Counties ask judge to rope IL state govt, private ‘tax buyers’ into class action over property tax ‘takings’ – Cook County Record

The state of Illinois "has created a legal system via the PTC (Property Tax Code) in which (counties are) either required to violate the rights of property owners ... or be sued by taxing bodies for failing to collect property tax revenue as required by the PTC," DuPage and Lake counties wrote in their filing. "... (Counties) have a clear right to a PTC that is constitutional and does not force them to violate the rights of a property owner..."