101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4634

 

Introduced 2/5/2020, by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/21-135

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the notice of judgment and sale shall also be sent by first class mail (currently, registered or certified mail only). Provides that, if any notice is returned as undeliverable and includes an updated mailing address, the county collector shall mail a second notice to the new address. Provides that the collector shall collect $30 (currently, $10) from each tax purchaser prior to the issuance of any certificate of purchase to cover the costs of mailing. Effective January 1, 2021.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 21-135 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/21-135)
7    Sec. 21-135. Mailed notice of application for judgment and
8sale. Not less than 15 days before the date of application for
9judgment and sale of delinquent properties, the county
10collector shall mail, by registered or certified mail and by
11first class mail, a notice of the forthcoming application for
12judgment and sale to the person shown by the current
13collector's warrant book to be the party in whose name the
14taxes were last assessed or to the current owner of record and,
15if applicable, to the party specified under Section 15-170. The
16notice shall include the intended dates of application for
17judgment and sale and commencement of the sale, and a
18description of the properties. If any notice is returned as
19undeliverable and includes an updated mailing address, the
20county collector shall mail a second notice to the new address
21by registered or certified mail and by first class mail. The
22second notice does not change the date of application for
23judgment and sale stated in the original notice. The county

 

 

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1collector must present proof of the mailing or mailings and any
2returned mail to the court along with the application for
3judgement.
4    In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy of
5this notice shall also be mailed by the county collector by
6registered or certified mail to any lienholder of record who
7annually requests a copy of the notice. The failure of the
8county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to the
9lienholder shall not affect the validity of the judgment.
10    In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice
11shall not be mailed to any person when, under Section 14-15, a
12certificate of error has been executed by the county assessor
13or by both the county assessor and board of appeals (until the
14first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review beginning
15the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter), except as
16provided by court order under Section 21-120.
17    The collector shall collect $30 from each person purchasing
18any property at a sale under this Code prior to the issuance of
19any certificate of purchase $10 from the proceeds of each sale
20to cover the costs of registered or certified mailing and the
21costs of advertisement and publication. If a taxpayer pays the
22taxes on the property after the notice of the forthcoming
23application for judgment and sale is mailed but before the sale
24is made, then the collector shall collect $10 from the taxpayer
25to cover the costs of registered or certified mailing and the
26costs of advertisement and publication.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 93-899, eff. 8-10-04.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
31, 2021.