Bill Text: IL HB2807 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the maximum reduction under the senior citizens homestead exemption is $8,000 in all counties (currently, $8,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $5,000 in all other counties). Provides that, for taxable years 2019 and thereafter, the maximum reduction under the general homestead exemption is $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $8,000 in all other counties (currently, $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $6,000 in all other counties). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-08-07 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [HB2807 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2807-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 15-170 and 15-175 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/15-170) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 15-170. Senior citizens homestead exemption. An | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | annual homestead
exemption limited, except as described here | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | with relation to cooperatives or
life care facilities, to a
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10 | maximum reduction set forth below from the property's value, as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | equalized or
assessed by the Department, is granted for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | property that is occupied as a
residence by a person 65 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | of age or older who is liable for paying real
estate taxes on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the property and is an owner of record of the property or has a
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15 | legal or equitable interest therein as evidenced by a written | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | instrument,
except for a leasehold interest, other than a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | leasehold interest of land on
which a single family residence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | is located, which is occupied as a residence by
a person 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | years or older who has an ownership interest therein, legal,
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20 | equitable or as a lessee, and on which he or she is liable for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the payment
of property taxes. Before taxable year 2004, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | maximum reduction shall be $2,500 in counties with
3,000,000 or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | more inhabitants and $2,000 in all other counties. For taxable |
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1 | years 2004 through 2005, the maximum reduction shall be $3,000 | ||||||
2 | in all counties. For taxable years 2006 and 2007, the maximum | ||||||
3 | reduction shall be $3,500. For taxable years 2008 through 2011, | ||||||
4 | the maximum reduction is $4,000 in all counties.
For taxable | ||||||
5 | year 2012, the maximum reduction is $5,000 in counties with
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6 | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $4,000 in all other counties. | ||||||
7 | For taxable years 2013 through 2016, the maximum reduction is | ||||||
8 | $5,000 in all counties. For taxable years 2017 and 2018 | ||||||
9 | thereafter , the maximum reduction is $8,000 in counties with | ||||||
10 | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $5,000 in all other counties. | ||||||
11 | For taxable years 2019 and thereafter, the the maximum | ||||||
12 | reduction is $8,000 in all counties. | ||||||
13 | For land
improved with an apartment building owned and | ||||||
14 | operated as a cooperative, the maximum reduction from the value | ||||||
15 | of the property, as
equalized
by the Department, shall be | ||||||
16 | multiplied by the number of apartments or units
occupied by a | ||||||
17 | person 65 years of age or older who is liable, by contract with
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18 | the owner or owners of record, for paying property taxes on the | ||||||
19 | property and
is an owner of record of a legal or equitable | ||||||
20 | interest in the cooperative
apartment building, other than a | ||||||
21 | leasehold interest. For land improved with
a life care | ||||||
22 | facility, the maximum reduction from the value of the property, | ||||||
23 | as
equalized by the Department, shall be multiplied by the | ||||||
24 | number of apartments or
units occupied by persons 65 years of | ||||||
25 | age or older, irrespective of any legal,
equitable, or | ||||||
26 | leasehold interest in the facility, who are liable, under a
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1 | contract with the owner or owners of record of the facility, | ||||||
2 | for paying
property taxes on the property. In a
cooperative or | ||||||
3 | a life care facility where a
homestead exemption has been | ||||||
4 | granted, the cooperative association or the
management firm of | ||||||
5 | the cooperative or facility shall credit the savings
resulting | ||||||
6 | from that exemption only to
the apportioned tax liability of | ||||||
7 | the owner or resident who qualified for
the exemption.
