IL HB5202

Amends the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act to require automatic inflation adjustments every 3 years for income eligibility limits used to determine eligibility for reduced vehicle registration fees for seniors and persons with disabilities.

Adjustments will be based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) during the preceding 12-month calendar year.

The Illinois Comptroller will calculate the new adjusted income limits and provide them to the Department on Aging, which will determine effective dates and publish the updated amounts.

Current income eligibility limits for reduced vehicle registration fees are less than $33,562 for one-person households, less than $44,533 for two-person households, and less than $55,500 for households of three or more persons.

Income eligibility limits for free transit services remain unchanged and are not subject to the new automatic adjustment provision.