101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4637
 
Introduced 2/5/2020, by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



35 ILCS 200/21-135

     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.
  


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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 registered or certified mail and first 
11class mail, a
notice of the forthcoming application for 
12judgment and sale to the person shown
by the current 
13collector's warrant book to be the party in whose name the 
14taxes
were last assessed or to the current owner of record and, 
15if applicable, to the party specified under Section
15-170. The 
16notice shall include the intended dates of application for 
17judgment
and sale and commencement of the sale, and a 
18description of the properties. The
county collector must 
19present proof of the mailing to the court along with the

20application for judgement.

21    In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy of 
22this notice shall
also be mailed by the county collector by 
23registered or certified mail to any
lienholder of record who 
 
 
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1annually requests a copy of the notice. The failure of
the 
2county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to the 
3lienholder
shall not affect the validity of the judgment.

4    In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice 
5shall not be mailed to
any person when, under Section 14-15, a 
6certificate of error has been executed
by the county assessor 
7or by both the
county assessor and board of
appeals (until the 
8first Monday in December 1998 and the board of
review
beginning

9the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter),
except as 
10provided by court order under Section 21-120.

11    The collector shall collect $30 from each person purchasing 
12any property at a sale under this Code; those amounts shall be 
13paid to the county collector prior to the issuance of any 
14certificate of purchase, $10 from the proceeds of each sale to 
15cover
the costs of registered or certified mailing and the 
16costs of advertisement
and publication.
If a taxpayer pays the 
17taxes 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 $30 $10 from the 
20taxpayer to cover the costs
of registered or certified mailing 
21and the costs of advertisement and
publication.

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

 
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.