Any | ||||||
8 | person who willfully refuses to so credit the savings shall be | ||||||
9 | guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor. Under this Section and | ||||||
10 | Sections 15-175, 15-176, and 15-177, "life care
facility" means | ||||||
11 | a facility, as defined in Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities
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12 | Act, with which the applicant for the homestead exemption has a | ||||||
13 | life care
contract as defined in that Act. | ||||||
14 | When a homestead exemption has been granted under this | ||||||
15 | Section and the person
qualifying subsequently becomes a | ||||||
16 | resident of a facility licensed under the Assisted Living and | ||||||
17 | Shared Housing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized | ||||||
18 | Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community | ||||||
19 | Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, the exemption shall continue so | ||||||
20 | long as the residence
continues to be occupied by the | ||||||
21 | qualifying person's spouse if the spouse is 65
years of age or | ||||||
22 | older, or if the residence remains unoccupied but is still
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23 | owned by the person qualified for the homestead exemption. | ||||||
24 | A person who will be 65 years of age
during the current | ||||||
25 | assessment year
shall
be eligible to apply for the homestead | ||||||
26 | exemption during that assessment
year.
Application shall be |
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1 | made during the application period in effect for the
county of | ||||||
2 | his residence. | ||||||
3 | Beginning with assessment year 2003, for taxes payable in | ||||||
4 | 2004,
property
that is first occupied as a residence after | ||||||
5 | January 1 of any assessment year by
a person who is eligible | ||||||
6 | for the senior citizens homestead exemption under this
Section | ||||||
7 | must be granted a pro-rata exemption for the assessment year. | ||||||
8 | The
amount of the pro-rata exemption is the exemption
allowed | ||||||
9 | in the county under this Section divided by 365 and multiplied | ||||||
10 | by the
number of days during the assessment year the property | ||||||
11 | is occupied as a
residence by a
person eligible for the | ||||||
12 | exemption under this Section. The chief county
assessment | ||||||
13 | officer must adopt reasonable procedures to establish | ||||||
14 | eligibility
for this pro-rata exemption. | ||||||
15 | The assessor or chief county assessment officer may | ||||||
16 | determine the eligibility
of a life care facility to receive | ||||||
17 | the benefits provided by this Section, by
affidavit, | ||||||
18 | application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other | ||||||
19 | reasonable
methods in order to insure that the tax savings | ||||||
20 | resulting from the exemption
are credited by the management | ||||||
21 | firm to the apportioned tax liability of each
qualifying | ||||||
22 | resident. The assessor may request reasonable proof that the
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23 | management firm has so credited the exemption. | ||||||
24 | The chief county assessment officer of each county with | ||||||
25 | less than 3,000,000
inhabitants shall provide to each person | ||||||
26 | allowed a homestead exemption under
this Section a form to |
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1 | designate any other person to receive a
duplicate of any notice | ||||||
2 | of delinquency in the payment of taxes assessed and
levied | ||||||
3 | under this Code on the property of the person receiving the | ||||||
4 | exemption.
The duplicate notice shall be in addition to the | ||||||
5 | notice required to be
provided to the person receiving the | ||||||
6 | exemption, and shall be given in the
manner required by this | ||||||
7 | Code. The person filing the request for the duplicate
notice | ||||||
8 | shall pay a fee of $5 to cover administrative costs to the | ||||||
9 | supervisor of
assessments, who shall then file the executed | ||||||
10 | designation with the county
collector. Notwithstanding any | ||||||
11 | other provision of this Code to the contrary,
the filing of | ||||||
12 | such an executed designation requires the county collector to
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13 | provide duplicate notices as indicated by the designation. A | ||||||
14 | designation may
be rescinded by the person who executed such | ||||||
15 | designation at any time, in the
manner and form required by the | ||||||
16 | chief county assessment officer. | ||||||
17 | The assessor or chief county assessment officer may | ||||||
18 | determine the
eligibility of residential property to receive | ||||||
19 | the homestead exemption provided
by this Section by | ||||||
20 | application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other
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21 | reasonable methods. The determination shall be made in | ||||||
22 | accordance with
guidelines established by the Department. | ||||||
