Rep. André M. Thapedi

Filed: 5/13/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1674

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1674 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Housing Development Act is amended
5by changing Sections 7.30 and 7.31 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3805/7.30)
7    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-1164)
8    Sec. 7.30. Foreclosure Prevention Program.
9    (a) The Authority shall establish and administer a
10Foreclosure Prevention Program. The Authority shall use moneys
11in the Foreclosure Prevention Program Fund, and any other funds
12appropriated for this purpose, to make grants to (i) approved
13counseling agencies for approved housing counseling and (ii)
14approved community-based organizations for approved
15foreclosure prevention outreach programs. The Authority shall
16promulgate rules to implement this Program and may adopt

 

 

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1emergency rules as soon as practicable to begin implementation
2of the Program.
3    (b) Subject to appropriation and the annual receipt of
4funds, the Authority shall make grants from the Foreclosure
5Prevention Program Fund derived from fees paid as specified in
6subsection (a) of Section 15-1504.1 of the Code of Civil
7Procedure as follows:
8        (1) 25% of the moneys in the Fund shall be used to make
9    grants to approved counseling agencies that provide
10    services in Illinois outside of the City of Chicago. Grants
11    shall be based upon the number of foreclosures filed in an
12    approved counseling agency's service area, the capacity of
13    the agency to provide foreclosure counseling services, and
14    any other factors that the Authority deems appropriate.
15        (2) 25% of the moneys in the Fund shall be distributed
16    to the City of Chicago to make grants to approved
17    counseling agencies located within the City of Chicago for
18    approved housing counseling or to support foreclosure
19    prevention counseling programs administered by the City of
20    Chicago.
21        (3) 25% of the moneys in the Fund shall be used to make
22    grants to approved community-based organizations located
23    outside of the City of Chicago for approved foreclosure
24    prevention outreach programs.
25        (4) 25% of the moneys in the Fund shall be used to make
26    grants to approved community-based organizations located

 

 

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1    within the City of Chicago for approved foreclosure
2    prevention outreach programs, with priority given to
3    programs that provide door-to-door outreach.
4    The percentages set forth in this subsection (b) shall be
5calculated after deduction of reimbursable administrative
6expenses incurred by the Authority.
7    (b-1) Subject to appropriation and the annual receipt of
8funds, the Authority shall make grants from the Foreclosure
9Prevention Program Graduated Fund derived from fees paid as
10specified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a-5) of Section
1115-1504.1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as follows:
12        (1) 30% shall be used to make grants for approved
13    housing counseling in Cook County outside of the City of
14    Chicago;
15        (2) 25% shall be used to make grants for approved
16    housing counseling in the City of Chicago;
17        (3) 30% shall be used to make grants for approved
18    housing counseling in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
19    Counties; and
20        (4) 15% shall be used to make grants for approved
21    housing counseling in Illinois in counties other than Cook,
22    DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties provided
23    that grants to provide approved housing counseling to
24    borrowers residing within these counties shall be based, to
25    the extent practicable, (i) proportionately on the amount
26    of fees paid to the respective clerks of the courts within

 

 

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1    these counties and (ii) on any other factors that the
2    Authority deems appropriate.
3    The percentages set forth in this subsection (b-1) shall be
4calculated after deduction of reimbursable administrative
5expenses incurred by the Authority.
6    (b-5) As used in this Section:
7    "Approved community-based organization" means a
8not-for-profit entity that provides educational and financial
9information to residents of a community through in-person
10contact. "Approved community-based organization" does not
11include a not-for-profit corporation or other entity or person
12that provides legal representation or advice in a civil
13proceeding or court-sponsored mediation services, or a
14governmental agency.
15    "Approved foreclosure prevention outreach program" means a
16program developed by an approved community-based organization
17that includes in-person contact with residents to provide (i)
18pre-purchase and post-purchase home ownership counseling, (ii)
19education about the foreclosure process and the options of a
20mortgagor in a foreclosure proceeding, and (iii) programs
21developed by an approved community-based organization in
22conjunction with a State or federally chartered financial
23institution.
24    "Approved counseling agency" means a housing counseling
25agency approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
26Development.

