Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. In a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, provides for the permissive waiver of interest and penalties. Provides that, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the annual tax sale that would ordinarily be held in calendar year 2020 shall be held no earlier than (i) 120 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act or (2) until the first day of the first month during which there is no longer a statewide COVID-19 public health emergency, as evidenced by an effective disaster declaration of the Governor covering all counties in the State. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for persons with disabilities, the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, and the senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption, provides that those exemptions may be granted without application for the 2020 taxable year if the property qualified for the exemption in the 2019 taxable year, subject to certain limitations related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides that under no circumstance may a tax year be offered at a scavenger sale prior to the annual tax sale for that tax year. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-05 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0635 [SB0685 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2020-06-08	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2020-05-23	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2019-04-11	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2019-01-31	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 002	2020-05-21	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2020-05-20	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 003	2019-04-10	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 001	2019-04-05	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 002	2019-04-05	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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