Bill Text: IL SB1335 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a board of review may enter into discussions with a taxpayer aimed at achieving a stipulated revised assessment upon the property. Contains provisions concerning notice provided to taxing districts. Contains provisions concerning objections by taxing districts to the proposed assessment, and requires that those objections be submitted to the board of review within 45 days after the district receives notice of the proposed assessment. Provides that, within 120 days after the Property Tax Appeal Board's receipt of the stipulation or assessment agreement, the Property Tax Appeal Board shall issue a decision in accordance with the stipulation or assessment agreement, unless it finds that the Property Tax Appeal Board lacks jurisdiction over the appeal or that the stipulation or assessment agreement is against the manifest weight of the evidence. Contains provisions concerning notice to taxing districts. Provides that discussions of a proposed settlement may not be used as evidence in any hearing with respect to that assessment year and that property. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-12-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0637 [SB1335 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB1335-Enrolled.html



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1 AN ACT concerning revenue.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 21-150 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 200/21-150)
7 Sec. 21-150. Time of applying for judgment. Except as
8otherwise provided in this Section or by ordinance or
9resolution enacted under subsection (c) of Section 21-40, in
10any county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, all
11applications for judgment and order of sale for taxes and
12special assessments on delinquent properties shall be made
13within 90 days after the second installment due date. In Cook
14County, all applications for judgment and order of sale for
15taxes and special assessments on delinquent properties shall be
16made (i) by July 1, 2011 for tax year 2009, (ii) by July 1, 2012
17for tax year 2010, (iii) by July 1, 2013 for tax year 2011,
18(iv) by July 1, 2014 for tax year 2012, and (v) (ii) within 90
19days after the second installment due date for tax year 2013
202010 and each tax year thereafter. In those counties which have
21adopted an ordinance under Section 21-40, the application for
22judgment and order of sale for delinquent taxes shall be made
23in December. In the 10 years next following the completion of a

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1general reassessment of property in any county with 3,000,000
2or more inhabitants, made under an order of the Department,
3applications for judgment and order of sale shall be made as
4soon as may be and on the day specified in the advertisement
5required by Section 21-110 and 21-115. If for any cause the
6court is not held on the day specified, the cause shall stand
7continued, and it shall be unnecessary to re-advertise the list
8or notice.
9 Within 30 days after the day specified for the application
10for judgment the court shall hear and determine the matter. If
11judgment is rendered, the sale shall begin on the date within 5
12business days specified in the notice as provided in Section
1321-115. If the collector is prevented from advertising and
14obtaining judgment within the time periods specified by this
15Section 90 days after the second installment due date, the
16collector may obtain judgment at any time thereafter; but if
17the failure arises by the county collector's not complying with
18any of the requirements of this Code, he or she shall be held
19on his or her official bond for the full amount of all taxes
20and special assessments charged against him or her. In Cook
21County, if the collector is prevented from advertising and
22obtaining judgment by July 1, 2011 for tax year 2009, or within
2390 days after the second installment due date for tax year 2010
24and each tax year thereafter, the collector may obtain judgment
25at any time thereafter, but if the failure arises by the county
26collector's not complying with any of the requirements of this

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1Code, then the county collector shall be held on his or her
2official bond for the full amount of all taxes and special
3assessments charged against him or her. Any failure on the part
4of the county collector shall not be allowed as a valid
5objection to the collection of any tax or assessment, or to
6entry of a judgment against any delinquent properties included
7in the application of the county collector.
8(Source: P.A. 96-1329, eff. 7-27-10; 96-1512, eff. 1-27-11.)
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