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Board Of Review Assessment Complaint Packet (Duplex) - Illinois
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PEORIA COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW OF ASSESSMENTS RULES GOVERNING THE APPEAL PROCESS FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2012 SUGGESTION: Taxpayers are strongly encouraged to discuss their real estate assessments with their Township Assessor prior to the filing of a complaint with the Board. Many times the reason for the assessment can be made clear or any errors in the property record card can be corrected, eliminating the need for filing a complaint. After talking with the Township Assessor, taxpayers still wishing to pursue an assessment complaint will need to familiarize themselves with the following rules governing hearings before the Board. A listing of all Peoria County Township Assessors is attached. By state law, the time period for filing a complaint cannot be extended while discussing the assessment with the Township Assessor. The Peoria County Board of Review of Assessments consists of three members, together with additional members, appointed by the Chairman of the Peoria County Board (35 ILCS 200/6-25). The Board has the authority to confirm, reduce or increase any assessment as appears just. The Board determines the correct assessment, prior to state equalization, of any parcel of real property which is the subject of an appeal, according to the law, based on standards of uniformity, market value, correctness of facts, evidence, exhibits and briefs submitted to or elicited by the Board from an appellant, assessor and/or other interested parties. The Board is required to make and publish reasonable rules "for the guidance of persons doing business with the Board and for the orderly dispatch of business." (35 ILCS 200/9-5) These rules, for the 2012 session, which covers the 2012 assessment year, are as follows: I. ADMINISTRATIVE RULES A. Convening the Board. The Board convenes on or before the First Monday of June and recesses on December 31st or when all current year assessment complaints have been scheduled and heard. B. Severability. In the event any section, provision or term of this policy is determined by a court or other authority of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that determination shall not affect the remaining sections or provisions, which shall continue in full force and effect. For this purpose, the provisions of this policy are severable. C. Amendments. The rules may be amended from time to time; said amendments are effective upon their being conspicuously posted and prominently displayed. D. Failure to follow Board Rules. Failure to follow any rules may, in and of itself, be grounds for the denial of any change in assessment. E. Authority of the Board. In connection with any hearing before the Board, the Board has full authority to: 1) Conduct and control the procedure of the hearing. 2) Admit or exclude testimony or other evidence into the record. 3) Administer oaths and affirmations and examine all persons appearing at the hearing to testify or to offer evidence. 4) Require the production of any book, record, paper or document at any stage of the appeal process or at the hearing which is the foundation for any evidence or testimony presented in the appeal. The Board also may request a property inspection to clarify parcel characteristics and/or condition of a subject property. Failure to produce a requested book, record, paper or document or failure to allow a property inspection within the prescribed time frame set by the Board may result in an assessment as equalized being confirmed. 5) Improper Conduct or Language. When an appellant or appellant's agent, attorney or witness engages in threatening, disruptive, vulgar, abusive or obscene conduct or language that delays or protracts a proceeding or refuses to leave a hearing room, the Board, by any Member or Hearing Officer, may request that the offending individual leave the proceeding. F. Freedom of Information Act. The Board is a public body and is subject to the Freedom of Information Act as defined in Illinois Law (35 ILCS 140). The following information is provided in accordance with the Act. 1) The Board is responsible for hearing appeals, corrections and requests for certificates of error on property assessments from the County's twenty townships, acting on these applications, reviewing and making recommendations on exempt-property applications and representing the interest of Peoria County before the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board. 2) The Board's office is located in the Peoria County Courthouse at 324 Main Street, Room 301 Peoria, Illinois 61602. Phone number: (309) 672-6022. G. Open Meetings Act. Hearings held by the Board are open to the public, subject to the exceptions cited by the Open Meetings Act (35 ILCS 120). American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 1) Audio or video recording is permitted by any person. However, recording cannot disrupt a hearing nor are participants required to identify themselves to facilitate a recording. The Clerk of the Board must be informed in advance that an audio or video recording of a hearing will be made. The audio or video recorder must provide a copy of the video or audiotape to the Board within fifteen (15) days after the hearing and bear the cost of that copy. 2) All hearings are, by law, open to the public and are recorded by the Board of Review; however, the tapes are for deliberation purposes only. If any party desires a transcript of a hearing, a court reporter must be retained at the expense of that party. That party must provide a certified copy of the transcript to the Board within fifteen (15) days of the hearing and bear the cost of that transcript. 3) The Board's assigned hearing room has a limited capacity. If any party anticipates the attendance of more than five witnesses or other persons at a hearing, that party must immediately contact the Clerk of the Board, who will attempt to make arrangements for a more suitable venue. If no one has informed the Clerk that a large group is expected and more persons come to a hearing than can be safely permitted in the room, the Board may restrict the number of people in the room to those who can be safely admitted. 4) Public comment may be accepted at the Board's discretion. H. Hearing Officers. Any single member of the Board, including alternate members, may conduct a hearing. No decision on an assessment appeal will be finalized without concurrence from a second hearing officer. I. Clerk of the Board of Review. The administrative functions of the Board are discharged by the Peoria County Chief
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