 

 

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1    "Approved housing counseling" means in-person counseling
2provided by a counselor employed by an approved counseling
3agency to all borrowers, or documented telephone counseling
4where a hardship would be imposed on one or more borrowers. A
5hardship shall exist in instances in which the borrower is
6confined to his or her home due to a medical condition, as
7verified in writing by a physician, or the borrower resides 50
8miles or more from the nearest approved counseling agency. In
9instances of telephone counseling, the borrower must supply all
10necessary documents to the counselor at least 72 hours prior to
11the scheduled telephone counseling session.
12    (c) (Blank).
13    (c-5) Where the jurisdiction of an approved counseling
14agency is included within more than one of the geographic areas
15set forth in this Section, the Authority may elect to fully
16fund the applicant from one of the relevant geographic areas.
17(Source: P.A. 96-1419, eff. 10-1-10; 97-1164, eff. 6-1-13.)
 
18    (20 ILCS 3805/7.31)
19    Sec. 7.31. Abandoned Residential Property Municipality
20Relief Program.
21    (a) The Authority shall establish and administer an
22Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Program.
23The Authority shall use moneys in the Abandoned Residential
24Property Municipality Relief Fund, and any other funds
25appropriated for this purpose, to make grants to municipalities

 

 

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1and to counties to assist with costs incurred by the
2municipality or county for: cutting of neglected weeds or
3grass, trimming of trees or bushes, and removal of nuisance
4bushes or trees; extermination of pests or prevention of the
5ingress of pests; removal of garbage, debris, and graffiti;
6boarding up, closing off, or locking windows or entrances or
7otherwise making the interior of a building inaccessible to the
8general public; surrounding part or all of an abandoned
9residential property's underlying parcel with a fence or wall
10or otherwise making part or all of the abandoned residential
11property's underlying parcel inaccessible to the general
12public; demolition of abandoned residential property; and
13repair or rehabilitation of abandoned residential property, as
14approved by the Authority under the Program. For purposes of
15this subsection (a), "pests" has the meaning ascribed to that
16term in subsection (c) of Section 11-20-8 of the Illinois
17Municipal Code. The Authority shall promulgate rules for the
18administration, operation, and maintenance of the Program and
19may adopt emergency rules as soon as practicable to begin
20implementation of the Program.
21    (b) Subject to appropriation and the annual receipt of
22funds, the Authority shall make grants from the Abandoned
23Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund derived from
24fees paid as specified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a-5) of
25Section 15-1504.1 and subsection (a) of Section 15-1507.1 of
26the Code of Civil Procedure as follows:

 

 

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1        (1) 30% of the moneys in the Fund shall be used to make
2    grants to municipalities other than the City of Chicago in
3    Cook County and to Cook County;
4        (2) 25% of the moneys in the Fund shall be used to make
5    grants to the City of Chicago;
6        (3) 30% of the moneys in the Fund shall be used to make
7    grants to municipalities in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and
8    Will Counties, and to those counties; and
9        (4) 15% of the moneys in the Fund shall be used to make
10    grants to municipalities in Illinois in counties other than
11    Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties, and
12    to counties other than Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry,
13    and Will Counties. Grants distributed to the
14    municipalities and counties shall be based on (i) areas of
15    greatest need within these counties, which shall be
16    determined, to the extent practicable, proportionately on
17    the amount of fees paid to the respective clerks of the
18    courts within these counties, and (ii) on any other factors
19    that the Authority deems appropriate. Grants distributed
20    to the municipalities and counties identified in this
21    paragraph (4) shall be based (i) proportionately on the
22    amount of fees paid to the respective clerks of the courts
23    within these counties and (ii) on any other factors that
24    the Authority deems appropriate.
25    The percentages set forth in this subsection (b) shall be
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1expenses incurred by the Authority.
2    (c) Where the jurisdiction of a municipality is included
3within more than one of the geographic areas set forth in this
4Section, the Authority may elect to fully fund the municipality
5from one of the relevant geographic areas.
6(Source: P.A. 96-1419, eff. 10-1-10; 97-1164, eff. 6-1-13.)
 
7    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
8Section 5.826 as follows:
 
9    (30 ILCS 105/5.826 new)
10    Sec. 5.826. The Foreclosure Prevention Program Graduated
11Fund.
 
