Bill Text: IL SB2395 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Reduces the interest rate for delinquent taxes in Cook County to 0.75% for tax year 2023 and thereafter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2395 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2395-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 | Sections 9-260, 18-250, 21-15, 21-25, 21-45, and 21-355 as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (35 ILCS 200/9-260)
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8 | Sec. 9-260. Assessment of omitted property; counties of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 3,000,000 or
more. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) After signing the affidavit, the county assessor
shall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | have power, when directed by the board of
appeals
(until the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review
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13 | beginning
the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter), | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | or on his or her own
initiative, subject to the limitations of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Sections 9-265 and 9-270, to assess properties which
may have | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | been omitted from assessments
for the current year and not | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | more than 3 years prior to the current year for which the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | property was
liable to be taxed, and for which the tax has not | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | been paid, but only on notice
and an opportunity to be heard in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | the manner and form required by law, and
shall enter the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | assessments upon the assessment books. Any notice shall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | include (i) a request that a person receiving the notice who is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | not the current taxpayer contact the office of the county |
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1 | assessor and explain that the person is not the current | ||||||
2 | taxpayer, which contact may be made on the telephone, in | ||||||
3 | writing, or in person upon receipt of the notice, and (ii) the | ||||||
4 | name, address, and telephone number of the appropriate | ||||||
5 | personnel in the office of the county assessor to whom the | ||||||
6 | response should be made. Any time period for the review of an | ||||||
7 | omitted assessment included in the notice shall be consistent | ||||||
8 | with the time period established by the assessor in accordance | ||||||
9 | with subsection (a) of Section 12-55. No charge for tax of
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10 | previous years shall be made against any property if (1) the | ||||||
11 | assessor failed to notify the board of review of the omitted | ||||||
12 | assessment in accordance with subsection (a-1) of this | ||||||
13 | Section; (2) the property was last
assessed as unimproved, the | ||||||
14 | owner of such property gave notice of
subsequent improvements | ||||||
15 | and requested a reassessment as required by Section
9-180, and | ||||||
16 | reassessment of the property was not made within the 16 month
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17 | period immediately following the receipt of that notice; (3) | ||||||
18 | the owner of the property gave notice as required by Section | ||||||
19 | 9-265; (4) the assessor received a building permit for the | ||||||
20 | property evidencing
that new construction had occurred or was | ||||||
21 | occurring on the property but
failed to list the improvement | ||||||
22 | on the tax rolls; (5) the assessor
received a plat map, plat of | ||||||
23 | survey, ALTA survey, mortgage survey, or
other similar | ||||||
24 | document containing the omitted property but failed to
list | ||||||
25 | the improvement on the tax rolls; (6) the assessor received a | ||||||
26 | real
estate transfer declaration indicating a sale from an |
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1 | exempt property
owner to a non-exempt property owner but | ||||||
2 | failed to list the property on
the tax rolls; or (7) the | ||||||
3 | property was the subject of an assessment
appeal before the | ||||||
4 | assessor or the board of review that had included the
intended | ||||||
5 | omitted property as part of the assessment appeal and provided
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6 | evidence of its market value. | ||||||
7 | (a-1) After providing notice and an opportunity to be | ||||||
8 | heard as
required by subsection (a) of this Section, the | ||||||
9 | assessor shall render a
decision on the omitted assessment, | ||||||
10 | whether or not the omitted
assessment was contested, and shall | ||||||
11 | mail a notice of the decision to the
taxpayer of record or to | ||||||
12 | the party that contested the omitted assessment. The notice of | ||||||
13 | decision shall contain a statement that the
decision may be | ||||||
14 | appealed to the board of review. The decision and all
evidence | ||||||
15 | used in the decision shall be transmitted by the assessor to
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16 | the board of review on or before the dates specified in | ||||||
17 | accordance with
Section 16-110.
