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91_SB0344
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1 AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section
2 21-245.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
6 Section 21-245 as follows:
7 (35 ILCS 200/21-245)
8 Sec. 21-245. Automation fee. The county collector in
9 all counties may assess to the purchaser of property for
10 delinquent taxes an automation fee of not more than (i) $10
11 per parcel through December 31, 1999, (ii) $15 per parcel
12 from January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2001, and (iii) $10
13 per parcel thereafter. In counties with less than 3,000,000
14 inhabitants:
15 (a) The fee shall be paid at the time of the purchase if
16 the record keeping system used for processing the delinquent
17 property tax sales is automated or has been approved for
18 automation by the county board. The fee shall be collected in
19 the same manner as other fees or costs.
20 (b) Fees collected under this Section shall be retained
21 by the county treasurer in a fund designated as the Tax Sale
22 Automation Fund. The fund shall be audited by the county
23 auditor. The county board shall make expenditures from the
24 fund to pay any costs related to the automation of property
25 tax collections and delinquent property tax sales, including
26 the cost of hardware, software, research and development, and
27 personnel.
28 (Source: P.A. 88-455; incorporates 88-401; 88-670, eff.
29 12-2-94.)
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.