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92_HB2200 LRB9204372MWcs 1 AN ACT concerning property taxes. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 5 Section 3-5 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 200/3-5) 7 Sec. 3-5. Supervisor of assessments. In counties with 8 less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and in which no county 9 assessor has been elected under Section 3-45, there shall be 10 a county supervisor of assessments, either appointed as 11 provided in this Section, or elected. 12 In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and not 13 having an elected county assessor or an elected supervisor of 14 assessments, the office of supervisor of assessments shall be 15 filled by appointment by the presiding officer of the county 16 board with the advice and consent of the county board. 17 To be eligible for appointment or to be eligible to file 18 nomination papers or participate as a candidate in any 19 primary or general election for, or be elected to, the office 20 of supervisor of assessments, or to enter upon the duties of 21 the office, a person must possess one of the following 22 qualifications as certified by the individual to the county 23 clerk: 24 (1) a Certified Illinois Assessing Official 25 certificate from the Illinois Property Assessment 26 Institute, plus the additional training required for 27 additional compensation under Section 4-10; 28 (2) a Certified Assessment Evaluator certificate 29 from the International Association of Assessing Officers; 30 or 31 (3) a Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI), -2- LRB9204372MWcs 1 Residential Member (RM), Senior Real Estate Analyst 2 (SREA), Senior Real Property Analyst (SRPA) or Senior 3 Residential Analyst (SRA) certificate from the Appraisal 4 Institute or its predecessor organizations. 5 (4) If the person is appointed or elected before 6 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd 7 General Assembly, a Certified Illinois Assessing Official 8 certificate from the Illinois Property Assessment 9 Institute with a minimum of 360 additional hours of 10 successfully completed courses approved by the Department 11 if at least 180 of the course hours required a written 12 examination. 13 In addition, a person must have had at least 2 years' 14 experience in the field of property sales, assessments, 15 finance or appraisals and must have passed an examination 16 conducted by the Department to determine his or her 17 competence to hold the office. The examination may be 18 conducted by the Department at a convenient location in the 19 county or region. Notice of the time and place shall be 20 given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in 21 the counties, at least one week prior to the exam. The 22 Department shall certify to the county board a list of the 23 names and scores of persons who pass the examination. The 24 Department may provide by rule the maximum time that the name 25 of a person who has passed the examination will be included 26 on a list of persons eligible for appointment or election. 27 The term of office shall be 4 years from the date of 28 appointment and until a successor is appointed and qualified. 29 (Source: P.A. 84-837; 86-905; 88-455.) 30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 31 becoming law.