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18 | (b) Any taxes based on the omitted assessment of a | ||||||
19 | property pursuant to
Sections
9-260 through 9-270 and Sections | ||||||
20 | 16-135 and 16-140 shall be prepared and mailed at the same time | ||||||
21 | as the
estimated first
installment property tax bill for the | ||||||
22 | preceding year (as described in
Section 21-30)
is prepared and | ||||||
23 | mailed. The omitted assessment tax bill
is not due
until the | ||||||
24 | date on which the second installment property tax bill for the
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25 | preceding
year becomes due. The omitted assessment tax bill | ||||||
26 | shall be deemed
delinquent
and shall bear interest beginning |
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1 | on the day after the due date of the second
installment
(as | ||||||
2 | described in Section 21-25). Any taxes for omitted assessments | ||||||
3 | for a tax year prior to tax year 2023 that are deemed
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4 | delinquent
after the due date of the second installment tax | ||||||
5 | bill shall bear
interest at the rate of
1.5% per month or | ||||||
6 | portion thereof until paid or forfeited (as described in
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7 | Section 21-25). Any taxes for omitted assessments for tax year | ||||||
8 | 2023 or thereafter that are deemed
delinquent
after the due | ||||||
9 | date of the second installment tax bill shall bear
interest at | ||||||
10 | the rate of
0.75% per month or portion thereof until paid or | ||||||
11 | forfeited (as described in
Section 21-25).
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12 | (c) The
assessor shall have no power to change the | ||||||
13 | assessment or alter the
assessment books in any other manner | ||||||
14 | or for any other purpose so as to
change or affect the taxes in | ||||||
15 | that year, except as ordered by the board of
appeals (until the | ||||||
16 | first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review
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17 | beginning the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter). | ||||||
18 | The county
assessor shall make
all changes and corrections | ||||||
19 | ordered by the board of appeals
(until the first Monday in | ||||||
20 | December 1998 and the board of review
beginning
the first | ||||||
21 | Monday in December 1998 and thereafter).
The county assessor | ||||||
22 | may for the purpose
of revision by the board of appeals
(until | ||||||
23 | the first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review
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24 | beginning
the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter)
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25 | certify the assessment books
for any town or taxing district | ||||||
26 | after or when such books are completed.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 96-1553, eff. 3-10-11.)
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2 | (35 ILCS 200/18-250)
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3 | Sec. 18-250.
Additions to forfeited taxes and unpaid | ||||||
4 | special assessments;
fee for estimate.
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5 | (a) When any property has been forfeited for taxes or | ||||||
6 | special
assessments, the clerk shall compute the amount of | ||||||
7 | back taxes and special
assessments, interest, statutory costs, | ||||||
8 | and printer's fees remaining due,
with one year's interest on | ||||||
9 | all taxes forfeited, and enter them upon the
collector's books | ||||||
10 | as separate items. Except as otherwise provided in
Section | ||||||
11 | 21-375, the aggregate so computed shall be collected in the | ||||||
12 | same
manner as the taxes on other property for that year. The | ||||||
13 | county clerk shall
examine the forfeitures, and strike all | ||||||
14 | errors and make corrections as
necessary. For counties with | ||||||
15 | fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, interest Interest added to | ||||||
16 | forfeitures under this Section shall be at the
rate of 12% per | ||||||
17 | year. For counties with 3,000,000 inhabitants or more, | ||||||
18 | interest added to forfeitures under this Section shall accrue | ||||||
19 | at the rate of: (i) 12% per year if the forfeiture is for a tax | ||||||
20 | year prior to tax year 2023; or (ii) 0.75% per month, or | ||||||
21 | portion thereof, if the forfeiture is for tax year 2023 or any | ||||||
22 | tax year thereafter.
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23 | (b) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, taxes | ||||||
24 | first
extended
for prior years, or previously extended for | ||||||
25 | prior years for which application
for judgment and order of |
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1 | sale is not already pending, shall be added to the
tax of the | ||||||
2 | current year, with interest and costs as provided by law.
