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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1693

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1693 on page 1, by
 3    replacing lines 1 and 2 with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning taxation."; and

 5    on page 1, by replacing line 6 with the following:
 6    "Sections 21-295, 21-310 and 21-355 as follows:

 7        (35 ILCS 200/21-295)
 8        Sec. 21-295. Creation of indemnity fund.
 9        (a)  In counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, each
10    person purchasing any property at  a  sale  under  this  Code
11    shall  pay  to the County Collector, prior to the issuance of
12    any certificate of purchase, a  fee  of  $20  for  each  item
13    purchased.   A  like sum shall be paid for each year that all
14    or a  portion  of  subsequent  taxes  are  paid  by  the  tax
15    purchaser  and  posted  to the tax judgment, sale, redemption
16    and forfeiture record where  the  underlying  certificate  of
17    purchase is recorded.
18        (a-5)  In counties of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, each
19    person  purchasing  property  at a sale under this Code shall
20    pay to the County Collector  a  fee  of  $80  for  each  item
21    purchased  plus an additional sum equal to 5% of total taxes,
22    interest, and penalties paid by the purchaser, including  the
 
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 1    taxes, interest, and penalties paid under Section 21-240.  In
 2    these  counties, the certificate holder shall also pay to the
 3    County Collector a fee of $80 for each year  that  all  or  a
 4    portion of subsequent taxes are paid by the tax purchaser and
 5    posted  to the tax judgment, sale, redemption, and forfeiture
 6    record, plus an additional sum equal to 5% of all  subsequent
 7    taxes,  interest,  and penalties.  The additional 5% fees are
 8    fee is not required after December 31, 2006. The  changes  to
 9    this  subsection  made  by  this  amendatory  Act of the 91st
10    General Assembly are not a new enactment, but declaratory  of
11    existing law.
12        (b)  The amount paid prior to issuance of the certificate
13    of  purchase  pursuant  to  subsection  (a) or (a-5) shall be
14    included in  the  purchase  price  of  the  property  in  the
15    certificate  of  purchase  and  all  amounts  paid under this
16    Section shall be included in the amount  required  to  redeem
17    under   Section  21-355.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in
18    subsection (b) of Section 21-300, all  money  received  under
19    subsection (a) or (a-5) shall be paid by the Collector to the
20    County Treasurer of the County in which the land is situated,
21    for  the  purpose of an indemnity fund. The County Treasurer,
22    as trustee of that fund,  shall  invest  all  of  that  fund,
23    principal  and income, in his or her hands from time to time,
24    if not immediately required for payments of indemnities under
25    subsection (a) of Section 21-305, in investments permitted by
26    the Illinois State Board of Investment under Article  22A  of
27    the Illinois Pension Code.  The county collector shall report
28    annually  to the Circuit Court on the condition and income of
29    the fund.  The  indemnity  fund  shall  be  held  to  satisfy
30    judgments  obtained  against the County Treasurer, as trustee
31    of the fund. No payment shall be made from the  fund,  except
32    upon  a judgment of the court which ordered the issuance of a
33    tax deed.
34    (Source: P.A. 91-564, eff. 8-14-99.)"; and
 
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 1    on page 1, by replacing line 22 with the following:
 2        "board of review, or board of appeals,  or  other  county
 3        official has made an error"; and

 4    on page 1, by inserting below line 24 the following:
 5             "(5.5)  the  owner of the homestead property, or his
 6        or her agent, had tendered timely and full payment to the
 7        county collector that the owner reasonably  believed  was
 8        due  and  owing on the homestead property, and the county
 9        collector did not apply  the  payment  to  the  homestead
10        property,"; and

11    on page 3, by deleting lines 9 and 10; and

12    on  page  3,  immediately  below  line  11,  by inserting the
13    following:

14        "(35 ILCS 200/21-355)
15        Sec. 21-355. Amount of redemption.  Any  person  desiring
16    to  redeem  shall deposit an amount specified in this Section
17    with the county clerk of the county in which the property  is
18    situated,  in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  or  by
19    cashier's  check, certified check, post office money order or
20    money order issued by a financial institution insured  by  an
21    agency  or  instrumentality  of the United States, payable to
22    the county clerk of the proper county.  The deposit shall  be
23    deemed  timely  only  if  actually  received in person at the
24    county clerk's office prior  to  the  close  of  business  as
25    defined  in  Section 3-2007 of the Counties Code on or before
26    the expiration of the  period  of  redemption  or  by  United
27    States  mail  with  a post office cancellation mark dated not
28    less than one day prior to the expiration of  the  period  of
29    redemption.   The  deposit shall be in an amount equal to the
30    total of the following:
31             (a)  the certificate amount, which shall include all
32        tax  principal,   special   assessments,   interest   and
 
