Full Text of HB1141 96th General Assembly
HB1141 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB1141
Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Michael W. Tryon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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35 ILCS 200/22-45 |
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765 ILCS 5/35d |
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in cases of the sale of homestead property in all counties (now, only in counties with 3,000,000
or more inhabitants), a tax deed may also be voided by the court upon petition,
filed not more than 3 months after an order for tax deed was entered, if the
court finds that the property was owner occupied on the expiration date of the
period of redemption and that the order for deed was effectuated pursuant to a
negligent or willful error made by an employee of the county clerk or county
collector during the period of redemption from the sale that was reasonably
relied upon to the detriment of any person having a redeemable interest. Amends the Conveyances Act. Provides that, in all counties (now, only in counties with 3,000,000
or more inhabitants), whenever any deed or instrument
of conveyance is executed, the grantor of residential property shall provide
the grantee of the property with an individual permanent index number or
numbers that specifically represent the legal description provided for in the
deed or instrument of conveyance.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning revenue.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 22-45 as follows:
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| (35 ILCS 200/22-45)
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| Sec. 22-45. Tax deed incontestable unless order appealed or | 8 |
| relief
petitioned. Tax deeds issued under Section 22-40 are
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| incontestable except by
appeal from the order of the court | 10 |
| directing the county clerk to issue the tax
deed. However, | 11 |
| relief from such order may be had under Sections 2-1203 or | 12 |
| 2-1401
of the Code of Civil Procedure in the same manner and to | 13 |
| the same extent as
may be had under those Sections with respect | 14 |
| to final orders and judgments in
other proceedings. The grounds | 15 |
| for relief under Section 2-1401 shall be
limited to:
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| (1) proof that the taxes were paid prior to sale;
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| (2) proof that the property was exempt from taxation;
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| (3) proof by clear and convincing evidence that the tax | 19 |
| deed had been
procured by fraud or deception by the tax | 20 |
| purchaser or his or her assignee; or
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| (4) proof by a person or party holding a recorded | 22 |
| ownership or other
recorded interest in the property that | 23 |
| he or she was not named as a
party in the publication |
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| notice as set forth in Section 22-20, and that the tax
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| purchaser or his or her assignee did not make a diligent | 3 |
| inquiry and effort to
serve that person or party with the | 4 |
| notices required by Sections 22-10 through
22-30.
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| In cases of the sale of homestead property in counties with | 6 |
| 3,000,000
or more inhabitants , a tax deed may also be voided by | 7 |
| the court upon petition,
filed not more than 3 months after an | 8 |
| order for tax deed was entered, if the
court finds that the | 9 |
| property was owner occupied on the expiration date of the
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| period of redemption and that the order for deed was | 11 |
| effectuated pursuant to a
negligent or willful error made by an | 12 |
| employee of the county clerk or county
collector during the | 13 |
| period of redemption from the sale that was reasonably
relied | 14 |
| upon to the detriment of any person having a redeemable | 15 |
| interest. In
such a case, the tax purchaser shall be entitled | 16 |
| to the original amount
required to redeem the property plus | 17 |
| interest from the sale as of the last date
of redemption | 18 |
| together with costs actually expended subsequent to the
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| expiration of the period of redemption and reasonable | 20 |
| attorney's fees, all of
which shall be dispensed from the fund | 21 |
| created by Section 21-295.
In those cases of error where the | 22 |
| court vacates the tax deed, it may award the
petitioner | 23 |
| reasonable attorney's fees and court costs actually expended,
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| payable from that fund. The court hearing a petition filed | 25 |
| under this Section
or Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil | 26 |
| Procedure may concurrently hear a
petition filed under Section |
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| 21-295 and may grant relief under any Section.
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| This amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | 3 |
| construed as being declarative of existing law and not as a new | 4 |
| enactment.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-477, eff. 6-1-08 .)
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| Section 10. The Conveyances Act is amended by changing | 7 |
| Section 35d as follows:
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| (765 ILCS 5/35d)
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| Sec. 35d. Execution; permanent index number. Whenever In a | 10 |
| county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, whenever any deed or | 11 |
| instrument
of conveyance is executed, the grantor of | 12 |
| residential property shall provide
the grantee of the property | 13 |
| with an individual permanent index number or
numbers that | 14 |
| specifically represent the legal description provided for in | 15 |
| the
deed or instrument of conveyance. If the individual | 16 |
| permanent index number or
numbers do not specifically
represent | 17 |
| the legal description in the deed or instrument of conveyance,
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| the grantor shall provide one of the following:
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| (1) proof that a proper application for division which | 20 |
| requests
division of property, a portion of
which would | 21 |
| result in a permanent index number or numbers that | 22 |
| represent
the legal description found in the
deed or | 23 |
| instrument of conveyance, has been filed with the county | 24 |
| assessor;
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| (2) a recorded plat of subdivision that would result in | 2 |
| the issuance
of a permanent index number or numbers as | 3 |
| described in subdivision (1); or
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| (3) a recorded condominium declaration that would | 5 |
| result in the
issuance of a permanent index number or | 6 |
| numbers as described in
subdivision (1).
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| If the grantor fails to provide the grantee with either a | 8 |
| permanent index
number or numbers that represent the legal | 9 |
| description found in the
deed or instrument of conveyance or | 10 |
| one of the documents listed in subdivision
(1), (2), or (3), | 11 |
| the grantor shall be personally liable to the grantee for
taxes | 12 |
| pursuant to
Section 1-145 of the Property Tax Code and | 13 |
| attorney's fees.
The grantor's liability shall continue to | 14 |
| accrue until the permanent index
number or numbers that | 15 |
| represent the legal description found in the
deed or instrument | 16 |
| of conveyance or one of the documents listed in subdivision
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| (1), (2), or (3) is delivered to the grantee. The grantor's | 18 |
| failure to provide
the permanent index number or numbers shall | 19 |
| not invalidate the deed or
instrument of conveyance. A receipt | 20 |
| from the county
assessor confirming that a proper application | 21 |
| has been filed and that it meets
the requirements set by
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| county assessor shall be deemed to be evidence of proper | 23 |
| application for
division.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-450, eff. 8-21-01.)
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