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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 11-20-15 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-20-15) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-20-15. Lien for removal costs. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) If the municipality incurs a a removal cost under | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Section 11-20-7, 11-20-8, 11-20-12, or 11-20-13 with respect to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | any underlying parcel, then that cost is a lien upon that | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | underlying parcel. This lien is superior to all other liens and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | encumbrances, except tax liens and as otherwise provided in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | subsection (c)
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| 14 | (b) To perfect a lien under this Section, the municipality | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | must, within one year after the removal cost is incurred, file | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | notice of lien in the office of the recorder in the county in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | which the underlying parcel is located or, if the underlying | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | parcel is registered under the Torrens system, in the office of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the Registrar of Titles of that county. The notice must consist | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | of a sworn statement setting out: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | (1) a description of the underlying parcel that | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | sufficiently identifies the parcel; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | (2) the amount of the removal cost; and | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | (3) the date or dates when the removal cost was | ||||||
| 2 | incurred by the municipality. | ||||||
| 3 | If, for any one parcel, the municipality engaged in any | ||||||
| 4 | removal activity on more than one occasion during the course of | ||||||
| 5 | one year, then the municipality may combine any or all of the | ||||||
| 6 | costs of each of those activities into a single notice of lien. | ||||||
| 7 | (c) A lien under this Section is not valid as to: (i) any | ||||||
| 8 | purchaser whose rights in and to the underlying parcel arose | ||||||
| 9 | after the removal activity but before the filing of the notice | ||||||
| 10 | of lien; or (ii) any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other | ||||||
| 11 | lienor whose rights in and to the underlying parcel arose | ||||||
| 12 | before the filing of the notice of lien. | ||||||
| 13 | (d) The removal cost is not a lien on the underlying parcel | ||||||
| 14 | unless a notice is personally served on, or sent by certified | ||||||
| 15 | mail to, the person to whom was sent the tax bill for the | ||||||
| 16 | general taxes on the property for the taxable year immediately | ||||||
| 17 | preceding the removal activities. The notice must be delivered | ||||||
| 18 | or sent after the removal activities have been performed, and | ||||||
| 19 | it must: (i) state the substance of this Section and the | ||||||
| 20 | substance of any ordinance of the municipality implementing | ||||||
| 21 | this Section; (ii) identify the underlying parcel, by common | ||||||
| 22 | description; and (iii) describe the removal activity. | ||||||
| 23 | (e) A lien under this Section may be enforced by | ||||||
| 24 | proceedings to foreclose as in case of mortgages or mechanics' | ||||||
| 25 | liens. An action to foreclose a lien under this Section must be | ||||||
| 26 | commenced within 2 years after the date of filing notice of | ||||||
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| 1 | lien. | ||||||
| 2 | (f) Any person who performs a removal activity by the | ||||||
| 3 | authority of the municipality may, in his or her own name, file | ||||||
| 4 | a lien and foreclose on that lien in the same manner as a | ||||||
| 5 | municipality under this Section. | ||||||
| 6 | (g) A failure to file a foreclosure action does not, in any | ||||||
| 7 | way, affect the validity of the lien against the underlying | ||||||
| 8 | parcel. | ||||||
| 9 | (h) Upon payment of the lien cost by the owner of the | ||||||
| 10 | underlying parcel after notice of lien has been filed, the | ||||||
| 11 | municipality (or its agent under subsection (f)) shall release | ||||||
| 12 | the lien, and the release may be filed of record by the owner | ||||||
| 13 | at his or her sole expense as in the case of filing notice of | ||||||
| 14 | lien. | ||||||
| 15 | (i) For the purposes of this Section: | ||||||
| 16 | "Lien cost" means the removal cost and the filing costs for | ||||||
| 17 | any notice of lien under subsection (b). | ||||||
| 18 | "Removal activity" means any activity for which a removal | ||||||
| 19 | cost was incurred. | ||||||
| 20 | "Removal cost" means a removal cost as defined under | ||||||
| 21 | Section 11-20-7, 11-20-8, 11-20-12, or 11-20-13. | ||||||
| 22 | "Underlying parcel" means a parcel of private property upon | ||||||
| 23 | which a removal activity was performed. | ||||||
| 24 | "Year" means a 365-day period. | ||||||
| 25 | (j) This Section applies only to liens filed after August | ||||||
| 26 | 14, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-462).
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| 1 | (k) This Section shall not apply to a lien filed pursuant | ||||||
| 2 | to Section 11-20-15.1. | ||||||
| 3 | (Source: P.A. 96-462, eff. 8-14-09; 96-856, eff. 3-1-10; | ||||||
| 4 | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
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