Illinois Code § 5-32012

§ 5-32012.

Assessment roll. The assessment and the amount as found by the levying officer shall be known as the assessment roll. It shall contain, 1. A list of all of the lots, blocks, tracts and parcels of land assessed for the proposed improvement; 2. The amount assessed against each; 3. The name of the person who paid the taxes on each such parcel during the last preceding calendar year, in which taxes were paid as ascertained upon investigation by the levying officer making the return or under his direction; 4. The residence of the person so paying the taxes on each such parcel if the residence on diligent inquiry can be found; 5. The amount of each installment shall also be stated. The levying officer making the roll shall certify under oath that he believes that the amount assessed against each parcel of property is just and equitable and does not exceed the benefit which in each case will be derived from the improvement, and that no lot, block, tract or parcel of land has been assessed more than its proportionate share of the cost of the improvement. Each lot or part of land owned and improved as one parcel may be assessed as one parcel. Notice shall be given by the levying officer of the nature of the improvement, of the pendency of the proceedings, of the time and place of the filing of the petition therefor, of the time and place of the filing of the assessment roll and of the time and place at which application will be made for the confirmation of assessment, the same to be not less than 15 days after the mailing of such notices. Notices shall be sent by mail postage prepaid to each of the specified persons paying taxes on the respective parcels during the last preceding year during which taxes were paid at his residence as shown on the Assessment Roll. The notice shall include the legal description of the property assessed, the amount assessed to the person to whom it is directed for the improvement proposed and the total amount of the improvement. An affidavit shall be filed before the final hearing showing a compliance by the levying officer with the requirements of this Division, and also showing that the levying officer or some one acting under his direction made a careful examination of the collector's books, showing the payment of general taxes during the last preceding year in which the taxes were paid thereon, to ascertain the person who last paid the taxes on the respective parcel and a diligent search for his residence and that the report clearly states the person and residence as ascertained by the affiant. This report and affidavit shall be sufficient evidence for the purpose of this proceeding of the correctness of the assessment roll in these particulars. In case the affidavit is found in any respect willfully false, the person making it is guilty of perjury. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)