Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that all tax sales that are not conducted using automated means shall be videotaped. In a Section concerning penalty bids, provides that the collector may, at his or her discretion, declare the taxes forfeited if multiple simultaneous bids of the same percentage are made and those bids are the lowest. Provides that, if there are multiple bids for 0%, then the collector shall randomly select one of the bidders to be the purchaser of the property. Provides that, during the sale, each bidder's penalty percentage shall be disclosed to the other bidders. Provides that bidders shall have the opportunity to reduce their bids during the sale after previous bids have been disclosed. Provides that a record of the winning bid and the name of the tax purchaser shall be open to public inspection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1710 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator William Haine [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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