Illinois Administrative Code › Title 86 - REVENUE › Part 110 - LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD FOR ILLINOIS RETAIL ACT › Section 110.162 - Township and Multi-township Assessor Qualifications

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Pre-election and Pre-appointment
			 Qualifications as Set Forth in Section 2-45 of the Property Tax Code
			 [35
			 ILCS 200/2-45 ].
No person may file or have filed on his or her behalf
				nominating papers, or be a candidate in any caucus or primary or general
				election, for the office of township or multi-township assessor unless that
				person meets the appropriate qualifications specified in subsection (a)(1),
				(a)(2), or (a)(3) and has filed a copy of the certificate of those
				qualifications with the township clerk, board of election commissioners or
				other appropriate election authority. No person may be appointed to fill a
				vacancy in the office of township or multi-township assessor unless that person
				meets the appropriate qualifications specified in subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2)
				and has filed a copy of the certificate of those qualifications with the
				appropriate appointing authority. Pursuant to Section 2-45(e) of the Property
				Tax Code [35
				ILCS 200/2-45(e) ], if any person
				files nominating papers for the office of township or multi-township assessor
				without also filing a copy of the certificate of qualifications, the township
				clerk, board of election commissioners or other appropriate election authority
				shall not certify the name of that person as a candidate to the proper election
				officials. The certificate of qualifications shall be a document or documents
				from the Department under subsection (a)(2)(A) or the designating association
				listed under subsection (a)(2)(B) that confirms the person has received the
				designation and is in compliance with current continuing education
				requirements.
1) Beginning December 1,
			 1996, in a township or multi-township assessment district not subject to
			 subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3), the person at a minimum shall have passed an
			 introductory course in assessment practices approved by the Department or shall
			 have one of the qualifications listed in subsection (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B). Any
			 such person who has successfully completed, prior to January 1, 1997, the Basic
			 Course (currently designated "B-100") conducted by the Illinois Property
			 Assessment Institute shall be considered to have passed an introductory course
			 in assessment practices approved by the Department as required by this
			 subsection (a)(1).
2) Beginning
			 December 1, 1996, in a township or multi-township assessment district with
			 $25,000,000 or more of non-farm equalized assessed value or $1,000,000 or more
			 of commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, the person shall have at
			 least one of the following qualifications:
A)
			 A Certified Illinois Assessing Officer (CIAO) certificate from the Illinois
			 Property Assessment Institute conferred:
i) in
			 the year of the election, appointment, or participation as a
			 candidate;
ii) in the year before
			 the year of the election, appointment, or participation as a
			 candidate;
iii) prior to the year
			 before the year of the election, appointment, or participation as a candidate,
			 plus current additional 30 class hours approved by the Department as required
			 in Section 4-10 of the Property Tax Code [35
			 ILCS 200/4-10 ];
iv) prior to the year before the year of the
			 election, appointment, or participation as a candidate, plus a minimum of 300
			 additional hours of successfully completed courses approved by the Department
			 (150 hours of which must have been courses with written examinations), plus
			 successful completion of 15 class hours of additional training in courses
			 approved by the Department within the four years preceding the election,
			 appointment, or participation as a candidate; or
v) prior to the year before the year of
			 election, appointment, or participation as a candidate, plus a minimum of 360
			 additional hours of successfully completed courses approved by the Department
			 (180 hours of which must have been courses with written examinations), provided
			 the person has served as a township or multi-township assessor for a total of
			 12 years or more;
B) One
			 of the following designations along with current continuing education
			 requirements as prescribed by the designating association:
i) designation by the International
			 Association of Assessing Officers as a Residential Evaluation Specialist (RES)
			 or Certified Assessment Evaluator (CAE);
ii) designation by the Appraisal Institute or
			 its predecessor organizations as a Residential Member (RM), Member of the
			 Appraisal Institute (MAI), Senior Real Estate Analyst (SREA), Senior
			 Residential Analyst (SRA) or Senior Real Property Appraiser (SRPA);
iii) designation by the National Association
			 of Independent Fee Appraisers as a Member (IFA), Senior Member (IFAS) or
			 Appraiser-Counselor (IFAC);
iv)
			 designation by the American Society of Appraisers as a Member (ASA);
			 or
v) a professional designation
			 approved by the Department from any other appraisal or assessing association
			 that is substantially similar to those organizations described in subsection
			 (a)(2)(B)(i)-(iv) in terms of required number of hours, course content,
			 examination requirements, demonstration appraisal requirements and continuing
			 education guidelines.
3) Beginning December 1, 2000, in a township
			 or multi-township assessment district with more than $10,000,000 and less than
			 $25,000,000 of non-farm equalized assessed value and less than $1,000,000 in
			 commercial and industrial equalized assessed value, a person who has previously
			 been elected as assessor or multi-township assessor in such township or
			 multi-township assessment district shall have one of the qualifications listed
			 in subsection (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B).