96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6933

 

Introduced , by Rep. Ron Stephens

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/Art. 9 heading
10 ILCS 5/9-8.7 new
35 ILCS 200/21-220

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that registered tax purchasers are prohibited from making campaign contributions to candidates for county treasurer in the county in which the tax purchaser is registered. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that tax purchasers in all counties must register with the county collector. Preempts the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 Election Code is amended by changing the
5heading of Article 9 and by adding Section 9-8.7 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/Art. 9 heading)
7
ARTICLE 9. DISCLOSURE AND PROHIBITION OF CAMPAIGN
8
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES

 
9    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-832)
10
ARTICLE 9. DISCLOSURE , AND REGULATION , AND PROHIBITION OF
11
CAMPAIGN
12
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
13(Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
14    (10 ILCS 5/9-8.7 new)
15    Sec. 9-8.7. Campaign contributions from tax purchasers
16prohibited. It is unlawful for any tax purchaser who is
17registered under Section 21-220 of the Property Tax Code to
18make a campaign contribution to any candidate for county
19treasurer in the county in which the tax purchaser is
20registered. It is unlawful for any candidate for county
21treasurer to knowingly accept or receive any contribution

 

 

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1prohibited by this Section.
 
2    Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
3Section 21-220 as follows:
 
4    (35 ILCS 200/21-220)
5    Sec. 21-220. Letter of credit or bond in counties of
63,000,000 or more; registration in other counties. In counties
7with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, no person shall make an
8offer to pay the amount due on any property and the collector
9shall not accept or acknowledge an offer from any person who
10has not, at least 10 business days prior to making the offer,
11registered with the county collector and deposited with the
12collector, not less than 10 days prior to making such offer, an
13irrevocable and unconditional letter of credit or such other
14unconditional bond payable to the order of the collector in an
15amount not less than 1.5 times the amount of any tax or special
16assessment due upon the property, provided that in no event
17shall the irrevocable and unconditional letter of credit or
18such other unconditional bond be in an amount less than $1,000.
19The collector may without notice draw upon the letter of credit
20or bond in the event payment of the amount due together with
21interest and costs thereon is not made forthwith by the person
22purchasing any property. At all times during the sale, any
23person making an offer or offers to pay the amount or amounts
24due on any properties shall maintain the letter of credit or

 

 

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1bond with the collector in an amount not less than 1.5 times
2the amount due on the properties which he or she has purchased
3and for which he or she has not paid.
4    In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, unless
5the county board provides otherwise, no person shall be
6eligible to bid who did not register with the county collector
7at least 10 business days prior to the first day of sale
8authorized under Section 21-115. The registration must be
9accompanied by a deposit in an amount determined by the county
10collector, but not to exceed $250 in counties of less than
1150,000 inhabitants or $500 in all other counties, which must be
12applied to the amount due on the properties that the registrant
13has purchased. If the registrant cannot participate in the tax
14sale, then he or she may notify the tax collector, no later
15than 5 business days prior to the sale, of the name of the
16substitute person who will participate in the sale in the
17registrant's place, and an additional deposit is not required
18for any such substitute person. If the registrant does not
19attend the sale, then the deposit is forfeited to the Tax Sale
20Automation Fund established under Section 21-245. If the
21registrant does attend the sale and attempts, but fails, to
22purchase any parcels offered for sale, then the deposit must be
23refunded to the registrant. Each county that does not impose a
24registration requirement on the effective date of this
25amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall require
26registration under this Section beginning with the first tax

 

 

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1sale to occur in the county not less than 12 months after the
2effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
3Assembly.
4    A home rule unit may not conduct tax sales in a manner that
5is inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation
6under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
7Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
8units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
9(Source: P.A. 95-537, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
10    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
11changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
12that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
13represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
14not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
15made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
16Public Act.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.