Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Section 3-5 of the Property Tax Code
[35 ILCS
200/3-5] requires, in addition to certain designation
and experience criteria, that in order to be eligible for appointment or
election to the office of Supervisor of Assessments a person must pass an
examination conducted by the Department to determine his or her competence to
hold office. Eligibility must be met to be appointed, to file nomination
papers, to be a candidate in a primary or general election, to be elected and
to assume office.
b) A person may
take the Supervisor of Assessments examination in any county where it is given,
and the results shall be valid in any county throughout the State.
c) County Examination Requests in Counties
that Appoint a Supervisor of Assessments: If the presiding officer of the
County Board intends to appoint a person to be Supervisor of Assessments who
has not passed the Supervisor of Assessments examination within the requisite
time, an examination administered by the Department shall be requested by the
presiding officer of the County Board at least 21 days before an appointment is
to be made. Before requesting that a Supervisor of Assessments examination be
administered in a county that appoints a Supervisor of Assessments, one of the
three following criteria must be met:
1) The
current Supervisor of Assessments has died or submitted a resignation with an
effective date.
2) The County Board
has voted to dismiss the current Supervisor of Assessments for misfeasance,
malfeasance or nonfeasance. In this case, the examination will be given after
the 21 day dismissal appeal period if no hearing is requested by the current
Supervisor of Assessments. If a hearing is requested by the current Supervisor
of Assessments pursuant to
35 ILCS
200/3-10, the examination will be scheduled only after
the hearing and a final vote to dismiss the current Supervisor of
Assessments.
3) The presiding
officer of the County Board has notified the current Supervisor of Assessments
within 90 to 120 days prior to the expiration of his term that the presiding
officer does not intend to reappoint the Supervisor of Assessments.
d) County Examination Requests in
Counties that Elect a Supervisor of Assessments: A person who wants to be a
candidate for elected Supervisor of Assessments in a county and who has not
passed the Department examination within two years before the first day for
filing nomination papers shall request at least 30 days before the first day
for filing nomination petitions that the County Clerk request an examination be
given by the Department. If a person makes such a request, the County Clerk
shall at least 21 days before the first day for filing nomination petitions
request that the Department administer an examination. The presiding officer of
the County Board may request at least 21 days before the first day for filing
nomination petitions that the Department give the examination, and if the
presiding officer does so, the County Clerk need not duplicate the
request.
e) Examination Score
1) A passing score of 70% or more correct
will be valid for a two-year period commencing with the day the examination was
taken.
2) If a person re-takes the
examination, the most current examination score supersedes any previous
examination score and the two-year period will begin with the most recent date
that the person took and received a passing score on the examination.
3) In counties that appoint a Supervisor of
Assessments, all persons certified to a county by the Department of Revenue as
passing the examination shall be considered by that county as having met the
examination requirements even though the two-year period may expire between the
time the list in subsection (g) is certified and the actual appointment is
made. However, no list shall be valid for more than 120 days. If a person
verifies having passed the test by presenting a grade request form pursuant to
subsection (f)(1)(A), the test must have been taken within two years before the
date the appointment is made.
4) In
counties that elect a Supervisor of Assessments, a person presenting a grade
request form pursuant to subsection (f)(2)(A) at the time his or her nomination
papers are filed shall be considered as having met the examination requirements
even though the two-year period may expire between the time the nomination
papers are filed and the elected Supervisor of Assessments assumes office. In
such counties a person whose name appears on the list provided by the
Department pursuant to subsection (f)(2)(B) shall be considered as having met
the examination requirements even though the two-year period may expire between
the first day nomination papers may be filed and the time an elected Supervisor
of Assessments assumes office.
f) Verification of Passing the Examination
1) In counties that appoint a Supervisor of
Assessments, verification that a person is certified as having passed the
examination within the required time period shall be made by:
A) The person presenting to the presiding
officer of the County Board or his designee a grade request form signed by two
Department examiners indicating the person received a grade of at least 70% on
the examination within two years before the date of the appointment,
or
B) The person's name appearing
on the list requested by the presiding officer of the County Board or his or
her designee and provided by the Department pursuant to subsection
(g).
