Cook County Treasurer's Office - 9/4/2019
Crain's Chicago Business
A Cook County committee took the first step today toward instituting a fee for law firms and others that win property tax appeals and don't promptly turn over refund checks, after Treasurer Maria Pappas says residents in her condo building grilled her about where their checks were, Crain's Chicago Business reports.
Under an ordinance approved Wednesday by the Finance Committee of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, third parties that fail to cash refund checks before a 90-day expiration date would have to pay $30 for each new check requested.
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