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91_SB1693ham001 LRB9110187SMsbam 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1693 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1693 on page 1, by 3 replacing lines 1 and 2 with the following: 4 "AN ACT concerning taxation."; and 5 on page 1, by replacing line 6 with the following: 6 "Sections 21-295, 21-310 and 21-355 as follows: 7 (35 ILCS 200/21-295) 8 Sec. 21-295. Creation of indemnity fund. 9 (a) In counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, each 10 person purchasing any property at a sale under this Code 11 shall pay to the County Collector, prior to the issuance of 12 any certificate of purchase, a fee of $20 for each item 13 purchased. A like sum shall be paid for each year that all 14 or a portion of subsequent taxes are paid by the tax 15 purchaser and posted to the tax judgment, sale, redemption 16 and forfeiture record where the underlying certificate of 17 purchase is recorded. 18 (a-5) In counties of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, each 19 person purchasing property at a sale under this Code shall 20 pay to the County Collector a fee of $80 for each item 21 purchased plus an additional sum equal to 5% oftotaltaxes, 22 interest, and penalties paid by the purchaser, including the -2- LRB9110187SMsbam 1 taxes, interest, and penalties paid under Section 21-240. In 2 these counties, the certificate holder shall also pay to the 3 County Collector a fee of $80 for each year that all or a 4 portion of subsequent taxes are paid by the tax purchaser and 5 posted to the tax judgment, sale, redemption, and forfeiture 6 record, plus an additional sum equal to 5% of all subsequent 7 taxes, interest, and penalties. The additional 5% fees are 8fee isnot required after December 31, 2006. The changes to 9 this subsection made by this amendatory Act of the 91st 10 General Assembly are not a new enactment, but declaratory of 11 existing law. 12 (b) The amount paid prior to issuance of the certificate 13 of purchase pursuant to subsection (a) or (a-5) shall be 14 included in the purchase price of the property in the 15 certificate of purchase and all amounts paid under this 16 Section shall be included in the amount required to redeem 17 under Section 21-355. Except as otherwise provided in 18 subsection (b) of Section 21-300, all money received under 19 subsection (a) or (a-5) shall be paid by the Collector to the 20 County Treasurer of the County in which the land is situated, 21 for the purpose of an indemnity fund. The County Treasurer, 22 as trustee of that fund, shall invest all of that fund, 23 principal and income, in his or her hands from time to time, 24 if not immediately required for payments of indemnities under 25 subsection (a) of Section 21-305, in investments permitted by 26 the Illinois State Board of Investment under Article 22A of 27 the Illinois Pension Code. The county collector shall report 28 annually to the Circuit Court on the condition and income of 29 the fund. The indemnity fund shall be held to satisfy 30 judgments obtained against the County Treasurer, as trustee 31 of the fund. No payment shall be made from the fund, except 32 upon a judgment of the court which ordered the issuance of a 33 tax deed. 34 (Source: P.A. 91-564, eff. 8-14-99.)"; and -3- LRB9110187SMsbam 1 on page 1, by replacing line 22 with the following: 2 "board of review,orboard of appeals, or other county 3 official has made an error"; and 4 on page 2, by replacing line 33 with the following: 5 "(c) When, upon application of an owner of homestead 6 property at any time before the issuance of a tax deed, the 7 court determines that both of the following conditions are 8 met, the court shall declare the sale to be a sale in error: 9 (1) the property owner has tendered timely payment 10 of the property taxes that he or she reasonably believed 11 were due and owing on the homestead property; and 12 (2) the taxes were not properly applied to the 13 property identification number of the homestead property 14 by the county collector. 