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 1        AN ACT in relation to taxes.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 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
 8    and  sale.   Not  less  than  15  days  before  the  date  of
 9    application for judgment and sale of  delinquent  properties,
10    the  county  collector shall mail, by registered or certified
11    mail, a notice of the forthcoming  application  for  judgment
12    and  sale  to  the  person  shown  by the current collector's
13    warrant book to be the party in whose  name  the  taxes  were
14    last  assessed  and,  if  applicable,  to the party specified
15    under Section 15-170. The notice shall include  the  intended
16    dates  of  application for judgment and sale and commencement
17    of the sale, and a description of the properties. The  county
18    collector  must  present  proof  of  the mailing to the court
19    along with the application for judgement.
20        In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a  copy
21    of  this  notice shall also be mailed by the county collector
22    by registered or certified mail to any lienholder  of  record
23    who  annually  requests  a copy of the notice. The failure of
24    the county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery  to
25    the lienholder shall not affect the validity of the judgment.
26        In  counties  with  3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice
27    shall not be mailed to any person when, under Section  14-15,
28    a  certificate  of  error  has  been  executed  by the county
29    assessor or by both the county assessor and board of  appeals
30    (until  the  first  Monday  in December 1998 and the board of
31    review beginning  the  first  Monday  in  December  1998  and
 
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 1    thereafter),  except as provided by court order under Section
 2    21-120.
 3        The collector shall collect $12 $10 from the proceeds  of
 4    each  sale  to  cover  the  costs  of registered or certified
 5    mailing and the costs of advertisement and publication. If  a
 6    taxpayer  pays  the taxes on the property after the notice of
 7    the forthcoming application for judgment and sale  is  mailed
 8    but before the sale is made, then the collector shall collect
 9    $10  from  the  taxpayer  to cover the costs of registered or
10    certified  mailing  and  the  costs  of   advertisement   and
11    publication.
12    (Source:  P.A.  89-126,  eff.  7-11-95; 89-671, eff. 8-14-96;
13    90-334, eff. 8-8-97.)

14        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
15    becoming law.