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3 | Forfeitures shall not be so added, but they shall remain a lien | ||||||
4 | on the property
upon which they were charged until paid or sold | ||||||
5 | as provided by law. There
shall be added to such forfeitures | ||||||
6 | annually the same interest as would be added
if forfeited | ||||||
7 | annually, until paid or sold, and the addition of each year's
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8 | interest shall be considered a separate forfeiture. | ||||||
9 | Forfeitures may be
redeemed in the manner provided in Section | ||||||
10 | 21-370 or 21-375. Taxes and special
assessments for which | ||||||
11 | application for judgment and order of sale is
pending, or | ||||||
12 | entered but not enforced for any reason, shall not be added to | ||||||
13 | the
tax for the current year. However, if the taxes and special | ||||||
14 | assessments remain
unpaid, the property, shall be advertised | ||||||
15 | and sold under judgments and orders
of sale to be entered in | ||||||
16 | pending applications, or already entered in prior
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17 | applications, including judgments and orders of sale under | ||||||
18 | which the purchaser
fails to complete his or her purchase.
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19 | (c) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, on or | ||||||
20 | before January
1, 2001 and during each year thereafter, the | ||||||
21 | county clerk
shall compute the amount of taxes on each | ||||||
22 | property that remain due or
forfeited for any year prior to the | ||||||
23 | current year and have not become subject to
Sections 20-180 | ||||||
24 | through 20-190, and the clerk shall enter the same upon the
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25 | collector's warrant books of the current and all following | ||||||
26 | years as separate
items in a suitable column. The county clerk |
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1 | shall examine the collector's
warrant books and the Tax | ||||||
2 | Judgment, Sale, Redemption and Forfeiture records for
the | ||||||
3 | appropriate years and may take any other actions as the clerk | ||||||
4 | finds to be
necessary or convenient in order to comply with | ||||||
5 | this subsection. On and after
January 1, 2001, any taxes for | ||||||
6 | any year
remaining due or
forfeited against real property in | ||||||
7 | such county not entered on the current
collector's
warrant | ||||||
8 | books shall be deemed uncollectible and void,
but
shall not be | ||||||
9 | subject to the posting or other requirements of Sections | ||||||
10 | 20-180
through 20-190.
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11 | (d) In counties with 100,000 or more inhabitants, the | ||||||
12 | county
clerk shall,
when making the annual collector's books, | ||||||
13 | in a suitable column, insert and
designate previous | ||||||
14 | forfeitures of general taxes by the word "forfeiture", to be
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15 | stamped opposite each property forfeited at the last previous | ||||||
16 | tax sale for
general taxes and not redeemed or purchased | ||||||
17 | previous to the completion of the
collector's books. The | ||||||
18 | collectors of general taxes shall stamp upon all bills
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19 | rendered and receipts given the information on the collector's | ||||||
20 | books regarding
forfeiture of general taxes, and the stamped | ||||||
21 | notation shall also refer the
recipient to the county clerk | ||||||
22 | for full information. The county clerk shall be
allowed to | ||||||
23 | collect from the person requesting an estimate of costs of
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24 | redemption of a forfeited property, the fee provided by law.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 91-668, eff. 12-22-99.)
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1 | (35 ILCS 200/21-15)
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2 | Sec. 21-15. General tax due dates; default by mortgage | ||||||
3 | lender. Except as otherwise provided in this Section or | ||||||
4 | Section 21-40, all property
upon which the first installment | ||||||
5 | of taxes remains unpaid on the later of (i) June 1 or (ii) the | ||||||
6 | day after the date specified on the real estate tax bill as the | ||||||
7 | first installment due date annually
shall be deemed delinquent | ||||||
8 | and shall bear interest after that date . If the property is | ||||||
9 | located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, | ||||||
10 | then the unpaid taxes shall bear interest at the rate of
1 1/2% | ||||||
11 | per month or portion thereof. If the property is located in a | ||||||
12 | county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, then the unpaid | ||||||
13 | taxes shall bear interest at the rate of: (i)
1.5% per month, | ||||||
14 | or portion thereof, if the unpaid taxes are for a tax year | ||||||
15 | prior to 2023; or (ii) 0.75% per month, or portion thereof, if | ||||||
16 | the unpaid taxes are for tax year 2023 or thereafter. Except as | ||||||
17 | otherwise provided in this
Section or Section 21-40, all | ||||||
18 | property upon which the second installment of
taxes remains | ||||||
19 | due and unpaid on the later of (i) September 1 or (ii) the day | ||||||
20 | after the date specified on the real estate tax bill as the | ||||||
21 | second installment due date, annually, shall be deemed
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22 | delinquent and shall bear interest after that date at the same | ||||||
23 | interest rate.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if | ||||||
24 | a taxpayer owes an arrearage of taxes due to an administrative | ||||||
25 | error, and if the county collector sends a separate bill for | ||||||
26 | that arrearage as provided in Section 14-41, then any part of |
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1 | the arrearage of taxes that remains unpaid on the day after the | ||||||
2 | due date specified on that tax bill
shall be deemed delinquent | ||||||
3 | and shall bear interest after that date at the rate of
1 1/2% | ||||||
4 | per month or portion thereof. All interest collected shall be | ||||||
5 | paid into the general fund of the county.