23 | In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, beginning | ||||||
24 | in taxable year 2010, each taxpayer who has been granted an | ||||||
25 | exemption under this Section must reapply on an annual basis. | ||||||
26 | The chief county assessment officer shall mail the application |
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1 | to the taxpayer. In counties with less than 3,000,000 | ||||||
2 | inhabitants, the county board may by
resolution provide that if | ||||||
3 | a person has been granted a homestead exemption
under this | ||||||
4 | Section, the person qualifying need not reapply for the | ||||||
5 | exemption. | ||||||
6 | In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if the | ||||||
7 | assessor or chief
county assessment officer requires annual | ||||||
8 | application for verification of
eligibility for an exemption | ||||||
9 | once granted under this Section, the application
shall be | ||||||
10 | mailed to the taxpayer. | ||||||
11 | The assessor or chief county assessment officer shall | ||||||
12 | notify each person
who qualifies for an exemption under this | ||||||
13 | Section that the person may also
qualify for deferral of real | ||||||
14 | estate taxes under the Senior Citizens Real Estate
Tax Deferral | ||||||
15 | Act. The notice shall set forth the qualifications needed for
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16 | deferral of real estate taxes, the address and telephone number | ||||||
17 | of
county collector, and a
statement that applications for | ||||||
18 | deferral of real estate taxes may be obtained
from the county | ||||||
19 | collector. | ||||||
20 | Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act, | ||||||
21 | no
reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
22 | implementation of any mandate
created by this Section. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; 100-401, eff. 8-25-17.)
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24 | (35 ILCS 200/15-175)
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25 | Sec. 15-175. General homestead exemption. |
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1 | (a) Except as provided in Sections 15-176 and 15-177, | ||||||
2 | homestead
property is
entitled to an annual homestead exemption | ||||||
3 | limited, except as described here
with relation to cooperatives | ||||||
4 | or life care facilities, to a reduction in the equalized | ||||||
5 | assessed value
of homestead property equal to the increase in | ||||||
6 | equalized assessed value for the
current assessment year above | ||||||
7 | the equalized assessed value of the property for
1977, up to | ||||||
8 | the maximum reduction set forth below. If however, the 1977
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9 | equalized assessed value upon which taxes were paid is | ||||||
10 | subsequently determined
by local assessing officials, the | ||||||
11 | Property Tax Appeal Board, or a court to have
been excessive, | ||||||
12 | the equalized assessed value which should have been placed on
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13 | the property for 1977 shall be used to determine the amount of | ||||||
14 | the exemption.
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15 | (b) Except as provided in Section 15-176, the maximum | ||||||
16 | reduction before taxable year 2004 shall be
$4,500 in counties | ||||||
17 | with 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants
and $3,500 in all other | ||||||
18 | counties. Except as provided in Sections 15-176 and 15-177, for | ||||||
19 | taxable years 2004 through 2007, the maximum reduction shall be | ||||||
20 | $5,000, for taxable year 2008, the maximum reduction is $5,500, | ||||||
21 | and, for taxable years 2009 through 2011, the maximum reduction | ||||||
22 | is $6,000 in all counties. For taxable years 2012 through 2016, | ||||||
23 | the maximum reduction is $7,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or | ||||||
24 | more
inhabitants
and $6,000 in all other counties. For taxable | ||||||
25 | years 2017 and 2018 thereafter , the maximum reduction is | ||||||
26 | $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and |
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1 | $6,000 in all other counties. For taxable years 2019 and | ||||||
2 | thereafter, the maximum reduction is $10,000 in counties with | ||||||
3 | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $8,000 in all other counties. | ||||||
4 | If a county has elected to subject itself to the provisions of | ||||||
5 | Section 15-176 as provided in subsection (k) of that Section, | ||||||
6 | then, for the first taxable year only after the provisions of | ||||||
7 | Section 15-176 no longer apply, for owners who, for the taxable | ||||||
8 | year, have not been granted a senior citizens assessment freeze | ||||||
9 | homestead exemption under Section 15-172 or a long-time | ||||||
10 | occupant homestead exemption under Section 15-177, there shall | ||||||
11 | be an additional exemption of $5,000 for owners with a | ||||||
12 | household income of $30,000 or less.
