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State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2639 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/15-175 Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the maximum reduction for the general homestead exemption is $10,000 in all counties. Effective immediately. LRB104 09751 HLH 19817 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2639 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/15-175 35 ILCS 200/15-175 Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the maximum reduction for the general homestead exemption is $10,000 in all counties. Effective immediately. LRB104 09751 HLH 19817 b LRB104 09751 HLH 19817 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2639 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/15-175 35 ILCS 200/15-175
35 ILCS 200/15-175
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the maximum reduction for the general homestead exemption is $10,000 in all counties. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning revenue.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5 Section 15-175 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 200/15-175)
7 Sec. 15-175. General homestead exemption.
8 (a) Except as provided in Sections 15-176 and 15-177,
9 homestead property is entitled to an annual homestead
10 exemption limited, except as described here with relation to
11 cooperatives or life care facilities, to a reduction in the
12 equalized assessed value of homestead property equal to the
13 increase in equalized assessed value for the current
14 assessment year above the equalized assessed value of the
15 property for 1977, up to the maximum reduction set forth
16 below. If however, the 1977 equalized assessed value upon
17 which taxes were paid is subsequently determined by local
18 assessing officials, the Property Tax Appeal Board, or a court
19 to have been excessive, the equalized assessed value which
20 should have been placed on the property for 1977 shall be used
21 to determine the amount of the exemption.
22 (b) Except as provided in Section 15-176, the maximum
23 reduction before taxable year 2004 shall be $4,500 in counties
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2639 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/15-175 35 ILCS 200/15-175
35 ILCS 200/15-175
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the maximum reduction for the general homestead exemption is $10,000 in all counties. Effective immediately.
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35 ILCS 200/15-175
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1 with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $3,500 in all other
2 counties. Except as provided in Sections 15-176 and 15-177,
3 for taxable years 2004 through 2007, the maximum reduction
4 shall be $5,000, for taxable year 2008, the maximum reduction
5 is $5,500, and, for taxable years 2009 through 2011, the
6 maximum reduction is $6,000 in all counties. For taxable years
7 2012 through 2016, the maximum reduction is $7,000 in counties
8 with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $6,000 in all other
9 counties. For taxable years 2017 through 2022, the maximum
10 reduction is $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more
11 inhabitants and $6,000 in all other counties. For taxable
12 years 2023 through 2025 and thereafter, the maximum reduction
13 is $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants,
14 $8,000 in counties that are contiguous to a county of
15 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, and $6,000 in all other
16 counties. For taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the maximum
17 reduction is $10,000 in all counties. If a county has elected
18 to subject itself to the provisions of Section 15-176 as
19 provided in subsection (k) of that Section, then, for the
20 first taxable year only after the provisions of Section 15-176
21 no longer apply, for owners who, for the taxable year, have not
22 been granted a senior citizens assessment freeze homestead
23 exemption under Section 15-172 or a long-time occupant
24 homestead exemption under Section 15-177, there shall be an
25 additional exemption of $5,000 for owners with a household
26 income of $30,000 or less.
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1 (c) In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if,
2 based on the most recent assessment, the equalized assessed
3 value of the homestead property for the current assessment
4 year is greater than the equalized assessed value of the
5 property for 1977, the owner of the property shall
6 automatically receive the exemption granted under this Section
7 in an amount equal to the increase over the 1977 assessment up
8 to the maximum reduction set forth in this Section.
9 (d) If in any assessment year beginning with the 2000
10 assessment year, homestead property has a pro-rata valuation
11 under Section 9-180 resulting in an increase in the assessed
12 valuation, a reduction in equalized assessed valuation equal
13 to the increase in equalized assessed value of the property
14 for the year of the pro-rata valuation above the equalized
15 assessed value of the property for 1977 shall be applied to the
16 property on a proportionate basis for the period the property
17 qualified as homestead property during the assessment year.
