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| | HB1356 Engrossed | | LRB102 03372 AWJ 13385 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 6-7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/6-7 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 6-7. Board of review; counties with 3,000,000 or more |
| 8 | | inhabitants. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, |
| 9 | | beginning with the first vacancy to occur on or after the |
| 10 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General |
| 11 | | Assembly, in addition to any other requirements set forth by |
| 12 | | law, each member of the board of review in a county with |
| 13 | | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants must be an attorney licensed to |
| 14 | | practice law in Illinois. This Section is a denial and |
| 15 | | limitation of
home rule powers and functions in accordance |
| 16 | | with subsection (i) of Section 6
of Article VII of the Illinois |
| 17 | | Constitution. A home rule unit may not regulate its board of |
| 18 | | review in a manner that is inconsistent with this Section.
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