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County treasurer urges public to contact governor over state bill ending property-tax deferrals for seniors
Summary
Kane County Treasurer Karen Chatterley warned at the March 11 commission meeting that Senate Bill 197 would end the property-tax deferral program and likely shift tax burdens onto seniors and low-income households; she urged local outreach asking the governor to veto the bill.
Kane County Treasurer Karen Chatterley told the County Commission on March 11 that recent state legislation, identified in the meeting as Senate Bill 197, would end the state's property-tax deferral program and could force low-income homeowners and many seniors to pay property taxes they had been allowed to defer.
Chatterley said the bill was amended late Friday night and could be signed by the governor as soon as March 27. She told the commission many county treasurers oppose the bill and urged the county to publish a contact…
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