95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2334

 

Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. William R. Haine

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/21-245

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the county collector may assess, to the purchaser of property for delinquent taxes, an automation fee of not more than $20 (now, $10) per parcel if automated bidding systems are employed at the tax sale. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL 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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5 Section 21-245 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 200/21-245)
7     Sec. 21-245. Automation fee. The county collector in all
8 counties may assess to the purchaser of property for delinquent
9 taxes an automation fee of not more than $10 per parcel. If
10 automated bidding systems are employed at the tax sale, the
11 collector may assess an automation fee not exceeding $20 per
12 parcel. In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants:
13     (a) The fee shall be paid at the time of the purchase if
14 the record keeping system used for processing the delinquent
15 property tax sales is automated or has been approved for
16 automation by the county board. The fee shall be collected in
17 the same manner as other fees or costs.
18     (b) Fees collected under this Section shall be retained by
19 the county treasurer in a fund designated as the Tax Sale
20 Automation Fund. The fund shall be audited by the county
21 auditor. The county board, with the approval of the county
22 treasurer, shall make expenditures from the fund (1) to pay any
23 costs related to the automation of property tax collections and

 

 

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1 delinquent property tax sales, including the cost of hardware,
2 software, research and development, and personnel and (2) to
3 defray the cost of providing electronic access to property tax
4 collection records and delinquent tax sale records.
5 (Source: P.A. 93-415, eff. 8-5-03.)
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.