    manner  as  taxes  are extended against other property in the
12    taxing districts in which the pollution  control  facilities,
13    low  sulfur dioxide emission coal fueled devices and railroad
14    property are allocated or distributed.
15        The amendment made by P.A. 77-714 does not  apply  within
16    the jurisdiction of any county which elects a county assessor
17    under Sections 3-45 or 3-50.
18    (Source: P.A. 78-255; 88-455.)

19        (35 ILCS 200/31-10)
20        Sec.  31-10.   Imposition of tax. A tax is imposed on the
21    privilege  of  transferring  title   to   real   estate,   as
22    represented by the deed that is filed for recordation, and on
23    the  privilege  of transferring a beneficial interest in real
24    property that is the subject of a land trust  as  represented
25    by  the  trust document that is filed for recordation, at the
26    rate of 50¢ for each $500 of value or fraction of $500 stated
27    in the declaration required by Section 31-25.   If,  however,
28    the  deed  or  trust  document states that the real estate is
29    transferred subject to a mortgage the amount of the  mortgage
30    remaining  outstanding  at  the time of transfer shall not be
31    included in the basis of computing the tax.
32    (Source:  P.A.  86-624;  86-925;  86-1028;  86-1475;  87-543;
33    88-455.)
 
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 1        (35 ILCS 200/31-15)
 2        Sec.  31-15.   Collection  of  tax.   The  tax  shall  be
 3    collected by the recorder  or  registrar  of  titles  of  the
 4    county  in  which  the  property is situated several counties
 5    through the sale of revenue stamps, the design, denominations
 6    and form of which shall be prescribed by the  Department.  If
 7    requested  by the recorder or registrar of titles of a county
 8    that has imposed a county  real  estate  transfer  tax  under
 9    Section  5-1031  of  the  Counties Code, the Department shall
10    design the stamps furnished to that county under this Section
11    so that the same stamp also provides evidence of the  payment
12    of  the  county real estate transfer tax and shall include in
13    the design of the  stamp  the  name  of  the  county  and  an
14    indication  that the stamp is evidence of the payment of both
15    State and county real  estate  transfer  taxes.  The  revenue
16    stamps  shall  be  sold  by the Department to the recorder or
17    registrar of titles who shall cause them to be sold  for  the
18    purposes prescribed. The Department shall charge at a rate of
19    50¢  per  $500  of  value in units of not less than $500. The
20    recorder or registrar of titles of the several counties shall
21    sell the revenue stamps at a rate of 50¢ per $500 of value or
22    fraction of $500. The recorder or registrar of titles may use
23    the proceeds for the purchase  of  revenue  stamps  from  the
24    Department.
25    (Source:  P.A.  86-624;  86-925;  86-1028;  86-1475;  87-543;
26    88-455.)

27        (35 ILCS 200/31-25)
28        Sec.  31-25.  Transfer declaration. At the time a deed or
29    trust document is presented for recordation, there shall also
30    be presented  to  the  recorder  or  registrar  of  titles  a
31    declaration,  signed  by at least one of the sellers and also
32    signed by at least one of the buyers in the transaction or by
33    the attorneys or agents  for  the  sellers  or  buyers.   The
 
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 1    declaration   shall  state  information  including,  but  not
 2    limited to: (a) the full consideration for  the  property  so
 3    transferred; (b) the parcel identifying permanent real estate
 4    index   number  of  the  property,  if  any;  (c)  the  legal
 5    description of the property; (d) the  date  of  the  deed  or
 6    trust  document;  (e) the type of deed or trust document; (f)
 7    the address of the property; (g) the type of improvement,  if
 8    any,  on the property conveyed; (h) information as to whether
 9    the transfer is  between  related  individuals  or  corporate
10    affiliates relatives or is a compulsory transaction; (i) that
11    the  parties  are  advised  that  the  State  of Illinois has
12    enacted the Smoke Detector Act;  and  (j)  the  lot  size  or
13    acreage;  (j)  the  value  of personal property sold with the
14    real estate; (k) the year the contract was  initiated  if  an
15    installment  sale;  and  (l) the name, address, and telephone
16    number of the person preparing the  declaration.   Except  as
17    provided in Section 31-45, a deed or trust document shall not
18    be  accepted  for  recordation  unless it is accompanied by a
19    declaration containing all the information requested  in  the
20    declaration.   When the declaration is  signed by an attorney
21    or agent on behalf of sellers or buyers who have the power of
22    direction to deal with the title to the real estate  under  a
23    land  trust  agreement, the trustee being the mere repository
24    of record legal title with  a  duty  of  conveying  the  real
25    estate   only   when  and  if  directed  in  writing  by  the
26    beneficiary or beneficiaries having the power  of  direction,
27    the  attorneys  or agents executing the declaration on behalf
28    of the sellers or buyers need identify only  the  land  trust
29    that  is  the  repository  of  record legal title and not the
30    beneficiary or beneficiaries having the  power  of  direction
31    under the land trust agreement. The declaration form shall be
32    prescribed   by   the  Department  and  shall  contain  sales
33    information questions. For sales occurring during a period in
34    which the provisions of Section 17-10 require the  Department
 
