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90_HB1119enr
35 ILCS 200/21-135
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if a
taxpayer pays the taxes on the property after the notice of
the forthcoming application for judgment and sale is mailed
but before the sale is made, then the collector shall collect
$10 from the taxpayer to cover the costs of registered or
certified mailing and the costs of advertisement and
publication. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing
2 Section 21-135.
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 21-135 as follows:
7 (35 ILCS 200/21-135)
8 Sec. 21-135. Mailed notice of application for judgment
9 and sale. Not less than 15 days before the date of
10 application for judgment and sale of delinquent properties,
11 the county collector shall mail, by registered or certified
12 mail, a notice of the forthcoming application for judgment
13 and sale to the person shown by the current collector's
14 warrant book to be the party in whose name the taxes were
15 last assessed and, if applicable, to the party specified
16 under Section 15-170. The notice shall include the intended
17 dates of application for judgment and sale and commencement
18 of the sale, and a description of the properties. The county
19 collector must present proof of the mailing to the court
20 along with the application for judgement.
21 In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy
22 of this notice shall also be mailed by the county collector
23 by registered or certified mail to any lienholder of record
24 who annually requests a copy of the notice. The failure of
25 the county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to
26 the lienholder shall not affect the validity of the judgment.
27 In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice
28 shall not be mailed to any person when, under Section 14-15,
29 a certificate of error has been executed by the county
30 assessor or by both the county assessor and board of appeals
31 (until the first Monday in December 1998 and the board of
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1 review beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and
2 thereafter), except as provided by court order under Section
3 21-120.
4 The collector shall collect $10 from the proceeds of each
5 sale to cover the costs of registered or certified mailing
6 and the costs of advertisement and publication. If a taxpayer
7 pays the taxes on the property after the notice of the
8 forthcoming application for judgment and sale is mailed but
9 before the sale is made, then the collector shall collect $10
10 from the taxpayer to cover the costs of registered or
11 certified mailing and the costs of advertisement and
12 publication.
13 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
14 8-14-96.)
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.