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90_HB3380
35 ILCS 200/9-55
Amends the Property Tax Code. In the Section concerning
surveys by owners, provides that the plat shall be certified
and recorded before the issuance of any building permit for
the lot or lots by a unit of local government responsible for
issuing the building permit, or except as otherwise provided
by law. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section
2 9-55.
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 9-55 as follows:
7 (35 ILCS 200/9-55)
8 Sec. 9-55. Survey by owner. When a property is divided
9 into parcels so that it cannot be described without
10 describing it by metes and bounds, it is the duty of the
11 owner to have the land surveyed and platted into lots. The
12 platting shall be in accord with the Plat Act. The plat shall
13 be certified and recorded before the issuance of any building
14 permit for the lot or lots by any unit of local government
15 responsible for issuing the building permit, or except as
16 otherwise provided by the unit of local government. The
17 description of property, in accordance with the number and
18 description in the plat, shall be a valid description of the
19 property described. However, no plat of a subdivision,
20 vacation or dedication of a tract of land shall be approved
21 by a city, incorporated town or village officer, nor shall
22 any recorder record a plat, unless a statement from the
23 county clerk is endorsed thereon showing that he or she finds
24 no delinquent general taxes, unpaid current general taxes,
25 delinquent special assessments or unpaid current special
26 assessments against the tract of land. No officer of a city,
27 village or incorporated town shall approve the plat of a
28 subdivision of a tract of land until all deferred
29 installments of outstanding unpaid special assessments are
30 either certified as paid by the proper collector, or a
31 division thereof is made in accord with the proposed
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1 subdivision and duly approved by the court that confirmed the
2 special assessment.
3 (Source: P.A. 83-358; 88-455.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.