101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5047

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/22-80

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, when the court declares a sale in error, interest shall be calculated from the date each amount was paid until the date of the order finding that the order directing the county clerk to issue a tax deed should be vacated (currently, from the date each amount was paid until the date of payment). Provides that any order of court finding that an order directing the county clerk to issue a tax deed should be vacated shall direct the party who successfully contested the entry of the order to pay court reporter fees, taxes and assessments, and interest. Effective immediately.


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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 22-80 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/22-80)
7    Sec. 22-80. Order of court setting aside tax deed; payments
8to holder of deed.
9    (a) Any order of court vacating an order directing the
10county clerk to issue a tax deed based upon a finding that the
11property was not subject to taxation or special assessment, or
12that the taxes or special assessments had been paid prior to
13the sale of the property, or that the tax sale was otherwise
14void, shall declare the tax sale to be a sale in error pursuant
15to Section 21-310 of this Act. The order shall direct the
16county collector to refund to the tax deed grantee or his or
17her successors and assigns (or, if a tax deed has not yet
18issued, the holder of the certificate) the following amounts:
19        (1) all taxes and special assessments purchased, paid,
20    or redeemed by the tax purchaser or his or her assignee, or
21    by the tax deed grantee or his or her successors and
22    assigns, whether before or after entry of the order for tax
23    deed, with interest at the rate of 1% per month from the

 

 

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1    date each amount was paid until the date of the order
2    finding that the order directing the county clerk to issue
3    a tax deed should be vacated of payment pursuant to this
4    Section;
5        (2) all costs paid and posted to the judgment record
6    and not included in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a);
7    and
8        (3) court reporter fees for the hearing on the
9    application for tax deed and transcript thereof, cost of
10    certification of tax deed order, cost of issuance of tax
11    deed, and cost of recording of tax deed.
12    (b) Except in those cases described in subsection (a) of
13this Section, and unless the court on motion of the tax deed
14petitioner extends the redemption period to a date not later
15than 3 years from the date of sale, any order of court finding
16that an order directing the county clerk to issue a tax deed
17should be vacated shall direct the party who successfully
18contested the entry of the order to pay to the tax deed grantee
19or his or her successors and assigns (or, if a tax deed has not
20yet issued, the holder of the certificate) within 90 days after
21the date of the finding:
22        (1) the amount necessary to redeem the property from
23    the sale as of the last day of the period of redemption,
24    except that, if the sale is a scavenger sale pursuant to
25    Section 21-260 of this Act, the redemption amount shall not
26    include an amount equal to all delinquent taxes on such

 

 

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1    property which taxes were delinquent at the time of sale;
2    and
3        (2) amounts in satisfaction of municipal liens paid by
4    the tax purchaser or his or her assignee; , and the amounts
5    specified in paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (a) of
6    this Section, to the extent the amounts are not included in
7    paragraph (1) of this subsection (b).
8        (3) court reporter fees for the hearing on the
9    application for tax deed and transcript thereof, cost of
10    certification of tax deed order, cost of issuance of tax
11    deed, and cost of recording of tax deed;
12        (4) all taxes and special assessments purchased, paid,
13    or redeemed by the tax purchaser or his or her assignee, or
14    by the tax deed grantee or his or her successors and
15    assigns, whether before or after entry of the order for tax
16    deed, and not included in the amount necessary to redeem
17    the property from the sale as of the last day of the period
18    of redemption, with interest at the rate of 1% per month
19    from the date each amount was paid until the date of the
20    order finding that the order directing the county clerk to
21    issue a tax deed should be vacated; and
22        (5) interest, at the rate of 1% per month, from the
23    last day of the period of redemption until the date of the
24    order finding that the order directing the county clerk to
25    issue a tax deed should be vacated, on any subsequent tax
26    and special assessment payments included in the amount

 

 

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1    necessary to redeem the property from the sale as of the
2    last day of the period of redemption.
3    If the payment is not made within the 90-day period, the
4petition to vacate the order directing the county clerk to
5issue a tax deed shall be denied with prejudice, and the order
6directing the county clerk to issue a tax deed shall remain in
7full force and effect. No final order vacating any order
8directing the county clerk to issue a tax deed shall be entered
9pursuant to this subsection (b) until the payment has been
10made.
11(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.