96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6062


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



35 ILCS 200/20-25





30 ILCS 805/8.34 new










    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2011, a county with a population of more than 3,000,000 is required to accept payment by credit card for each installment of property taxes. Provides that the county is not required to accept payment by credit card for the payment on any installment of taxes that is delinquent under certain provisions of the Property Tax Code or for the purposes of any tax sale or scavenger sale. Preempts the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.  Effective immediately.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 









HB6062

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    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:

 
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    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 20-25 as follows:
 



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    (35 ILCS 200/20-25)


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    Sec. 20-25. Forms of payment. 

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    (a) Taxes levied by taxing districts may be
satisfied by 
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payment in legal money of the United States, cashier's check,

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certified check, post office money order, bank money order 
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issued by a national
or state bank that is insured by the 
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or
by a personal or 
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corporate check drawn on such a bank, to the respective

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collection officers who are entitled by law to receive the tax 
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payments or by
credit card in accordance with the Local 
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Governmental Acceptance of Credit
Cards Act. A
county collector 
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may refuse to accept a personal check within 30 days before a

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tax sale.
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    (b) Beginning on January 1, 2011, a county with a 
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population of
more than 3,000,000 is required to accept payment 
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by credit card for each installment of property taxes. Nothing 
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in this subsection requires a county with a population of more 
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than 3,000,000 to accept payment by credit card for the payment 
 


 






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on any installment of taxes that is delinquent under Section 
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21-10, 21-25, or 21-30 of the Property Tax Code or for the 
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purposes of any tax sale or scavenger sale under Division 3.5, 
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4, or 5 of Article 21 of the Property Tax Code.
This subsection 
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is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section
6 of Article 
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VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
exercise by 
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home rule units of powers and functions exercised
by the State.


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(Source: P.A. 90-518, eff. 8-22-97.)



 
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    Section 10. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
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Section 8.34 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.34 new)
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    Sec. 8.34. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
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of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 96th General Assembly.

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