12    Section 15. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
13changing Sections 15-1504.1, 15-1505.8, and 15-1507.1 as
14follows:
 
15    (735 ILCS 5/15-1504.1)
16    Sec. 15-1504.1. Filing fee for Foreclosure Prevention
17Program Fund, Foreclosure Prevention Program Graduated Fund,
18and Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund.
19    (a) Fee paid by all plaintiffs with respect to residential
20real estate. With respect to residential real estate, at the
21time of the filing of a foreclosure complaint, the plaintiff
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1complaint is filed a fee of $50 for deposit into the
2Foreclosure Prevention Program Fund, a special fund created in
3the State treasury. The clerk shall remit the fee collected
4pursuant to this subsection (a) to the State Treasurer to be
5expended for the purposes set forth in Section 7.30 of the
6Illinois Housing Development Act. All fees paid by plaintiffs
7to the clerk of the court as provided in this subsection (a)
8shall be disbursed within 60 days after receipt by the clerk of
9the court as follows: (i) 98% to the State Treasurer for
10deposit into the Foreclosure Prevention Program Fund, and (ii)
112% to the clerk of the court to be retained by the clerk for
12deposit into the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and
13Administrative Fund to defray for administrative expenses
14related to implementation of this subsection (a).
15Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Foreclosure
16Prevention Program Fund is not subject to sweeps,
17administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal maneuver that
18would in any way transfer any amounts from the Foreclosure
19Prevention Program Fund into any other fund of the State.
20    (a-5) Additional fee paid by plaintiffs with respect to
21residential real estate.
22        (1) Until January 1, 2018, with respect to residential
23    real estate, at the time of the filing of a foreclosure
24    complaint and in addition to the fee set forth in
25    subsection (a) of this Section, the plaintiff shall pay to
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1    is filed a fee for the Foreclosure Prevention Program
2    Graduated Fund and the Abandoned Residential Property
3    Municipality Relief Fund as follows:
4            (A) The fee shall be $500 if:
5                (i) the plaintiff, together with its
6            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
7            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
8            first tier foreclosure filing category and is
9            filing the complaint on its own behalf as the
10            holder of the indebtedness; or
11                (ii) the plaintiff, together with its
12            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
13            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
14            first tier foreclosure filing category and is
15            filing the complaint on behalf of a mortgagee that,
16            together with its affiliates, has filed a
17            sufficient number of foreclosure complaints so as
18            to be included in the first tier foreclosure filing
19            category; or
20                (iii) the plaintiff is not a depository
21            institution and is filing the complaint on behalf
22            of a mortgagee that, together with its affiliates,
23            has filed a sufficient number of foreclosure
24            complaints so as to be included in the first tier
25            foreclosure filing category.
26            (B) The fee shall be $250 if:

 

 

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1                (i) the plaintiff, together with its
2            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
3            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
4            second tier foreclosure filing category and is
5            filing the complaint on its own behalf as the
6            holder of the indebtedness; or
7                (ii) the plaintiff, together with its
8            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
9            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
10            first or second tier foreclosure filing category
11            and is filing the complaint on behalf of a
12            mortgagee that, together with its affiliates, has
13            filed a sufficient number of foreclosure
14            complaints so as to be included in the second tier
15            foreclosure filing category; or
16                (iii) the plaintiff, together with its
17            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
18            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
19            second tier foreclosure filing category and is
20            filing the complaint on behalf of a mortgagee that,
21            together with its affiliates, has filed a
22            sufficient number of foreclosure complaints so as
23            to be included in the first tier foreclosure filing
24            category; or
25                (iv) the plaintiff is not a depository
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1            of a mortgagee that, together with its affiliates,
2            has filed a sufficient number of foreclosure
3            complaints so as to be included in the second tier
4            foreclosure filing category.
5            (C) The fee shall be $50 if:
6                (i) the plaintiff, together with its
7            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
8            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
9            third tier foreclosure filing category and is
10            filing the complaint on its own behalf as the
11            holder of the indebtedness; or
12                (ii) the plaintiff, together with its
13            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
14            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
15            first, second, or third tier foreclosure filing
16            category and is filing the complaint on behalf of a
17            mortgagee that, together with its affiliates, has
18            filed a sufficient number of foreclosure
19            complaints so as to be included in the third tier
20            foreclosure filing category; or
21                (iii) the plaintiff, together with its
22            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
23            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
24            third tier foreclosure filing category and is
25            filing the complaint on behalf of a mortgagee that,
26            together with its affiliates, has filed a