Payment received by | ||||||
6 | mail and postmarked on or before the required due date is
not | ||||||
7 | delinquent.
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8 | Property not subject to the interest charge in Section | ||||||
9 | 9-260 or Section
9-265 shall also not
be subject to the | ||||||
10 | interest charge imposed by this Section until such time as
the | ||||||
11 | owner of the property receives actual notice of and is billed | ||||||
12 | for the
principal amount of back taxes due and owing.
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13 | If an Illinois resident who is a member of the Illinois | ||||||
14 | National Guard
or a reserve component of the armed forces of | ||||||
15 | the United States
and who has
an ownership interest in | ||||||
16 | property taxed under this Act is called to active duty
for | ||||||
17 | deployment outside the continental United States
and
is on | ||||||
18 | active duty on the due date of any installment of taxes due | ||||||
19 | under
this Act, he or she shall not be deemed delinquent in the | ||||||
20 | payment of the
installment and no interest shall accrue or be | ||||||
21 | charged as a penalty on the
installment until 180 days after | ||||||
22 | that member returns from active duty. To be deemed not | ||||||
23 | delinquent in the payment of an installment of taxes and any
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24 | interest
on that installment, the reservist or guardsperson | ||||||
25 | must make a reasonable effort to notify the county clerk and | ||||||
26 | the county collector of his or her activation to active duty |
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1 | and must notify the county clerk and the county collector
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2 | within 180
days after his or her deactivation and provide | ||||||
3 | verification of the date of his
or her
deactivation. An | ||||||
4 | installment of property taxes on the property of any reservist
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5 | or
guardsperson who fails to provide timely notice and | ||||||
6 | verification of
deactivation to the
county clerk is subject to | ||||||
7 | interest and penalties as delinquent taxes under
this Code | ||||||
8 | from
the date of deactivation.
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9 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when any | ||||||
10 | unpaid taxes become
delinquent under this Section through the | ||||||
11 | fault of the mortgage lender,
(i) the
interest assessed under | ||||||
12 | this Section for delinquent taxes shall be charged
against the | ||||||
13 | mortgage lender and not the mortgagor and (ii) the mortgage
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14 | lender shall pay the taxes, redeem the property and take all | ||||||
15 | necessary steps to
remove any liens accruing against the | ||||||
16 | property because of the delinquency.
