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91_SB1276 LRB9109382SMdv 1 AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section 2 16-115. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 6 Section 16-115 as follows: 7 (35 ILCS 200/16-115) 8 Sec. 16-115. Filing complaints. In counties with 9 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, complaints that any property 10 is overassessed or underassessed or is exempt may be made by 11 any taxpayer. Complaints that any property is overassessed or 12 underassessed or is exempt may be made by a taxing district 13 that has an interest in the assessment to a board of review. 14 All complaints shall be in writing, identify and describe the 15 particular property, otherwise comply with the rules in 16 force, be signed by the complaining party or his or her 17 attorney, and be filed with the board of appeals (until the 18 first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review 19 beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter) 20 in at least duplicate. The board shall forward one copy of 21 each complaint to the county assessor. A person is not 22 required to be an attorney to represent a taxpayer before the 23 board of review. 24 Complaints by taxpayers and taxing districts and 25 certificates of correction by the county assessor as provided 26 in this Code shall be filed with the board according to 27 townships on or before the dates specified in the notices 28 given in Section 16-110. 29 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff. 30 8-14-96.)