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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4316

Introduced 1/14/2026, by Rep. Jed Davis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 200/14-20

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a certificate of error may
be issued at any time if the error relates to the homestead exemption for
veterans with disabilities and veterans of World War II. Effective
immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning revenue.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
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Section 14-20 as follows:

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(35 ILCS 200/14-20)
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Sec. 14-20.
Certificate of error; counties of less than
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3,000,000.

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(a)
In any county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants,
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if, at any time before judgment or order of sale is entered in
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any proceeding to collect or to enjoin the collection of taxes
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based upon any assessment of any property, the chief county
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assessment officer discovers an error or mistake in the
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assessment (other than errors of judgment as to the valuation
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of the property), he or she shall issue to the person
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erroneously assessed a certificate setting forth the nature of
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the error and the cause or causes of the error. In any county
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with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if an owner fails to
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file an application for any homestead exemption provided under
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Article 15 during the previous assessment year and qualifies
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for the exemption, the Chief County Assessment Officer
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pursuant to this Section, or the Board of Review pursuant to
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Section 16-75, shall issue a certificate of error setting

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forth the correct taxable valuation of the property. The
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certificate, when properly endorsed by the majority of the
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board of review, showing their concurrence, and not otherwise,
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may be used in evidence in any court of competent
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jurisdiction, and when so introduced in evidence, shall become
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a part of the court record and shall not be removed from the
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files except on an order of the court.
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
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certificate of error may be issued at any time if the error
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relates to the homestead exemption for veterans with
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disabilities and veterans of World War II under Section
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15-169. A certificate of error issued under this paragraph is
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not subject to the limitation in subsection (a) that the
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certificate must be issued before judgment or order of sale,
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and the certificate may be issued retroactively for any
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applicable assessment year for which the taxpayer qualified
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for the exemption.

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(Source: P.A. 96-522, eff. 8-14-09.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
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becoming law.

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