 

 

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1            sufficient number of foreclosure complaints so as
2            to be included in the first tier foreclosure filing
3            category; or
4                (iv) the plaintiff, together with its
5            affiliates, has filed a sufficient number of
6            foreclosure complaints so as to be included in the
7            third tier foreclosure filing category and is
8            filing the complaint on behalf of a mortgagee that,
9            together with its affiliates, has filed a
10            sufficient number of foreclosure complaints so as
11            to be included in the second tier foreclosure
12            filing category; or
13                (v) the plaintiff is not a depository
14            institution and is filing the complaint on behalf
15            of a mortgagee that, together with its affiliates,
16            has filed a sufficient number of foreclosure
17            complaints so as to be included in the third tier
18            foreclosure filing category.
19        (2) The clerk shall remit the fee collected pursuant to
20    paragraph (1) of this subsection (a-5) to the State
21    Treasurer to be expended for the purposes set forth in
22    Sections 7.30 and 7.31 of the Illinois Housing Development
23    Act and for administrative expenses. All fees paid by
24    plaintiffs to the clerk of the court as provided in
25    paragraph (1) shall be disbursed within 60 days after
26    receipt by the clerk of the court as follows:

 

 

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1            (A) 28% to the State Treasurer for deposit into the
2        Foreclosure Prevention Program Graduated Fund;
3            (B) 70% to the State Treasurer for deposit into the
4        Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief
5        Fund; and
6            (C) 2% to the clerk of the court to be retained by
7        the clerk for deposit into the Circuit Court Clerk
8        Operation and Administrative Fund to defray for
9        administrative expenses related to implementation of
10        this subsection (a-5).
11        (3) Until January 1, 2018, with respect to residential
12    real estate, at the time of the filing of a foreclosure
13    complaint, the plaintiff or plaintiff's representative
14    shall file a verified statement that states which
15    additional fee is due under paragraph (1) of this
16    subsection (a-5), unless the court has established another
17    process for a plaintiff or plaintiff's representative to
18    certify which additional fee is due under paragraph (1) of
19    this subsection (a-5).
20        (3) To determine whether a plaintiff is subject to the
21    fee as set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a-5),
22    a person, including the clerk of the court, may rely on:
23            (A) a verified statement filed by the plaintiff at
24        the time of filing the foreclosure complaint that
25        states whether the plaintiff has an obligation to pay
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1        if so whether the fee is due under subparagraph (A),
2        (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a-5); or
3            (B) such other processes established by the clerk
4        of the court for plaintiffs to certify their
5        eligibility for the exemption from the additional fee
6        set forth in subsection (a-5).
7        (4) If a plaintiff fails to provide the clerk of the
8    court with a true and correct statement of the additional
9    fee due under paragraph (1) of this subsection (a-5), and
10    the mortgagor reimburses the plaintiff for any erroneous
11    additional fee that was paid by the plaintiff to the clerk
12    of the court, the mortgagor may seek a refund of any
13    overpayment of the fee in an amount that shall not exceed
14    the difference between the higher additional fee paid under
15    paragraph (1) of this subsection (a-5) and the actual fee
16    due thereunder. The mortgagor must petition the judge
17    within the foreclosure action for the award of any fee
18    overpayment pursuant to this paragraph (4) of this
19    subsection (a-5), and the award shall be determined by the
20    judge and paid by the clerk of the court out of the fund
21    account into which the clerk of the court deposits fees to
22    be remitted to the State Treasurer under paragraph (2) of
23    this subsection (a-5), the timing of which refund payment
24    shall be determined by the clerk of the court based upon
25    the availability of funds in the subject fund account. This
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1    shall have no private right of action against the plaintiff
2    or plaintiff's representatives if the additional fee paid
3    by the plaintiff was erroneous.
4        (5) This subsection (a-5) is inoperative on and after
5    January 1, 2018.
6    (b) Not later than March 1 of each year, the clerk of the
7court shall submit to the Illinois Housing Development
8Authority a report of the funds collected and remitted pursuant
9to this Section during the preceding year.
10    (c) As used in this Section:
11    "Affiliate" means any company that controls, is controlled
12by, or is under common control with another company.
13    "Approved counseling agency" and "approved housing
14counseling" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in
15Section 7.30 of the Illinois Housing Development Act.
16    "Depository institution" means a bank, savings bank,
17savings and loan association, or credit union chartered,
18organized, or holding a certificate of authority to do business
19under the laws of this State, another state, or the United
20States.
21    "First tier foreclosure filing category" is a
22classification that only applies to a plaintiff that has filed
23175 or more foreclosure complaints on residential real estate
24located in Illinois during the calendar year immediately
25preceding the date of the filing of the subject foreclosure
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1    "Second tier foreclosure filing category" is a
2classification that only applies to a plaintiff that has filed
3at least 50, but no more than 174, foreclosure complaints on
4residential real estate located in Illinois during the calendar
5year immediately preceding the date of the filing of the
6subject foreclosure complaint.
7    "Third tier foreclosure filing category" is a
8classification that only applies to a plaintiff that has filed
9no more than 49 foreclosure complaints on residential real
10estate located in Illinois during the calendar year immediately
11preceding the date of the filing of the subject foreclosure
12complaint.
13    (d) In no instance shall the fee set forth in subsection
14(a-5) be assessed for any foreclosure complaint filed before
15the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
16Assembly.
17    (e) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the
18Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund is not
19subject to sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other
20fiscal maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts from
21the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund
22into any other fund of the State.
23(Source: P.A. 96-1419, eff. 10-1-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11;
2497-1164, eff. 6-1-13.)
 