In the event that more | ||||||
17 | than
one entity meets the definition of mortgage lender with | ||||||
18 | respect to any
mortgage, the interest shall be assessed | ||||||
19 | against the mortgage lender
responsible for servicing the | ||||||
20 | mortgage. Unpaid taxes shall be deemed
delinquent through the | ||||||
21 | fault of the mortgage lender only if: (a) the
mortgage
lender | ||||||
22 | has received all payments due the mortgage lender for the | ||||||
23 | property being
taxed under the written terms of the mortgage | ||||||
24 | or promissory note secured by
the mortgage, (b) the mortgage | ||||||
25 | lender holds funds in escrow to pay the taxes,
and (c) the | ||||||
26 | funds are sufficient to pay the taxes
after deducting all |
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1 | amounts reasonably anticipated to become due for all hazard
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2 | insurance premiums and mortgage insurance premiums and any | ||||||
3 | other assessments to
be paid from the escrow under the terms of | ||||||
4 | the mortgage. For purposes of this
Section, an
amount
is | ||||||
5 | reasonably anticipated to become due if it is payable within | ||||||
6 | 12 months from
the time of determining the sufficiency of | ||||||
7 | funds held in escrow. Unpaid taxes
shall not be deemed | ||||||
8 | delinquent through the fault of the mortgage lender if the
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9 | mortgage lender was directed in writing by the mortgagor not | ||||||
10 | to pay the
property taxes, or
if the failure to pay the taxes | ||||||
11 | when due resulted from inadequate or inaccurate
parcel | ||||||
12 | information provided by the mortgagor, a title or abstract | ||||||
13 | company, or
by the agency or unit of government assessing the | ||||||
14 | tax.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 97-944, eff. 8-10-12; 98-286, eff. 1-1-14.)
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16 | (35 ILCS 200/21-25)
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17 | Sec. 21-25. Due dates; accelerated billing in counties of | ||||||
18 | 3,000,000 or more.
Except as hereinafter provided and as | ||||||
19 | provided in Section 21-40, in
counties with 3,000,000 or more | ||||||
20 | inhabitants
in which the accelerated method of billing and | ||||||
21 | paying taxes provided for in
Section 21-30 is in effect, the | ||||||
22 | estimated first installment of unpaid taxes
shall be deemed | ||||||
23 | delinquent and shall bear interest after March 1 at the rate of
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24 | (i) 1 1/2% per month or portion thereof if the unpaid taxes are | ||||||
25 | for a tax year prior to 2023 or (ii) 0.75% per month or portion |
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1 | thereof if the unpaid taxes are for tax year 2023 or a | ||||||
2 | subsequent tax year until paid or forfeited. For tax year | ||||||
3 | 2010, the estimated first installment of unpaid taxes shall be | ||||||
4 | deemed delinquent and shall bear interest after April 1 at the | ||||||
5 | rate of 1.5% per month or portion thereof until paid or | ||||||
6 | forfeited. For tax year 2022, the estimated first installment | ||||||
7 | of unpaid taxes shall be deemed delinquent and shall bear | ||||||
8 | interest after April 1, 2023 at the rate of 1.5% per month or | ||||||
9 | portion thereof until paid or forfeited. For all tax years, | ||||||
10 | the second
installment of unpaid taxes shall be deemed | ||||||
11 | delinquent and shall bear interest
after August 1 annually at | ||||||
12 | the same interest rate until paid or forfeited.
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13 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a taxpayer owes | ||||||
14 | an arrearage of taxes due to an administrative error, and if | ||||||
15 | the county collector sends a separate bill for that arrearage | ||||||
16 | as provided in Section 14-41, then any part of the arrearage of | ||||||
17 | taxes that remains unpaid on the day after the due date | ||||||
18 | specified on that tax bill
shall be deemed delinquent and | ||||||
19 | shall bear interest after that date at the rate of
(i) 1 1/2% | ||||||
20 | per month or portion thereof if the unpaid taxes are for a tax | ||||||
21 | year prior to 2023 or (ii) 0.75% per month or portion thereof | ||||||
22 | if the unpaid taxes are for tax year 2023 or a subsequent tax | ||||||
23 | year .
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24 | If the county board elects by ordinance adopted prior to | ||||||
25 | July 1 of a levy
year to provide for taxes to be paid in 4 | ||||||
26 | installments, each installment for
that levy year and each |
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1 | subsequent year shall be deemed delinquent and shall
begin to | ||||||
2 | bear interest 30 days after the date specified by the | ||||||
3 | ordinance for
mailing bills , at the rate of 1 1/2% per month or | ||||||
4 | portion thereof, until paid
or forfeited.
