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| Public Act 101-0467
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| HB2243 Enrolled | LRB101 08490 HLH 53567 b |
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing |
Sections 2-45 and 3-5 as follows:
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(35 ILCS 200/2-45)
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Sec. 2-45.
Selection and eligibility of township and |
multi-township
assessors.
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(a) In all counties
under township organization, township |
or multi-township assessors shall
be qualified as required by |
subsections (b) through (d) of this Section and
shall be |
elected as provided in this Code. Township or multi-township
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assessors shall enter upon their duties on January 1 following |
their election,
and perform the duties of the office for 4 |
years.
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(b) Beginning December 1, 1996, in any township or |
multi-township
assessment
district not subject to the |
requirements of subsections (c) or (d) of this
Section, no |
person is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as |
a
candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for, |
or be appointed to
fill vacancies in, the office of township or |
multi-township assessor, unless he
or she (i) has successfully |
completed an introductory course in assessment
practices that |
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is approved by the Department; or (ii) possesses at least one |
of
the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
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subsection (c) of
this Section. The candidate cannot file |
nominating papers or participate as a
candidate unless a copy |
of the certificate of his or her qualifications from the |
Department is
filed with the township clerk, board
of election |
commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by |
the
Election Code. The candidate cannot be appointed to fill a |
vacancy until he or
she has filed a copy of the certificate of |
his or her qualifications
from the Department with the |
appointing authority.
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(c) Beginning December 1, 1996, in a township or |
multi-township assessment
district with $25,000,000 or more of |
non-farm equalized assessed value or
$1,000,000 or more in |
commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no
person |
is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as a |
candidate in
any caucus or primary or general election for, or |
be appointed to fill
vacancies in, the office of township or |
multi-township assessor, unless he or
she possesses at least |
one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1)
through (6) |
of this subsection (c).
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(1) a currently active Certified Illinois Assessing |
Officer designation certificate from the Illinois
Property |
Assessment Institute with current additional 30 class |
hours as
required for additional compensation under |
Section 4-10;
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(2) (blank); (A) A Certified Illinois Assessing |
Officer certificate from the
Illinois Property Assessment |
Institute with a minimum of 300 additional hours
of |
successfully completed courses approved by the Department, |
if at least 150
of the course hours required a written |
examination; and
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(B) within the 4 years preceding the election, |
successful completion of
at least 15 class hours of |
additional training in courses that must be approved
by the |
Department, including but not limited to, assessment, |
appraisal, or
computer courses, and that may be offered by |
accredited universities, colleges,
or community colleges;
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(3) a currently active AAS, CAE, or MAS Certified |
Assessment Evaluator designation from the International
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Association of Assessing Officers;
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(4) a currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM |
designation certification as a Member of the Appraisal |
Institute, Senior Real
Estate Analyst, or Senior Real |
Property Appraiser from the Appraisal Institute
or its |
predecessor organization;
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(5) a currently active professional designation by any |
other appraisal or assessing
association approved by the |
Department; or
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(6) (blank). if the person has served as a township or |
multi-township assessor for
12 years or more, a Certified |
Illinois Assessing Official certificate from the
Illinois |
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Property Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360 |
additional hours
of
successfully completed courses |
approved by the Department, if at least 180 of
the
course |
hours required a written examination.
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The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate |
as a candidate
unless a copy of the certificate of his or her
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qualifications from the Department is filed with the township |
clerk, board
of election commissioners, or other appropriate |
authority as required by the
Election Code. The candidate |
cannot be appointed to fill a vacancy until he or
she has filed |
a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications
with the |
appointing authority.
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(d) Beginning December 1, 2000, in a township or |
multi-township assessment
district with more than $10,000,000 |
and less than $25,000,000 of non-farm
equalized assessed value |
and less than $1,000,000 in commercial and industrial
equalized |
assessed value, no person who has previously been elected as |
township
or multi-township assessor in any such township or |
multi-township assessment
district is eligible to file |
nomination papers or participate as a candidate
in any caucus |
or primary or general election for the office of township or
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multi-township assessor, unless he or she possesses at least |
one of the
qualifications
listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) |
of subsection (c) of this
Section. The
candidate cannot file |
nominating papers or participate as a candidate unless a
copy |
of the certificate of his or her qualifications from the |
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Department is
filed with the township clerk, board of election
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commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by |
the Election Code.
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(e) If any person files nominating papers for candidacy for |
the office
of township or multi-township assessor without also |
filing a copy of the
certificate of his or her qualifications |
from the Department as required by this Section, the clerk of |
the township, the
board of election commissioners, or other |
appropriate authority as required
by the Election Code shall |
refuse to certify the name of the person
as a candidate to the |
proper election officials.
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If no candidate for election meets the above qualifications |
there shall
be no election and the town board of trustees or |
multi-township board of
trustees shall appoint or contract with |
a person under Section 2-60.
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As used in this Section only, "non-farm equalized assessed |
value" means the
total equalized assessed value in the township |
or multi-township assessment
district as reported to
the |
Department under Section 18-225 after removal of homestead |
exemptions, and
after removal of the equalized assessed value |
reported as farm or minerals
to the Department under Section |
18-225.
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For purposes of this Section only, "file nomination papers" |
also includes
having nomination papers filed on behalf of the |
candidate by another person.
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(Source: P.A. 93-188, eff. 7-11-03.)
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(35 ILCS 200/3-5)
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Sec. 3-5. Supervisor of assessments. In counties with less |
than 3,000,000
inhabitants and in which no county assessor has |
been elected under Section
3-45, there shall be a county |
supervisor of assessments, either appointed as
provided in this |
Section, or elected.
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In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and not |
having an elected
county assessor or an elected supervisor of |
assessments, the office of
supervisor of assessments shall be |
filled by appointment by the presiding
officer of the county |
board with the advice and consent of the county board.
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To be eligible for appointment or to be eligible to file |
nomination
papers or participate as a candidate in any primary |
or general election
for, or be elected to, the office of |
supervisor of assessments, or to enter
upon the duties of the |
office, a person must possess one of the following
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qualifications as certified by the Department individual to the |
county clerk:
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(1) A currently active Certified Illinois Assessing |
Officer designation Official certificate from the Illinois
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Property Assessment Institute, plus the additional |
training required for
additional compensation under |
Section 4-10.
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(2) A currently active AAS, CAE, or MAS designation |
Certified Assessment Evaluator certificate from the |
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International
Association of Assessing Officers.
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(3) A currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM |
designation Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI), |
Residential Member (RM),
Senior Real Estate Analyst |
(SREA), Senior Real Property Analyst (SRPA) or
Senior |
Residential Analyst (SRA) certificate from the Appraisal |
Institute or
its predecessor organizations.
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(4) (blank). If the person has served as a supervisor |
of assessments for 12
years or more, a Certified Illinois |
Assessing Official certificate
from the Illinois Property |
Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360
additional hours |
of
successfully completed courses approved by the |
Department if at least 180 of
the course hours
required a |
written examination.
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In addition, a person must have had at least 2 years' |
experience in the field
of property sales, assessments, finance |
or appraisals and must have passed an
examination conducted by |
the Department to determine his or her competence to
hold the |
office. The examination may be conducted by the Department at a
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convenient location in the county or region. Notice of the time |
and place
shall be given by publication in a newspaper of |
general circulation in the
counties, at least one week prior to |
the exam. The Department shall certify to
the county board a |
list of the names and scores of persons who pass the
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examination. The Department may provide by rule the maximum |
time that the name
of a person who has passed the examination |