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1    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
2delayed effective date)
3    Sec. 15-1505.8. Expedited judgment and sale procedure for
4abandoned residential property.
5    (a) Upon motion and notice, the mortgagee may elect to
6utilize the expedited judgment and sale procedure for abandoned
7residential property stated in this Section to obtain a
8judgment of foreclosure pursuant to Section 15-1506. The motion
9to expedite the judgment and sale may be combined with or made
10part of the motion requesting a judgment of foreclosure. The
11notice of the motion to expedite the judgment and sale shall be
12sent by first-class mail to the last known address of the
13mortgagor, and the notice required by paragraph (1) of
14subsection (l) of this Section shall be posted at the property
15address.
16    (b) The motion requesting an expedited judgment of
17foreclosure and sale may be filed by the mortgagee at the time
18the foreclosure complaint is filed or any time thereafter, and
19shall set forth the facts demonstrating that the mortgaged real
20estate is abandoned residential real estate under Section
2115-1200.5 and shall be supported by affidavit.
22    (c) If a motion for an expedited judgment and sale is filed
23at the time the foreclosure complaint is filed or before the
24period to answer the foreclosure complaint has expired, the
25motion shall be heard by the court no earlier than before the
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1later than 21 15 days after the period to answer the
2foreclosure complaint has expired.
3    (d) If a motion for an expedited judgment and sale is filed
4after the period to answer the foreclosure complaint has
5expired, the motion shall be heard no later than 21 15 days
6after the motion is filed.
7    (e) The hearing shall be given priority by the court and
8shall be scheduled to be heard within the applicable time
9period set forth in subsection (c) or (d) of this Section.
10    (f) Subject to subsection (g), at the hearing on the motion
11requesting an expedited judgment and sale, if the court finds
12that the mortgaged real estate is abandoned residential
13property, the court shall grant the motion and immediately
14proceed to a trial of the foreclosure. A judgment of
15foreclosure under this Section shall include the matters
16identified in Section 15-1506.
17    (g) The court may not grant the motion requesting an
18expedited judgment and sale if the mortgagor, an unknown owner,
19or a lawful occupant appears in the action in any manner before
20or at the hearing and objects to a finding of abandonment.
21    (h) The court shall vacate an order issued pursuant to
22subsection (f) of this Section if the mortgagor or a lawful
23occupant appears in the action at any time prior to the court
24issuing an order confirming the sale pursuant to subsection
25(b-3) of Section 15-1508 and presents evidence establishing to
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1occupant has not abandoned the mortgaged real estate.
2    (i) The reinstatement period and redemption period for the
3abandoned residential property shall end in accordance with
4paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of Section 15-1603, and the
5abandoned residential property shall be sold at the earliest
6practicable time at a sale as provided in this Article.
7    (j) The mortgagee or its agent may enter, secure, and
8maintain abandoned residential property subject to subsection
9(e-5) of Section 21-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
10    (k) Personal property.
11        (1) Upon confirmation of the sale held pursuant to
12    Section 15-1507, any personal property remaining in or upon
13    the abandoned residential property shall be deemed to have
14    been abandoned by the owner of such personal property and
15    may be disposed of or donated by the holder of the
16    certificate of sale (or, if none, by the purchaser at the
17    sale). In the event of donation of any such personal
18    property, the holder of the certificate of sale (or, if
19    none, the purchaser at the sale) may transfer such donated
20    property with a bill of sale. No mortgagee or its
21    successors or assigns, holder of a certificate of sale, or
22    purchaser at the sale shall be liable for any such disposal
23    or donation of personal property.
24        (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection
25    (k), in the event a lawful occupant is in possession of the
26    mortgaged real estate who has not been made a party to the