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 1    to  adjust  sale prices for seller paid points and prevailing
 2    cost of cash The subject of the sales  information  questions
 3    shall   include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  information  on
 4    compulsory transactions, sales between relatives and  related
 5    corporations,  contractual  sales, and deed or trust document
 6    types. In addition,    the  declaration  form  shall  contain
 7    questions  regarding  the financing of the sale.  The subject
 8    of the financing questions shall include  any  direct  seller
 9    participation  in the financing of the sale or information on
10    financing that is unconventional so as  to  affect  the  fair
11    cash  value  received by the seller.  The intent of the sales
12    and financing questions is to aid in  the  reduction  in  the
13    number  of  buyers  required to provide financing information
14    necessary for the adjustment outlined in Section 17-10.   For
15    sales  occurring  during  a period in which the provisions of
16    Section 17-10 require the Department to  adjust  sale  prices
17    for  seller  paid  points  and  prevailing  cost of cash, the
18    declaration form shall include, at a minimum, an  appropriate
19    place for the inclusion of special facts or circumstances, if
20    any,  and  shall include the following data:  (a) seller paid
21    points, value of personal property sold with the real estate,
22     (b) sales finance charges (points) paid by the  seller,  (c)
23    the sales price, (c) (d) type of financing (conventional, VA,
24    FHA,  seller-financed,  or  other), (d) (e) down payment, (e)
25    (f) term, (f) (g) interest rate, (g) (h) type and description
26    of interest rate (fixed, adjustable or renegotiable), and (h)
27    an appropriate place for the inclusion of  special  facts  or
28    circumstances,   if  any.  (i)  the  year  the  contract  was
29    initiated if a contractual sale, and (j)  the  name,  address
30    and  telephone  number  of  the  person  filling out the real
31    estate transfer declaration. In counties of 3,000,000 or more
32    inhabitants, the declaration shall also contain  a  sworn  or
33    affirmed  statement  executed by the grantor or the grantor's
34    agent stating that, to the best of his or her knowledge,  the
 
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 1    name  of  the   grantee  shown  on  the deed or assignment of
 2    beneficial interest in a  land  trust  is  either  a  natural
 3    person,   an  Illinois  corporation  or  foreign  corporation
 4    authorized to do business or acquire and hold title  to  real
 5    estate  in  Illinois, a partnership authorized to do business
 6    or acquire and hold title to  real  estate  in  Illinois,  or
 7    other  entity  recognized  as  a  person and authorized to do
 8    business or acquire and hold title to real estate  under  the
 9    laws   of   Illinois.   In  counties  of  3,000,000  or  more
10    inhabitants, the declaration shall also contain  a  sworn  or
11    affirmed  statement  executed by the grantee or the grantee's
12    agent verifying that the name of the  grantee  shown  on  the
13    deed or assignment of beneficial interest in a  land trust is
14    either  a  natural person, an Illinois corporation or foreign
15    corporation authorized to do business  or  acquire  and  hold
16    title to real estate in Illinois, a partnership authorized to
17    do  business  or  acquire  and  hold  title to real estate in
18    Illinois,  or  other  entity  recognized  as  a  person   and
19    authorized  to  do business or acquire and hold title to real
20    estate under the  laws  of  Illinois.  The  Department  shall
21    provide  an  adequate  supply  of  forms to each recorder and
22    registrar of titles in the State.
23    (Source:  P.A.  86-624;  86-925;  86-1028;  86-1475;  87-543;
24    88-455.)

