(225 ILCS 80/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 3920)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

Sec. 20. Fund. All moneys received by the Department pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury, and shall be used for the administration of this Act, including: (a) by the Board and Department in the exercise of its powers and performance of its duties; (b) for costs directly related to license renewal of persons licensed under this Act; and (c) for direct and allocable indirect costs related to the public purposes of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund may be used for the Optometric Education Scholarship Program administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission pursuant to Section 65.70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.

Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund as authorized under Section 2105-300 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).

Money in the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund may be invested and reinvested, with all earnings received from such investment to be deposited in the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund and used for the same purposes as fees deposited in such fund.

(Source: P.A. 99-909, eff. 1-1-17.)