093_SB0170eng
SB170 Engrossed LRB093 06356 MKM 06475 b
1 AN ACT in relation to local government.
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 21-245 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 200/21-245)
7 Sec. 21-245. Automation fee. The county collector in
8 all counties may assess to the purchaser of property for
9 delinquent taxes an automation fee of not more than $10 per
10 parcel. In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants:
11 (a) The fee shall be paid at the time of the purchase if
12 the record keeping system used for processing the delinquent
13 property tax sales is automated or has been approved for
14 automation by the county board. The fee shall be collected in
15 the same manner as other fees or costs.
16 (b) Fees collected under this Section shall be retained
17 by the county treasurer in a fund designated as the Tax Sale
18 Automation Fund. The fund shall be audited by the county
19 auditor. The county board shall make expenditures from the
20 fund (1) to pay any costs related to the automation of
21 property tax collections and delinquent property tax sales,
22 including the cost of hardware, software, research and
23 development, and personnel and (2) to defray the cost of
24 providing electronic access to property tax collection
25 records and delinquent tax sale records.
26 (Source: P.A. 88-455; incorporates 88-401; 88-670, eff.
27 12-2-94.)
28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
29 becoming law.