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92_HB2200
LRB9204372MWcs
1 AN ACT concerning property taxes.
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 3-5 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 200/3-5)
7 Sec. 3-5. Supervisor of assessments. In counties with
8 less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and in which no county
9 assessor has been elected under Section 3-45, there shall be
10 a county supervisor of assessments, either appointed as
11 provided in this Section, or elected.
12 In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and not
13 having an elected county assessor or an elected supervisor of
14 assessments, the office of supervisor of assessments shall be
15 filled by appointment by the presiding officer of the county
16 board with the advice and consent of the county board.
17 To be eligible for appointment or to be eligible to file
18 nomination papers or participate as a candidate in any
19 primary or general election for, or be elected to, the office
20 of supervisor of assessments, or to enter upon the duties of
21 the office, a person must possess one of the following
22 qualifications as certified by the individual to the county
23 clerk:
24 (1) a Certified Illinois Assessing Official
25 certificate from the Illinois Property Assessment
26 Institute, plus the additional training required for
27 additional compensation under Section 4-10;
28 (2) a Certified Assessment Evaluator certificate
29 from the International Association of Assessing Officers;
30 or
31 (3) a Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI),
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1 Residential Member (RM), Senior Real Estate Analyst
2 (SREA), Senior Real Property Analyst (SRPA) or Senior
3 Residential Analyst (SRA) certificate from the Appraisal
4 Institute or its predecessor organizations.
5 (4) If the person is appointed or elected before
6 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
7 General Assembly, a Certified Illinois Assessing Official
8 certificate from the Illinois Property Assessment
9 Institute with a minimum of 360 additional hours of
10 successfully completed courses approved by the Department
11 if at least 180 of the course hours required a written
12 examination.
13 In addition, a person must have had at least 2 years'
14 experience in the field of property sales, assessments,
15 finance or appraisals and must have passed an examination
16 conducted by the Department to determine his or her
17 competence to hold the office. The examination may be
18 conducted by the Department at a convenient location in the
19 county or region. Notice of the time and place shall be
20 given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in
21 the counties, at least one week prior to the exam. The
22 Department shall certify to the county board a list of the
23 names and scores of persons who pass the examination. The
24 Department may provide by rule the maximum time that the name
25 of a person who has passed the examination will be included
26 on a list of persons eligible for appointment or election.
27 The term of office shall be 4 years from the date of
28 appointment and until a successor is appointed and qualified.
29 (Source: P.A. 84-837; 86-905; 88-455.)
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.
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