99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2923
 
Introduced 2/18/2016, by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



35 ILCS 200/21-150

     Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in Cook County, for tax year 2014 and each tax year thereafter, all applications for judgment and order of sale for taxes and special assessments on delinquent properties shall be made within 365 days after the second installment due date (currently, by May 1, 2016 for tax year 2014, by March 1, 2017 for tax year 2015, and within 90 days after the second installment due date for tax year 2016 and each tax year thereafter). Effective immediately.
  


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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 Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 21-150 as follows:
 



6    (35 ILCS 200/21-150)



7    Sec. 21-150. Time of applying for judgment. Except as 
8otherwise provided in
this Section or by ordinance or 
9resolution enacted under subsection (c) of
Section 21-40, in 
10any county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, all 
11applications for judgment and order of sale for taxes and

12special assessments on delinquent properties shall be made 
13within 90 days after the second installment due date.  In Cook 
14County, all applications for judgment and order of sale for 
15taxes and special assessments on delinquent properties shall be 
16made (i) by July 1, 2011 for tax year 2009, (ii) by July 1, 2012 
17for tax year 2010, (iii) by July 1, 2013 for tax year 2011, 
18(iv) by July 1, 2014 for tax year 2012, (v)  by July 1, 2015 for 
19tax year 2013, and (vi)  within 365 (vi)  by May 1, 2016 for tax 
20year 2014, (vii) by March 1, 2017 for tax year 2015, and (viii)  
21within 90 days after the second installment due date for tax 
22year 2014 2016 and each tax year thereafter. In those counties 
23which have adopted an ordinance under Section
21-40, the 
 
 
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1application for judgment and order of sale for delinquent taxes

2shall be made in December.  In the 10 years next following the 
3completion of
a general reassessment of property in any county 
4with 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants, made under an order of the 
5Department, applications for judgment
and order of sale shall 
6be made as soon as may be and on the day specified in
the 
7advertisement required by Section 21-110 and 21-115. If for any 
8cause the
court is not held on the day specified, the cause 
9shall stand continued, and it
shall be unnecessary to 
10re-advertise the list or notice.

11    Within 30 days after the day specified for the application 
12for judgment the
court shall hear and determine the matter.  If 
13judgment is rendered, the sale
shall begin on the date within 5 
14business days specified in the notice as
provided in Section 
1521-115.  If the collector is prevented from advertising and

16obtaining judgment within the time periods specified by this 
17Section, the collector may obtain
judgment at any time 
18thereafter; but if the failure arises by the county
collector's 
19not complying with any of the requirements of this Code, he or 
20she
shall be held on his or her official bond for the full 
21amount of all taxes and
special assessments charged against him 
22or her. Any failure on the part of the
county collector shall 
23not be allowed as a valid objection to the collection of
any 
24tax or assessment, or to entry of a judgment against any 
25delinquent
properties included in the application of the county 
26collector.

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 97-637, eff. 12-16-11; 98-1101, eff. 8-26-14.)

 
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
3becoming law.