Illinois Senate Bill 202

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Vacancy Fraud Act. Provides that, on or after January 1, 2024, any owner of real property located in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants may file a written vacancy fraud complaint alleging that: (i) certain real property in that county has received a decrease in assessed value, a decrease in market value, or an abatement of taxes because the property is vacant; and (ii) the owner of that vacant property is not actively attempting to sell or lease the property or actively attempting to alter or modify the property to prepare it for sale or lease. Sets forth factors for determining vacancy fraud. Provides that the owner of the vacant property may be subject to the following penalties: (1) the payment of 3 times the amount of back taxes owed for any vacancy reduction the subject property received for the period in which the subject property received the reduction but was found to have engaged vacancy fraud; and (2) the payment of interest on any back taxes. Effective immediately.

VACANCY FRAUD ACT

Sen. Laura Murphy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-02-22	Senate	To Subcommittee on Property
2023-02-07	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2023-01-31	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-01-31	Senate	First Reading
2023-01-31	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=202&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB0202.htm