(225 ILCS 415/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 6215)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025)

Sec. 15. Inactive status. Any certified shorthand reporter who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department, may elect to place his certificate on an inactive status and shall, subject to rules of the Department, be excused from payment of renewal fees until he notifies the Department in writing of his desire to resume active status.

Any certified shorthand reporter requesting restoration from inactive status shall be required to pay the current renewal fee and shall be required to restore his certificate, as provided in Section 14.

Any certified shorthand reporter whose certificate is in an inactive status shall not practice shorthand reporting in the State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 98-445, eff. 12-31-13.)