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91_HB4533
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1 AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section
2 16-125.
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 16-125 as follows:
7 (35 ILCS 200/16-125)
8 Sec. 16-125. Hearings. In counties with 3,000,000 or
9 more inhabitants, complaints filed with the board of appeals
10 (until the first Monday in December 1998 and the board of
11 review beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and
12 thereafter) shall be classified by townships. All complaints
13 shall be docketed numerically, in the order in which they are
14 presented, as nearly as possible, in books or computer
15 records kept for that purpose, which shall be open to public
16 inspection. The complaints shall be considered by townships
17 until they have been heard and passed upon by the board.
18 After completing final action on all matters in a township,
19 the board shall transmit such final actions to the county
20 assessor.
21 A hearing upon any complaint shall not be held until the
22 taxpayer affected and the county assessor have each been
23 notified and have been given an opportunity to be heard. All
24 hearings shall be open to the public and the board shall sit
25 together and hear the representations of the interested
26 parties or their representatives. An order for a correction
27 of any assessment shall not be made unless both commissioners
28 of the board, or a majority of the members in the case of a
29 board of review, concur therein, in which case, an order
30 therefor shall be made in open session and entered in the
31 records of the board. When an assessment is ordered
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1 corrected, the board shall transmit a computer printout of
2 the results, or make and sign a brief written statement of
3 the reason for the change and the manner in which the method
4 used by the assessor in making the assessment was erroneous,
5 and shall deliver a copy of the statement to the county
6 assessor. Upon request the board shall hear any taxpayer in
7 opposition to a proposed reduction in any assessment.
8 The board may destroy or otherwise dispose of complaints
9 and records pertaining thereto after the lapse of 5 10 years
10 from the date of filing.
11 (Source: P.A. 91-393, eff. 7-30-99; 91-425, eff. 8-6-99.)
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.