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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 21-205 as follows:
 
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
17open during all hours in which the sale is in progress. The
18sale shall be continued from day to day, until all property in
19the delinquent list has been offered for sale. However, any
20city, village or incorporated town interested in the collection
21of any tax or special assessment, may, in default of bidders,
22withdraw from collection the special assessment levied against
23any property by the corporate authorities of the city, village

 

 

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1or incorporated town. In case of a withdrawal, there shall be
2no sale of that property on account of the delinquent special
3assessment thereon.
4    (b) Until January 1, 2013, in every sale of property
5pursuant to the provisions of this Code, the collector may
6employ any automated means that the collector deems
7appropriate. Beginning on January 1, 2013, either (i) the
8collector shall employ an automated bidding system that is
9programmed to accept the lowest redemption price bid by an
10eligible tax purchaser, subject to the penalty percentage
11limitation set forth in Section 21-215, or (ii) all tax sales
12shall be digitally recorded with video and audio. All bidders
13are required to personally attend the sale and, if automated
14means are used, all hardware and software used with respect to
15those automated means must be certified by the Department and
16re-certified by the Department every 5 years. If the tax sales
17are digitally recorded and no automated bidding system is used,
18then the recordings shall be maintained by the collector for a
19period of at least 3 years from the date of the tax sale. The
20changes made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
21Assembly are declarative of existing law.
22    (c) County collectors may adopt a single bidder rule to
23prohibit tax bidders from registering more than one related
24bidding entity.
25    (d) County collectors may, when applicable, eject tax
26bidders who disrupt the tax sale or use illegal bid practices.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-557, eff. 7-1-12; 97-1125, eff. 8-28-12.)