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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 9-2-4.5 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/9-2-4.5) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 9-2-4.5. Special assessment for payment of costs | ||||||
| 8 | associated with certain ordinance violations. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) For purposes of this Section, "Code" means any | ||||||
| 10 | municipal ordinance that requires, after notice, the cutting of | ||||||
| 11 | grass and weeds, the removal of garbage and debris, the removal | ||||||
| 12 | of inoperable motor vehicles, and rodent and vermin abatement.
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| 13 | (b) In addition to any other method authorized by law, if | ||||||
| 14 | (i) a property owner is cited with a Code violation, (ii) | ||||||
| 15 | non-compliance is found upon reinspection of the property after | ||||||
| 16 | the due date for compliance with an order to correct the Code | ||||||
| 17 | violation or with an order for abatement, (iii) costs for | ||||||
| 18 | services rendered by the municipality to correct the Code | ||||||
| 19 | violation remain unpaid at the point in time that they would | ||||||
| 20 | become a debt due and owing the municipality, as provided in | ||||||
| 21 | Division 31.1 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and | ||||||
| 22 | (iv) a lien has been filed of record by the municipality in the | ||||||
| 23 | office of the recorder in the county in which the property is | ||||||
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| 1 | located, then those costs may be collected as a special | ||||||
| 2 | assessment on the property under this Division. The county | ||||||
| 3 | collector shall retain 5% of the amount of the costs collected | ||||||
| 4 | as a special assessment under this subsection and deposit the | ||||||
| 5 | amount retained into the Tax Sale Automation Fund established | ||||||
| 6 | under Section 21-245 of the Property Tax Code. Upon payment of | ||||||
| 7 | the costs by the owner of record or persons interested in the | ||||||
| 8 | property, the lien shall be released by the municipality and | ||||||
| 9 | the release shall be filed of record in the same manner as the | ||||||
| 10 | filing of notice of the lien.
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| 11 | (c) In addition to any other method authorized by law, | ||||||
| 12 | fines imposed against a property owner for building code | ||||||
| 13 | violations that have been imposed by the circuit court or by a | ||||||
| 14 | code hearing officer under Division 31.1 of Article 11, may be | ||||||
| 15 | collected as a special assessment on the property under this | ||||||
| 16 | Division if those fines remain unpaid 60 days after being | ||||||
| 17 | imposed. The county collector shall retain 5% of the amount of | ||||||
| 18 | the fines collected as a special assessment under this | ||||||
| 19 | subsection and deposit the amount retained into the Tax Sale | ||||||
| 20 | Automation Fund established under Section 21-245 of the | ||||||
| 21 | Property Tax Code.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 93-993, eff. 1-1-05.)
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.
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