96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6935

 

Introduced , by Rep. Ron Stephens

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/21-115
35 ILCS 200/21-225

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the collector shall publish notice at least 30 days (instead of 10 days) prior to applying to the circuit court for a judgment and order of sale against delinquent property. Provides that the county collector shall give notice of the sale of forfeited property at least 30 days prior to the sale (instead of 10). 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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Sections 21-115 and 21-225 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/21-115)
7    Sec. 21-115. Times of publication of notice. The
8advertisement shall be published once at least 30 10 days
9before the day on which judgment is to be applied for, and
10shall contain a list of the delinquent properties upon which
11the taxes or any part thereof remain due and unpaid, the names
12of owners, if known, the total amount due, and the year or
13years for which they are due. In counties of less than
143,000,000 inhabitants, advertisement shall include notice of
15the registration requirement for persons bidding at the sale.
16Properties upon which taxes have been paid in full under
17protest shall not be included in the list.
18    The collector shall give notice that he or she will apply
19to the circuit court on a specified day for judgment against
20the properties for the taxes, and costs, and for an order to
21sell the properties for the satisfaction of the amount due.
22    The collector shall also give notice of a date within the
23next 5 business days after the date of application on which all

 

 

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1the properties for the sale of which an order is made will be
2exposed to public sale at a location within the county
3designated by the county collector, for the amount of taxes,
4and cost due. The advertisement published according to the
5provisions of this Section shall be deemed to be sufficient
6notice of the intended application for judgment and of the sale
7of properties under the order of the court. Notwithstanding the
8provisions of this Section and Section 21-110, in the 10 years
9following the completion of a general reassessment of property
10in any county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, made under an
11order of the Department, the publication shall be made not
12sooner than 10 days nor more than 90 days after the date when
13all unpaid taxes on property have become delinquent.
14(Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-426, eff.
156-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 
16    (35 ILCS 200/21-225)
17    Sec. 21-225. Forfeited property. Every property offered at
18public sale, and not sold for want of bidders, unless it is
19released from sale by the withdrawal from collection of a
20special assessment levied thereon, shall be forfeited to the
21State of Illinois. However, when the court, county clerk and
22county treasurer certify that the taxes and special assessments
23not withdrawn from collection on forfeited property equal or
24exceed the actual value of the property, the county collector
25shall, on the receipt of such certificate, offer the property

 

 

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1for sale to the highest bidder, after first giving 30 10 days'
2notice, in the manner described in Sections 21-110 and 21-115,
3of the time and place of sale, together with a description of
4the property to be offered. A certificate of purchase shall be
5issued to the purchaser at the sale as in other cases provided
6in this Code. The county collector shall receive credit in the
7settlement with the taxing bodies for which the tax was levied
8for the amount not realized by the sale. The amount received
9from the sale shall be paid by the collector, pro rata, to the
10taxing bodies entitled to it.
11(Source: Laws 1965, p. 631; P.A. 88-455.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.