18 The maximum proportionate homestead exemption shall not exceed
19 the maximum homestead exemption allowed in the county under
20 this Section divided by 365 and multiplied by the number of
21 days the property qualified as homestead property.
22 (d-1) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants,
23 where the chief county assessment officer provides a notice of
24 discovery, if a property is not occupied by its owner as a
25 principal residence as of January 1 of the current tax year,
26 then the property owner shall notify the chief county
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1 assessment officer of that fact on a form prescribed by the
2 chief county assessment officer. That notice must be received
3 by the chief county assessment officer on or before March 1 of
4 the collection year. If mailed, the form shall be sent by
5 certified mail, return receipt requested. If the form is
6 provided in person, the chief county assessment officer shall
7 provide a date stamped copy of the notice. Failure to provide
8 timely notice pursuant to this subsection (d-1) shall result
9 in the exemption being treated as an erroneous exemption. Upon
10 timely receipt of the notice for the current tax year, no
11 exemption shall be applied to the property for the current tax
12 year. If the exemption is not removed upon timely receipt of
13 the notice by the chief assessment officer, then the error is
14 considered granted as a result of a clerical error or omission
15 on the part of the chief county assessment officer as
16 described in subsection (h) of Section 9-275, and the property
17 owner shall not be liable for the payment of interest and
18 penalties due to the erroneous exemption for the current tax
19 year for which the notice was filed after the date that notice
20 was timely received pursuant to this subsection. Notice
21 provided under this subsection shall not constitute a defense
22 or amnesty for prior year erroneous exemptions.
23 For the purposes of this subsection (d-1):
24 "Collection year" means the year in which the first and
25 second installment of the current tax year is billed.
26 "Current tax year" means the year prior to the collection
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1 year.
2 (e) The chief county assessment officer may, when
3 considering whether to grant a leasehold exemption under this
4 Section, require the following conditions to be met:
5 (1) that a notarized application for the exemption,
6 signed by both the owner and the lessee of the property,
7 must be submitted each year during the application period
8 in effect for the county in which the property is located;
9 (2) that a copy of the lease must be filed with the
10 chief county assessment officer by the owner of the
11 property at the time the notarized application is
12 submitted;
13 (3) that the lease must expressly state that the
14 lessee is liable for the payment of property taxes; and
15 (4) that the lease must include the following language
16 in substantially the following form:
17 "Lessee shall be liable for the payment of real
18 estate taxes with respect to the residence in
19 accordance with the terms and conditions of Section
20 15-175 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/15-175).
21 The permanent real estate index number for the
22 premises is (insert number), and, according to the
23 most recent property tax bill, the current amount of
24 real estate taxes associated with the premises is
25 (insert amount) per year. The parties agree that the
26 monthly rent set forth above shall be increased or
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1 decreased pro rata (effective January 1 of each
2 calendar year) to reflect any increase or decrease in
3 real estate taxes. Lessee shall be deemed to be
4 satisfying Lessee's liability for the above mentioned
5 real estate taxes with the monthly rent payments as
6 set forth above (or increased or decreased as set
7 forth herein).".
8 In addition, if there is a change in lessee, or if the
9 lessee vacates the property, then the chief county assessment
10 officer may require the owner of the property to notify the
11 chief county assessment officer of that change.
12 This subsection (e) does not apply to leasehold interests
13 in property owned by a municipality.