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 1        penalties  paid  by the tax purchaser together with costs
 2        and fees of sale and fees paid under Sections 21-295  and
 3        21-315 through 21-335;
 4             (b)  the  accrued penalty, computed through the date
 5        of redemption as a percentage of the certificate  amount,
 6        as follows:
 7                  (1)  if  the redemption occurs on or before the
 8             expiration of  6 months from the date of  sale,  the
 9             certificate amount times the penalty bid at sale;
10                  (2)  if  the  redemption  occurs after 6 months
11             from  the  date  of  sale,  and  on  or  before  the
12             expiration of 12 months from the date of  sale,  the
13             certificate  amount times 2 times the penalty bid at
14             sale;
15                  (3)  if the redemption occurs after  12  months
16             from   the  date  of  sale  and  on  or  before  the
17             expiration of 18 months from the date of  sale,  the
18             certificate  amount times 3 times the penalty bid at
19             sale;
20                  (4)  if the redemption occurs after  18  months
21             from   the  date  of  sale  and  on  or  before  the
22             expiration of 24 months from the date of  sale,  the
23             certificate  amount times 4 times the penalty bid at
24             sale;
25                  (5)  if the redemption occurs after  24  months
26             from   the  date  of  sale  and  on  or  before  the
27             expiration of 30 months from the date of  sale,  the
28             certificate  amount times 5 times the penalty bid at
29             sale;
30                  (6)  if the redemption occurs after  30  months
31             from   the  date  of  sale  and  on  or  before  the
32             expiration of 36 months from the date of  sale,  the
33             certificate  amount times 6 times the penalty bid at
34             sale.
 
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 1                  In the event that the property to  be  redeemed
 2             has  been purchased under Section 21-405 21-370, the
 3             penalty bid shall be 12% per penalty period  as  set
 4             forth  in  subparagraphs  (1)  through  (6)  of this
 5             subsection (b).  The  changes  to  this  subdivision
 6             (b)(6)  made  by  this  amendatory  Act  of the 91st
 7             General  Assembly  are  not  a  new  enactment,  but
 8             declaratory of existing law.
 9             (c)  The total of all  taxes,  special  assessments,
10        accrued  interest  on those taxes and special assessments
11        and costs charged in connection with the payment of those
12        taxes or special assessments, which have been paid by the
13        tax certificate holder on or after the date  those  taxes
14        or  special  assessments  became delinquent together with
15        12% penalty on each amount  so  paid  for  each  year  or
16        portion  thereof  intervening  between  the  date of that
17        payment and the date of redemption. In counties with less
18        than 3,000,000 inhabitants, however,  a  tax  certificate
19        holder  may  not  pay  all or part of an installment of a
20        subsequent tax or special assessment for  any  year,  nor
21        shall  any  tender  of  such a payment be accepted, until
22        after the second or final installment of  the  subsequent
23        tax  or special assessment has become delinquent or until
24        after the holder of the certificate of purchase has filed
25        a petition for a tax  deed  under  Section  22.30.    The
26        person  redeeming  shall  also pay the amount of interest
27        charged on the subsequent tax or special  assessment  and
28        paid  as  a  penalty by the tax certificate holder.  This
29        amendatory Act of 1995 applies  to  tax  years  beginning
30        with the 1995 taxes, payable in 1996, and thereafter.
31             (d)  Any   amount   paid   to  redeem  a  forfeiture
32        occurring subsequent to the tax sale  together  with  12%
33        penalty   thereon   for  each  year  or  portion  thereof
34        intervening between the date of the forfeiture redemption
 
