101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1500

 

Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Emil Jones, III

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/15-1504.1
735 ILCS 5/15-1507.1

    Amends the Mortgage Foreclosure Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that until January 1, 2023 (rather than 2020), at the time of the filing of a foreclosure complaint, the plaintiff shall pay a fee for the Foreclosure Prevention Program Graduated Fund and the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. Provides that until January 1, 2023 (rather than 2020), the plaintiff or plaintiff's representative shall file a verified statement that states which additional fee is due, unless the court has established another process to certify which additional fee is due. Provides that a specific provision is inoperative on and after January 1, 2023 (rather than 2020). Reenacts a provision regarding the judicial sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. Provides that the provisions are inoperative on January 1, 2023 (rather than 2017) and repealed on March 2, 2023 (rather than 2017). Provides that all actions taken in the collection remittance of fees before the effective date of the Act are ratified, validated, and confirmed. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Sections 15-1504.1 and by reenacting and changing
6Section 15-1507.1 as follows:
 
7    (735 ILCS 5/15-1504.1)
8    Sec. 15-1504.1. Filing fee for Foreclosure Prevention
9Program Fund, Foreclosure Prevention Program Graduated Fund,
10and Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund.
11    (a) Fee paid by all plaintiffs with respect to residential
12real estate. With respect to residential real estate, at the
13time of the filing of a foreclosure complaint, the plaintiff
14shall pay to the clerk of the court in which the foreclosure
15complaint is filed a fee of $50 for deposit into the
16Foreclosure Prevention Program Fund, a special fund created in
17the State treasury. The clerk shall remit the fee collected
18pursuant to this subsection (a) to the State Treasurer to be
19expended for the purposes set forth in Section 7.30 of the
20Illinois Housing Development Act. All fees paid by plaintiffs
21to the clerk of the court as provided in this subsection (a)
22shall be disbursed within 60 days after receipt by the clerk of
23the court as follows: (i) 98% to the State Treasurer for

 

 

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1deposit into the Foreclosure Prevention Program Fund, and (ii)
22% to the clerk of the court to be retained by the clerk for
3deposit into the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and
4Administrative Fund to defray administrative expenses related
5to implementation of this subsection (a). Notwithstanding any
6other law to the contrary, the Foreclosure Prevention Program
7Fund is not subject to sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or
8any other fiscal maneuver that would in any way transfer any
9amounts from the Foreclosure Prevention Program Fund into any
10other fund of the State.
11    (a-5) Additional fee paid by plaintiffs with respect to
12residential real estate.
13        (1) Until January 1, 2023 2020, with respect to
14    residential real estate, at the time of the filing of a
15    foreclosure complaint and in addition to the fee set forth
16    in subsection (a) of this Section, the plaintiff shall pay
17    to the clerk of the court in which the foreclosure
18    complaint is filed a fee for the Foreclosure Prevention
19    Program Graduated Fund and the Abandoned Residential
20    Property Municipality Relief Fund as follows:
21            (A) The fee shall be $500 if:
22                (i) the plaintiff, together with its
23            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
24            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
25            first tier foreclosure filing category and is
26            filing the complaint on its own behalf as the

 

 

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1            holder of the indebtedness; or
2                (ii) the plaintiff, together with its
3            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
4            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
5            first tier foreclosure filing category and is
6            filing the complaint on behalf of a mortgagee that,
7            together with its affiliates, has filed a
8            sufficient number of foreclosure complaints so as
9            to be included in the first tier foreclosure filing
10            category; or
11                (iii) the plaintiff is not a depository
12            institution and is filing the complaint on behalf
13            of a mortgagee that, together with its affiliates,
14            has filed a sufficient number of foreclosure
15            complaints so as to be included in the first tier
16            foreclosure filing category.
17            (B) The fee shall be $250 if:
18                (i) the plaintiff, together with its
19            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
20            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
21            second tier foreclosure filing category and is
22            filing the complaint on its own behalf as the
23            holder of the indebtedness; or
24                (ii) the plaintiff, together with its
25            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
26            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the

 

 