 

 

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1    foreclosure and had his or her interests terminated
2    therein, any personal property of the lawful occupant shall
3    not be deemed to have been abandoned, nor shall the rights
4    of the lawful occupant to any personal property be
5    affected.
6    (l) Notices to be posted at property address.
7        (1) The notice set out in this paragraph (1) of this
8    subsection (l) shall be conspicuously posted at the
9    property address at least 14 days before the hearing on the
10    motion requesting an expedited judgment and sale and shall
11    be in boldface, in at least 12 point type, and in
12    substantially the following form:
 
13
"NOTICE TO ANY TENANT OR OTHER LAWFUL
14
OCCUPANT OF THIS PROPERTY

 
15A lawsuit has been filed to foreclose on this property, and the
16party asking to foreclose on this property has asked a judge to
17find that THIS PROPERTY IS ABANDONED.
 
18The judge will be holding a hearing to decide whether this
19property is ABANDONED.
 
20IF YOU LAWFULLY OCCUPY ANY PART OF THIS PROPERTY, YOU MAY
21CHOOSE TO GO TO THIS HEARING and explain to the judge how you
22are a lawful occupant of this property.
 

 

 

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1If the judge is satisfied that you are a LAWFUL OCCUPANT of
2this property, the court will find that this property is NOT
3ABANDONED.
 
4This hearing will be held in the courthouse at the following
5address, date, and time:
 
6Court name:..................................................
7Court address:...............................................
8Court room number where hearing will be held:................
9(There should be a person in this room called a CLERK who can
10help you. Make sure you know THIS PROPERTY'S ADDRESS.)
11Date of hearing:.............................................
12Time of hearing:.............................................
 
13
MORE INFORMATION

 
14Name of lawsuit:.............................................
15Number of lawsuit:...........................................
16Address of this property:....................................
 
17
IMPORTANT

 
18This is NOT a notice to vacate the premises. You may wish to
19contact a lawyer or your local legal aid or housing counseling

 

 

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1agency to discuss any rights that you may have.
 
2
WARNING

 
3INTENTIONAL REMOVAL OF THIS NOTICE BEFORE THE DATE AND TIME
4STATED IN THIS NOTICE IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE BY
5UP TO 180 DAYS IN JAIL AND A FINE OF UP TO $1500, UNDER ILLINOIS
6LAW. 720 ILCS 5/21-3(a).
 
7
NO TRESPASSING

 
8KNOWINGLY ENTERING THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT LAWFUL AUTHORITY IS A
9CLASS B MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 180 DAYS IN JAIL AND A
10FINE OF UP TO $1500, UNDER ILLINOIS LAW. 720 ILCS 5/21-3(a).".
11        (2) The notice set out in this paragraph (2) of this
12    subsection (l) shall be conspicuously posted at the
13    property address at least 14 days before the hearing to
14    confirm the sale of the abandoned residential property and
15    shall be in boldface, in at least 12 point type, and in
16    substantially the following form:
 
17
"NOTICE TO ANY TENANT OR OTHER LAWFUL
18
OCCUPANT OF THIS PROPERTY

 
19A lawsuit has been filed to foreclose on this property, and the
20judge has found that THIS PROPERTY IS ABANDONED. As a result,

 

 

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1THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN OR WILL BE SOLD.
 
