96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6126


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Jack McGuire
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








35 ILCS 200/21-150










     Amends the Property Tax Code.  Provides that all applications for judgment and order of sale for taxes and
special assessments on delinquent properties shall be made within 90 days after the second installment due date (instead of during the month of October).  Effective immediately.
  















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HB6126

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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 21-150 as follows:
 



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    (35 ILCS 200/21-150)



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    Sec. 21-150. Time of applying for judgment. Except as 
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otherwise provided in
this Section or by ordinance or 
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resolution enacted under subsection (c) of
Section 21-40, all 
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applications for judgment and order of sale for taxes and

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special assessments on delinquent properties shall be made 
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within 90 days after the second installment due date during the 
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month of
October.  In those counties which have adopted an 
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ordinance under Section
21-40, the application for judgment and 
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order of sale for delinquent taxes
shall be made in December.  
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In the 10 years next following the completion of
a general 
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reassessment of property in any county with 3,000,000 or more

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inhabitants, made under an order of the Department, 
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applications for judgment
and order of sale shall be made as 
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soon as may be and on the day specified in
the advertisement 
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required by Section 21-110 and 21-115. If for any cause the

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court is not held on the day specified, the cause shall stand 
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continued, and it
shall be unnecessary to re-advertise the list 
 


 






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or notice.

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    Within 30 days after the day specified for the application 
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for judgment the
court shall hear and determine the matter.  If 
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judgment is rendered, the sale
shall begin on the date within 5 
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business days specified in the notice as
provided in Section 
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21-115.  If the collector is prevented from advertising and

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obtaining judgment within 90 days after the second installment 
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due date during the month of October, the collector may obtain

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judgment at any time thereafter; but if the failure arises by 
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the county
collector's not complying with any of the 
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requirements of this Code, he or she
shall be held on his or 
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her official bond for the full amount of all taxes and
special 
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assessments charged against him or her.  Any failure on the part 
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of the
county collector shall not be allowed as a valid 
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objection to the collection of
any tax or assessment, or to 
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entry of a judgment against any delinquent
properties included 
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in the application of the county collector.

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(Source: P.A. 88-455; 88-518; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-426, 
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eff. 6-1-96;
89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

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