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92_HB1760

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing
 2    Sections 11-20-7 and 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 Sections 11-20-7 and 11-20-13 as follows:

 7        (65 ILCS 5/11-20-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-7)
 8        Sec.  11-20-7.  The   corporate   authorities   of   each
 9    municipality  may  provide  for  the  cutting of weeds in the
10    municipality, when  the  owners  of  real  estate  refuse  or
11    neglect  to  cut  them, and may to collect from the owners of
12    private  property  the  reasonable  cost   thereof   and   an
13    additional  penalty  in  the  amount  of  $200. This cost and
14    penalty are liens is a lien upon the  real  estate  affected,
15    superior  to  all  other  liens  and encumbrances, except tax
16    liens; provided that within  60  days  after  such  cost  and
17    expense  is  incurred or penalty imposed the municipality, or
18    person  performing  the   service   by   authority   of   the
19    municipality, in his or its own name, files notice of lien in
20    the  office  of the recorder in the county in which such real
21    estate is located or in the office of the Registrar of Titles
22    of such county if the  real  estate  affected  is  registered
23    under the Torrens system. The notice shall consist of a sworn
24    statement  setting  out  (1) a description of the real estate
25    sufficient for identification  thereof,  (2)  the  amount  of
26    money  representing  the cost and expense incurred or payable
27    for the service and any penalty, and (3) the  date  or  dates
28    when  such  cost and expense was incurred by the municipality
29    or the date the penalty was imposed.  However,  the  lien  of
30    such  municipality  shall  not  be  valid as to any purchaser
31    whose  rights  in  and  to  such  real  estate  have   arisen
 
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 1    subsequent  to  the  weed-cutting  and prior to the filing of
 2    such notice, and the lien of such municipality shall  not  be
 3    valid  as to any mortgagee, judgment creditor or other lienor
 4    whose rights in and to such real estate arise  prior  to  the
 5    filing  of  such notice. Upon payment of the cost and expense
 6    and any penalty by the owner of or persons interested in such
 7    property after notice of lien has been filed, the lien  shall
 8    be  released  by the municipality or person in whose name the
 9    lien has been filed and the release may be filed of record as
10    in the case of filing notice of lien.
11        The cost of the cutting of weeds or any penalty shall not
12    be lien on the  real  estate  affected  unless  a  notice  is
13    personally  served  on,  or  sent  by  certified mail to, the
14    person to whom was sent the tax bill for the general taxes on
15    the property for the last preceding year.  The  notice  shall
16    be  delivered  or  sent  after  the  cutting  of weeds on the
17    property.  The notice  shall  state  the  substance  of  this
18    Section   and   the   substance   of  any  ordinance  of  the
19    municipality implementing this Section and shall identify the
20    property, by common description,  and  the  location  of  the
21    weeds to be cut.
22    (Source: P.A. 88-355.)

23        (65 ILCS 5/11-20-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-13)
24        Sec.   11-20-13.   The   corporate  authorities  of  each
25    municipality may provide for the removal of garbage,  debris,
26    and  graffiti  from  private  property when the owner of such
27    property, after reasonable notice,  refuses  or  neglects  to
28    remove  such  garbage,  debris,  and graffiti and may collect
29    from such owner the reasonable cost thereof and an additional
30    penalty in  the  amount  of  $200,  except  in  the  case  of
31    graffiti.  This cost and penalty are liens is a lien upon the
32    real estate affected, superior to all  subsequent  liens  and
33    encumbrances,  except tax liens, if within 60 days after such
 
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 1    cost  and  expense  is  incurred  or  penalty   imposed   the
 2    municipality,  or  person performing the service by authority
 3    of the municipality, in his or its own name, files notice  of
 4    lien  in  the  office  of the recorder in the county in which
 5    such real estate is located or in the office of the Registrar
 6    of Titles of such county  if  the  real  estate  affected  is
 7    registered  under  the Torrens system "An Act concerning land
 8    titles", approved May 1, 1897, as amended. The  notice  shall
 9    consist of a sworn statement setting out (1) a description of
10    the  real  estate  sufficient for identification thereof, (2)
11    the  amount  of  money  representing  the  cost  and  expense
12    incurred or payable for the service and any penalty, and  (3)
13    the  date or dates when such cost and expense was incurred by
14    the municipality or the penalty  was  imposed.  However,  the
15    lien  of  such  municipality  shall  not  be  valid as to any
16    purchaser whose rights in and to such real estate have arisen
17    subsequent to removal of the garbage and debris and prior  to
18    the  filing of such notice, and the lien of such municipality
19    shall not be valid as to any mortgagee, judgment creditor  or
20    other  lienor  whose  rights in and to such real estate arise
21    prior to the filing of such notice. Upon payment of the  cost
22    and  expense  and  any  penalty  by  the  owner of or persons
23    interested in such property after notice  of  lien  has  been
24    filed,  the  lien  shall  be  released by the municipality or
25    person in whose name the lien has been filed and the  release
26    may  be  filed  of  record as in the case of filing notice of
27    lien. The lien may be enforced by proceedings to foreclose as
28    in case of  mortgages  or  mechanics'  liens.  An  action  to
29    foreclose  this  lien shall be commenced within 2 years after
30    the date of filing notice of lien.
31        This amendatory  Act  of  1973  does  not  apply  to  any
32    municipality which is a home rule unit.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-292, eff. 1-1-98.)

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