Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.

Filed: 5/28/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 585

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 585 on page 1, line
35, after "Sections" by inserting "21-205,"; and
 
4on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the
5following:
 
6    "(35 ILCS 200/21-205)
7    Sec. 21-205. Tax sale procedures.
8    (a) The collector, in person or by deputy, shall attend, on
9the day and in the place specified in the notice for the sale
10of property for taxes, and shall, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00
11p.m., or later at the collector's discretion, proceed to offer
12for sale, separately and in consecutive order, all property in
13the list on which the taxes, special assessments, interest or
14costs have not been paid. However, in any county with 3,000,000
15or more inhabitants, the offer for sale shall be made between
168:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. The collector's office shall be kept

 

 

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1open during all hours in which the sale is in progress. The
2sale shall be continued from day to day, until all property in
3the delinquent list has been offered for sale. However, any
4city, village or incorporated town interested in the collection
5of any tax or special assessment, may, in default of bidders,
6withdraw from collection the special assessment levied against
7any property by the corporate authorities of the city, village
8or incorporated town. In case of a withdrawal, there shall be
9no sale of that property on account of the delinquent special
10assessment thereon.
11    (b) Until January 1, 2013, in every sale of property
12pursuant to the provisions of this Code, the collector may
13employ any automated means that the collector deems
14appropriate. Beginning on January 1, 2013, either (i) the
15collector shall employ an automated bidding system that is
16programmed to accept the lowest redemption price bid by an
17eligible tax purchaser, subject to the penalty percentage
18limitation set forth in Section 21-215, or (ii) all tax sales
19shall be digitally recorded with video and audio. All bidders
20are required to personally attend the sale and, if automated
21means are used, all hardware and software used with respect to
22those automated means must be certified by the Department and
23re-certified by the Department every 5 years. If the tax sales
24are digitally recorded and no automated bidding system is used,
25then the recordings shall be maintained by the collector for a
26period of at least 3 years from the date of the tax sale. The

 

 

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1changes made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
2Assembly are declarative of existing law.
3    (c) County collectors may, when applicable, eject tax
4bidders who disrupt the tax sale or use illegal bid practices.
5(Source: P.A. 97-557, eff. 7-1-12; 97-1125, eff. 8-28-12.)".