104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1472 Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/6-1535 ILCS 200/6-34 Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no more than 2 members of the board of review may be affiliated with the same political party (currently, 2 members of the board shall be affiliated with the political party polling the highest vote for any county office in the county). Effective immediately. LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1472 Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/6-1535 ILCS 200/6-34 35 ILCS 200/6-15 35 ILCS 200/6-34 Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no more than 2 members of the board of review may be affiliated with the same political party (currently, 2 members of the board shall be affiliated with the political party polling the highest vote for any county office in the county). Effective immediately. LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1472 Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/6-1535 ILCS 200/6-34 35 ILCS 200/6-15 35 ILCS 200/6-34 35 ILCS 200/6-15 35 ILCS 200/6-34 Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no more than 2 members of the board of review may be affiliated with the same political party (currently, 2 members of the board shall be affiliated with the political party polling the highest vote for any county office in the county). Effective immediately. LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b A BILL FOR SB1472LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b SB1472 LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b SB1472 LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b 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 Sections 6-15 and 6-34 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 200/6-15) 7 Sec. 6-15. Political makeup and compensation. The board of 8 review appointed under Section 6-5 shall consist of 3 members, 9 of which no more than 2 members may be of whom are affiliated 10 with the same political party polling the highest vote for any 11 county office in the county at the last general election prior 12 to any appointment made under this Section. The third member 13 shall not be affiliated with that same party. Each member of 14 the board of review shall receive an annual salary to be fixed 15 by the county board and paid out of the county treasury. 16 (Source: P.A. 98-322, eff. 8-12-13.) 17 (35 ILCS 200/6-34) 18 Sec. 6-34. Political makeup. If the board of county 19 commissioners appoints a board of review as prescribed in 20 Section 6-30, the board of review shall consist of 3 members, 21 of which no more than 2 members may be affiliated with the same 22 political party 2 members affiliated with the political party 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1472 Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/6-1535 ILCS 200/6-34 35 ILCS 200/6-15 35 ILCS 200/6-34 35 ILCS 200/6-15 35 ILCS 200/6-34 Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no more than 2 members of the board of review may be affiliated with the same political party (currently, 2 members of the board shall be affiliated with the political party polling the highest vote for any county office in the county). Effective immediately. LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b A BILL FOR 35 ILCS 200/6-15 35 ILCS 200/6-34 LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b SB1472 LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b SB1472- 2 -LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b SB1472 - 2 - LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b SB1472 - 2 - LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b 1 polling the highest vote for any county office in the county 2 and one member of the party polling the second highest vote for 3 the same county office at the last general election. 4 (Source: P.A. 90-552, eff. 1-1-99.) SB1472 - 2 - LRB104 05956 HLH 15989 b