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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.