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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1769

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1769  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:

 4        "AN  ACT  to  amend  certain  Acts  in  relation  to real
 5    property."; and

 6    by inserting below Section 5 the following:

 7        "Section 10.  The Illinois Municipal Code is  amended  by
 8    changing Section 11-31-2 as follows:

 9        (65 ILCS 5/11-31-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31-2)
10        Sec.  11-31-2.   (a)  If  the appropriate official of any
11    municipality determines, upon  due  investigation,  that  any
12    building or structure therein fails to conform to the minimum
13    standards of health and safety as set forth in the applicable
14    ordinances  of  such municipality, and the owner or owners of
15    such building or structure fails, after due notice, to  cause
16    such  property  so  to  conform,  the  municipality  may make
17    application to the circuit court for an injunction  requiring
18    compliance  with  such  ordinances or for such other order as
19    the court may deem necessary or appropriate  to  secure  such
20    compliance.
 
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 1        If   the   appropriate   official   of  any  municipality
 2    determines, upon due  investigation,  that  any  building  or
 3    structure  located within the area affected by a conservation
 4    plan, adopted by  the  municipality  pursuant  to  the  Urban
 5    Community Conservation Act, fails to conform to the standards
 6    and  provisions of such plan, and the owner or owners of such
 7    building or structure fails, after due notice, to cause  such
 8    property  so  to  conform,  the municipality has the power to
 9    make application to  the  circuit  court  for  an  injunction
10    requiring  compliance  with such plan or for such other order
11    as the court may deem necessary or appropriate to secure such
12    compliance.
13        The hearing upon such suit  shall  be  expedited  by  the
14    court and shall be given precedence over all other actions.
15        If,  upon  application  hereunder,  the  court orders the
16    appointment of a receiver to cause such building or structure
17    to conform, such receiver may use the  rents  and  issues  of
18    such  property  toward maintenance, repair and rehabilitation
19    of the property prior to and despite any assignment of rents;
20    and the court may further authorize the receiver  to  recover
21    the  cost  of  such maintenance, repair and rehabilitation by
22    the issuance and sale of  notes  or  receiver's  certificates
23    bearing such interest as the court may fix, and such notes or
24    certificates,  after  their  initial issuance and transfer by
25    the receiver, shall be freely transferable and when  sold  or
26    transferred   by  the  receiver  in  return  for  a  valuable
27    consideration in money, material, labor or services, shall be
28    a first lien upon the real estate and the  rents  and  issues
29    thereof,  and  shall  be superior to all prior assignments of
30    rents and all prior existing liens and  encumbrances,  except
31    taxes; provided, that within 90 days of such sale or transfer
32    for  value  by  the receiver of such note or certificate, the
33    holder thereof shall file notice of lien in the office of the
34    recorder in the county in which the real estate  is  located,
 
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 1    or in the office of the registrar of titles of such county if
 2    the  real  estate affected is registered under the Registered
 3    Titles (Torrens) Act.  The notice of the lien filed shall set
 4    forth  (1)  a  description  of  the  real   estate   affected
 5    sufficient  for  the  identification  thereof,  (2)  the face
 6    amount of the receiver's note or certificate,  together  with
 7    the  interest  payable  thereon,  and  (3)  the date when the
 8    receiver's note or certificate was sold  or  transferred  for
 9    value  by  the  receiver.   Upon payment to the holder of the
10    receiver's note or certificate of  the  face  amount  thereof
11    together  with  any interest thereon to such date of payment,
12    and upon the filing of record of a sworn  statement  of  such
13    payment,  the  lien  of  such  certificate shall be released.
14    Unless the lien is enforced pursuant to subsection  (b),  the
15    lien  may  be  enforced by proceedings to foreclose as in the
16    case of mortgages or mechanics' liens,  and  such  action  to
17    foreclose  such  lien  may be commenced at any time after the
18    date of default. For the purposes of this subsection (a), the
19    date of default shall be deemed to occur  90  days  from  the
20    date  of  issuance  of  the receiver's certificate if at that
21    time the certificate remains unpaid in whole or in part.
22        In the event a receiver appointed under  this  subsection
23    (a)  completes a feasibility study which study finds that the
24    property can not be economically brought into compliance with
25    the minimum standards of health and safety as  set  forth  in
26    the  applicable  ordinances of the municipality, the receiver
27    may petition the court for reimbursement for the cost of  the
28    feasibility study from the receivership feasibility study and
29    fee  fund.  The court shall review the petition and authorize
30    reimbursement from the fund to  the  receiver  if  the  court
31    finds  that  the  findings  in  the  feasibility  report  are
32    reasonable,  that  the  fee  for  the  feasibility  report is
33    reasonable,  and  that  the  receiver  is  unable  to  obtain
34    reimbursement other than by foreclosure  of  a  lien  on  the
 
