|
|
|
HB1529 Engrossed |
|
LRB095 06563 HLH 26666 b |
|
|
1 |
| AN ACT concerning local government.
|
2 |
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
|
3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
|
4 |
| Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing |
5 |
| Section 20-25 as follows:
|
6 |
| (35 ILCS 200/20-25)
|
7 |
| Sec. 20-25. Forms of payment.
|
8 |
| (a) Taxes levied by taxing districts may be
satisfied by |
9 |
| payment in legal money of the United States, cashier's check,
|
10 |
| certified check, post office money order, bank money order |
11 |
| issued by a national
or state bank that is insured by the |
12 |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or
by a personal or |
13 |
| corporate check drawn on such a bank, to the respective
|
14 |
| collection officers who are entitled by law to receive the tax |
15 |
| payments or by
credit card in accordance with the Local |
16 |
| Governmental Acceptance of Credit
Cards Act. A
county collector |
17 |
| may refuse to accept a personal check within 30 days before a
|
18 |
| tax sale. |
19 |
| (b) Beginning on January 1, 2008, a county with a |
20 |
| population of
more than 3,000,000 is required to accept payment |
21 |
| by credit card for each installment of property taxes. Nothing |
22 |
| in this subsection requires a county with a population of more |
23 |
| than 3,000,000 to accept payment by credit card for the payment |