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1    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 20-20 as follows:
 



6    (35 ILCS 200/20-20)



7    Sec. 20-20. Changes in address for mailing tax bill. To 
8insure that a person
requesting a change of the address to 
9which a property tax bill is sent has a
legal interest in the 
10property or authority to act on behalf of the owner of
the 
11property, the county collector in every county with less than 
123,000,000
inhabitants or less shall establish and enforce a 
13procedure for requiring
identification or certification of the 
14identity of taxpayers who request a
change in the address to 
15which their tax bill is mailed. No change of address
shall be 
16implemented unless the person requesting the change is the 
17owner of
the property, a trustee or a person holding the power 
18of attorney from the
owner or trustee of the property. However, 
19if a property owner conveys a permanent change of address in 
20writing to the United States Postal Service, then, on or after 
21the effective date of that change of address, the county 
22collector may mail a property tax bill to the property owner at 
23his or her new address regardless of whether or not the owner 
 
 
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1notifies the collector of the address change. 

2    As an alternative to  mailing a copy of the bill, the 
3collector may send the tax bill via e-mail at the request of 
4the taxpayer.  If the taxpayer makes such a request, then the 
5taxpayer shall notify the collector of any change in his or her 
6e-mail address as soon as possible after the address is 
7changed. 
8(Source: P.A. 84-396; 88-455.)

 

9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
10becoming law.