Bill Text: IL HB3644 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the automation fee assessed by the county collector to the purchaser of property for delinquent taxes from not more than $10 to not more than $20. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3644 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB3644-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 21-245 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 200/21-245)
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7 | Sec. 21-245. Automation fee. The county collector in all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | counties may
assess to the purchaser of property for delinquent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | taxes an automation fee of
not more than $20 $10 per parcel. In | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | counties with less than 3,000,000
inhabitants:
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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.
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16 | (b) Fees collected under this Section shall be retained by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 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, with the approval of the
county | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | treasurer, shall make expenditures from
the fund (1) to pay any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | costs related to the automation of property tax
collections
and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | delinquent property tax sales, including the cost of hardware, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | software,
research and development, and personnel
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1 | defray the cost of providing electronic access to property tax
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2 | collection
records and delinquent tax sale records.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 93-415, eff. 8-5-03.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.
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