96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1078

 

Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Frank J. Mautino

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 516/80

    Amends the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act. Eliminates the requirement that notice of application for judgment and sale of delinquent mobile homes must be mailed "by registered or certified mail". Requires the person mailing the notice to make proof of service.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement
5 Act is amended by changing Section 80 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 516/80)
7     Sec. 80. Mailed notice of application for judgment and
8 sale. Not less than 15 days before the date of application for
9 judgment and sale of delinquent mobile homes, the county
10 collector shall mail, by registered or certified mail, a notice
11 of the forthcoming application for judgment and sale to the
12 person shown by the current collector's warrant book to be the
13 party in whose name the taxes were last computed or to the
14 current owner of record. The notice shall include the intended
15 dates of application for judgment and sale and commencement of
16 the sale, and a description of the mobile homes. The county
17 collector must present proof of the mailing to the court along
18 with the application for judgement. Proof of mailing shall be
19 an affidavit of the treasurer or the person who deposited the
20 notice in the mail and must state the time and place of
21 mailing, the complete address that appeared on the envelope,
22 and that postage was prepaid.
23     In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy of

 

 

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1 this notice shall also be mailed by the county collector by
2 registered or certified mail to any lienholder of record who
3 annually requests a copy of the notice. The failure of the
4 county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to the
5 lienholder shall not affect the validity of the judgment.
6     The collector shall collect $10 from the proceeds of each
7 sale to cover the costs of registered or certified mailing and
8 the costs of advertisement and publication. If a taxpayer pays
9 the taxes on the mobile home after the notice of the
10 forthcoming application for judgment and sale is mailed but
11 before the sale is made, then the collector shall collect $10
12 from the taxpayer to cover the costs of registered or certified
13 mailing and the costs of advertisement and publication.
14 (Source: P.A. 92-807, eff. 1-1-03; 93-899, eff. 8-10-04.)