25        (35 ILCS 200/31-30)
26        Sec. 31-30.  Use of transfer declaration.   The  recorder
27    or  registrar of titles shall not record the declaration, but
28    shall insert on  the  declaration  and  all  attachments  the
29    Document  Number  assigned to the deed or trust document, and
30    shall within 30 days of receipt then transmit the declaration
31    to the chief county assessment  officer.   The  chief  county
32    assessment  officer  shall insert on the declaration the most
33    recent assessed value for  each  parcel  of  the  transferred
 
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 1    property  and  other  information required by the Department,
 2    and, within 30 days of receipt  or  within  30  days  of  the
 3    adjournment   of   the  board  of  review  for  the  previous
 4    assessment year, whichever is  later  at  least  once  during
 5    every  month,  shall  transmit  all  the  declarations to the
 6    Department. The chief county assessment officer may also copy
 7    and  retain  any  information  relating   to   the   property
 8    transferred  to  assist  in  determining  the proper assessed
 9    valuation of the property transferred and other properties in
10    his county.
11    (Source:  P.A.  86-624;  86-925;  86-1028;  86-1475;  87-543;
12    88-455.)

13        (35 ILCS 200/31-35)
14        Sec. 31-35.  Deposit of tax revenue.  Beginning  July  1,
15    1993 through June 30, 1994, 50% of the monies collected under
16    Section 31-15 shall be deposited into the Illinois Affordable
17    Housing  Trust  Fund,  10% into the General Revenue Fund, 28%
18    into the Open Space Lands Acquisition  and  Development  Fund
19    and  12%  into the Natural Areas Acquisition Fund.  Beginning
20    July 1, 1994, 50% of the monies collected under Section 31-15
21    shall be deposited into the Illinois Affordable Housing Trust
22    Fund,  35%  into  the  Open  Space  Lands   Acquisition   and
23    Development  Fund  and 15% into the Natural Areas Acquisition
24    Fund.
25    (Source:  P.A.  86-624;  86-925;  86-1028;  86-1475;  87-543;
26    88-455.)

27        (35 ILCS 200/31-45)
28        Sec. 31-45.  Exemptions. The  following  deeds  or  trust
29    documents shall be exempt from the provisions of this Article
30    except as provided  in this Section:
31        (a)  Deeds representing real estate transfers made before
32    January  1,  1968,  but  recorded  after  that date and trust
 
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 1    documents executed before January 1, 1986, but recorded after
 2    that date.
 3        (b)  Deeds to or trust documents relating to (1) property
 4    acquired by any governmental body or  from  any  governmental
 5    body,   (2)   property   or   interests  transferred  between
 6    governmental bodies, or (3) property acquired by or from  any
 7    corporation,  society, association, foundation or institution
 8    organized and operated exclusively for charitable,  religious
 9    or  educational purposes.  However, deeds or trust documents,
10    other than those in  which  the  Administrator  of  Veterans'
11    Affairs  of  the   United States is the grantee pursuant to a
12    foreclosure proceeding, shall not be exempt from  filing  the
13    declaration.
14        (c)  Deeds  or  trust documents that secure debt or other
15    obligation.
16        (d)  Deeds or trust documents  that,  without  additional
17    consideration, confirm, correct, modify, or supplement a deed
18    or trust document previously recorded.
19        (e)  Deeds   or   trust   documents   where   the  actual
20    consideration is less than $100.
21        (f)  Tax deeds.
22        (g)  Deeds or trust documents that release property  that
23    is security for a debt or other obligation.
24        (h)  Deeds of partition.
25        (i)  Deeds  or  trust documents made pursuant to mergers,
26    consolidations or transfers or sales of substantially all  of
27    the  assets  of  corporations  under  plans of reorganization
28    under the Federal Internal Revenue Code or Title  11  of  the
29    Federal Bankruptcy Act.
30        (j)  Deeds  or  trust  documents  made  by  a  subsidiary
31    corporation  to  its  parent corporation for no consideration
32    other than the cancellation or surrender of the  subsidiary's
33    stock.
34        (k)  Deeds  when  there  is  an  actual  exchange of real
 
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 1    estate and trust documents when there is an  actual  exchange
 2    of beneficial interests, except that that money difference or
 3    money's  worth  paid from one to the other is not exempt from
 4    the tax.  These deeds or trust documents, however, shall  not
 5    be exempt from filing the declaration.
 6        (l)  Deeds  issued  to a holder of a mortgage, as defined
 7    in Section 15-103 of the Code of Civil Procedure, pursuant to
 8    a mortgage foreclosure proceeding or pursuant to  a  transfer
 9    in lieu of foreclosure.
10        (m)  A  deed or trust document related to the purchase of
11    a  principal  residence  by  a  participant  in  the  program
12    authorized by the Home Ownership Made Easy Act,  except  that
13    those  deeds  and  trust  documents  shall not be exempt from
14    filing the declaration.
15    (Source: P.A. 87-1206; 88-455.)

