95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4535


 
Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Flider
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














35 ILCS 200/21-135









    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the county collector may mail a
notice of a forthcoming application for judgment and sale to a property owner or lienholder by first class mail (now, the notice must be mailed by registered or certified mail). Requires that a second notice be sent if the notice is mailed by first class mail. Effective immediately.
















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HB4535

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    AN ACT concerning revenue.

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


 
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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 15 days before the date of application for 
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judgment and sale of delinquent
properties, the county 
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collector shall mail, by registered or certified mail or by 
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first class mail, a
notice of the forthcoming application for 
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judgment and sale to the person shown
by the current 
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collector's warrant book to be the party in whose name the 
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taxes
were last assessed or to the current owner of record and, 
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if applicable, to the party specified under Section
15-170. If 
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the county collector mails by first class mail, a second notice 
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must be sent no less than 7 days before the date of application 
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for judgement and sale of delinquent properties. The notice 
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shall include the intended dates of application for judgment

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and sale and commencement of the sale, and a description of the 
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properties. The
county collector must present proof of the 
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mailing to the court along with the
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 or by first class mail to any

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lienholder of record who annually requests a copy of the 
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notice. The failure of
the county collector to mail a notice or 
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its non-delivery to the lienholder
shall not affect the 
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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. 93-899, eff. 8-10-04.)

 

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