98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3138

 

Introduced , by Rep. Derrick Smith

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 5/18.2 new

    Amends the Illinois Securities Law of 1953. Provides that the Secretary of State may impose and collect a fee on the transfer of securities and derivative financial instruments. Provides a list of covered transactions and sets the fee rate to be collected by the Secretary.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Securities Law of 1953 is amended
5by adding Section 18.2 as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 5/18.2 new)
7    Sec. 18.2. Fee on trading transactions.
8    (a) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
9    "Derivative financial instrument" means any option,
10forward contract, futures contract, notional principal
11contract, or any similar financial instrument.
12    "Specified base amount" means the fair market value of the
13security at the time of the covered transaction.
14    (b) In addition to any other fee that the Secretary of
15State may impose and collect pursuant to the authority
16contained in this Act, beginning on January 1, 2014 the
17Secretary of State shall also collect a fee on the transfer of
18ownership in each covered transaction with respect to any
19security.
20    (c) Rate of fee. The fee imposed under subsection (b) of
21this Section with respect to any covered transaction shall be
22$0.10 of the specified base amount with respect to the covered
23transaction.

 

 

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1    (d) Covered transactions:
2        (1) except as provided in item (2) of this subsection,
3    any purchase if that purchase occurs or is cleared on a
4    facility located in Illinois; and
5        (2) any transaction with respect to a security
6    described in item (4), (5), or (6) of subsection (e) of
7    this Section if that security is traded or cleared on a
8    facility located in Illinois.
9    (e) "Security" means:
10        (1) any share of stock in a corporation;
11        (2) any partnership or beneficial ownership interest
12    in a partnership or trust;
13        (3) any note, bond, debenture, or other evidence of
14    indebtedness, other than a State or local bond the interest
15    of which is a excluded from gross income under Section
16    103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;
17        (4) any evidence of an interest in, or a derivative
18    financial instrument with respect to, any security or
19    securities described above;
20        (5) any derivative financial instrument with respect
21    to any currency or commodity including notional principal
22    contracts; and
23        (6) any other derivative financial instrument any
24    payment with respect to which is calculated by reference to
25    any specified index.