16        (35 ILCS 200/31-47 new)
17        Sec.  31-47.   Verification.   In  all   counties,   each
18    transfer  declaration  filed  under  this Law shall include a
19    written statement by both the grantor or grantor's agent  and
20    the grantee or grantee's agent that the information contained
21    in  the declaration is true and correct to the best of his or
22    her knowledge and belief.  In counties of 3,000,000  or  more
23    inhabitants,  the  declaration  shall  also contain a written
24    statement executed by the  grantor  or  the  grantor's  agent
25    verifying that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the name
26    of  the grantee shown on the deed or assignment of beneficial
27    interest in a land trust  is  either  a  natural  person,  an
28    Illinois  corporation or foreign corporation authorized to do
29    business  or  acquire  and  hold  title  to  real  estate  in
30    Illinois, a partnership authorized to do business or  acquire
31    and  hold  title  to real estate in Illinois, or other entity
32    recognized as a person  and  authorized  to  do  business  or
33    acquire  and  hold  title  to  real  estate under the laws of
 
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 1    Illinois.  In counties of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants,  the
 2    declaration  shall  also contain a written statement executed
 3    by the grantee or the grantee's agent verifying that the name
 4    of the grantee shown on the deed or assignment of  beneficial
 5    interest  in  a  land  trust  is  either a natural person, an
 6    Illinois corporation or foreign corporation authorized to  do
 7    business  or  acquire  and  hold  title  to  real  estate  in
 8    Illinois,  a partnership authorized to do business or acquire
 9    and hold title to real estate in Illinois,  or  other  entity
10    recognized  as  a  person  and  authorized  to do business or
11    acquire and hold title to  real  estate  under  the  laws  of
12    Illinois.

13        (35 ILCS 200/31-50)
14        Sec. 31-50.  Penalties.  Any person, including any person
15    preparing  the declaration, who willfully falsifies the value
16    of transferred  real  estate  on  the  transfer   declaration
17    required  by  Section  31-25  or  who  willfully falsifies or
18    willfully omits any other  information  required  by  Section
19    31-25 or who willfully and falsely claims a transaction to be
20    exempt   under   Section  31-45  is   guilty  of  a  Class  B
21    misdemeanor.  Any  person  who  knowingly  submits  a   false
22    statement  concerning  the  identity  of  a grantee under the
23    provisions  of  this  Article  is  guilty  of   a   Class   C
24    misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent conviction of an offense
25    is  a  Class  A  misdemeanor.  A  prosecution  for any act in
26    violation of this Article may be commenced at any time within
27    5 years 3 years of the commission of the act. Only the  buyer
28    or the buyer's representative shall attest to the accuracy of
29    the  financing  information  reported on the  declaration and
30    required by  Section  31-25.  Any  person  convicted  of  any
31    offense  under this Law is liable for the tax due in addition
32    to any fines imposed by the court.
33    (Source: P.A. 84-1308; 88-455.)
 
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 1        (35 ILCS 200/31-60)
 2        Sec. 31-60.  Check for violations. The  Department  shall
 3    conduct   spot   checks  or  investigations  of  declarations
 4    required to be filed by this Article and  may  shall  forward
 5    information  of  violations  to  the  State's Attorney of the
 6    county  where  the  violations  occur  for  prosecution   and
 7    collection of taxes.
 8    (Source: P.A. 81-936; 88-455.)

 9        (35 ILCS 200/31-70)
10        Sec.   31-70.    Rules.   The  Department  may  prescribe
11    reasonable rules for  the  administration  of  this  Article,
12    including  rules  permitting  a  transfer  declaration  in  a
13    prescribed  electronic  form  and  permitting  the electronic
14    transmission of the transfer declaration using  a  prescribed
15    method and format.
16    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1716; P.A. 88-455.)

17        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
18    January 1, 2000.".

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