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RESOLUTION
Supporting Passage of House Bill'1333
WHEREAS, House Bill 1333, currently pending before the House Committee.
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on Revenue of the Seventy -Ninth Illinois General Assembly, would increase pro-
tection to property owners liable to lose property for unpaid taxes; and
WHEREAS, adoption of this legislation by the General Assembly should re-
sult in increased numbers of property owners becoming aware of the potential
auction and sale of their property; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 1333 requires the County Clerk to give notice of tax
sale.of property within 30 days and to include in said notice the method of
redemption; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 1333 extends the right of redemption from 30 days to
180 days after service of summons for hearing served in accordance with Article
III of the Civil Practice Act; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston wishes to provice its.
residents with safeguards such as those presented in House Bill 1333; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the'City of Evanston is familiar.with the
need for additional safeguards, due to a previous tax sale action affecting an
Evanston resident;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Evanston
that it supports passage of House Bill 1333 or similar legislation providing ad'•
ditional time and notification to persons so affected.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Evanston opposes the present,
tax deed system which permits a.tax buyer to .confiscate the total value of an
.;> owner's residence for a tax delinquency, and favors legislation which provides
f, that:
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(1) the owner receive adequate prior notice of a tax sale;
(2) at least sixty days prior to expiration of the owner's redemption -
rights there be a judicial hearing'at which the owner is represented by
counsel and in which the owner is apprised of the dangers of losing his
property; and
(3) the present system which fosters property confiscation be replaced
by a foreclosure sale system in which the property is sold at auction with
the county.receiving in ful.l.the delinquent taxes, interest, penalties
and costs, and the owner receiving any surplus above those amounts and
(4) a copy of this Resolution be sent to each of the legislators in
Districts I and 11: Senator Bradley M. Glass, Representative Brian B. Duff,
RepreSentative Harold A. Katz, Representative John E. Porter, Senator
Michael Brady, Representative Arthur L. Berman, Representative Joseph R.;
Lundy and Representative James P. McCourt.
Mayor
ATTEST:,
City Clerk