093_HB1489ham003
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1489
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1489, on page 1,
3 line 5, by replacing "Section 21-135" with "Sections 21-135
4 and 21-265"; and
5 on page 2, immediately below line 13, by inserting the
6 following:
7 "(35 ILCS 200/21-265)
8 Sec. 21-265. Scavenger sale; persons ineligible to bid
9 or purchase.
10 (a) No person, except a unit of local government, shall
11 be eligible to bid or receive a certificate of purchase at
12 any sale under Section 21-260 unless that person has
13 completed and delivered to the county clerk a true, accurate
14 and complete application for certificate of purchase which
15 shall affirm that:
16 (1) the person has not bid upon or applied to
17 purchase any property at the sale for a person who is the
18 party or agent of the party who owns the property or is
19 responsible for the payment of the delinquent taxes;
20 (2) the person is not, nor is he or she the agent
21 for, the owner or party responsible for payment of the
22 general taxes on any property which is located in the
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1 same county in which the sale is held and which is tax
2 delinquent or forfeited for all or any part of each of 2
3 or more years, excepting any year for which a certificate
4 of error issued under Sections 14-15, 14-20 and 14-25 is
5 pending for adjudication; and
6 (3) the person, although otherwise eligible to bid,
7 has not either directly or through an agent twice during
8 the same sale or the immediately preceding scavenger sale
9 under Section 21-260 failed to complete a purchase by the
10 immediate payment of the minimum bid or the payment of
11 the balance of a bid within the time provided by Section
12 21-260.
13 (Source: P.A. 86-949; 87-669; 88-455.)".