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      65 ILCS 5/11-20-13        from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-13
          Amends the Illinois  Municipal  Code.   Provides  that  a
      municipality  may  remove  graffiti from private property but
      may not recover the cost from the owner.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code  by  changing
 2    Section 11-20-13.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Municipal  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 11-20-13 as follows:
 7        (65 ILCS 5/11-20-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-13)
 8        Sec.   11-20-13.   The   corporate  authorities  of  each
 9    municipality may provide for  the  removal  of  garbage,  and
10    debris,  and graffiti from private property when the owner of
11    such property, after reasonable notice, refuses  or  neglects
12    to  remove  such  garbage,  and  debris, and graffiti and may
13    collect from such owner the reasonable cost thereof except in
14    the case of graffiti. This cost  is  a  lien  upon  the  real
15    estate   affected,  superior  to  all  subsequent  liens  and
16    encumbrances, except tax liens, if within 60 days after  such
17    cost  and  expense  is  incurred  the municipality, or person
18    performing the service by authority of the  municipality,  in
19    his  or  its  own name, files notice of lien in the office of
20    the recorder in the county  in  which  such  real  estate  is
21    located  or  in the office of the Registrar of Titles of such
22    county if the real estate affected is  registered  under  "An
23    Act  concerning  land  titles",  approved  May  1,  1897,  as
24    amended.  The  notice  shall  consist  of  a  sworn statement
25    setting out (1) a description of the real  estate  sufficient
26    for   identification   thereof,   (2)  the  amount  of  money
27    representing the cost and expense incurred or payable for the
28    service, and (3) the date or dates when such cost and expense
29    was incurred by the municipality. However, the lien  of  such
30    municipality  shall  not  be  valid as to any purchaser whose
31    rights in and to such real estate have arisen  subsequent  to
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 1    removal  of the garbage and debris and prior to the filing of
 2    such notice, and the lien of such municipality shall  not  be
 3    valid  as to any mortgagee, judgment creditor or other lienor
 4    whose rights in and to such real estate arise  prior  to  the
 5    filing  of  such notice. Upon payment of the cost and expense
 6    by the owner of or persons interested in such property  after
 7    notice  of lien has been filed, the lien shall be released by
 8    the municipality or person in whose name the  lien  has  been
 9    filed  and  the release may be filed of record as in the case
10    of filing notice  of  lien.  The  lien  may  be  enforced  by
11    proceedings   to   foreclose  as  in  case  of  mortgages  or
12    mechanics' liens. An action to foreclose this lien  shall  be
13    commenced  within  2 years after the date of filing notice of
14    lien.
15        This amendatory  Act  of  1973  does  not  apply  to  any
16    municipality which is a home rule unit.
17    (Source: P.A. 83-358.)

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