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92_HB2200eng HB2200 Engrossed 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), HB2200 Engrossed -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 has served as a supervisor of 6 assessments for 12 years or more, a Certified Illinois 7 Assessing Official certificate from the Illinois Property 8 Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360 additional 9 hours of successfully completed courses approved by the 10 Department if at least 180 of the course hours required a 11 written examination. 12 In addition, a person must have had at least 2 years' 13 experience in the field of property sales, assessments, 14 finance or appraisals and must have passed an examination 15 conducted by the Department to determine his or her 16 competence to hold the office. The examination may be 17 conducted by the Department at a convenient location in the 18 county or region. Notice of the time and place shall be 19 given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in 20 the counties, at least one week prior to the exam. The 21 Department shall certify to the county board a list of the 22 names and scores of persons who pass the examination. The 23 Department may provide by rule the maximum time that the name 24 of a person who has passed the examination will be included 25 on a list of persons eligible for appointment or election. 26 The term of office shall be 4 years from the date of 27 appointment and until a successor is appointed and qualified. 28 (Source: P.A. 84-837; 86-905; 88-455.) 29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 30 becoming law.