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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.
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 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
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 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.

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