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Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 5/12/2004
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09300HB4280sam002 |
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LRB093 16437 MKM 50822 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4280
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4280, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
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| adding Section 9-2-4.5 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/9-2-4.5 new) |
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| Sec. 9-2-4.5. Special assessment for payment of costs |
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| associated with certain ordinance violations. |
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| (a) For purposes of this Section, "Code" means any |
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| municipal ordinance that requires, after notice, the cutting of |
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| grass and weeds, the removal of garbage and debris, the removal |
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| of inoperable motor vehicles, and rodent and vermin abatement.
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| (b) In addition to any other method authorized by law, if |
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| (i) a property owner is cited with a Code violation, (ii) |
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| non-compliance is found upon reinspection of the property after |
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| the due date for compliance with an order to correct the Code |
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| violation or with an order for abatement, (iii) costs for |
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| services rendered by the municipality to correct the Code |
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| violation remain unpaid at the point in time that they would |
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| become a debt due and owing the municipality, as provided in |
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| Division 31.1 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and |
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| (iv) a lien has been filed of record by the municipality in the |
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| office of the recorder in the county in which the property is |