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13 | (c) In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if, | ||||||
14 | based on the most
recent assessment, the equalized assessed | ||||||
15 | value of
the homestead property for the current assessment year | ||||||
16 | is greater than the
equalized assessed value of the property | ||||||
17 | for 1977, the owner of the property
shall automatically receive | ||||||
18 | the exemption granted under this Section in an
amount equal to | ||||||
19 | the increase over the 1977 assessment up to the maximum
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20 | reduction set forth in this Section.
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21 | (d) If in any assessment year beginning with the 2000 | ||||||
22 | assessment year,
homestead property has a pro-rata valuation | ||||||
23 | under
Section 9-180 resulting in an increase in the assessed | ||||||
24 | valuation, a reduction
in equalized assessed valuation equal to | ||||||
25 | the increase in equalized assessed
value of the property for | ||||||
26 | the year of the pro-rata valuation above the
equalized assessed |
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1 | value of the property for 1977 shall be applied to the
property | ||||||
2 | on a proportionate basis for the period the property qualified | ||||||
3 | as
homestead property during the assessment year. The maximum | ||||||
4 | proportionate
homestead exemption shall not exceed the maximum | ||||||
5 | homestead exemption allowed in
the county under this Section | ||||||
6 | divided by 365 and multiplied by the number of
days the | ||||||
7 | property qualified as homestead property.
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8 | (d-1) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, where | ||||||
9 | the chief county assessment officer provides a notice of | ||||||
10 | discovery, if a property is not
occupied by its owner as a | ||||||
11 | principal residence as of January 1 of the current tax year, | ||||||
12 | then the property owner shall notify the chief county | ||||||
13 | assessment officer of that fact on a form prescribed by the | ||||||
14 | chief county assessment officer. That notice must be received | ||||||
15 | by the chief county assessment officer on or before March 1 of | ||||||
16 | the collection year. If mailed, the form shall be sent by | ||||||
17 | certified mail, return receipt requested. If the form is | ||||||
18 | provided in person, the chief county assessment officer shall | ||||||
19 | provide a date stamped copy of the notice. Failure to provide | ||||||
20 | timely notice pursuant to this subsection (d-1) shall result in | ||||||
21 | the exemption being treated as an erroneous exemption. Upon | ||||||
22 | timely receipt of the notice for the current tax year, no | ||||||
23 | exemption shall be applied to the property for the current tax | ||||||
24 | year. If the exemption is not removed upon timely receipt of | ||||||
25 | the notice by the chief assessment officer, then the error is | ||||||
26 | considered granted as a result of a clerical error or omission |
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1 | on the part of the chief county assessment officer as described | ||||||
2 | in subsection (h) of Section 9-275, and the property owner | ||||||
3 | shall not be liable for the payment of interest and penalties | ||||||
4 | due to the erroneous exemption for the current tax year for | ||||||
5 | which the notice was filed after the date that notice was | ||||||
6 | timely received pursuant to this subsection. Notice provided | ||||||
7 | under this subsection shall not constitute a defense or amnesty | ||||||
8 | for prior year erroneous exemptions. | ||||||
9 | For the purposes of this subsection (d-1): | ||||||
10 | "Collection year" means the year in which the first and | ||||||
11 | second installment of the current tax year is billed. | ||||||
12 | "Current tax year" means the year prior to the collection | ||||||
13 | year. | ||||||
14 | (e) The chief county assessment officer may, when | ||||||
15 | considering whether to grant a leasehold exemption under this | ||||||
16 | Section, require the following conditions to be met: | ||||||
17 | (1) that a notarized application for the exemption, | ||||||
18 | signed by both the owner and the lessee of the property, | ||||||
19 | must be submitted each year during the application period | ||||||
20 | in effect for the county in which the property is located; | ||||||
