Bill Text: IL HB2243 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning certifications required for township and multi-township assessors and supervisors of assessments. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0467 [HB2243 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2243-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning certifications required for township and multi-township assessors and supervisors of assessments. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0467 [HB2243 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2243-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 2-45 and 3-5 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/2-45)
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7 | Sec. 2-45.
Selection and eligibility of township and | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | multi-township
assessors.
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9 | (a) In all counties
under township organization, township | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | or multi-township assessors shall
be qualified as required by | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | subsections (b) through (d) of this Section and
shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | elected as provided in this Code. Township or multi-township
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13 | assessors shall enter upon their duties on January 1 following | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | their election,
and perform the duties of the office for 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | years.
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16 | (b) Beginning December 1, 1996, in any township or | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | multi-township
assessment
district not subject to the | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | requirements of subsections (c) or (d) of this
Section, no | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | person is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | a
candidate in any caucus or primary or general election for, | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | or be appointed to
fill vacancies in, the office of township or | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | multi-township assessor, unless he
or she (i) has successfully | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | completed an introductory course in assessment
practices that |
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1 | is approved by the Department; or (ii) possesses at least one | ||||||
2 | of
the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
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3 | subsection (c) of
this Section. The candidate cannot file | ||||||
4 | nominating papers or participate as a
candidate unless a copy | ||||||
5 | of the certificate of his or her qualifications from the | ||||||
6 | Department is
filed with the township clerk, board
of election | ||||||
7 | commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by | ||||||
8 | the
Election Code. The candidate cannot be appointed to fill a | ||||||
9 | vacancy until he or
she has filed a copy of the certificate of | ||||||
10 | his or her qualifications
from the Department with the | ||||||
11 | appointing authority.
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12 | (c) Beginning December 1, 1996, in a township or | ||||||
13 | multi-township assessment
district with $25,000,000 or more of | ||||||
14 | non-farm equalized assessed value or
$1,000,000 or more in | ||||||
15 | commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, no
person | ||||||
16 | is eligible to file nomination papers or participate as a | ||||||
17 | candidate in
any caucus or primary or general election for, or | ||||||
18 | be appointed to fill
vacancies in, the office of township or | ||||||
19 | multi-township assessor, unless he or
she possesses at least | ||||||
20 | one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs (1)
through (6) | ||||||
21 | of this subsection (c).
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22 | (1) a currently active Certified Illinois Assessing | ||||||
23 | Officer designation certificate from the Illinois
Property | ||||||
24 | Assessment Institute with current additional 30 class | ||||||
25 | hours as
required for additional compensation under | ||||||
26 | Section 4-10 ;
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1 | (2) (blank); (A) A Certified Illinois Assessing | ||||||
2 | Officer certificate from the
Illinois Property Assessment | ||||||
3 | Institute with a minimum of 300 additional hours
of | ||||||
4 | successfully completed courses approved by the Department, | ||||||
5 | if at least 150
of the course hours required a written | ||||||
6 | examination; and
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7 | (B) within the 4 years preceding the election, | ||||||
8 | successful completion of
at least 15 class hours of | ||||||
9 | additional training in courses that must be approved
by the | ||||||
10 | Department, including but not limited to, assessment, | ||||||
11 | appraisal, or
computer courses, and that may be offered by | ||||||
12 | accredited universities, colleges,
or community colleges;
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13 | (3) a currently active AAS, CAE, or MAS Certified | ||||||
14 | Assessment Evaluator designation from the International
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15 | Association of Assessing Officers;
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16 | (4) a currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM | ||||||
17 | designation certification as a Member of the Appraisal | ||||||
18 | Institute, Senior Real
Estate Analyst, or Senior Real | ||||||
19 | Property Appraiser from the Appraisal Institute
or its | ||||||
20 | predecessor organization ;
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21 | (5) a currently active professional designation by any | ||||||
22 | other appraisal or assessing
association approved by the | ||||||
23 | Department; or
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24 | (6) (blank). if the person has served as a township or | ||||||
25 | multi-township assessor for
12 years or more, a Certified | ||||||
26 | Illinois Assessing Official certificate from the
Illinois |
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1 | Property Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360 | ||||||
2 | additional hours
of
successfully completed courses | ||||||
3 | approved by the Department, if at least 180 of
the
course | ||||||
4 | hours required a written examination.
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5 | The candidate cannot file nominating papers or participate | ||||||
6 | as a candidate
unless a copy of the certificate of his or her
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7 | qualifications from the Department is filed with the township | ||||||
8 | clerk, board
of election commissioners, or other appropriate | ||||||
9 | authority as required by the
Election Code. The candidate | ||||||
10 | cannot be appointed to fill a vacancy until he or
she has filed | ||||||
11 | a copy of the certificate of his or her qualifications
with the | ||||||
12 | appointing authority.
