HB6125enr 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB6125 Enrolled LRB096 18144 HLH 33519 b

AN ACT concerning revenue.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing Section 20-25 as follows:

(35 ILCS 200/20-25)

Sec. 20-25. Forms of payment. Taxes levied by taxing districts may be satisfied by payment in legal money of the United States, cashier's check, certified check, post office money order, bank money order issued by a national or state bank that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or by a personal or corporate check drawn on such a bank, to the respective collection officers who are entitled by law to receive the tax payments or by credit card in accordance with the Local Governmental Acceptance of Credit Cards Act. A county collector may refuse to accept a personal or corporate check within 45 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.

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

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