21 | (2) that a copy of the lease must be filed with the | ||||||
22 | chief county assessment officer by the owner of the | ||||||
23 | property at the time the notarized application is | ||||||
24 | submitted; | ||||||
25 | (3) that the lease must expressly state that the lessee | ||||||
26 | is liable for the payment of property taxes; and |
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1 | (4) that the lease must include the following language | ||||||
2 | in substantially the following form: | ||||||
3 | "Lessee shall be liable for the payment of real | ||||||
4 | estate taxes with respect to the residence in | ||||||
5 | accordance with the terms and conditions of Section | ||||||
6 | 15-175 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/15-175). | ||||||
7 | The permanent real estate index number for the premises | ||||||
8 | is (insert number), and, according to the most recent | ||||||
9 | property tax bill, the current amount of real estate | ||||||
10 | taxes associated with the premises is (insert amount) | ||||||
11 | per year. The parties agree that the monthly rent set | ||||||
12 | forth above shall be increased or decreased pro rata | ||||||
13 | (effective January 1 of each calendar year) to reflect | ||||||
14 | any increase or decrease in real estate taxes. Lessee | ||||||
15 | shall be deemed to be satisfying Lessee's liability for | ||||||
16 | the above mentioned real estate taxes with the monthly | ||||||
17 | rent payments as set forth above (or increased or | ||||||
18 | decreased as set forth herein).". | ||||||
19 | In addition, if there is a change in lessee, or if the | ||||||
20 | lessee vacates the property, then the chief county assessment | ||||||
21 | officer may require the owner of the property to notify the | ||||||
22 | chief county assessment officer of that change. | ||||||
23 | This subsection (e) does not apply to leasehold interests | ||||||
24 | in property owned by a municipality. | ||||||
25 | (f) "Homestead property" under this Section includes | ||||||
26 | residential property that is
occupied by its owner or owners as |
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1 | his or their principal dwelling place, or
that is a leasehold | ||||||
2 | interest on which a single family residence is situated,
which | ||||||
3 | is occupied as a residence by a person who has an ownership | ||||||
4 | interest
therein, legal or equitable or as a lessee, and on | ||||||
5 | which the person is
liable for the payment of property taxes. | ||||||
6 | For land improved with
an apartment building owned and operated | ||||||
7 | as a cooperative, the maximum reduction from the equalized
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8 | assessed value shall be limited to the increase in the value | ||||||
9 | above the
equalized assessed value of the property for 1977, up | ||||||
10 | to
the maximum reduction set forth above, multiplied by the | ||||||
11 | number of apartments
or units occupied by a person or persons | ||||||
12 | who is liable, by contract with the
owner or owners of record, | ||||||
13 | for paying property taxes on the property and is an
owner of | ||||||
14 | record of a legal or equitable interest in the cooperative
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15 | apartment building, other than a leasehold interest. For land | ||||||
16 | improved with a life care facility, the maximum reduction from | ||||||
17 | the value of the property, as equalized by the Department, | ||||||
18 | shall be multiplied by the number of apartments or units | ||||||
19 | occupied by a person or persons, irrespective of any legal, | ||||||
20 | equitable, or leasehold interest in the facility, who are | ||||||
21 | liable, under a life care contract with the owner or owners of | ||||||
22 | record of the facility, for paying property taxes on the | ||||||
23 | property. For purposes of this
Section, the term "life care | ||||||
24 | facility" has the meaning stated in Section
15-170.
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25 | "Household", as used in this Section,
means the owner, the | ||||||
26 | spouse of the owner, and all persons using
the
residence of the |
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1 | owner as their principal place of residence.
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2 | "Household income", as used in this Section,
means the | ||||||
3 | combined income of the members of a household
for the calendar | ||||||
4 | year preceding the taxable year.
