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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, (v) by July 1, 2015 for
19tax year 2013, (vi) by May 1, 2016 for tax year 2014, (vii) by
20March 1, 2017 for tax year 2015, and (viii) by May 1 of the next
21calendar year within 90 days after the second installment due
22date for tax year 2016 and each tax year thereafter. In those
23counties which have adopted an ordinance under Section 21-40,

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1the application for judgment and order of sale for delinquent
2taxes shall be made in December. In the 10 years next following
3the completion of a general reassessment of property in any
4county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, made under an order
5of the Department, applications for judgment and order of sale
6shall be made as soon as may be and on the day specified in the
7advertisement required by Section 21-110 and 21-115. If for any
8cause the court is not held on the day specified, the cause
9shall stand continued, and it shall be unnecessary to
10re-advertise the list or notice.
11 Within 30 days after the day specified for the application
12for judgment the court shall hear and determine the matter. If
13judgment is rendered, the sale shall begin on the date within 5
14business days specified in the notice as provided in Section
1521-115, except that, notwithstanding any other provision of
16law, the sale for tax year 2015 shall occur during the period
17of August 1, 2017 through September 1, 2017, and the
18collector's actions prior to the effective date of this
19amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly in accordance with
20the published advertisement required by Sections 21-110 and
2121-115, and the notice required by Section 21-135, satisfy the
22requirements of those Sections with respect to the sale for tax
23year 2015 notwithstanding this exception. If the collector is
24prevented from advertising and obtaining judgment within the
25time periods specified by this Section, the collector may
26obtain judgment at any time thereafter; but if the failure

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1arises by the county collector's not complying with any of the
2requirements of this Code, he or she shall be held on his or
3her official bond for the full amount of all taxes and special
4assessments charged against him or her. Any failure on the part
5of the county collector shall not be allowed as a valid
6objection to the collection of any tax or assessment, or to
7entry of a judgment against any delinquent properties included
8in the application of the county collector.
9(Source: P.A. 97-637, eff. 12-16-11; 98-1101, eff. 8-26-14.)