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1            first or second tier foreclosure filing category
2            and is filing the complaint on behalf of a
3            mortgagee that, together with its affiliates, has
4            filed a sufficient number of foreclosure
5            complaints so as to be included in the second tier
6            foreclosure filing category; or
7                (iii) the plaintiff, together with its
8            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
9            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
10            second tier foreclosure filing category and is
11            filing the complaint on behalf of a mortgagee that,
12            together with its affiliates, has filed a
13            sufficient number of foreclosure complaints so as
14            to be included in the first tier foreclosure filing
15            category; or
16                (iv) the plaintiff is not a depository
17            institution and is filing the complaint on behalf
18            of a mortgagee that, together with its affiliates,
19            has filed a sufficient number of foreclosure
20            complaints so as to be included in the second tier
21            foreclosure filing category.
22            (C) The fee shall be $50 if:
23                (i) the plaintiff, together with its
24            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
25            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
26            third tier foreclosure filing category and is

 

 

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1            filing the complaint on its own behalf as the
2            holder of the indebtedness; or
3                (ii) the plaintiff, together with its
4            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
5            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
6            first, second, or third tier foreclosure filing
7            category and is filing the complaint on behalf of a
8            mortgagee that, together with its affiliates, has
9            filed a sufficient number of foreclosure
10            complaints so as to be included in the third tier
11            foreclosure filing category; or
12                (iii) the plaintiff, together with its
13            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
14            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
15            third tier foreclosure filing category and is
16            filing the complaint on behalf of a mortgagee that,
17            together with its affiliates, has filed a
18            sufficient number of foreclosure complaints so as
19            to be included in the first tier foreclosure filing
20            category; or
21                (iv) the plaintiff, together with its
22            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
23            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
24            third tier foreclosure filing category and is
25            filing the complaint on behalf of a mortgagee that,
26            together with its affiliates, has filed a

 

 

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1            sufficient number of foreclosure complaints so as
2            to be included in the second tier foreclosure
3            filing category; or
4                (v) the plaintiff is not a depository
5            institution and is filing the complaint on behalf
6            of a mortgagee that, together with its affiliates,
7            has filed a sufficient number of foreclosure
8            complaints so as to be included in the third tier
9            foreclosure filing category.
10        (2) The clerk shall remit the fee collected pursuant to
11    paragraph (1) of this subsection (a-5) to the State
12    Treasurer to be expended for the purposes set forth in
13    Sections 7.30 and 7.31 of the Illinois Housing Development
14    Act and for administrative expenses. All fees paid by
15    plaintiffs to the clerk of the court as provided in
16    paragraph (1) shall be disbursed within 60 days after
17    receipt by the clerk of the court as follows:
18            (A) 28% to the State Treasurer for deposit into the
19        Foreclosure Prevention Program Graduated Fund;
20            (B) 70% to the State Treasurer for deposit into the
21        Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief
22        Fund; and
23            (C) 2% to the clerk of the court to be retained by
24        the clerk for deposit into the Circuit Court Clerk
25        Operation and Administrative Fund to defray
26        administrative expenses related to implementation of

 

 

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1        this subsection (a-5).
2        (3) Until January 1, 2023 2020, with respect to
3    residential real estate, at the time of the filing of a
4    foreclosure complaint, the plaintiff or plaintiff's
5    representative shall file a verified statement that states
6    which additional fee is due under paragraph (1) of this
7    subsection (a-5), unless the court has established another
8    process for a plaintiff or plaintiff's representative to
9    certify which additional fee is due under paragraph (1) of
10    this subsection (a-5).
11        (4) If a plaintiff fails to provide the clerk of the
12    court with a true and correct statement of the additional
13    fee due under paragraph (1) of this subsection (a-5), and
14    the mortgagor reimburses the plaintiff for any erroneous
15    additional fee that was paid by the plaintiff to the clerk
16    of the court, the mortgagor may seek a refund of any
17    overpayment of the fee in an amount that shall not exceed
18    the difference between the higher additional fee paid under
19    paragraph (1) of this subsection (a-5) and the actual fee
20    due thereunder. The mortgagor must petition the judge
21    within the foreclosure action for the award of any fee
22    overpayment pursuant to this paragraph (4) of this
23    subsection (a-5), and the award shall be determined by the
24    judge and paid by the clerk of the court out of the fund
25    account into which the clerk of the court deposits fees to
26    be remitted to the State Treasurer under paragraph (2) of