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 1    property.  If the court grants the petition for reimbursement
 2    from  the  fund  and,  upon  receiving certification from the
 3    court of the amount to be paid, the  county  treasurer  shall
 4    order that amount paid from the fund to the receiver.  If the
 5    court  grants  the  petition for reimbursement from the fund,
 6    the court shall also authorize and  direct  the  receiver  to
 7    issue  a certificate of lien against title. The recorded lien
 8    shall be a first lien upon  the  real  estate  and  shall  be
 9    superior  to  all  prior  liens  and encumbrances except real
10    estate taxes.  The court shall also  order  the  receiver  to
11    reimburse  the  fund  to  the  extent  that  the  receiver is
12    reimbursed upon foreclosure of the receiver's lien upon  sale
13    of the property.
14        In  any  proceedings  hereunder in which the court orders
15    the  appointment  of  a  receiver,  the  court  may   further
16    authorize  the  receiver to enter into such agreements and to
17    do such acts as may be  required  to  obtain  first  mortgage
18    insurance  on  the  receiver's  notes or certificates from an
19    agency of the Federal Government.
20        (b)  In any case where a municipality has obtained a lien
21    pursuant to subsection (a), the municipality may enforce such
22    lien pursuant to this subsection (b) in the  same  proceeding
23    in which the lien is authorized.
24        A  municipality  desiring  to  enforce  a lien under this
25    subsection  (b)  shall   petition   the   court   to   retain
26    jurisdiction   for   foreclosure   proceedings   under   this
27    subsection.   Notice  of  the  petition  shall  be served, by
28    certified or registered mail, on all persons who were  served
29    notice  under  subsection  (a).  The  court  shall  conduct a
30    hearing on the petition not less  than  15  days  after  such
31    notice   is   served.   If  the  court  determines  that  the
32    requirements of this subsection (b) have been  satisfied,  it
33    shall  grant  the  petition  and retain jurisdiction over the
34    matter until the foreclosure proceeding is completed.  If the
 
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 1    court denies the petition, the municipality may  enforce  the
 2    lien in a separate action as provided in subsection (a).
 3        All  persons designated in Section 15-1501 of the Code of
 4    Civil  Procedure  as  necessary   parties   in   a   mortgage
 5    foreclosure  action  shall  be  joined  as  parties  prior to
 6    issuance of an order of foreclosure.  Persons  designated  in
 7    Section 15-1501 of the Code of Civil Procedure as permissible
 8    parties may also be joined as parties in the action.
 9        The  provisions  of  Article  XV  of  the  Code  of Civil
10    Procedure applicable to mortgage foreclosures shall apply  to
11    the  foreclosure  of  a lien pursuant to this subsection (b),
12    except to the extent that such  provisions  are  inconsistent
13    with  this subsection.  However, for purposes of foreclosures
14    of liens pursuant to this subsection, the  redemption  period
15    described in subsection (b) of Section 15-1603 of the Code of
16    Civil  Procedure shall end 60 days after the date of entry of
17    the order of foreclosure.
18    (Source: P.A. 88-658, eff. 1-1-95.)

19        Section 15.   The  Registered  Titles  (Torrens)  Act  is
20    amended  by  changing Sections 100 and 102 and adding Section
21    102.3 as follows:

22        (765 ILCS 35/100) (from Ch. 30, par. 137)
23        Sec. 100. All sums of money received pursuant to Sections
24    40, 99, and 108 of this Act shall be paid by the registrar to
25    the county treasurer of the  county  in  which  the  land  is
26    situated,  for  the  purpose of maintaining an indemnity fund
27    under the terms of this Act, and for  the  purposes  provided
28    for in Sections 102.1, and 102.2, and 102.3.  It shall be the
29    duty  of  the  treasurer to invest all of the fund, including
30    both  principal  and  income,  from  time  to  time  if   not
31    immediately   required   for   payments   of  indemnities  in
32    accordance with Division 3-11 and other applicable provisions
 
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 1    of the Counties Code.   The  county  treasurer  shall  report
 2    annually  to the county board the condition and income of the
 3    fund and forward a copy of the report to the registrar.
 4    (Source: P.A. 90-778, eff. 8-14-98.)

 5        (765 ILCS 35/102) (from Ch. 30, par. 139)
 6        Sec. 102. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 102.1,
 7     and 102.2, and 102.3 of this Act, the indemnity  fund  shall
 8    be  held  to  satisfy  judgments  obtained  or claims allowed
 9    against the county for losses or damages as  aforesaid.  Such
10    claims  for  damages  shall be presented to the registrar and
11    county board, and such county board is hereby authorized  and
12    empowered  to allow or reject the same and to provide for the
13    payment of such claims as may be  allowed.    No  claims  for
14    such  losses or damages shall be allowed and paid by any such
15    county board unless upon the recommendation of the  registrar
16    who  shall  be  in  office  at  the  time  the claim shall be
17    allowed.  The county board shall grant or deny such claims in
18    whole or in part within 60 days from the date of the  receipt
19    thereof  by  the county board.  In the event the county board
20    shall fail to grant or deny such claims in whole or  in  part
21    within  60  days  from  the  date of the receipt thereof, the
22    claims are deemed to be denied.  Judicial review may  be  had
23    in accordance with Administrative Review Law as heretofore or
24    hereafter amended.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-778, eff. 8-14-98.)

26        (765 ILCS 35/102.3 new)
27        Sec.  102.3.   Transfer  to  the receivership feasibility
28    study and fee fund.  Within 30 days after the effective  date
29    of  this  amendatory  Act  of  the 91st General Assembly, the
30    county treasurer shall transfer $250,000 from  the  indemnity
31    fund  to  the  receivership feasibility study and fee fund, a
32    special fund created in the county treasury.  Moneys  in  the
 
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 1    fund  shall  be used for reimbursements to receivers for whom
 2    the  county  treasurer  has  received  a   certification   of
 3    reimbursement  due  from  the  circuit  court  under  Section
 4    11-31-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code.

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

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