Rep. Dan Reitz
Filed: 4/24/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 282




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 282 as follows:

 
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on page 1, by replacing line 5 with the following:
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"Sections 21-355, 22-15, and 22-20 as follows:"; and
 
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on page 9, immediately below line 3, by inserting the 
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following:
 



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    "(35 ILCS 200/22-20)


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    Sec. 22-20. Proof of service of notice; publication of 
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notice. The sheriff or coroner serving notice under Section 
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22-15 shall
endorse his or
her return thereon and file it with 
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the Clerk of the Circuit Court and it shall
be a part of the 
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court record.  A private detective or a special process server 
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appointed under
Section
22-15 shall make his or her return by 
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affidavit and shall file it with the
Clerk of the Circuit 
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Court, where it shall be a part of the court record.  If
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sheriff, private detective, special process server, or coroner 
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to whom any notice is
delivered for service, neglects or 
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refuses to make the return, the purchaser or
his or her 
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assignee may petition the court to enter a rule requiring the

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sheriff,  private detective, special process server, or coroner 
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to make return of the notice on
a day to be fixed by the
court, 
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or to show cause on that day why he or she should not be 
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attached for
contempt of the court. The purchaser or assignee 
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shall cause a written notice
of the rule to be served upon the 
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sheriff, private detective, special process server, or

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coroner.  If good and sufficient cause to excuse the sheriff, 
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private detective, special process
server, or coroner is not 
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shown, the court shall adjudge him or her guilty of
a contempt, 
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and shall proceed to punish him as in other cases of contempt.

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    If the property is located in a municipality in a county 
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with less than
3,000,000 inhabitants, the purchaser or his or 
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her assignee shall also publish
a notice as to the owner or 
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party interested, in some newspaper published in
the 
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municipality.  If the property is not in a municipality in a 
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county with
less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, or if  no newspaper 
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is published therein, or
if the property is in a county with 
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3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the notice
shall be published in 
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some newspaper in the county.  If no newspaper is
published in 
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the county, then the notice shall be published in the newspaper

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that is published nearest the county seat of the county in 
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which the property
is located. If the owners and parties 
 


 






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interested in the property upon diligent
inquiry are unknown to 
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the purchaser or his or her assignee, the publication as
to 
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such owner or party interested, may be made to unknown owners 
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or parties
interested.  Any notice by publication given under 
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this Section shall be given
3 times at any time after filing a 
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petition for tax deed, but not less than 3
months nor more than 
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5 months prior to the expiration of the period of
redemption.  
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The publication shall contain (a) notice of the filing of the

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petition for tax deed, (b) the date on which the petitioner 
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intends to make
application for an order on the petition that a 
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tax deed issue, (c) a
description of the property, (d) the date 
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upon which the property was sold, (e)
the taxes  or special 
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assessments for which it was sold and (f) the date on
which the 
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period of redemption will expire. The publication shall not 
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include
more than one property listed and sold in one 
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description, except as provided
in Section 21-90, and except 
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that when
more than one property is owned by one person, all of 
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the parcels owned by that
person may be included in one notice.

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(Source: P.A. 91-209, eff. 1-1-00; 91-554, eff. 8-14-99.)".