(225 ILCS 427/65)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

Sec. 65. Fees; Division of Real Estate General Fund.

(a) The fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including, but not limited to, initial licensure, renewal, and restoration, shall be set by rule of the Department. The fees shall be nonrefundable.

(b) In addition to the application fee, applicants for the examination are required to pay, either to the Department or the designated testing service, a fee covering the cost of determining an applicant's eligibility and providing the examination. Failure to appear for the examination on the scheduled date, at the time and place specified, after the applicant's application and fee for examination have been received and acknowledged by the Department or the designated testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of the fee.

(c) Prior to July 1, 2023, all fees, fines, penalties, or other monies received or collected pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund. Beginning on July 1, 2023, all fees, fines, penalties, or other monies received or collected pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the Division of Real Estate General Fund.

(d) Moneys in the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund and the Division of Real Estate General Fund may be transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund, as authorized under Section 2105-300 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on July 1, 2023, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the remaining balance from the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund into the Division of Real Estate General Fund. Upon completion of the transfer, the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund is dissolved, and any future deposits due to that Fund and any outstanding obligations or liabilities of that Fund pass to the Division of Real Estate General Fund.

(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-970, eff. 5-27-22.)