If the unpaid taxes | ||||||
5 | are for a tax year prior to 2023, then interest shall accrue at | ||||||
6 | the rate of 1.5% per month or portion thereof until paid or | ||||||
7 | forfeited. If the unpaid taxes are for tax year 2023 or a | ||||||
8 | subsequent tax year, then interest shall accrue at the rate of | ||||||
9 | 0.75% per month or portion thereof until paid or forfeited.
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10 | Payment received by mail and postmarked on or before the | ||||||
11 | required due date
is not delinquent.
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12 | Taxes levied on homestead property in which a member of | ||||||
13 | the National Guard or
reserves of the armed forces of the | ||||||
14 | United States who was called to active duty
on or after August | ||||||
15 | 1, 1990, and who has an ownership interest, shall not be
deemed | ||||||
16 | delinquent and no interest shall accrue or be charged as a | ||||||
17 | penalty on
such taxes due and payable in 1991 or 1992 until one | ||||||
18 | year after that member
returns to civilian status.
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19 | If an Illinois resident who is a member of the Illinois | ||||||
20 | National Guard
or a reserve component of the armed forces of | ||||||
21 | the United States
and who has an ownership interest in | ||||||
22 | property taxed under this Act is
called to
active duty
for | ||||||
23 | deployment outside the continental United States
and
is on | ||||||
24 | active duty on the due date of any installment of taxes due | ||||||
25 | under
this Act, he or she shall not be deemed delinquent in the | ||||||
26 | payment of the
installment and no interest shall accrue or be |
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1 | charged as a penalty on the
installment until 180 days after | ||||||
2 | that member returns to
civilian
status.
To be deemed not | ||||||
3 | delinquent in the payment of an installment of taxes and any
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4 | interest
on that installment, the reservist or guardsperson | ||||||
5 | must make a reasonable effort to notify the county clerk and | ||||||
6 | the county collector of his or her activation to active duty | ||||||
7 | and must notify the county clerk and the county collector
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8 | within 180
days after his or her deactivation and provide | ||||||
9 | verification of the date of his
or her
deactivation. An | ||||||
10 | installment of property taxes on the property of any reservist
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11 | or
guardsperson who fails to provide timely notice and | ||||||
12 | verification of
deactivation to the
county clerk is subject to | ||||||
13 | interest and penalties as delinquent taxes under
this Code | ||||||
14 | from
the date of deactivation.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 102-1112, eff. 12-21-22.)
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16 | (35 ILCS 200/21-45)
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17 | Sec. 21-45. Failure to issue tax bill in prior year. In the | ||||||
18 | event no tax
bill was issued as provided in Section 21-30, on | ||||||
19 | any property in any previous
year for any reason, one tax bill | ||||||
20 | shall be prepared and mailed by July 1 of the
year subsequent | ||||||
21 | to the year in which no tax bill was issued, and taxes on that
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22 | property for that year only shall bear interest after the | ||||||
23 | first day of August
of that year . If the taxes are for a tax | ||||||
24 | year prior to tax year 2023, then interest shall accrue at the | ||||||
25 | rate of 1 1/2% per month or portion thereof until paid or
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1 | forfeited. If the taxes are for the 2023 tax year or a | ||||||
2 | subsequent tax year, then interest shall accrue at the rate of | ||||||
3 | 0.75% per month or portion thereof until paid or
forfeited.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 87-17; 88-455.)
