Revenue Committee
Filed: 3/4/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4716 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4716  by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing

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Section 21-135 as follows:


 



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    (35 ILCS 200/21-135)


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    Sec. 21-135. Mailed notice of application for judgment and 
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sale. Not less
than fifteen
15 days before the date of 
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application for judgment and sale of delinquent
properties, the 
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county collector shall mail, by registered or certified mail, a

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notice of the forthcoming application for judgment and sale to 
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the person shown
by the current collector's warrant book to be 
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the party in whose name the taxes
were last assessed and, if 
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applicable, to the party specified under Section
15-170. The 
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notice shall include the intended dates of application for 
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judgment
and sale and commencement of the sale, and a 
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description of the properties. The
county collector must 
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present proof of the mailing to the court along with the

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application for judgement.

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    In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy of 
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this notice shall
also be mailed by the county collector by 
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registered or certified mail to any
lienholder of record who 
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annually requests a copy of the notice. The failure of
the 
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county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to the 
 


 






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lienholder
shall not affect the validity of the judgment.

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    In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice 
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shall not be mailed to
any person when, under Section 14-15, a 
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certificate of error has been executed
by the county assessor 
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or by both the
county assessor and board of
appeals (until the 
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first Monday in December 1998 and the board of
review
beginning

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the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter),
except as 
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provided by court order under Section 21-120.

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    The collector shall collect $10 from the proceeds of each 
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sale to cover
the costs of registered or certified mailing and 
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the costs of advertisement
and publication.
If a taxpayer pays 
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the taxes on the property after the notice of the
forthcoming 
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application for judgment and sale is mailed but before the sale 
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is
made, then the collector shall collect $10 from the taxpayer 
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to cover the costs
of registered or certified mailing and the 
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costs of advertisement and
publication.

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(Source: P.A. 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff. 8-14-96; 
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90-334, eff.
8-8-97.)".