15 (d) If a sale is declared to be a sale in error, the 16 county"; and 17 on page 3, line 3, after "purchase", by inserting the 18 following: 19 "or the property owner pursuant to subsection (c)"; and 20 on page 3, by deleting lines 9 and 10; and 21 on page 3, immediately below line 11, by inserting the 22 following: 23 "(35 ILCS 200/21-355) 24 Sec. 21-355. Amount of redemption. Any person desiring 25 to redeem shall deposit an amount specified in this Section 26 with the county clerk of the county in which the property is 27 situated, in legal money of the United States, or by 28 cashier's check, certified check, post office money order or 29 money order issued by a financial institution insured by an 30 agency or instrumentality of the United States, payable to 31 the county clerk of the proper county. The deposit shall be -4- LRB9110187SMsbam 1 deemed timely only if actually received in person at the 2 county clerk's office prior to the close of business as 3 defined in Section 3-2007 of the Counties Code on or before 4 the expiration of the period of redemption or by United 5 States mail with a post office cancellation mark dated not 6 less than one day prior to the expiration of the period of 7 redemption. The deposit shall be in an amount equal to the 8 total of the following: 9 (a) the certificate amount, which shall include all 10 tax principal, special assessments, interest and 11 penalties paid by the tax purchaser together with costs 12 and fees of sale and fees paid under Sections 21-295 and 13 21-315 through 21-335; 14 (b) the accrued penalty, computed through the date 15 of redemption as a percentage of the certificate amount, 16 as follows: 17 (1) if the redemption occurs on or before the 18 expiration of 6 months from the date of sale, the 19 certificate amount times the penalty bid at sale; 20 (2) if the redemption occurs after 6 months 21 from the date of sale, and on or before the 22 expiration of 12 months from the date of sale, the 23 certificate amount times 2 times the penalty bid at 24 sale; 25 (3) if the redemption occurs after 12 months 26 from the date of sale and on or before the 27 expiration of 18 months from the date of sale, the 28 certificate amount times 3 times the penalty bid at 29 sale; 30 (4) if the redemption occurs after 18 months 31 from the date of sale and on or before the 32 expiration of 24 months from the date of sale, the 33 certificate amount times 4 times the penalty bid at 34 sale; -5- LRB9110187SMsbam 1 (5) if the redemption occurs after 24 months 2 from the date of sale and on or before the 3 expiration of 30 months from the date of sale, the 4 certificate amount times 5 times the penalty bid at 5 sale; 6 (6) if the redemption occurs after 30 months 7 from the date of sale and on or before the 8 expiration of 36 months from the date of sale, the 9 certificate amount times 6 times the penalty bid at 10 sale. 11 In the event that the property to be redeemed 12 has been purchased under Section 21-40521-370, the 13 penalty bid shall be 12% per penalty period as set 14 forth in subparagraphs (1) through (6) of this 15 subsection (b). The changes to this subdivision 16 (b)(6) made by this amendatory Act of the 91st 17 General Assembly are not a new enactment, but 18 declaratory of existing law. 19 (c) The total of all taxes, special assessments, 20 accrued interest on those taxes and special assessments 21 and costs charged in connection with the payment of those 22 taxes or special assessments, which have been paid by the 23 tax certificate holder on or after the date those taxes 24 or special assessments became delinquent together with 25 12% penalty on each amount so paid for each year or 26 portion thereof intervening between the date of that 27 payment and the date of redemption. In counties with less 28 than 3,000,000 inhabitants, however, a tax certificate 29 holder may not pay all or part of an installment of a 30 subsequent tax or special assessment for any year, nor 31 shall any tender of such a payment be accepted, until 32 after the second or final installment of the subsequent 33 tax or special assessment has become delinquent or until 34 after the holder of the certificate of purchase has filed -6- LRB9110187SMsbam 1 a petition for a tax deed under Section 22.30. The 2 person redeeming shall also pay the amount of interest 3 charged on the subsequent tax or special assessment and 4 paid as a penalty by the tax certificate holder. This 5 amendatory Act of 1995 applies to tax years beginning 6 with the 1995 taxes, payable in 1996, and thereafter. 7 (d) Any amount paid to redeem a forfeiture 8 occurring subsequent to the tax sale together with 12% 9 penalty thereon for each year or portion thereof 10 intervening between the date of the forfeiture redemption 11 and the date of redemption from the sale. 12 (e) Any amount paid by the certificate holder for 13 redemption of a subsequently occurring tax sale. 14 (f) All fees paid to the county clerk under Section 15 22-5. 