Revenue & Finance Committee

Filed: 11/30/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2559

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2559 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 21-150 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/21-150)
7    Sec. 21-150. Time of applying for judgment. Except as
8otherwise provided in this Section or by ordinance or
9resolution enacted under subsection (c) of Section 21-40, all
10applications for judgment and order of sale for taxes and
11special assessments on delinquent properties shall be made
12within 90 days after the second installment due date. In Cook
13County, all applications for judgment and order of sale for
14taxes and special assessments on delinquent properties shall be
15made (i) by July 1, 2011 for tax year 2009 and (ii) within 90
16days after the second installment due date for tax year 2010

 

 

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1and each tax year thereafter. In those counties which have
2adopted an ordinance under Section 21-40, the application for
3judgment and order of sale for delinquent taxes shall be made
4in December. In the 10 years next following the completion of a
5general reassessment of property in any county with 3,000,000
6or more inhabitants, made under an order of the Department,
7applications for judgment and order of sale shall be made as
8soon as may be and on the day specified in the advertisement
9required by Section 21-110 and 21-115. If for any cause the
10court is not held on the day specified, the cause shall stand
11continued, and it shall be unnecessary to re-advertise the list
12or notice.
13    Within 30 days after the day specified for the application
14for judgment the court shall hear and determine the matter. If
15judgment is rendered, the sale shall begin on the date within 5
16business days specified in the notice as provided in Section
1721-115. If the collector is prevented from advertising and
18obtaining judgment within 90 days after the second installment
19due date, the collector may obtain judgment at any time
20thereafter; but if the failure arises by the county collector's
21not complying with any of the requirements of this Code, he or
22she shall be held on his or her official bond for the full
23amount of all taxes and special assessments charged against him
24or her. In Cook County, if the collector is prevented from
25advertising and obtaining judgment by July 1, 2011 for tax year
262009, or within 90 days after the second installment due date

 

 

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1for tax year 2010 and each tax year thereafter, the collector
2may obtain judgment at any time thereafter, but if the failure
3arises by the county collector's not complying with any of the
4requirements of this Code, then the county collector shall be
5held on his or her official bond for the full amount of all
6taxes and special assessments charged against him or her. Any
7failure on the part of the county collector shall not be
8allowed as a valid objection to the collection of any tax or
9assessment, or to entry of a judgment against any delinquent
10properties included in the application of the county collector.
11(Source: P.A. 96-1329, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.".