Public Act 097-1084
 
SB3101 EnrolledLRB097 16595 KMW 61767 b



    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 

 
    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
Section 20-20 as follows:
 



    (35 ILCS 200/20-20)



    Sec. 20-20. Changes in address for mailing tax bill. To 
insure that a person
requesting a change of the address to 
which a property tax bill is sent has a
legal interest in the 
property or authority to act on behalf of the owner of
the 
property, the county collector in every county with less than 
3,000,000
inhabitants or less shall establish and enforce a 
procedure for requiring
identification or certification of the 
identity of taxpayers who request a
change in the address to 
which their tax bill is mailed. No change of address
shall be 
implemented unless the person requesting the change is the 
owner of
the property, a trustee or a person holding the power 
of attorney from the
owner or trustee of the property. However, 
if a property owner conveys a permanent change of address in 
writing to the United States Postal Service, then, on or after 
the effective date of that change of address, the county 
collector may mail a property tax bill to the property owner at 
his or her new address regardless of whether or not the owner 
notifies the collector of the address change. 

    As an alternative to  mailing a copy of the bill, the 
collector may send the tax bill via e-mail at the request of 
the taxpayer.  If the taxpayer makes such a request, then the 
taxpayer shall notify the collector of any change in his or her 
e-mail address as soon as possible after the address is 
changed. 
(Source: P.A. 84-396; 88-455.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.