Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Removes language from the engrossed bill providing that the adjustment shall be made by a supplemental levy. Further amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in Cook County, an application for judgment and order of sale for the 2018 annual tax sale that would normally be held in calendar year 2020 may not be filed later than October 1, 2021. Provides that no subsequent annual tax sale may begin earlier than 180 days after the last day of the prior delayed tax sale, and no scavenger tax sale may begin earlier than 90 days after the last day of the prior delayed tax sale. Provides that there may be more than 2 consecutive years without a scavenger sales if a tax sale has been delayed as a result of a statewide COVID-19 public health emergency. Provides that, in a county with 275,000 or more inhabitants, for any annual tax sale conducted on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the county collector shall adopt a single bidder rule sufficient to prohibit a tax purchaser from registering more than one related bidding entity at a tax sale. Provides that a county with less than 275,000 inhabitants may adopt a single bidder rule. Provides that, for levy year 2022, the aggregate extension base of a home equity assurance program that levied at least $1,000,000 in property taxes in levy year 2019 or 2020 under the Home Equity Assurance Act shall be the amount that the program's aggregate extension base for levy year 2021 would have been if the program had levied a property tax for levy year 2021. Provides that the county collector may employ an electronic automated bidding system for conducting scavenger tax sales. Amends the Home Equity Assurance Act. Provides that the governing commission of a home equity assurance program that levied at least $1,000,000 in property taxes in levy year 2019 or 2020 may not levy any property tax in levy year 2021. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0519 [SB0508 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Concurrence in Senate	2021-05-31	59	0	0	0	59	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Concurrence in Senate	2021-05-31	59	0	0	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2021-05-31	111	1	6	0	118	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2021-04-22	57	0	2	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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