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SB0556 Engrossed |
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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 21-245 as follows:
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| (35 ILCS 200/21-245)
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| Sec. 21-245. Automation fee. The county collector in all |
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| counties may
assess to the purchaser of property for delinquent |
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| taxes an automation fee of
not more than $10 per parcel. In |
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| counties with less than 3,000,000
inhabitants:
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| (a) The fee shall be paid at the time of the purchase if |
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| the record keeping
system used for processing the delinquent |
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| property tax sales is automated or
has been approved for |
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| automation by the county board. The fee shall be
collected in |
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| the same manner as other fees or costs.
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| (b) Fees collected under this Section shall be retained by |
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| the county
treasurer in a fund designated as the Tax Sale |
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| Automation Fund. The fund shall
be audited by the county |
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| auditor. The county board, with the approval of the
county |
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| treasurer, shall make expenditures from
the fund (1) to pay any |
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| costs related to the automation of property tax
collections
and |
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| delinquent property tax sales, including the cost of hardware, |
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| software,
research and development, and personnel
and (2) to |
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| defray the cost of providing electronic access to property tax
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| collection
records and delinquent tax sale records.
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| (c) In addition to the automation fee under this Section, |
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| the county collector may assess to the purchaser of property |
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| for delinquent taxes a bid automation fee of $5 per parcel if a |
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| system of automated bidding is used in the conduct of the tax |
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| sale. Bid automation fees shall be collected, retained, and |
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| expended as provided in this Section with respect to automation |
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| fees.
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