Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
Filed: 3/17/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2455




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2455 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 21-245 as follows:
 



6    (35 ILCS 200/21-245)



7    Sec. 21-245. Automation fee. The county collector in all 
8counties may
assess to the purchaser of property for delinquent 
9taxes an automation fee of
not more than $10 per parcel. In 
10counties with less than 3,000,000
inhabitants:

11    (a) The fee shall be paid at the time of the purchase if 
12the record keeping
system used for processing the delinquent 
13property tax sales is automated or
has been approved for 
14automation by the county board. The fee shall be
collected in 
15the same manner as other fees or costs.

16    (b) Fees collected under this Section shall be retained by 
 
 
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1the county
treasurer in a fund designated as the Tax Sale 
2Automation Fund. The fund shall
be audited by the county 
3auditor. The county board, with the approval of the
county 
4treasurer, shall make expenditures from
the fund (1) to pay any 
5costs related to the automation of property tax
collections
and 
6delinquent property tax sales, including the cost of hardware, 
7software,
research and development, and personnel,
and (2) to 
8defray the cost of providing electronic access to property tax

9collection
records and delinquent tax sale records, and (3) to 
10pay any costs related to the automation of the County 
11Treasurer's office.

12(Source: P.A. 93-415, eff. 8-5-03.)".