Bill Text: IL HB0134 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a notice of judgment and sale shall be sent by first class mail in addition to registered or certified mail. Provides that the fee collected from the tax purchaser to cover the costs of registered or certified mailing and advertising shall be $30 (currently, $10) and shall be paid to the county collector prior to the issuance of any certificate of purchase. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0134 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB0134-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 21-135 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/21-135)
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7 | Sec. 21-135. Mailed notice of application for judgment and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | sale. Not less
than 15 days before the date of application for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | judgment and sale of delinquent
properties, the county | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | collector shall mail, by registered or certified mail and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | first class mail , a
notice of the forthcoming application for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | judgment and sale to the person shown
by the current | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | collector's warrant book to be the party in whose name the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | taxes
were last assessed or to the current owner of record and, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | if applicable, to the party specified under Section
15-170. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | The notice shall include the intended dates of application for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | judgment
and sale and commencement of the sale, and a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | description of the properties. The
county collector must | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | present proof of the mailing to the court along with the
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20 | application for judgement.
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21 | In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | of this notice shall
also be mailed by the county collector by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | registered or certified mail to any
lienholder of record who |
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1 | annually requests a copy of the notice. The failure of
the | ||||||
2 | county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to the | ||||||
3 | lienholder
shall not affect the validity of the judgment.
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4 | In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice | ||||||
5 | shall not be mailed to
any person when, under Section 14-15, a | ||||||
6 | certificate of error has been executed
by the county assessor | ||||||
7 | or by both the
county assessor and board of
appeals (until the | ||||||
8 | first Monday in December 1998 and the board of
review
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9 | beginning
the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter),
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10 | except as provided by court order under Section 21-120.
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11 | The collector shall collect $30 from each person | ||||||
12 | purchasing any property at a sale under this Code; those | ||||||
13 | amounts shall be paid to the county collector prior to the | ||||||
14 | issuance of any certificate of purchase, $10 from the proceeds | ||||||
15 | of each sale to cover
the costs of registered or certified | ||||||
16 | mailing and the costs of advertisement
and publication.
If a | ||||||
17 | taxpayer pays the taxes on the property after the notice of the
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18 | forthcoming application for judgment and sale is mailed but | ||||||
19 | before the sale is
made, then the collector shall collect $30 | ||||||
20 | $10 from the taxpayer to cover the costs
of registered or | ||||||
21 | certified mailing and the costs of advertisement and
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22 | publication.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 93-899, eff. 8-10-04.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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