Public Act 93-0222

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    AN ACT in relation to municipalities.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The Special Assessment Supplemental Bond and
Procedures Act is amended by changing Section 55 as follows:

    (50 ILCS 460/55)
    Sec. 55.  County  clerk  may  collect.  Pursuant  to  the
Illinois  constitutional and statutory provisions relating to
intergovernmental cooperation, the county clerk of any county
in which property subject to a special assessment is  located
may,  but shall not be required to, agree to mail bills for a
special assessment with the regular tax bills of the  county,
or  otherwise as may be provided by a special assessment law.
If the clerk agrees to mail such bills with the  regular  tax
bills,  then  the  annual  amount  due  as of January 2 shall
become due instead in even installments with  each  tax  bill
made  during  the  year  in which such January 2 date occurs,
thus deferring to later date in the year  the  obligation  to
pay  the  assessments.  If the county clerk does not agree to
mail the bills, or if the municipality  declines  to  request
the county clerk to mail the bills, the municipality may bill
the  annual  amount  due,  as  of  January  2nd,  in  2  even
installments due on or about the due date for the real estate
tax bills issued by the county clerk during the year in which
the January 2nd date occurs, thereby deferring the obligation
to  pay  the  assessment  installment  to later dates in that
year.
(Source: P.A. 90-480, eff. 8-17-97.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
January 1, 2004.