Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 21-4363

• File #: 21-4363
• Version: 1
• Name: PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ORDINANCE
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 7/22/2021
• In control: Board of Commissioners
• On agenda: 7/29/2021
• Final action: 7/29/2021
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 74 TAXATION, ARTICLE II. - REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY, SECTION 74- 48 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: Sec. 74-48. Covid-19 Property Tax Relief for Real Property Tax Payments due in 2020 and 2021. (a) In Cook County, the first installment of property taxes for the 2019 tax year were due on March 2, 2020 and the second installment is due August 3, 2020. Real property owners in the County of Cook have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic and Cook County has been designated a disaster area by the Governor of Illinois. While the second installment for the 2019 tax year remains due on August 3, 2020, in accordance with 35 ILCS 200/21-40(C)(1)(A) and Section 21-40(C)(1)(B), the Cook County Board of Commissioners declares that real property owners in Cook County are adversely impacted due to the ...
• Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JOHN P. DALEY, FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
7/29/2021	1	Board of Commissioners	suspend the rules	Pass
7/29/2021	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 74 TAXATION, ARTICLE II. - REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY, SECTION 74- 48 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:

Sec. 74-48. Covid-19 Property Tax Relief for Real Property Tax Payments due in 2020 and 2021.

(a) In Cook County, the first installment of property taxes for the 2019 tax year were due on March 2, 2020 and the second installment is due August 3, 2020. Real property owners in the County of Cook have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic and Cook County has been designated a disaster area by the Governor of Illinois. While the second installment for the 2019 tax year remains due on August 3, 2020, in accordance with 35 ILCS 200/21-40(C)(1)(A) and Section 21-40(C)(1)(B), the Cook County Board of Commissioners declares that real property owners in Cook County are adversely impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders issued by the State. Due to such adverse impact on Cook County real property owners, no interest penalties for any late payment of the August 3, 2020 property tax installment will accrue until after October 1, 2020, and payments made on or before October 1, 2020 in regard to the second installment will be considered as filed and paid timely by the Cook County Collector.

(b) In Cook County, the first installment of property taxes for the 2020 tax year will be due on March 2, 2021 and the second installment will be due on August 2, 2021. Real property owners in the County of Cook have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic and Cook County has been designated a disaster area by the Governor of Illinois. While the first installment for the 2020 tax year remains due on March 2, 2021 and the second installment for the 2020 tax year remains due August 2, 2021, in accordance with 35 ILCS 200/21-40(C)(1)(A) and Section 21-...