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                                     LRB093 04483 SJM 13150 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1618

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1618  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section 5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
 5    Section 22-35 as follows:

 6        (35 ILCS 200/22-35)
 7        Sec.   22-35.  Reimbursement   of   municipality   before
 8    issuance  of  tax deed.  Except in any proceeding in a county
 9    with  less  than  3,000,000  inhabitants  in  which  the  tax
10    purchaser  is  a  county  acting  as  a  trustee  for  taxing
11    districts as provided in Section  21-90,  an  order  for  the
12    issuance  of  a tax deed under this Code shall not be entered
13    affecting the title to or interest in any property in which a
14    city, village or incorporated town has an interest under  the
15    police  and  welfare  power  by advancements made from public
16    funds, until the purchaser or assignee makes reimbursement to
17    the city, village  or  incorporated  town  of  the  money  so
18    advanced or the city, village, or town waives its lien on the
19    property  for  the  money  so  advanced.  However, in lieu of
20    reimbursement or waiver, the purchaser or his or her assignee
21    may make application for and the court shall order  that  the
22    tax  purchase  be  set aside as a sale in error.  A filing or
 
                            -2-      LRB093 04483 SJM 13150 a
 1    appearance fee shall not be required of a  city,  village  or
 2    incorporated  town  seeking  to  enforce its claim under this
 3    Section in a tax deed proceeding.
 4    (Source: P.A. 88-455; 88-535.)

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