14 (f) "Homestead property" under this Section includes
15 residential property that is occupied by its owner or owners
16 as his or their principal dwelling place, or that is a
17 leasehold interest on which a single family residence is
18 situated, which is occupied as a residence by a person who has
19 an ownership interest therein, legal or equitable or as a
20 lessee, and on which the person is liable for the payment of
21 property taxes. For land improved with an apartment building
22 owned and operated as a cooperative, the maximum reduction
23 from the equalized assessed value shall be limited to the
24 increase in the value above the equalized assessed value of
25 the property for 1977, up to the maximum reduction set forth
26 above, multiplied by the number of apartments or units
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1 occupied by a person or persons who is liable, by contract with
2 the owner or owners of record, for paying property taxes on the
3 property and is an owner of record of a legal or equitable
4 interest in the cooperative apartment building, other than a
5 leasehold interest. For land improved with a life care
6 facility, the maximum reduction from the value of the
7 property, as equalized by the Department, shall be multiplied
8 by the number of apartments or units occupied by a person or
9 persons, irrespective of any legal, equitable, or leasehold
10 interest in the facility, who are liable, under a life care
11 contract with the owner or owners of record of the facility,
12 for paying property taxes on the property. For purposes of
13 this Section, the term "life care facility" has the meaning
14 stated in Section 15-170.
15 "Household", as used in this Section, means the owner, the
16 spouse of the owner, and all persons using the residence of the
17 owner as their principal place of residence.
18 "Household income", as used in this Section, means the
19 combined income of the members of a household for the calendar
20 year preceding the taxable year.
21 "Income", as used in this Section, has the same meaning as
22 provided in Section 3.07 of the Senior Citizens and Persons
23 with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, except that
24 "income" does not include veteran's benefits.
25 (g) In a cooperative or life care facility where a
26 homestead exemption has been granted, the cooperative
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1 association or the management of the cooperative or life care
2 facility shall credit the savings resulting from that
3 exemption only to the apportioned tax liability of the owner
4 or resident who qualified for the exemption. Any person who
5 willfully refuses to so credit the savings shall be guilty of a
6 Class B misdemeanor.
7 (h) Where married persons maintain and reside in separate
8 residences qualifying as homestead property, each residence
9 shall receive 50% of the total reduction in equalized assessed
10 valuation provided by this Section.
11 (i) In all counties, the assessor or chief county
12 assessment officer may determine the eligibility of
13 residential property to receive the homestead exemption and
14 the amount of the exemption by application, visual inspection,
15 questionnaire or other reasonable methods. The determination
16 shall be made in accordance with guidelines established by the
17 Department, provided that the taxpayer applying for an
18 additional general exemption under this Section shall submit
19 to the chief county assessment officer an application with an
20 affidavit of the applicant's total household income, age,
21 marital status (and, if married, the name and address of the
22 applicant's spouse, if known), and principal dwelling place of
23 members of the household on January 1 of the taxable year. The
24 Department shall issue guidelines establishing a method for
25 verifying the accuracy of the affidavits filed by applicants
26 under this paragraph. The applications shall be clearly marked
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1 as applications for the Additional General Homestead
2 Exemption.
3 (i-5) This subsection (i-5) applies to counties with
4 3,000,000 or more inhabitants. In the event of a sale of
5 homestead property, the homestead exemption shall remain in
6 effect for the remainder of the assessment year of the sale.
7 Upon receipt of a transfer declaration transmitted by the
8 recorder pursuant to Section 31-30 of the Real Estate Transfer
9 Tax Law for property receiving an exemption under this
10 Section, the assessor shall mail a notice and forms to the new
11 owner of the property providing information pertaining to the
12 rules and applicable filing periods for applying or reapplying
13 for homestead exemptions under this Code for which the
14 property may be eligible. If the new owner fails to apply or
15 reapply for a homestead exemption during the applicable filing
16 period or the property no longer qualifies for an existing
17 homestead exemption, the assessor shall cancel such exemption
18 for any ensuing assessment year.
19 (j) In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, in
20 the event of a sale of homestead property the homestead
21 exemption shall remain in effect for the remainder of the
22 assessment year of the sale. The assessor or chief county
23 assessment officer may require the new owner of the property
24 to apply for the homestead exemption for the following
25 assessment year.
26 (k) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates
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1 Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
2 implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
3 (l) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
4 Act of the 100th General Assembly are effective for the 2018
5 tax year and thereafter.
6 (Source: P.A. 102-895, eff. 5-23-22.)
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