97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2086

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/21-245
35 ILCS 516/180

    Amends the Property Tax Code and the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act. Provides that the county collector may assess to the purchaser of property or a mobile home for delinquent taxes an automation fee of $20 (now, $10) per parcel or per mobile home. Provides that, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the fee shall be collected at the time of purchase of subsequent tax sales. 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
5Section 21-245 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/21-245)
7    Sec. 21-245. Automation fee. The county collector in all
8counties may assess to the purchaser of property for delinquent
9taxes an automation fee of not more than $20 $10 per parcel. In
10counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants:
11    (a) The fee shall be paid at the time of the purchase if
12the record keeping system used for processing the delinquent
13property tax sales is automated or has been approved for
14automation by the county board. The fee shall be collected in
15the same manner as other fees or costs and shall also be
16collected at the time of purchase of subsequent tax sales.
17    (b) Fees collected under this Section shall be retained by
18the county treasurer in a fund designated as the Tax Sale
19Automation Fund. The fund shall be audited by the county
20auditor. The county board, with the approval of the county
21treasurer, shall make expenditures from the fund (1) to pay any
22costs related to the automation of property tax collections and
23delinquent property tax sales, including the cost of hardware,

 

 

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1software, research and development, and personnel and (2) to
2defray the cost of providing electronic access to property tax
3collection records and delinquent tax sale records.
4(Source: P.A. 93-415, eff. 8-5-03.)
 
5    Section 10. The Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement
6Act is amended by changing Section 180 as follows:
 
7    (35 ILCS 516/180)
8    Sec. 180. Automation fee. The county collector may assess
9to the purchaser of a mobile home for delinquent taxes an
10automation fee of not more than $20 $10 per mobile home. In
11counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants:
12    (a) The fee shall be paid at the time of the purchase if
13the record keeping system used for processing the delinquent
14mobile home tax sales is automated or has been approved for
15automation by the county board. The fee shall be collected in
16the same manner as other fees or costs and shall also be
17collected at the time of purchase of subsequent tax sales.
18    (b) Fees collected under this Section shall be retained by
19the county treasurer in a fund designated as the Tax Sale
20Automation Fund. The fund shall be audited by the county
21auditor. The county board shall make expenditures from the fund
22to pay any costs related to the automation of mobile home tax
23collections and delinquent mobile home tax sales, including the
24cost of hardware, software, research and development, and

 

 

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1personnel.
2(Source: P.A. 92-807, eff. 1-1-03.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.