Bill Text: IL HB0251 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the notice of application for judgment and sale may be mailed by first-class mail (currently, registered or certified mail). Provides that the envelope containing the notice shall be clearly marked "Notice of Judgment and Sale of Unpaid Property Taxes". Removes a requirement that the county collector must present proof of the mailing to the court along with the application for judgement.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0251 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0251-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 21-135 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/21-135)
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7 | Sec. 21-135. Mailed notice of application for judgment and | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | sale. Not less
than 15 days before the date of application for | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | judgment and sale of delinquent
properties, the county | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | collector shall mail, by first-class registered or certified | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | mail, a
notice of the forthcoming application for judgment and | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | sale to the person shown
by the current collector's warrant | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | book to be the party in whose name the taxes
were last assessed | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | or to the current owner of record and, if applicable, to the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | party specified under Section
15-170. The notice shall include | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | the intended dates of application for judgment
and sale and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | commencement of the sale, and a description of the properties. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | The envelope containing the notice shall be clearly marked | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | "Notice of Judgment and Sale of Unpaid Property Taxes". The
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20 | county collector must present proof of the mailing to the court | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | along with the
application for judgement.
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22 | In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a copy of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | this notice shall
also be mailed by the county collector by |
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1 | first-class registered or certified mail to any
lienholder of | ||||||
2 | record who annually requests a copy of the notice. The envelope | ||||||
3 | containing the notice shall be clearly marked "Notice of | ||||||
4 | Judgment and Sale of Unpaid Property Taxes". The failure of
the | ||||||
5 | county collector to mail a notice or its non-delivery to the | ||||||
6 | lienholder
shall not affect the validity of the judgment.
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7 | In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, notice | ||||||
8 | shall not be mailed to
any person when, under Section 14-15, a | ||||||
9 | certificate of error has been executed
by the county assessor | ||||||
10 | or by both the
county assessor and board of
appeals (until the | ||||||
11 | first Monday in December 1998 and the board of
review
beginning
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12 | the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter),
except as | ||||||
13 | provided by court order under Section 21-120.
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14 | The collector shall collect $10 from the proceeds of each | ||||||
15 | sale to cover
the costs of registered or certified mailing and | ||||||
16 | the costs of advertisement
and publication.
If a taxpayer pays | ||||||
17 | the taxes on the property after the notice of the
forthcoming | ||||||
18 | application for judgment and sale is mailed but before the sale | ||||||
19 | is
made, then the collector shall collect $10 from the taxpayer | ||||||
20 | to cover the costs
of registered or certified mailing and the | ||||||
21 | costs of advertisement and
publication.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 93-899, eff. 8-10-04.)
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