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1     AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5 Section 20-25 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 200/20-25)
7     Sec. 20-25. Forms of payment. Taxes levied by taxing
8 districts may be satisfied by payment in legal money of the
9 United States, cashier's check, certified check, post office
10 money order, bank money order issued by a national or state
11 bank that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
12 Corporation, or by a personal or corporate check drawn on such
13 a bank, to the respective collection officers who are entitled
14 by law to receive the tax payments or by credit card in
15 accordance with the Local Governmental Acceptance of Credit
16 Cards Act. A county collector may refuse to accept a personal
17 or corporate check within 45 30 days before a tax sale or at
18 any time if a previous payment by the same payer was returned
19 by a bank for any reason.
20 (Source: P.A. 90-518, eff. 8-22-97.)
 
21     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.