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      35 ILCS 200/21-295
          Amends the Property Tax Code.   Increases  the  fee  each
      person  purchasing  property at a sale under the Code pays to
      the  County  Collector  in  counties  of  3,000,000  or  more
      inhabitants from $50 to $150, except that if the property  is
      improved  with a structure consisting of at least one and not
      more than 6 dwelling units, the fee  is  increased  to  $100.
      Increases  the  fee paid for each year that an installment of
      subsequent taxes, or portion thereof,  is  paid  by  the  tax
      purchaser  and  posted  to the tax judgment, sale, redemption
      and forfeiture record from $80 to $300, except  that  if  the
      property  is improved with a structure consisting of at least
      one and not more than 6 dwelling units, the fee is  increased
      to $150.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section
 2    21-295.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by  changing
 6    Section 21-295 as follows:
 7        (35 ILCS 200/21-295)
 8        Sec. 21-295. Creation of indemnity fund.
 9        (a)  Each  person purchasing any property at a sale under
10    this Code shall pay to the County  Collector,  prior  to  the
11    issuance  of  any  certificate  of purchase, a fee of $20 for
12    each item  purchased  in  counties  of  less  than  3,000,000
13    inhabitants  and  $150  $80  in counties of 3,000,000 or more
14    inhabitants, except that, in counties of  3,000,000  or  more
15    inhabitants,  if  the  property  is improved with a structure
16    consisting of at least one  and  not  more  than  6  dwelling
17    units,  the  fee is $100.  In counties of less than 3,000,000
18    inhabitants, a fee of $20 shall be paid for each year that an
19    installment of subsequent taxes, or portion thereof, is  paid
20    by  the  tax  purchaser and posted to the tax judgment, sale,
21    redemption  and  forfeiture  record  where   the   underlying
22    certificate  is  recorded.   In counties of 3,000,000 or more
23    inhabitants, a fee of $300 shall be paid for each  year  that
24    an  installment  of  subsequent taxes, or portion thereof, is
25    paid by the tax purchaser and posted  to  the  tax  judgment,
26    sale,  redemption  and forfeiture record where the underlying
27    certificate is recorded, except  that,  if  the  property  is
28    improved  with a structure consisting of at least one and not
29    more than 6 dwelling units, the fee is $150. In all counties,
30    a like sum shall be paid for each year that an installment of
31    subsequent taxes, or portion  thereof  is  paid  by  the  tax
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 1    purchaser  and  posted  to the tax judgment, sale, redemption
 2    and forfeiture record where  the  underlying  certificate  of
 3    purchase  is  recorded.  The amount paid prior to issuance of
 4    the certificate of purchase shall be included in the purchase
 5    price of the property in the certificate of purchase and  all
 6    amounts  paid  under this subsection shall be included in the
 7    amount required to redeem under Section 21-355.
 8        (b)  Except as otherwise provided in  subsection  (b)  of
 9    Section 21-300, all money received under subsection (a) shall
10    be  paid  by  the  Collector  to  the County Treasurer of the
11    County in which the land is situated, for the purpose  of  an
12    indemnity  fund.  The  County  Treasurer,  as trustee of that
13    fund, shall invest all of that fund, principal and income, in
14    his or her hands  from  time  to  time,  if  not  immediately
15    required  for payments of indemnities under subsection (a) of
16    Section 21-305, in  investments  permitted  by  the  Illinois
17    State  Board  of Investment under Article 22A of the Illinois
18    Pension Code.  The county collector shall report annually  to
19    the  Circuit  Court  on the condition and income of the fund.
20    The  indemnity  fund  shall  be  held  to  satisfy  judgments
21    obtained against the County  Treasurer,  as  trustee  of  the
22    fund.  No  payment shall be made from the fund, except upon a
23    judgment of the court which ordered the  issuance  of  a  tax
24    deed.
25    (Source: P.A. 86-1028; 86-1431; 88-455.)

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