2HOWEVER, there still must be a hearing for the judge to approve
3the sale. The judge will NOT APPROVE this sale if the judge
4finds that any person lawfully occupies any part of this
5property.
 
6IF YOU LAWFULLY OCCUPY ANY PART OF THIS PROPERTY, YOU MAY
7CHOOSE TO GO TO THIS HEARING and explain to the judge how you
8are a lawful occupant of this property. You also may appear
9BEFORE this hearing and explain to the judge how you are a
10lawful occupant of this property.
 
11If the judge is satisfied that you are a LAWFUL OCCUPANT of
12this property, the court will find that this property is NOT
13ABANDONED, and there will be no sale of the property at this
14time.
 
15This hearing will be held in the courthouse at the following
16address, date, and time:
 
17Court name:..................................................
18Court address:...............................................
19Court room number where hearing will be held:................
20(There should be a person in this room called a CLERK who can
21help you. Make sure you know THIS PROPERTY'S ADDRESS.)

 

 

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1Date of hearing:.............................................
2Time of hearing:.............................................
 
3
MORE INFORMATION

 
4Name of lawsuit:.............................................
5Number of lawsuit:...........................................
6Address of this property:....................................
 
7
IMPORTANT

 
8This is NOT a notice to vacate the premises. You may wish to
9contact a lawyer or your local legal aid or housing counseling
10agency to discuss any rights that you may have.
 
11
WARNING

 
12INTENTIONAL REMOVAL OF THIS NOTICE BEFORE THE DATE AND TIME
13STATED IN THIS NOTICE IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE BY
14UP TO 180 DAYS IN JAIL AND A FINE OF UP TO $1500, UNDER ILLINOIS
15LAW. 720 ILCS 5/21-3(a).
 
16
NO TRESPASSING

 
17KNOWINGLY ENTERING THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT LAWFUL AUTHORITY IS A
18CLASS B MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 180 DAYS IN JAIL AND A

 

 

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1FINE OF UP TO $1500, UNDER ILLINOIS LAW. 720 ILCS 5/21-3(a)."
2(Source: P.A. 97-1164, eff. 6-1-13.)
 
3    (735 ILCS 5/15-1507.1)
4    (Section scheduled to be repealed on March 2, 2016)
5    Sec. 15-1507.1. Judicial sale fee for Abandoned
6Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund.
7    (a) Upon and at the sale of residential real estate under
8Section 15-1507, the purchaser shall pay to the person
9conducting the sale pursuant to Section 15-1507 a fee for
10deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality
11Relief Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. The
12fee shall be calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or
13fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the
14person conducting the sale, as reflected in the receipt of sale
15issued to the purchaser, provided that in no event shall the
16fee exceed $300. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee
17acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit
18bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
19other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights
20in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.
21Upon confirmation of the sale under Section 15-1508, the person
22conducting the sale shall remit the fee to the clerk of the
23court in which the foreclosure case is pending. The clerk shall
24remit the fee to the State Treasurer as provided in this
25Section, to be expended for the purposes set forth in Section

 

 

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17.31 of the Illinois Housing Development Act.
2    (b) All fees paid by purchasers as provided in this Section
3shall be disbursed within 60 days after receipt by the clerk of
4the court as follows: (i) 98% to the State Treasurer for
5deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality
6Relief Fund, and (ii) 2% to the clerk of the court to be
7retained by the clerk for deposit into the Circuit Court Clerk
8Operation and Administrative Fund to defray for administrative
9expenses related to implementation of this Section.
10    (c) Not later than March 1 of each year, the clerk of the
11court shall submit to the Illinois Housing Development
12Authority a report of the funds collected and remitted during
13the preceding year pursuant to this Section.
14    (d) Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall become
15inoperative on January 1, 2016. This Section is repealed on
16March 2, 2016.
17(Source: P.A. 96-1419, eff. 10-1-10.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1,
192013.".