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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5048 Introduced 2/7/2012, by Rep. Jim Watson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, as an alternative to mailing a copy of the bill, the collector may send tax bills via e-mail at the request of the taxpayer.
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| | HB5048 | | LRB097 16507 HLH 61675 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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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 Property Tax Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 20-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/20-5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 20-5. Mailing tax bill to owner. Every township |
| 8 | | collector, and every
county collector in cases where there is |
| 9 | | no township collector, upon receiving
the tax book or books, |
| 10 | | shall prepare tax bills showing each installment of
property |
| 11 | | taxes assessed, which shall be filled out in accordance with |
| 12 | | Section
20-40. A copy of the bill shall be mailed by the |
| 13 | | collector, at least 30 days
prior to the date upon which unpaid |
| 14 | | taxes become delinquent, to the owner of
the property taxed or |
| 15 | | to the person in whose name the property is taxed. As an |
| 16 | | alternative to mailing a copy of the bill, the collector may |
| 17 | | send the tax bill via e-mail at the request of the taxpayer. If |
| 18 | | the taxpayer makes such a request, then the taxpayer shall |
| 19 | | notify the collector of any change in his or her e-mail address |
| 20 | | as soon as possible after the address is changed.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 86-957; 87-818; 88-455.)
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