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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 789

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  789  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  Code  of Civil Procedure is amended by
 5    changing Sections 12-910 and 12-911 as follows:

 6        (735 ILCS 5/12-910) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-910)
 7        Sec. 12-910. Proceedings to enforce judgment.  If in  the
 8    opinion  of  the  judgment  creditors,  their  successors  or
 9    assigns,  or  the  officer  holding  a  certified  copy  of a
10    judgment  for  enforcement  against  such  individuals,   the
11    premises  claimed by him or her as exempt are worth more than
12    $7,500, the judgment creditor or the successor or assignee of
13    the judgment creditor shall  first  deliver  to  the  officer
14    holding  a certified copy of the judgment a written appraisal
15    of the premises prepared by a State  certified  general  real
16    estate appraiser or a State certified residential real estate
17    appraiser,  and  if  in  the  opinion  of  the  person, firm,
18    corporation, or other entity conducting  the  appraisal  such
19    officer  shall  summon  3  individuals, as commissioners, who
20    shall, upon oath, to be administered to them by the  officer,
21    appraise the premises, and if, in their opinion, the property
22    may be divided without damage to the interest of the parties,
 
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 1    the  State  certified  general real estate appraiser or State
 2    certified residential real estate appraiser  they  shall  set
 3    off so much of the premises, including the dwelling house, as
 4    in the State certified general real estate appraiser's or the
 5    State  certified  residential  real  estate appraiser's their
 6    opinion is worth $7,500, and the residue of the premises  may
 7    be  advertised  and  sold by the such officer, subject to any
 8    existing encumbrances. Each commissioner  shall  receive  for
 9    his  or  her  services  the  sum  of  $5 per day for each day
10    necessarily engaged in such service.  The  officer  summoning
11    such  commissioners shall receive such fees as may be allowed
12    for serving summons, but shall be entitled to charge  mileage
13    for only the actual distance traveled from the premises to be
14    appraised,  to  the  residence of the commissioners summoned.
15    The officer shall not be  required  to  summon  commissioners
16    until  the  judgment  creditor,  or  some one for him or her,
17    shall  advance  to  the  officer  one  day's  fees  for   the
18    commissioners,  and  unless  the  creditor shall advance such
19    fees the  officer  shall  not  be  required  to  enforce  the
20    judgment.   The costs of such appraisement shall not be taxed
21    against the judgment  debtor  unless  the  such  appraisement
22    shows  that  the  judgment debtor has property subject to the
23    such judgment.
24    (Source: P.A. 83-707.)

25        (735 ILCS 5/12-911) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-911)
26        Sec. 12-911. Notice to  judgment  debtor.   In  case  the
27    value   of   the   premises   is,   in  the  opinion  of  the
28    commissioners, more than $7,500, and cannot be divided as  is
29    provided  for  in  Section  12-910  of  this  Act,  the State
30    certified general real estate appraiser  or  State  certified
31    residential real estate appraiser they shall make and sign an
32    appraisal  of  the value thereof, which shall be delivered to
33    the officer.  The officer shall then mail by certified  mail,
 
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 1    or  cause  to  be  mailed  by certified mail, a notice to the
 2    judgment debtor stating that unless the judgment is satisfied
 3    the property will be sold.   The  notice  shall  contain  the
 4    scheduled  date  of sale which shall not be less than 60 days
 5    from the date of the notice. and  deliver  the  same  to  the
 6    officer,  who  shall  deliver  a copy thereof to the judgment
 7    debtor, or to some one of the family of the age of  13  years
 8    or  upwards,  with  a notice thereto attached that unless the
 9    judgment debtor pays to such officer  the  surplus  over  and
10    above $7,500 on the amount due on the judgment within 60 days
11    thereafter, such premises will be sold.
12    (Source: P.A. 83-356.)

13        Section 99.  This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".

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