Bill Text: IL SB1932 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the Property Tax Relief Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall identify the causes of increasingly burdensome property taxes across Illinois, review best practices in public policy strategies that create short-term and long-term property tax relief for homeowners, and make recommendations to assist in the development of short-term and long-term administrative, electoral, and legislative changes needed to create short-term and long-term property tax relief for homeowners. Provides for the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall submit its initial report to the Governor and the General Assembly within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act, and provides that the Task Force shall submit its final report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2019. Repeals these provisions December 31, 2020. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0181 [SB1932 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1932-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 101-0181 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 adding | ||||
Section 24-36 as follows:
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(35 ILCS 200/24-36 new) | ||||
Sec. 24-36. Property Tax Relief Task Force. | ||||
(a) The Property Tax Relief Task Force is created. The Task | ||||
Force shall utilize a racial and economic equity lens to | ||||
identify the causes of increasingly burdensome property taxes | ||||
across Illinois, review best practices in public policy | ||||
strategies that create short-term and long-term property tax | ||||
relief for homeowners, and make recommendations to assist in | ||||
the development of short-term and long-term administrative, | ||||
electoral, and legislative changes needed to create short-term | ||||
and long-term property tax relief for homeowners. | ||||
(b) The members of the Property Tax Relief Task Force shall | ||||
include and represent the diversity of the people of Illinois, | ||||
and shall be composed of the following: | ||||
(1) members appointed by the Governor; | ||||
(2) members of the House of Representatives appointed | ||||
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | ||||
(3) members of the House of Representatives appointed | ||||
by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; | ||
(4) members of the Senate appointed by the Senate | ||
President; and | ||
(5) members of the Senate appointed by the Senate | ||
Minority Leader. | ||
The members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||
compensation and shall elect co-chairs from among their number. | ||
(c) The Department of Revenue shall provide administrative | ||
support for the Task Force. The State Board of Education and | ||
the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall | ||
collaborate with the Task Force as requested by the Task Force. | ||
(d) Within 90 days after the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Task Force | ||
shall submit an initial report to the Governor and General | ||
Assembly outlining short-term and long-term administrative, | ||
electoral, and legislative changes needed to create short-term | ||
and long-term property tax relief for homeowners. | ||
(e) The Task Force shall submit a final report to the | ||
Governor and the General Assembly outlining short-term and | ||
long-term administrative, electoral, and legislative changes | ||
needed to create short-term and long-term property tax relief | ||
for homeowners by December 31, 2019. | ||
(f) This Section is repealed December 31, 2020.
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