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13 | (d) Beginning December 1, 2000, in a township or | ||||||
14 | multi-township assessment
district with more than $10,000,000 | ||||||
15 | and less than $25,000,000 of non-farm
equalized assessed value | ||||||
16 | and less than $1,000,000 in commercial and industrial
equalized | ||||||
17 | assessed value, no person who has previously been elected as | ||||||
18 | township
or multi-township assessor in any such township or | ||||||
19 | multi-township assessment
district is eligible to file | ||||||
20 | nomination papers or participate as a candidate
in any caucus | ||||||
21 | or primary or general election for the office of township or
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22 | multi-township assessor, unless he or she possesses at least | ||||||
23 | one of the
qualifications
listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) | ||||||
24 | of subsection (c) of this
Section. The
candidate cannot file | ||||||
25 | nominating papers or participate as a candidate unless a
copy | ||||||
26 | of the certificate of his or her qualifications from the |
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1 | Department is
filed with the township clerk, board of election
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2 | commissioners, or other appropriate authority as required by | ||||||
3 | the Election Code.
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4 | (e) If any person files nominating papers for candidacy for | ||||||
5 | the office
of township or multi-township assessor without also | ||||||
6 | filing a copy of the
certificate of his or her qualifications | ||||||
7 | from the Department as required by this Section, the clerk of | ||||||
8 | the township, the
board of election commissioners, or other | ||||||
9 | appropriate authority as required
by the Election Code shall | ||||||
10 | refuse to certify the name of the person
as a candidate to the | ||||||
11 | proper election officials.
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12 | If no candidate for election meets the above qualifications | ||||||
13 | there shall
be no election and the town board of trustees or | ||||||
14 | multi-township board of
trustees shall appoint or contract with | ||||||
15 | a person under Section 2-60.
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16 | As used in this Section only, "non-farm equalized assessed | ||||||
17 | value" means the
total equalized assessed value in the township | ||||||
18 | or multi-township assessment
district as reported to
the | ||||||
19 | Department under Section 18-225 after removal of homestead | ||||||
20 | exemptions, and
after removal of the equalized assessed value | ||||||
21 | reported as farm or minerals
to the Department under Section | ||||||
22 | 18-225.
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23 | For purposes of this Section only, "file nomination papers" | ||||||
24 | also includes
having nomination papers filed on behalf of the | ||||||
25 | candidate by another person.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 93-188, eff. 7-11-03.)
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1 | (35 ILCS 200/3-5)
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2 | Sec. 3-5. Supervisor of assessments. In counties with less | ||||||
3 | than 3,000,000
inhabitants and in which no county assessor has | ||||||
4 | been elected under Section
3-45, there shall be a county | ||||||
5 | supervisor of assessments, either appointed as
provided in this | ||||||
6 | Section, or elected.
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7 | In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and not | ||||||
8 | having an elected
county assessor or an elected supervisor of | ||||||
9 | assessments, the office of
supervisor of assessments shall be | ||||||
10 | filled by appointment by the presiding
officer of the county | ||||||
11 | board with the advice and consent of the county board.
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12 | To be eligible for appointment or to be eligible to file | ||||||
13 | nomination
papers or participate as a candidate in any primary | ||||||
14 | or general election
for, or be elected to, the office of | ||||||
15 | supervisor of assessments, or to enter
upon the duties of the | ||||||
16 | office, a person must possess one of the following
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17 | qualifications as certified by the Department individual to the | ||||||
18 | county clerk:
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19 | (1) A currently active Certified Illinois Assessing | ||||||
20 | Officer designation Official certificate from the Illinois
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21 | Property Assessment Institute , plus the additional | ||||||
22 | training required for
additional compensation under | ||||||
23 | Section 4-10 .
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24 | (2) A currently active AAS, CAE, or MAS designation | ||||||
25 | Certified Assessment Evaluator certificate from the |
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1 | International
Association of Assessing Officers.
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2 | (3) A currently active MAI, SREA, SRPA, SRA, or RM | ||||||
3 | designation Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI), | ||||||
4 | Residential Member (RM),
Senior Real Estate Analyst | ||||||
5 | (SREA), Senior Real Property Analyst (SRPA) or
Senior | ||||||
6 | Residential Analyst (SRA) certificate from the Appraisal | ||||||
7 | Institute or
its predecessor organizations .
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8 | (4) (blank). If the person has served as a supervisor | ||||||
9 | of assessments for 12
years or more, a Certified Illinois | ||||||
10 | Assessing Official certificate
from the Illinois Property | ||||||
11 | Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360
additional hours | ||||||
12 | of
successfully completed courses approved by the | ||||||
13 | Department if at least 180 of
the course hours
required a | ||||||
14 | written examination.
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15 | In addition, a person must have had at least 2 years' | ||||||
16 | experience in the field
of property sales, assessments, finance | ||||||
17 | or appraisals and must have passed an
examination conducted by | ||||||
18 | the Department to determine his or her competence to
hold the | ||||||
19 | office. The examination may be conducted by the Department at a
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20 | convenient location in the county or region. Notice of the time | ||||||
21 | and place
shall be given by publication in a newspaper of | ||||||
22 | general circulation in the
counties, at least one week prior to | ||||||
23 | the exam. The Department shall certify to
the county board a | ||||||
24 | list of the names and scores of persons who pass the
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25 | examination. The Department may provide by rule the maximum | ||||||
26 | time that the name
of a person who has passed the examination |
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1 | will be included on a list of
persons eligible for appointment | ||||||
2 | or election. The term of office shall be 4
years from the date | ||||||
3 | of appointment and until a successor is appointed and
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4 | qualified.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 92-667, eff. 7-16-02.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.
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