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90_SB0523 35 ILCS 200/21-135 Amends the Property Tax Code. Requires the county collector to mail a notice of a forthcoming application for judgment and sale to the person in whose name the taxes were last assessed, the owner of record, and to persons specified in the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption (now, the person in whose name the taxes were last assessed and persons specified in the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption). Effective immediately. LRB9002278DNmb LRB9002278DNmb 1 AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section 2 21-135. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 6 Section 21-135 as follows: 7 (35 ILCS 200/21-135) 8 Sec. 21-135. Mailed notice of application for judgment 9 and sale. Not less than 15 days before the date of 10 application for judgment and sale of delinquent properties, 11 the county collector shall mail, by registered or certified 12 mail, a notice of the forthcoming application for judgment 13 and sale to the person shown by the current collector's 14 warrant book to be the party in whose name the taxes were 15 last assessed, to the owner of record, and, if applicable, to 16 the party specified under Section 15-170. The notice shall 17 include the intended dates of application for judgment and 18 sale and commencement of the sale, and a description of the 19 properties. The county collector must present proof of the 20 mailing to the court along with the application for 21 judgement. 22 In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy 23 of this notice shall also be mailed by the county collector 24 by registered or certified mail to any lienholder of record 25 who annually requests a copy of the notice. The failure of 26 the county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to 27 the lienholder shall not affect the validity of the judgment. 28 In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice 29 shall not be mailed to any person when, under Section 14-15, 30 a certificate of error has been executed by the county 31 assessor or by both the county assessor and board of appeals -2- LRB9002278DNmb 1 (until the first Monday in December 1998 and the board of 2 review beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and 3 thereafter), except as provided by court order under Section 4 21-120. 5 The collector shall collect $10 from the proceeds of each 6 sale to cover the costs of registered or certified mailing 7 and the costs of advertisement and publication. 8 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff. 9 8-14-96.) 10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 11 becoming law.