100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0542
 
Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
35 ILCS 200/21-135

     Amends the Property Tax Code.  Provides that notices of application for judgment and sale may be sent by first class mail (instead of registered or certified mail).  Provides that the mailing must be supported by the certificate or affidavit of the employee of the county collector who mailed the document, stating the time and place of mailing or delivery, the complete address which appeared on the envelope or package, and the fact that the proper postage was prepaid.  Effective January 1, 2018.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
  
 
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 21-135 as follows:
 



6    (35 ILCS 200/21-135)



7    Sec. 21-135. Mailed notice of application for judgment and 
8sale. Not less
than 15 days before the date of application for 
9judgment and sale of delinquent
properties, the county 
10collector shall mail, by registered or certified mail, a
notice 
11of the forthcoming application for judgment and sale to the 
12person shown
by the current collector's warrant book to be the 
13party in whose name the taxes
were last assessed or to the 
14current owner of record and, if applicable, to the party 
15specified under Section
15-170. The notice shall include the 
16intended dates of application for judgment
and sale and 
17commencement of the sale, and a description of the properties. 
18The
county collector must present proof of the mailing to the 
19court along with the
application for judgement. That proof 
20shall be in the form of a certificate or affidavit of the 
21employee of the county collector who mailed the document, 
22stating the time and place of mailing or delivery, the complete 
23address that appeared on the envelope or package, and the fact 
 
 
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1that proper postage was prepaid. 

2    In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy of 
3this notice shall
also be mailed by the county collector by 
4registered or certified mail to any
lienholder of record who 
5annually requests a copy of the notice. The failure of
the 
6county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to the 
7lienholder
shall not affect the validity of the judgment.

8    In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice 
9shall not be mailed to
any person when, under Section 14-15, a 
10certificate of error has been executed
by the county assessor 
11or by both the
county assessor and board of
appeals (until the 
12first Monday in December 1998 and the board of
review
beginning

13the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter),
except as 
14provided by court order under Section 21-120.

15    The collector shall collect $10 from the proceeds of each 
16sale to cover
the costs of registered or certified mailing and 
17the costs of advertisement
and publication.
If a taxpayer pays 
18the taxes on the property after the notice of the
forthcoming 
19application for judgment and sale is mailed but before the sale 
20is
made, then the collector shall collect $10 from the taxpayer 
21to cover the costs
of registered or certified mailing and the 
22costs of advertisement and
publication.

23(Source: P.A. 93-899, eff. 8-10-04.)

 
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
251, 2018.