Real Solutions to Property Taxes

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Dan McConchie, Illinois State Senator

Posted

May 03, 2018

In the 1960s, the legislature passed a bill that allowed municipalities to cap their property taxes, but it prevented them from being able to lower them. A new bill recently introduced will allow municipalities to also be able to lower property taxes by referendum if they choose to do so.

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