 

 

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1    this subsection (a-5), the timing of which refund payment
2    shall be determined by the clerk of the court based upon
3    the availability of funds in the subject fund account. This
4    refund shall be the mortgagor's sole remedy and a mortgagor
5    shall have no private right of action against the plaintiff
6    or plaintiff's representatives if the additional fee paid
7    by the plaintiff was erroneous.
8        (5) This subsection (a-5) is inoperative on and after
9    January 1, 2023 2020.
10    (b) Not later than March 1 of each year, the clerk of the
11court shall submit to the Illinois Housing Development
12Authority a report of the funds collected and remitted pursuant
13to this Section during the preceding year.
14    (c) As used in this Section:
15    "Affiliate" means any company that controls, is controlled
16by, or is under common control with another company.
17    "Approved counseling agency" and "approved housing
18counseling" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in
19Section 7.30 of the Illinois Housing Development Act.
20    "Depository institution" means a bank, savings bank,
21savings and loan association, or credit union chartered,
22organized, or holding a certificate of authority to do business
23under the laws of this State, another state, or the United
24States.
25    "First tier foreclosure filing category" is a
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1175 or more foreclosure complaints on residential real estate
2located in Illinois during the calendar year immediately
3preceding the date of the filing of the subject foreclosure
4complaint.
5    "Second tier foreclosure filing category" is a
6classification that only applies to a plaintiff that has filed
7at least 50, but no more than 174, foreclosure complaints on
8residential real estate located in Illinois during the calendar
9year immediately preceding the date of the filing of the
10subject foreclosure complaint.
11    "Third tier foreclosure filing category" is a
12classification that only applies to a plaintiff that has filed
13no more than 49 foreclosure complaints on residential real
14estate located in Illinois during the calendar year immediately
15preceding the date of the filing of the subject foreclosure
16complaint.
17    (d) In no instance shall the fee set forth in subsection
18(a-5) be assessed for any foreclosure complaint filed before
19the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
20Assembly.
21    (e) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the
22Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund is not
23subject to sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other
24fiscal maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts from
25the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund
26into any other fund of the State.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-407, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
2    (735 ILCS 5/15-1507.1)
3    Sec. 15-1507.1. Judicial sale fee for Abandoned
4Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund.
5    (a) Upon and at the sale of residential real estate under
6Section 15-1507, the purchaser shall pay to the person
7conducting the sale pursuant to Section 15-1507 a fee for
8deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality
9Relief Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. The
10fee shall be calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or
11fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the
12person conducting the sale, as reflected in the receipt of sale
13issued to the purchaser, provided that in no event shall the
14fee exceed $300. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee
15acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit
16bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
17other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights
18in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.
19Upon confirmation of the sale under Section 15-1508, the person
20conducting the sale shall remit the fee to the clerk of the
21court in which the foreclosure case is pending. The clerk shall
22remit the fee to the State Treasurer as provided in this
23Section, to be expended for the purposes set forth in Section
247.31 of the Illinois Housing Development Act.
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1shall be disbursed within 60 days after receipt by the clerk of
2the court as follows: (i) 98% to the State Treasurer for
3deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality
4Relief Fund, and (ii) 2% to the clerk of the court to be
5retained by the clerk for deposit into the Circuit Court Clerk
6Operation and Administrative Fund to defray administrative
7expenses related to implementation of this Section.
8    (c) Not later than March 1 of each year, the clerk of the
9court shall submit to the Illinois Housing Development
10Authority a report of the funds collected and remitted during
11the preceding year pursuant to this Section.
12    (d) Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section are operative
13and shall become inoperative on January 1, 2023 2017. This
14Section is repealed on March 2, 2023 2017.
15    (e) All actions taken in the collection and remittance of
16fees under this Section before the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly are ratified,
18validated, and confirmed.
19(Source: P.A. 98-20, eff. 6-11-13; 99-493, eff. 12-17-15.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.