Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1812 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1812 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/16-12035 ILCS 200/16-125 Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in making a decision upon a complaint filed by a complainant's agent, the board of review shall be limited to the evidence presented by the complainant or the complainant's agent, the county assessor, and a taxing district, and each complaint shall be limited to the grounds listed in the petition, the supporting documents filed with the board, and the rebuttal evidence filed with the board. Provides that no assessment may be revised and corrected until the complainant or the complainant's agent has been given a period of 30 days to review and rebut a decision of the board. Provides that an oral hearing shall be granted on request of any complainant or any complainant's agent. Provides that, when a board of review decision is made on a complaint, the board shall transmit a computer printout of the results, or make and sign a brief written statement of the decision (currently, a brief written statement of the reason for the change and the manner in which the method used by the assessor in making the assessment was erroneous). LRB104 06359 HLH 19950 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1812 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/16-12035 ILCS 200/16-125 35 ILCS 200/16-120 35 ILCS 200/16-125 Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in making a decision upon a complaint filed by a complainant's agent, the board of review shall be limited to the evidence presented by the complainant or the complainant's agent, the county assessor, and a taxing district, and each complaint shall be limited to the grounds listed in the petition, the supporting documents filed with the board, and the rebuttal evidence filed with the board. Provides that no assessment may be revised and corrected until the complainant or the complainant's agent has been given a period of 30 days to review and rebut a decision of the board. Provides that an oral hearing shall be granted on request of any complainant or any complainant's agent. Provides that, when a board of review decision is made on a complaint, the board shall transmit a computer printout of the results, or make and sign a brief written statement of the decision (currently, a brief written statement of the reason for the change and the manner in which the method used by the assessor in making the assessment was erroneous). LRB104 06359 HLH 19950 b LRB104 06359 HLH 19950 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1812 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in making a decision upon a complaint filed by a complainant's agent, the board of review shall be limited to the evidence presented by the complainant or the complainant's agent, the county assessor, and a taxing district, and each complaint shall be limited to the grounds listed in the petition, the supporting documents filed with the board, and the rebuttal evidence filed with the board. Provides that no assessment may be revised and corrected until the complainant or the complainant's agent has been given a period of 30 days to review and rebut a decision of the board. Provides that an oral hearing shall be granted on request of any complainant or any complainant's agent. Provides that, when a board of review decision is made on a complaint, the board shall transmit a computer printout of the results, or make and sign a brief written statement of the decision (currently, a brief written statement of the reason for the change and the manner in which the method used by the assessor in making the assessment was erroneous).
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning revenue.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
16	16	5 Sections 16-120 and 16-125 as follows:
17	17	6 (35 ILCS 200/16-120)
18	18	7 Sec. 16-120. Decision on complaints. In counties with
19	19	8 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, at its meeting for the purpose
20	20	9 of revising and correcting the assessments, the board of
21	21	10 appeals (until the first Monday in December 1998 and the board
22	22	11 of review beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and
23	23	12 thereafter), upon complaint filed by a taxpayer or taxing
24	24	13 district as prescribed in this Code, may revise the entire
25	25	14 assessment of any taxpayer, or any part thereof, and correct
26	26	15 the same as shall appear to the board to be just. The
27	27	16 assessment of the property of any taxpayer shall not be
28	28	17 increased unless that taxpayer or that taxpayer's his agent
29	29	18 shall first have been notified in writing and been given an
30	30	19 opportunity to be heard. In making a decision upon a complaint
31	31	20 filed by a complainant's agent, the board shall be limited to
32	32	21 the evidence presented by the complainant or the complainant's
33	33	22 agent, the county assessor, and a taxing district, and each
34	34	23 complaint shall be limited to the grounds listed in the
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38	38	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1812 Introduced , by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
39	39	35 ILCS 200/16-12035 ILCS 200/16-125 35 ILCS 200/16-120 35 ILCS 200/16-125
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42	42	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in making a decision upon a complaint filed by a complainant's agent, the board of review shall be limited to the evidence presented by the complainant or the complainant's agent, the county assessor, and a taxing district, and each complaint shall be limited to the grounds listed in the petition, the supporting documents filed with the board, and the rebuttal evidence filed with the board. Provides that no assessment may be revised and corrected until the complainant or the complainant's agent has been given a period of 30 days to review and rebut a decision of the board. Provides that an oral hearing shall be granted on request of any complainant or any complainant's agent. Provides that, when a board of review decision is made on a complaint, the board shall transmit a computer printout of the results, or make and sign a brief written statement of the decision (currently, a brief written statement of the reason for the change and the manner in which the method used by the assessor in making the assessment was erroneous).
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71	71	1 petition, the supporting documents filed with the board, and
72	72	2 the rebuttal evidence filed with the board. No assessment may
73	73	3 be revised and corrected until the complainant or the
74	74	4 complainant's agent has been given a period of 30 days to
75	75	5 review and rebut a decision of the board.
76	76	6 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
77	77	7 8-14-96.)
78	78	8 (35 ILCS 200/16-125)
79	79	9 Sec. 16-125. Hearings. In counties with 3,000,000 or more
80	80	10 inhabitants, complaints filed with the board of appeals (until
81	81	11 the first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review
82	82	12 beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter)
83	83	13 shall be classified by townships. All complaints shall be
84	84	14 docketed numerically, in the order in which they are
85	85	15 presented, as nearly as possible, in books or computer records
86	86	16 kept for that purpose, which shall be open to public
87	87	17 inspection. The complaints shall be considered by townships
88	88	18 until they have been heard and passed upon by the board. After
89	89	19 completing final action on all matters in a township, the
90	90	20 board shall transmit such final actions to the county
91	91	21 assessor.
92	92	22 A hearing upon any complaint shall not be held until the
93	93	23 taxpayer affected and the county assessor have each been
94	94	24 notified and have been given an opportunity to be heard. An
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