101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4577
 
Introduced 2/5/2020, by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



35 ILCS 200/21-135

     Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the notice of application for judgment and sale may be mailed by first-class mail (currently, registered or certified mail). Provides that the envelope containing the notice shall be clearly marked "Notice of Judgment and Sale of Unpaid Property Taxes". Removes a requirement that the county collector must present proof of the mailing to the court along with the
application for judgement.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 21-135 as follows:
 



6    (35 ILCS 200/21-135)



7    Sec. 21-135. Mailed notice of application for judgment and 
8sale. Not less
than 15 days before the date of application for 
9judgment and sale of delinquent
properties, the county 
10collector shall mail, by first-class registered or certified 
11mail, a
notice of the forthcoming application for judgment and 
12sale to the person shown
by the current collector's warrant 
13book to be the party in whose name the taxes
were last assessed 
14or to the current owner of record and, if applicable, to the 
15party specified under Section
15-170. The notice shall include 
16the intended dates of application for judgment
and sale and 
17commencement of the sale, and a description of the properties. 
18The envelope containing the notice shall be clearly marked 
19"Notice of Judgment and Sale of Unpaid Property Taxes". The

20county collector must present proof of the mailing to the court 
21along with the
application for judgement.

22    In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy of 
23this notice shall
also be mailed by the county collector by 
 
 
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1first-class registered or certified mail to any
lienholder of 
2record who annually requests a copy of the notice. The envelope 
3containing the notice shall be clearly marked "Notice of 
4Judgment and Sale of Unpaid Property Taxes". The failure of
the 
5county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to the 
6lienholder
shall not affect the validity of the judgment.

7    In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice 
8shall not be mailed to
any person when, under Section 14-15, a 
9certificate of error has been executed
by the county assessor 
10or by both the
county assessor and board of
appeals (until the 
11first Monday in December 1998 and the board of
review
beginning

12the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter),
except as 
13provided by court order under Section 21-120.

14    The collector shall collect $10 from the proceeds of each 
15sale to cover
the costs of registered or certified mailing and 
16the costs of advertisement
and publication.
If a taxpayer pays 
17the taxes on the property after the notice of the
forthcoming 
18application for judgment and sale is mailed but before the sale 
19is
made, then the collector shall collect $10 from the taxpayer 
20to cover the costs
of registered or certified mailing and the 
21costs of advertisement and
publication.

22(Source: P.A. 93-899, eff. 8-10-04.)