96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6125


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Jack McGuire
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








35 ILCS 200/20-25










     Amends the Property Tax Code.  Provides that a county collector may refuse to accept a personal or corporate check (instead of a personal check only) within 45 days (instead of 30 days) before a
tax sale or at any time if a previous payment by the same payer was returned by a bank for any reason.  Effective immediately.
  















LRB096 18144 HLH 33519 b

















FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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HB6125

LRB096 18144 HLH 33519 b





  
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    AN ACT concerning revenue.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 20-25 as follows:
 



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    (35 ILCS 200/20-25)



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    Sec. 20-25. Forms of payment. Taxes levied by taxing 
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districts may be
satisfied by payment in legal money of the 
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United States, cashier's check,
certified check, post office 
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money order, bank money order issued by a national
or state 
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bank that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance 
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Corporation, or
by a personal or corporate check drawn on such 
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a bank, to the respective
collection officers who are entitled 
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by law to receive the tax payments or by
credit card in 
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accordance with the Local Governmental Acceptance of Credit

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Cards Act. A
county collector may refuse to accept a personal 
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or corporate check within 45 30 days before a
tax sale or at 
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any time if a previous payment by the same payer was returned 
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by a bank for any reason.

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(Source: P.A. 90-518, eff. 8-22-97.)

 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.