Bill Text: IL HB3605 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the County Assessment Officials Article of the Property Tax Code. Provides that on the expiration of the term of the county assessor in office (in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants) on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the county assessor shall be appointed by the president of the county board of commissioners and subject to confirmation and oversight by the county board of commissioners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3605 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3605-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3605 Introduced , by Rep. Robert Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/3-50
Amends the County Assessment Officials Article of the Property Tax Code. Provides that on the expiration of the term of the county assessor in office (in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants) on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the county assessor shall be appointed by the president of the county board of commissioners and subject to confirmation and oversight by the county board of commissioners.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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 changing
Section 3-50 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/3-50)
Sec. 3-50. Election of county assessors - Counties of
3,000,000 or more. In all counties with 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants, the office of county assessor, heretofore created
and established, is hereby continued.
On the expiration of the term of the county assessor in
office on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
101st General Assembly, the The county assessor shall be
appointed by the president of the county board of commissioners
and subject to confirmation and oversight by the county board
of commissioners elected as provided in the general election
law, at the general election in 1994 and every fourth year
thereafter to hold office for a term of 4 years from the first
Monday of December, and until a successor is elected and
qualified. Any vacancy in office shall be filled by appointment
as provided in the general election law, until the next regular
election of county officers when a successor shall be elected
for the unexpired term or for the full term as the case may

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require. The county assessor shall take the oath and give the
bond herein required of other assessors and of supervisors of
assessments and shall receive such compensation payable from
the county treasury in an amount set by the county board. The
amount so set shall not be changed during the term for which he
or she is elected or appointed. The county assessor shall also
have a suitable office to be provided by the county board.
(Source: P.A. 83-121; 88-455.)