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5 | "Income", as used in this Section,
has the same meaning as | ||||||
6 | provided in Section 3.07 of the Senior
Citizens
and Persons | ||||||
7 | with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act,
except that
"income" | ||||||
8 | does not include veteran's benefits.
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9 | (g) In a cooperative or life care facility where a | ||||||
10 | homestead exemption has been granted, the
cooperative | ||||||
11 | association or the management of the cooperative or life care | ||||||
12 | facility shall credit the savings
resulting from that exemption | ||||||
13 | only to the apportioned tax liability of the
owner or resident | ||||||
14 | who qualified for the exemption. Any person who willfully | ||||||
15 | refuses to so
credit the savings shall be guilty of a Class B | ||||||
16 | misdemeanor.
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17 | (h) Where married persons maintain and reside in separate | ||||||
18 | residences qualifying
as homestead property, each residence | ||||||
19 | shall receive 50% of the total reduction
in equalized assessed | ||||||
20 | valuation provided by this Section.
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21 | (i) In all counties, the assessor
or chief county | ||||||
22 | assessment officer may determine the
eligibility of | ||||||
23 | residential property to receive the homestead exemption and the | ||||||
24 | amount of the exemption by
application, visual inspection, | ||||||
25 | questionnaire or other reasonable methods. The
determination | ||||||
26 | shall be made in accordance with guidelines established by the
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1 | Department, provided that the taxpayer applying for an | ||||||
2 | additional general exemption under this Section shall submit to | ||||||
3 | the chief county assessment officer an application with an | ||||||
4 | affidavit of the applicant's total household income, age, | ||||||
5 | marital status (and, if married, the name and address of the | ||||||
6 | applicant's spouse, if known), and principal dwelling place of | ||||||
7 | members of the household on January 1 of the taxable year. The | ||||||
8 | Department shall issue guidelines establishing a method for | ||||||
9 | verifying the accuracy of the affidavits filed by applicants | ||||||
10 | under this paragraph. The applications shall be clearly marked | ||||||
11 | as applications for the Additional General Homestead | ||||||
12 | Exemption.
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13 | (i-5) This subsection (i-5) applies to counties with | ||||||
14 | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants. In the event of a sale of
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15 | homestead property, the homestead exemption shall remain in | ||||||
16 | effect for the remainder of the assessment year of the sale. | ||||||
17 | Upon receipt of a transfer declaration transmitted by the | ||||||
18 | recorder pursuant to Section 31-30 of the Real Estate Transfer | ||||||
19 | Tax Law for property receiving an exemption under this Section, | ||||||
20 | the assessor shall mail a notice and forms to the new owner of | ||||||
21 | the property providing information pertaining to the rules and | ||||||
22 | applicable filing periods for applying or reapplying for | ||||||
23 | homestead exemptions under this Code for which the property may | ||||||
24 | be eligible. If the new owner fails to apply or reapply for a | ||||||
25 | homestead exemption during the applicable filing period or the | ||||||
26 | property no longer qualifies for an existing homestead |
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1 | exemption, the assessor shall cancel such exemption for any | ||||||
2 | ensuing assessment year. | ||||||
3 | (j) In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, in | ||||||
4 | the event of a sale
of
homestead property the homestead | ||||||
5 | exemption shall remain in effect for the
remainder of the | ||||||
6 | assessment year of the sale. The assessor or chief county
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7 | assessment officer may require the new
owner of the property to | ||||||
8 | apply for the homestead exemption for the following
assessment | ||||||
9 | year.
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10 | (k) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates | ||||||
11 | Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
12 | implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
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13 | (l) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act | ||||||
14 | of the 100th General Assembly are effective for the 2018 tax | ||||||
15 | year and thereafter. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-164, eff. 7-28-15; | ||||||
17 | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-851, eff. 8-19-16; 100-401, eff. | ||||||
18 | 8-25-17; 100-1077, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.
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