97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3297

 

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/21-245
35 ILCS 516/180

    Amends the Property Tax Code and the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act. Provides that a county board shall make expenditures from the Tax Sale Automation Fund to defray the cost of attending conferences and training sessions directly related to the automation of property or mobile home tax collections and delinquent tax sale records. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 21-245 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/21-245)
7    Sec. 21-245. Automation fee. The county collector in all
8counties may assess to the purchaser of property for delinquent
9taxes an automation fee of not more than $10 per parcel. In
10counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants:
11    (a) The fee shall be paid at the time of the purchase if
12the record keeping system used for processing the delinquent
13property tax sales is automated or has been approved for
14automation by the county board. The fee shall be collected in
15the same manner as other fees or costs.
16    (b) Fees collected under this Section shall be retained by
17the county treasurer in a fund designated as the Tax Sale
18Automation Fund. The fund shall be audited by the county
19auditor. The county board, with the approval of the county
20treasurer, shall make expenditures from the fund (1) to pay any
21costs related to the automation of property tax collections and
22delinquent property tax sales, including the cost of hardware,
23software, research and development, and personnel, and (2) to

 

 

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1defray the cost of providing electronic access to property tax
2collection records and delinquent tax sale records, and (3) to
3defray the cost of attending conferences and training sessions
4directly related to the automation of property tax collections
5and delinquent tax sale records.
6(Source: P.A. 93-415, eff. 8-5-03.)
 
7    Section 10. The Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement
8Act is amended by changing Section 180 as follows:
 
9    (35 ILCS 516/180)
10    Sec. 180. Automation fee. The county collector may assess
11to the purchaser of a mobile home for delinquent taxes an
12automation fee of not more than $10 per mobile home. In
13counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants:
14    (a) The fee shall be paid at the time of the purchase if
15the record keeping system used for processing the delinquent
16mobile home tax sales is automated or has been approved for
17automation by the county board. The fee shall be collected in
18the same manner as other fees or costs.
19    (b) Fees collected under this Section shall be retained by
20the county treasurer in a fund designated as the Tax Sale
21Automation Fund. The fund shall be audited by the county
22auditor. The county board shall make expenditures from the fund
23to pay any costs related to the automation of mobile home tax
24collections and delinquent mobile home tax sales, including the

 

 

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1cost of hardware, software, research and development, and
2personnel, and attendance at conferences and training sessions
3directly related to the automation of mobile home tax
4collections and delinquent mobile home tax sales.
5(Source: P.A. 92-807, eff. 1-1-03.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.