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| 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008SB1642
  Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Don Harmon  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 
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| 35 ILCS 5/208 |   from Ch. 120, par. 2-208 |  
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    Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning a tax credit for property taxes.
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|  |  | SB1642 |  | LRB095 10482 BDD 30697 b |  | 
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| 1 |  |     AN ACT concerning revenue.
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| 2 |  |     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,  | 
| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly: 
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| 4 |  |     Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by  | 
| 5 |  | changing Section 208 as follows:
 
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| 6 |  |     (35 ILCS 5/208)  (from Ch. 120, par. 2-208)
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| 7 |  |     Sec. 208. Tax credit for residential real property taxes.  | 
| 8 |  | Beginning with tax years ending on or after December 31, 1991,
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| 9 |  | every individual taxpayer shall be entitled to a tax credit  | 
| 10 |  | equal
to 5% of real property taxes paid by such taxpayer during  | 
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taxable year on the principal residence of the  | 
| 12 |  | taxpayer. In the
case of multi-unit or multi-use structures and  | 
| 13 |  | farm dwellings,
the taxes on the taxpayer's principal residence  | 
| 14 |  | shall be that
portion of the total taxes which is attributable  | 
| 15 |  | to such principal
residence. | 
| 16 |  | (Source: P.A. 87-17.)
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