Bill Text: IL SB2767 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Veto Message
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the Section concerning enforcement of judgments also applies to any tax or fee, or part of any tax or fee, unpaid after an administrative hearing are also a debt due and owing to the county (rather than only fines, other sanctions, or costs imposed in the administrative hearing).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-12-01 - Total Veto Stands [SB2767 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB2767-Veto_Message.html
______, 2016
To the Honorable Members of
The Illinois Senate,
99th General Assembly:
Today I return Senate Bill 2767, which would allow certain counties to collect delinquent taxes and fees through private debt collectors.
Current law authorizes large, Chicago area counties to pursue court-adjudicated fines, such as for violation of county ordinances, through private debt collection. Senate Bill 2767 would expand that law to also apply to taxes and fees.
Illinois has the second highest property taxes in the country, and those taxes continue to rise. Many property owners struggle to make tax payments. The current tax sale process provides both counties and taxpayers with a system through which to address unpaid or delinquent taxes. Referring unpaid tax bills to private debt collectors would penalize property owners who are already facing skyrocketing property taxes. First and foremost, we need to make property taxes more affordable.
Therefore, pursuant to Section 9(b) of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return Senate Bill 2767 entitled “AN ACT concerning local government”, with the foregoing objections, vetoed in its entirety.
Sincerely,
Bruce Rauner GOVERNOR