2) In counties that
elect a Supervisor of Assessments, verification that a person is certified as
having passed the examination within the required time period at the time the
person files nomination papers shall be made by:
A) The person presenting to the County Clerk
or his or her designee a grade request form signed by two Department examiners
indicating the person received a grade of at least 70% on the examination
within two years before the date the nomination papers were filed, or
B) The person's name appearing on the list
requested by the County Clerk or his or her designee or the presiding officer
of the County Board or his or her designee and provided by the Department
pursuant to subsection (g).
g) List of People Passing Examination
1) The Department shall maintain a list of
people who have passed the Supervisor of Assessments examination within the
last two years. Such list shall include each person's name, address, telephone
number, and examination score. A person who does not wish to be on the
certified list for the county in which the exam is being given may sign a
waiver to keep his or her name off that county's list. A person who does not
wish to be on any certified list may so request on the examination application.
A person who requests not to be on a list shall still receive a grade slip and,
if a passing score was received, the grade slip signed by two Department
examiners shall serve as proof of meeting the examination requirement for two
years after the date of the examination. A person who has passed the
examination but has requested that his or her name not be on any list may later
request to be placed on a list for the remainder of the two years following the
date of the examination.
2) The
list of people with passing scores will be provided by the Department when
there is a vacancy in the position of Supervisor of Assessments in a county
that appoints a Supervisor of Assessments and the presiding officer of the
County Board or his or her designee requests the list. Additional updated lists
may be provided until such time as the vacancy is filled.
3) When a vacancy is filled by a permanent
appointment to the position of Supervisor of Assessments, all lists previously
provided to that county shall be considered void in that county, and the county
shall obtain an updated list of people passing the examination to fill any
future Supervisor of Assessments vacancies. The appointment of an acting
Supervisor of Assessments for 60 days does not void lists certified to the
county to fill the current vacancy.
4) The list of people with passing scores
shall be provided by the Department before an election in a county that elects
a Supervisor of Assessments when the County Clerk or his or her designee
requests the list. The list shall be requested at least 10 days before the
first day that nomination petitions may be filed. The request shall include the
date on which nomination papers may first be filed, and the list shall include
those who have passed the test within two years prior to that date.
h) Location of Examinations
1) The Supervisor of Assessments examinations
shall be given in a county when the county requires an examination. The
examination may also be given on a regional basis, with locations and
examination dates being determined by the Department.
2) If an examination is scheduled based upon
a county's request, the Department shall cancel the scheduled examination if a
Supervisor of Assessments appointment is made from the Department's list prior
to the examination date. The County Clerk shall immediately notify the
Department of the appointment.
i) Publication Requirement
1) The Department of Revenue is responsible
for meeting the statutory publication requirements for all regional
examinations.
2) If the examination
is conducted as a result of an individual county's request, then that county is
responsible for meeting the statutory publication requirement.
3) Proof of publication must be submitted to
the Department at or before the examination. If the publication requirement is
not met by the county requesting an examination, the scores from that
examination session shall be considered null and void. Proof of publication
shall consist of a copy of the notice and a statement of the date of
publication.
4) The published
notice shall include the date, time, place and purpose of the examination,
shall indicate that study materials are available and that the examination and
facilities are accessible to handicapped individuals and shall indicate where
application forms may be obtained. The notice shall be published in a local
newspaper of general circulation in the county at least seven days before the
examination is given.
j)
Reappointment or Reelection
1) An incumbent
Supervisor of Assessments is not required to take and pass the Supervisor of
Assessments examination to be eligible for reappointment or reelection, to be
appointed if the county changes from an elected to an appointed Supervisor of
Assessments or to be elected if a county changes from an appointed to an
elected Supervisor of Assessments.
2) A person currently holding the position of
Supervisor of Assessments is not required to take and pass the Supervisor of
Assessments examination to be appointed to and assume the office of Supervisor
of Assessments in another county or to file nominating papers, to be a
candidate in a primary or general election, to be elected and to assume the
office of Supervisor of Assessments in another county.
