T23-08 Ordinance No. T23-08
AN ORDINANCE
PROVIDING FOR A REFUND TO SENIOR CITIZENS OF
MOBILE HOME LOCAL SERVICES TAXES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That there is hereby established a refund to senior citizens of the mobile home
local services tax of 2007 mobile home local services taxes levied and collected on mobile homes
registered in the city of Elgin. The amount of such refund shall equal the 2007 mobile home local
services taxes paid by qualified senior citizens up to a maximum refund amount of$35.00.
Section 2. That to qualify for such senior citizen property tax refund the owner(s)of the
subject mobile home must have qualified and obtained for the 2007 tax year the Senior Citizens
Reduction of the Mobile Home Local Services Tax in accordance with 35 ILCS 515/7,as amended.
Section 3. That senior citizens qualified to receive the mobile home local services tax
refund shall be identified through county tax records for the 2007 tax year. The Fiscal Services
Group Director is directed to work with the appropriate county officials to determine the most
expeditious method for processing the property tax refund to the qualified senior citizens. The
refund shall be mailed to the address provided on the application for reduction of mobile home local
services taxes for the tax year in question except where a different address has been provided to the
Fiscal Services Group Director in writing by the senior citizen qualifying for such senior citizens
mobile home local services tax refund.
Section 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and publication in the manner provided by law.
Ed Schock, Mayor
Presented: May 28, 2008 .� O F E ,,,
Passed: May 28, 2008 _r„..it;;;/ "I':
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Omnibus Vote: Yeas: 6 Nays: 0
Recorded: May 29, 2008 ., , i, ',
Published: May 30, 2008
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Attest: Q� l
Diane Robertson, Ci Clerk