Bill Text: IL HB5257 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that any municipality that owns or operates a public utility may collect delinquent utility charges that are owed to that public utility as a special assessment if the charges are more than 90-days past due. Provides that a municipality may impose a special assessment for the purpose of collecting costs associated with the removal of nuisance greenery. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5257 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5257-Engrossed.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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 9-2-4.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/9-2-4.5) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 9-2-4.5. Special assessment for payment of costs | ||||||
| 8 | associated with certain ordinance violations. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) For purposes of this Section, "Code" means any | ||||||
| 10 | municipal ordinance that requires, after notice, the cutting of | ||||||
| 11 | grass, trees, bushes, and weeds, the removal of garbage and | ||||||
| 12 | debris, the removal of inoperable motor vehicles, and rodent | ||||||
| 13 | and vermin abatement.
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| 14 | (b) In addition to any other method authorized by law, if | ||||||
| 15 | (i) a property owner is cited with a Code violation, (ii) | ||||||
| 16 | non-compliance is found upon reinspection of the property after | ||||||
| 17 | the due date for compliance with an order to correct the Code | ||||||
| 18 | violation or with an order for abatement, (iii) costs for | ||||||
| 19 | services rendered by the municipality to correct the Code | ||||||
| 20 | violation remain unpaid at the point in time that they would | ||||||
| 21 | become a debt due and owing the municipality, as provided in | ||||||
| 22 | Division 31.1 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and | ||||||
| 23 | (iv) a lien has been filed of record by the municipality in the | ||||||
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| 1 | office of the recorder in the county in which the property is | ||||||
| 2 | located, then those costs may be collected as a special | ||||||
| 3 | assessment on the property under this Division. Upon payment of | ||||||
| 4 | the costs by the owner of record or persons interested in the | ||||||
| 5 | property, the lien shall be released by the municipality and | ||||||
| 6 | the release shall be filed of record in the same manner as the | ||||||
| 7 | filing of notice of the lien.
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 93-993, eff. 1-1-05.)
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