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5 | (35 ILCS 200/21-355)
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6 | Sec. 21-355. Amount of redemption. Any person desiring to | ||||||
7 | redeem shall
deposit an amount specified in this Section with | ||||||
8 | the county clerk of the
county in which the property is | ||||||
9 | situated,
in legal money of the United States, or by cashier's | ||||||
10 | check, certified check,
post office money order or money order | ||||||
11 | issued by a financial institution
insured by an agency or | ||||||
12 | instrumentality of the United States, payable to the
county | ||||||
13 | clerk of the proper county. The deposit shall be deemed timely | ||||||
14 | only
if actually received in person at the county clerk's | ||||||
15 | office prior to the close
of business as defined in Section | ||||||
16 | 3-2007 of the Counties Code on or before the
expiration of the | ||||||
17 | period of redemption or by United
States mail with a post | ||||||
18 | office cancellation mark dated not less than one day
prior to | ||||||
19 | the expiration of the period of redemption. The deposit shall
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20 | be
in an amount equal to the total of the
following:
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21 | (a) the certificate amount, which shall include all | ||||||
22 | tax principal,
special assessments, interest and penalties | ||||||
23 | paid by the tax purchaser together
with costs and fees of | ||||||
24 | sale and fees paid under Sections 21-295 and 21-315
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25 | through 21-335, except for the nonrefundable $80 fee paid, |
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1 | pursuant to Section 21-295, for each item purchased at the | ||||||
2 | tax sale;
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3 | (b) the accrued penalty, computed through the date of | ||||||
4 | redemption as a
percentage of the certificate amount, as | ||||||
5 | follows:
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6 | (1) if the redemption occurs on or before the | ||||||
7 | expiration of 6 months
from the date of sale, the | ||||||
8 | certificate amount times the penalty bid at sale;
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9 | (2) if the redemption occurs after 6 months from | ||||||
10 | the date of sale,
and on or before the expiration of 12 | ||||||
11 | months from the date of sale, the
certificate amount | ||||||
12 | times 2 times the penalty bid at sale;
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13 | (3) if the redemption occurs after 12 months from | ||||||
14 | the date of sale
and on or before the expiration of 18 | ||||||
15 | months from the date of sale, the
certificate amount | ||||||
16 | times 3 times the penalty bid at sale;
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17 | (4) if the redemption occurs after 18 months from | ||||||
18 | the date
of sale and on or before the expiration of 24 | ||||||
19 | months from the date of sale,
the certificate amount | ||||||
20 | times 4 times the penalty bid at sale;
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21 | (5) if the redemption occurs after 24 months from | ||||||
22 | the date of sale
and on or before the expiration of 30 | ||||||
23 | months from the date of sale, the
certificate amount | ||||||
24 | times 5 times the penalty bid at sale;
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25 | (6) if the redemption occurs after 30 months from | ||||||
26 | the date of sale
and on or before the expiration of 36 |
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1 | months from the date of sale, the
certificate amount | ||||||
2 | times 6 times the penalty bid at sale.
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3 | In the event that the property to be redeemed has | ||||||
4 | been purchased
under Section 21-405, the penalty bid | ||||||
5 | shall be 12% per penalty
period as set forth in | ||||||
6 | subparagraphs (1) through (6) of this subsection (b).
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7 | The changes to this subdivision (b)(6) made by this | ||||||
8 | amendatory Act of the
91st General Assembly are not a | ||||||
9 | new enactment, but declaratory of existing
law.
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10 | (c) The total of all taxes, special assessments, | ||||||
11 | accrued interest on those
taxes and special assessments | ||||||
12 | and costs charged in connection with the payment
of those | ||||||
13 | taxes or special assessments, except for the nonrefundable | ||||||
14 | $80 fee paid, pursuant to Section 21-295, for each item | ||||||
15 | purchased at the tax sale, which have been paid by the tax
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16 | certificate holder on or after the date those taxes or | ||||||
17 | special assessments
became delinquent together with 12% | ||||||
18 | penalty on each amount so paid for each
year or portion | ||||||
19 | thereof intervening between the date of that payment and | ||||||
20 | the
date of redemption.
In counties with less than | ||||||
21 | 3,000,000 inhabitants, however, a tax certificate
holder | ||||||
22 | may not pay
all or part of an installment of a subsequent | ||||||
23 | tax or special assessment for any
year, nor shall any
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24 | tender of such a payment be accepted, until after the | ||||||
25 | second or final
installment
of the subsequent tax or | ||||||
26 | special assessment has become delinquent
or until after |
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1 | the
holder of the certificate of purchase has filed a | ||||||
2 | petition for a tax deed under
Section 22.30.
