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Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
Filed: 2/24/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5144
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5144 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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| Sections 21-95 and 21-100 as follows:
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| (35 ILCS 200/21-95) |
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| Sec. 21-95. Tax abatement after acquisition by a |
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| governmental unit. When
any county, or municipality, school |
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| district, or park district acquires property through the |
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| foreclosure of a
lien, through
a
judicial deed, through the
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| foreclosure of receivership
certificate lien, or by acceptance |
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| of a deed of conveyance in lieu of
foreclosing any lien against |
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| the
property, or when a government unit acquires property under |
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| the Abandoned
Housing Rehabilitation Act, or when any county or |
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| other taxing district
acquires a deed for property under |
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| Section 21-90 or Sections 21-145 and 21-260,
or when any |
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| county, municipality, school district, or park district |
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| acquires title to property that was to be transferred to that |
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| county, municipality, school district, or park district under |
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| the terms of an annexation agreement, development agreement, |
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| donation agreement, plat of subdivision, or zoning ordinance by |
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| an entity that has been dissolved or is being dissolved or has |
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| been in bankruptcy proceedings or is in bankruptcy proceedings, |
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| all due or unpaid property taxes and existing liens for unpaid |
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| property taxes
imposed or pending under any law or ordinance of |
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| this State or any of its
political subdivisions shall become |
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| null and void. |
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| (Source: P.A. 91-305, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (35 ILCS 200/21-100) |
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| Sec. 21-100. Notice to county officials; voiding of tax |
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| bills. The county
board or corporate authorities of the county, |
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| or other taxing district
acquiring property under Section 21-95 |
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| shall give written notice of the
acquisition to the chief |
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| county assessment officer and the county collector and
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| county clerk of the county in which the property is located, |
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| and request
the voiding of the tax liens as provided in this |
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| Section. The notice shall
describe the acquired property by |
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| legal description or property index number. |
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| Upon receipt of the notice, the county collector and county |
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| clerk shall void
the current and all prior unpaid taxes on the |
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| records in their respective
offices by entering the following |
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| statement upon their records for the
property: "Acquired by ... |
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| (name of county, or municipality, school district, or park |
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| district acquiring the
property under Section 21-95). Taxes due |
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| and unpaid on this property ...
(give legal description or |
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| property index number and address of the property)
... are |
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| waived and null and void under Section 21-100 of the Property |
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| Tax Code.
The tax bills of this property are hereby voided and |
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| liens for the taxes are
extinguished." |
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| (Source: P.A. 86-949; 86-1158; 88-455.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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