97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3477

 

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Kay Hatcher

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/9-2-4.5

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if a nuisance lien has been filed against a property, then those costs associated with the lien may be treated as an existing, judicially-approved special assessment, as though an assessment warrant had been issued. Further provides that the municipality may collect the costs as a special assessment if it complies with applicable procedures. Requires that the owner of record or persons interested in the property shall pay the costs incurred by the municipality for collecting the costs associated with the lien. Defines "nuisance lien." Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 9-2-4.5 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/9-2-4.5)
7    Sec. 9-2-4.5. Special assessment for payment of costs
8associated with certain ordinance violations.
9    (a) For purposes of this Section, "Code" means any
10municipal ordinance that requires, after notice, the cutting of
11grass and weeds, the removal of garbage and debris, the removal
12of inoperable motor vehicles, and rodent and vermin abatement.
13    (b) In addition to any other method authorized by law, if a
14nuisance lien has been filed against a property (i) a property
15owner is cited with a Code violation, (ii) non-compliance is
16found upon reinspection of the property after the due date for
17compliance with an order to correct the Code violation or with
18an order for abatement, (iii) costs for services rendered by
19the municipality to correct the Code violation remain unpaid at
20the point in time that they would become a debt due and owing
21the municipality, as provided in Division 31.1 of Article 11 of
22the Illinois Municipal Code, and (iv) a lien has been filed of
23record by the municipality in the office of the recorder in the

 

 

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1county in which the property is located, then those costs
2associated with the lien may be treated collected as an
3existing, judicially-approved a special assessment, as though
4an assessment warrant had been issued and all conditions
5precedent had been satisfied. The municipality may collect
6those costs as a special assessment on the property if it
7complies with the applicable procedures set forth under Section
89-2-80 through Section 9-2-98. In such cases, the county
9recorder or other officer of the county in which the
10municipality is located that has the authority to receive State
11and county taxes and the court rendering judgment and ordering
12sale of the delinquent special assessment shall exempt the
13municipality from the otherwise applicable special assessment
14warrant and certified assessment roll requirements because the
15same will be deemed to have occurred by operation of law under
16this Division. Upon payment of the costs by the owner of record
17or persons interested in the property, including any cost
18incurred by the municipality for collecting the costs under
19this Section, the lien shall be released by the municipality
20and the release shall be filed of record in the same manner as
21the filing of notice of the lien.
22    (c) For the purposes of this Section, the term "nuisance
23lien" means:
24        (1) a lien filed under Division 20 of Article 11; or
25        (2) a situation in which (i) a property owner is cited
26    with a Code violation, (ii) non-compliance is found upon

 

 

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1    reinspection of the property after the due date for
2    compliance with an order to correct the Code violation or
3    with an order for abatement, (iii) costs for services
4    rendered by the municipality to correct the Code violation
5    remain unpaid at the point in time that they would become a
6    debt due and owing the municipality, as provided in
7    Division 31.1 of Article 11, and (iv) a lien has been filed
8    of record by the municipality in the office of the recorder
9    in the county in which the property is located.
10(Source: P.A. 93-993, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.