The person
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3 | redeeming shall also pay the amount of interest charged on | ||||||
4 | the subsequent tax
or special assessment and paid as a | ||||||
5 | penalty by the tax certificate holder.
This amendatory Act | ||||||
6 | of
1995 applies to tax years beginning with the 1995 | ||||||
7 | taxes, payable in 1996, and
thereafter.
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8 | (d) For a tax year prior to tax year 2023, any Any | ||||||
9 | amount paid to redeem a forfeiture occurring subsequent to | ||||||
10 | the
tax sale together with 12% penalty thereon for each | ||||||
11 | year or portion thereof
intervening between the date of | ||||||
12 | the forfeiture redemption and the date of
redemption from | ||||||
13 | the sale. For tax year 2023 or any tax year thereafter, any | ||||||
14 | amount paid to redeem a forfeiture occurring subsequent to | ||||||
15 | the
tax sale together with 0.75% penalty thereon for each | ||||||
16 | month or portion thereof
intervening between the date of | ||||||
17 | the forfeiture redemption and the date of
redemption from | ||||||
18 | the sale.
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19 | (e) Any amount paid by the certificate holder for | ||||||
20 | redemption of a
subsequently occurring tax sale.
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21 | (f) All fees paid to the county clerk under Section | ||||||
22 | 22-5.
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23 | (g) All fees paid to the registrar of titles incident | ||||||
24 | to registering
the tax certificate in compliance with the | ||||||
25 | Registered Titles (Torrens) Act.
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26 | (h) All fees paid to the circuit clerk and the |
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1 | sheriff, a licensed or registered private detective, or | ||||||
2 | the
coroner in connection with the filing of the petition | ||||||
3 | for tax deed and
service of notices under Sections 22-15 | ||||||
4 | through 22-30 and 22-40 in addition to
(1) a fee of $35 if | ||||||
5 | a petition for tax deed has been filed, which fee shall
be | ||||||
6 | posted to the tax judgement, sale, redemption, and | ||||||
7 | forfeiture record, to be
paid to the purchaser or his or | ||||||
8 | her assignee; (2) a fee of $4 if a notice under
Section | ||||||
9 | 22-5 has been filed, which fee shall be posted
to the tax | ||||||
10 | judgment, sale, redemption, and forfeiture record, to be | ||||||
11 | paid to
the purchaser or his or her assignee; (3) all costs | ||||||
12 | paid to record a
lis pendens notice in connection with | ||||||
13 | filing a petition under this Code; and (4) if a petition | ||||||
14 | for tax deed has been filed, all fees up to $150 per | ||||||
15 | redemption paid to a registered or licensed title | ||||||
16 | insurance company or title insurance agent for a title | ||||||
17 | search to identify all owners, parties interested, and | ||||||
18 | occupants of the property, to be paid to the purchaser or | ||||||
19 | his or her assignee.
The fees in (1) and (2) of this | ||||||
20 | paragraph (h) shall be exempt from the posting
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21 | requirements of Section 21-360. The costs incurred in | ||||||
22 | causing notices to be served by a licensed or registered | ||||||
23 | private detective under Section 22-15, may not exceed the | ||||||
24 | amount that the sheriff would be authorized by law to | ||||||
25 | charge if those notices had been served by the sheriff.
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26 | (i) All fees paid for publication of notice of the tax |
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1 | sale in
accordance with Section 22-20.
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2 | (j) All sums paid to any county, city, village or | ||||||
3 | incorporated town for
reimbursement under Section 22-35.
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4 | (k) All costs and expenses of receivership under | ||||||
5 | Section 21-410, to the
extent that these costs and | ||||||
6 | expenses exceed any income from the property in
question, | ||||||
7 | if the costs and expenditures have been approved by the | ||||||
8 | court
appointing the receiver and a certified copy of the | ||||||
9 | order or approval is filed
and posted by the certificate | ||||||
10 | holder with the county clerk. Only actual costs
expended | ||||||
11 | may be posted on the tax judgment, sale, redemption and | ||||||
12 | forfeiture
record.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 101-659, eff. 3-23-21.)
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