Revenue Committee

Filed: 3/4/2004

 

 


 

 


 
09300HB4716ham001 LRB093 17792 MKM 48495 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4716

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4716 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5 Section 21-135 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 200/21-135)
7     Sec. 21-135. Mailed notice of application for judgment and
8 sale. Not less than fifteen 15 days before the date of
9 application for judgment and sale of delinquent properties, the
10 county collector shall mail, by registered or certified mail, a
11 notice of the forthcoming application for judgment and sale to
12 the person shown by the current collector's warrant book to be
13 the party in whose name the taxes were last assessed and, if
14 applicable, to the party specified under Section 15-170. The
15 notice shall include the intended dates of application for
16 judgment and sale and commencement of the sale, and a
17 description of the properties. The county collector must
18 present proof of the mailing to the court along with the
19 application for judgement.
20     In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy of
21 this notice shall also be mailed by the county collector by
22 registered or certified mail to any lienholder of record who
23 annually requests a copy of the notice. The failure of the
24 county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to the

 

 

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1 lienholder shall not affect the validity of the judgment.
2     In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice
3 shall not be mailed to any person when, under Section 14-15, a
4 certificate of error has been executed by the county assessor
5 or by both the county assessor and board of appeals (until the
6 first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review beginning
7 the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter), except as
8 provided by court order under Section 21-120.
9     The collector shall collect $10 from the proceeds of each
10 sale to cover the costs of registered or certified mailing and
11 the costs of advertisement and publication. If a taxpayer pays
12 the taxes on the property after the notice of the forthcoming
13 application for judgment and sale is mailed but before the sale
14 is made, then the collector shall collect $10 from the taxpayer
15 to cover the costs of registered or certified mailing and the
16 costs of advertisement and publication.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff. 8-14-96;
18 90-334, eff. 8-8-97.)".