The Cook County Board of Review is an independent office created by statute by the

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and is governed by three commissioners who are elected by district for two- or four-year terms.

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, which includes

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' second-most populous county (after

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) with a population of 5.2 million residents.

History

The board had been first created after the task of hearing tax appeals was transferred from the

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to a three member Board of Review. The Revenue Act of 1939 converted this appeals system into a two member Cook County Board of Appeals. Both members were elected in a single

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election held quadrennially. It remained this way until 1998. In 1996, the

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successfully passed Public Act 89-671, which made it so that, in 1998, the Cook County Board of Appeals would be renamed Cook County Board of Review and be reconstituted as a three-member body.

Responsibilities

The Board of Review allows residential and commercial property owners to contest an assessment made by the Cook County assessor that they believe incorrect or unjust. The Cook County Board of Review is vested with quasi-judicial powers to adjudicate taxpayer complaints or recommend exempt status of real property, which includes: residential, commercial, industrial, condominium property, and vacant land. There are approximately 1.8 million parcels of property in

. The Board of Review adjudicated 422,713 parcel appeals in the 2012 assessment year.History of the Cook County Board of Review
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Elections

Members are elected by district. The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term. Scheduled elections for each seat over the next twenty years are as follows: *District 1:

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, 2026, 2030, 2032, 2036, 2040 *District 2: 2022, 2026, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2038 *District 3: 2022, 2024, 2028, 2032, 2034, 2038

Composition

Commissioners

Current

This is a list of the Cook County Board Of Review Commissioners in order by district. This list is current as of December 2020.

Past

Individuals who served on the original three-member Cook County Board of Review included

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. Individuals who served on the two-member Cook County Board of Appeals included

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, Pat Quinn, and

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Members of the Cook County Board of Review (1998–present)

References

External links

Cook County Board Of Review
''official government website'' {{Cook County, Illinois government