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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.