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 1        and the date of redemption from the sale.
 2             (e)  Any amount paid by the certificate  holder  for
 3        redemption of a subsequently occurring tax sale.
 4             (f)  All fees paid to the county clerk under Section
 5        22-5.
 6             (g)  All  fees  paid  to  the  registrar  of  titles
 7        incident to registering the tax certificate in compliance
 8        with the Registered Titles (Torrens) Act.
 9             (h)  All  fees  paid  to  the  circuit clerk and the
10        sheriff or coroner in connection with the filing  of  the
11        petition  for  tax  deed  and  service  of  notices under
12        Sections 22-15 through 22-30 and 22-40 in addition to (1)
13        a fee of $35 if a petition for tax deed has  been  filed,
14        which  fee  shall  be  posted to the tax judgement, sale,
15        redemption, and forfeiture record,  to  be  paid  to  the
16        purchaser  or  his  or her assignee; (2) a fee of $4 if a
17        notice under Section 22-5 has been filed, which fee shall
18        be posted to the  tax  judgment,  sale,  redemption,  and
19        forfeiture  record, to be paid to the purchaser or his or
20        her assignee; and (3) all costs  paid  to  record  a  lis
21        pendens notice in connection with filing a petition under
22        this Code.  The fees in (1) and (2) of this paragraph (h)
23        shall  be exempt from the posting requirements of Section
24        21-360.
25             (i)  All fees paid for publication of notice of  the
26        tax sale in accordance with Section 22-20.
27             (j)  All   sums   paid   to  any  city,  village  or
28        incorporated town for reimbursement under Section 22-35.
29             (k)  All costs and expenses  of  receivership  under
30        Section  21-410,  to  the  extent  that  these  costs and
31        expenses exceed any income from the property in question,
32        if the costs and expenditures have been approved  by  the
33        court appointing the receiver and a certified copy of the
34        order  or approval is filed and posted by the certificate
 
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 1        holder with the county clerk.  Only actual costs expended
 2        may be posted on the tax judgment, sale,  redemption  and
 3        forfeiture record.
 4    (Source: P.A.   88-455;  89-57,  eff.  6-30-95;  89-69,  eff.
 5    6-30-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

 6        Section 10. The Code of Civil  Procedure  is  amended  by
 7    adding  Section  12-144.5  and  changing  Section  12-145  as
 8    follows:

 9        (735 ILCS 5/12-144.5 new)
10        Sec. 12-144.5. Report of sale and confirmation of sale.
11        (a)  When  the  premises mentioned in the certificate are
12    not redeemed in pursuance of law, the  legal  holder  of  the
13    certificate  shall  promptly  make a report to the court that
14    issued the underlying judgment. The report  shall  include  a
15    copy  of  the  certificate of sale; an affidavit, under oath,
16    containing a good faith appraisal of the fair market value of
17    the property; and  a  listing  of  all  liens  and  mortgages
18    including the value thereof.
19        (b)  Upon  motion  and  notice  in  accordance with court
20    rules applicable to motions generally,  including  notice  to
21    the   judgment  debtor,  the  court  issuing  the  underlying
22    judgment shall conduct a hearing to confirm the sale.  Unless
23    the  court  finds  that (i) notice as required by law was not
24    given, (ii) the terms of the sale were unconscionable,  (iii)
25    the  sale  was  conducted  fraudulently,  or (iv) justice was
26    otherwise not done, the  court  shall  then  enter  an  order
27    confirming  the  sale.  In  making  these findings, the court
28    shall take into account the purchase price  at  the  sale  in
29    relation  to  the  fair market value of the property less the
30    value of any mortgages and liens.

31        (735 ILCS 5/12-145) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-145)
 
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 1        Sec. 12-145.   Time  of  execution  of  deed.   When  the
 2    premises  mentioned  in  such certificate are not redeemed in
 3    pursuance of  law,  and  the  court  issuing  the  underlying
 4    judgment   has  entered  an  order  confirming  the  sale  in
 5    accordance with Section 12-144.5, the  legal  holder  of  the
 6    certificate is entitled to a deed therefor at any time within
 7    5  years  from  the expiration of the time of redemption. The
 8    deed shall be executed by the sheriff or  other  officer  who
 9    made  the  sale,  or by his or her successor in office, or by
10    some person specially appointed by the court for the purpose.
11    If the deed is not taken within the time limited by Part 1 of
12    Article XII of this Act, the certificate of purchase is  void
13    unless  the  purchaser under the certificate of sale has gone
14    into possession of the premises under and in reliance on  the
15    certificate  of  sale  within the 5 year period. If, however,
16    the deed is wrongfully withheld by the officer whose duty  it
17    is  to  execute  it,  or  if  the  execution  of  the deed is
18    restrained by injunction or order of a court, the time during
19    which the deed  is  so  withheld  or  the  execution  thereof
20    restrained shall not be considered as any part of the 5 years
21    within which the holder is required to take a deed.
22    (Source: P.A. 83-707.)

23        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Section  and  the
24    changes  to  Sections  21-295  of  the Property Tax Code take
25    effect upon becoming law.".

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