HB1218sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. William R. Haine

Filed: 5/10/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1218

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1218 on page 1, line 5, by deleting "21-115,"; and

on page 2, by replacing lines 4 through 6 with the following: "The advertisement may include the street address on file with the county collector, if available, and shall include the PIN number of each delinquent property. Except as provided below, the advertisement shall be"; and

by deleting everything from line 25 on page 2 through line 6 on page 4; and

on page 4, by replacing lines 7 through 15 with the following:

"(35 ILCS 200/21-118 new)

Sec. 21-118. Tax sale; online database. At least 10 days prior to any tax sale authorized under this Article 21, the county collector may post on his or her website a list of all properties that are eligible to be sold at the sale. The list shall include the street address on file with the county collector, if available, and shall include the PIN number assigned to the property. The list may not include the name of the property owner."; and

on page 4, line 23, by replacing "calendar" with "business"; and

on page 6, by replacing lines 7 through 25 with the following:

"Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, in In every sale of property pursuant to the provisions of this Code, the collector may employ any automated means that the collector deems appropriate. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, either (i) the collector shall employ an automated bidding system that is programmed to accept the lowest redemption price bid by an eligible tax purchaser, subject to the penalty percentage limitation set forth in Section 21-215, or (ii) all tax sales shall be digitally recorded with video and audio. All , provided that bidders are required to personally attend the sale and, if automated means are used, all hardware and software used with respect to those automated means must be certified by the Department and re-certified by the Department every 5 years. If the tax sales are digitally recorded and no automated bidding system is used, then the recordings shall be maintained by the collector for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the tax sale. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the"; and

on page 19, line 16, by replacing "5:00 p.m." with "4:00 p.m"; and

on page 19, line 17, by replacing "the day" with "the business day"; and

on page 20, by replacing lines 1 and 2 with the following:

"Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2012.".