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91_SB0909

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing
 2    Section 11-20-13.

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

 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Municipal Code is amended by
 6    changing Section 11-20-13 as follows:

 7        (65 ILCS 5/11-20-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-13)
 8        Sec. 11-20-13.  Removal of garbage, debris  or  graffiti;
 9    liens  for  removal  of  garbage  or  debris.   The corporate
10    authorities of each municipality may provide for the  removal
11    of  garbage,  debris, and graffiti from private property when
12    the owner of the such  property,  after  at  least  10  days'
13    written   reasonable   notice   by  mail  to  the  owner  and
14    lienholders of record, refuses or neglects to remove the such
15     garbage, debris, and graffiti, and may collect from the such
16     owner the reasonable cost of removal, thereof except in  the
17    case  of  graffiti.  This cost is a lien upon the real estate
18    affected, superior to all prior existing subsequent liens and
19    encumbrances, except tax liens, if within 60 days  after  the
20    such cost and expense is incurred the municipality, or person
21    performing  the  service by authority of the municipality, in
22    his or its own name, files notice of lien in  the  office  of
23    the  recorder  in the county in which the such real estate is
24    located or in the office of the Registrar of Titles  of  that
25    such  county  if the real estate affected is registered under
26    the Registered Titles (Torrens) Act.  "An Act concerning land
27    titles", approved May 1, 1897, as amended. The notice of lien
28     shall consist  of  a  sworn  statement  setting  out  (1)  a
29    description  of the real estate sufficient for identification
30    thereof, (2) the amount of money representing  the  cost  and
31    expense incurred or payable for the service, and (3) the date
 
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 1    or  dates when that such cost and expense was incurred by the
 2    municipality. However, the lien  of  that  such  municipality
 3    shall not be valid as to any purchaser whose rights in and to
 4    that  such  real  estate have arisen subsequent to removal of
 5    the garbage and debris and prior to the filing  of  the  such
 6    notice,  and the lien of such municipality shall not be valid
 7    as to any mortgagee, judgment creditor or other lienor  whose
 8    rights  in  and to such real estate arise prior to the filing
 9    of such notice. Upon payment of the cost and expense  by  the
10    owner  of  or  persons  interested in the such property after
11    notice of lien has been filed, the lien shall be released  by
12    the  municipality  or  person in whose name the lien has been
13    filed and the release may be filed of record as in  the  case
14    of  filing  notice  of  lien.  The  lien  may  be enforced by
15    proceedings  to  foreclose  as  in  case  of   mortgages   or
16    mechanics'  liens.  An action to foreclose this lien shall be
17    commenced within 2 years after the date of filing  notice  of
18    lien.
19        This  amendatory  Act  of  1973  does  not  apply  to any
20    municipality which is a home rule unit.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-292, eff. 1-1-98.)

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

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