Bill Text: IL HB3015 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that an annual homestead exemption, limited to a reduction of $10,000 from the equalized assessed value of the property, is granted for property that is owned and occupied as the principal residence of the parent or parents of a veteran who was killed in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2019.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3015 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3015-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3015 Introduced , by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/15-178 new
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that an annual homestead exemption, limited to a reduction of $10,000 from the equalized assessed value of the property, is granted for property that is owned and occupied as the principal residence of the parent or parents of a veteran who was killed in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2019.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding
Section 15-178 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/15-178 new)
Sec. 15-178. Military parents; homestead exemption.
(a) For tax year 2019 and thereafter, an annual homestead
exemption, limited to a reduction of $10,000 from the equalized
assessed value of the property, is granted for property that is
owned and occupied as the principal residence of the parent or
parents of a veteran who was killed in the line of duty on or
after January 1, 2019.
(b) Application must be made each year during the
application period in effect for the county in which the
residence is located. The assessor or chief county assessment
officer may determine the eligibility of residential property
to receive the homestead exemption provided by this Section by
application, visual inspection, questionnaire, or other
reasonable methods. The determination must be made in
accordance with guidelines established by the Department.
(c) The exemption under this Section is in addition to any
other homestead exemption provided in this Article 15.

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Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act, no
reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation
of any mandate created by this Section.
(d) As used in this Section, "veteran" means a person who
has served as a member of the United States Armed Forces, a
member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the
United States Reserve Forces.