Public Act 098-0277
 
SB1404 EnrolledLRB098 06163 HLH 36204 b

    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Section 21-145 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 200/21-145)
    Sec. 21-145. Scavenger sale. At the same time the County
Collector annually publishes the collector's annual sale
advertisement under Sections 21-110, 21-115 and 21-120, it is
mandatory for the collector in counties with 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants, and in other counties if the county board so
orders by resolution, to publish an advertisement giving notice
of the intended application for judgment and sale of all
properties upon which all or a part of the general taxes for
each of 3 2 or more years, including the current tax year, are
delinquent as of the date of the advertisement. In no event may
there be more than 2 consecutive years without a sale under
this Section. The term delinquent also includes forfeitures.
The County Collector shall include in the advertisement and in
the application for judgment and sale under this Section and
Section 21-260 the total amount of all general taxes upon those
properties which are delinquent as of the date of the
advertisement. In lieu of a single annual advertisement and
application for judgment and sale under this Section and
Section 21-260, the County Collector may, from time to time,
beginning on the date of the publication of the annual sale
advertisement and before August 1 of the next year, publish
separate advertisements and make separate applications on
eligible properties described in one or more volumes of the
delinquent list. The separate advertisements and applications
shall, in the aggregate, include all the properties which
otherwise would have been included in the single annual
advertisement and application for judgment and sale under this
Section. Upon the written request of the taxing district which
levied the same, the County Collector shall also include in the
advertisement the special taxes and special assessments,
together with interest, penalties and costs thereon upon those
properties which are delinquent as of the date of the
advertisement. The advertisement and application for judgment
and sale shall be in the manner prescribed by this Code
relating to the annual advertisement and application for
judgment and sale of delinquent properties.
(Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-695, eff. 12-31-96.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.