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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4743
Introduced 1/12/2006, by Rep. Aaron Schock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Municipal Code. Provides that certain fines imposed against a property owner for building code violations may be collected as a special assessment on the property if the fines remain unpaid 60 days after being imposed.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4743 |
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LRB094 18540 HLH 53871 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 9-2-4.5 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/9-2-4.5) |
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| Sec. 9-2-4.5. Special assessment for payment of costs |
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| associated with certain ordinance violations. |
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| (a) For purposes of this Section, "Code" means any |
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| municipal ordinance that requires, after notice, the cutting of |
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| grass and weeds, the removal of garbage and debris, the removal |
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| of inoperable motor vehicles, and rodent and vermin abatement.
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| (b) In addition to any other method authorized by law, if |
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| (i) a property owner is cited with a Code violation, (ii) |
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| non-compliance is found upon reinspection of the property after |
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| the due date for compliance with an order to correct the Code |
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| violation or with an order for abatement, (iii) costs for |
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| services rendered by the municipality to correct the Code |
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| violation remain unpaid at the point in time that they would |
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| become a debt due and owing the municipality, as provided in |
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| Division 31.1 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and |
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| (iv) a lien has been filed of record by the municipality in the |
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| office of the recorder in the county in which the property is |
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| located, then those costs may be collected as a special |
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| assessment on the property under this Division. Upon payment of |
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| the costs by the owner of record or persons interested in the |
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| property, the lien shall be released by the municipality and |
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| the release shall be filed of record in the same manner as the |
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| filing of notice of the lien.
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| (c) In addition to any other method authorized by law, |
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| fines imposed against a property owner for building code |
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| violations which have been imposed by the circuit court or by a |