16 (g) All fees paid to the registrar of titles 17 incident to registering the tax certificate in compliance 18 with the Registered Titles (Torrens) Act. 19 (h) All fees paid to the circuit clerk and the 20 sheriff or coroner in connection with the filing of the 21 petition for tax deed and service of notices under 22 Sections 22-15 through 22-30 and 22-40 in addition to (1) 23 a fee of $35 if a petition for tax deed has been filed, 24 which fee shall be posted to the tax judgement, sale, 25 redemption, and forfeiture record, to be paid to the 26 purchaser or his or her assignee; (2) a fee of $4 if a 27 notice under Section 22-5 has been filed, which fee shall 28 be posted to the tax judgment, sale, redemption, and 29 forfeiture record, to be paid to the purchaser or his or 30 her assignee; and (3) all costs paid to record a lis 31 pendens notice in connection with filing a petition under 32 this Code. The fees in (1) and (2) of this paragraph (h) 33 shall be exempt from the posting requirements of Section 34 21-360. -7- LRB9110187SMsbam 1 (i) All fees paid for publication of notice of the 2 tax sale in accordance with Section 22-20. 3 (j) All sums paid to any city, village or 4 incorporated town for reimbursement under Section 22-35. 5 (k) All costs and expenses of receivership under 6 Section 21-410, to the extent that these costs and 7 expenses exceed any income from the property in question, 8 if the costs and expenditures have been approved by the 9 court appointing the receiver and a certified copy of the 10 order or approval is filed and posted by the certificate 11 holder with the county clerk. Only actual costs expended 12 may be posted on the tax judgment, sale, redemption and 13 forfeiture record. 14 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-57, eff. 6-30-95; 89-69, eff. 15 6-30-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.) 16 Section 10. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by 17 adding Section 12-144.5 and changing Section 12-145 as 18 follows: 19 (735 ILCS 5/12-144.5 new) 20 Sec. 12-144.5. Report of sale and confirmation of sale. 21 (a) When the premises mentioned in the certificate are 22 not redeemed in pursuance of law, the legal holder of the 23 certificate shall promptly make a report to the court that 24 issued the underlying judgment. The report shall include a 25 copy of the certificate of sale; an affidavit, under oath, 26 containing a good faith appraisal of the fair market value of 27 the property; and a listing of all liens and mortgages 28 including the value thereof. 29 (b) Upon motion and notice in accordance with court 30 rules applicable to motions generally, including notice to 31 the judgment debtor, the court issuing the underlying 32 judgment shall conduct a hearing to confirm the sale. Unless -8- LRB9110187SMsbam 1 the court finds that (i) notice as required by law was not 2 given, (ii) the terms of the sale were unconscionable, (iii) 3 the sale was conducted fraudulently, or (iv) justice was 4 otherwise not done, the court shall then enter an order 5 confirming the sale. In making these findings, the court 6 shall take into account the purchase price at the sale in 7 relation to the fair market value of the property less the 8 value of any mortgages and liens. 9 (735 ILCS 5/12-145) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-145) 10 Sec. 12-145. Time of execution of deed. When the 11 premises mentioned in such certificate are not redeemed in 12 pursuance of law, and the court issuing the underlying 13 judgment has entered an order confirming the sale in 14 accordance with Section 12-144.5, the legal holder of the 15 certificate is entitled to a deed therefor at any time within 16 5 years from the expiration of the time of redemption. The 17 deed shall be executed by the sheriff or other officer who 18 made the sale, or by his or her successor in office, or by 19 some person specially appointed by the court for the purpose. 20 If the deed is not taken within the time limited by Part 1 of 21 Article XII of this Act, the certificate of purchase is void 22 unless the purchaser under the certificate of sale has gone 23 into possession of the premises under and in reliance on the 24 certificate of sale within the 5 year period. If, however, 25 the deed is wrongfully withheld by the officer whose duty it 26 is to execute it, or if the execution of the deed is 27 restrained by injunction or order of a court, the time during 28 which the deed is so withheld or the execution thereof 29 restrained shall not be considered as any part of the 5 years 30 within which the holder is required to take a deed. 31 (Source: P.A. 83-707.) 32 Section 99. Effective date. This Section and the -9- LRB9110187SMsbam 1 changes to Sections 21-295 of the Property Tax Code take 2 effect upon becoming law.".