Bill Text: IL SB3101 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1084 [SB3101 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB3101-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 097-1084
SB3101 Enrolled LRB097 16595 KMW 61767 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Section 20-20 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/20-20)
Sec. 20-20. Changes in address for mailing tax bill. To
insure that a person requesting a change of the address to
which a property tax bill is sent has a legal interest in the
property or authority to act on behalf of the owner of the
property, the county collector in every county with less than
3,000,000 inhabitants or less shall establish and enforce a
procedure for requiring identification or certification of the
identity of taxpayers who request a change in the address to
which their tax bill is mailed. No change of address shall be
implemented unless the person requesting the change is the
owner of the property, a trustee or a person holding the power
of attorney from the owner or trustee of the property. However,
if a property owner conveys a permanent change of address in
writing to the United States Postal Service, then, on or after
the effective date of that change of address, the county
collector may mail a property tax bill to the property owner at
his or her new address regardless of whether or not the owner

notifies the collector of the address change.
As an alternative to mailing a copy of the bill, the
collector may send the tax bill via e-mail at the request of
the taxpayer. If the taxpayer makes such a request, then the
taxpayer shall notify the collector of any change in his or her
e-mail address as soon as possible after the address is
changed.
(Source: P.A. 84-396; 88-455.)