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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 Assumed Business Name Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 1a as follows:
 
6    (805 ILCS 405/1a new)
7    Sec. 1a. Home-based businesses. A person conducting or 
8transacting business under an assumed name at his or her 
9personal residence may list the county clerk, along with the 
10address of the county clerk, of the county of his or her 
11personal residence as the default agent for service of process 
12to meet the publication requirements of this Act if all of the 
13following conditions are met:
14        (1) The person reasonably believes that publishing his 
15    or her home address would put his
     or her safety at risk and 
16    lists the reasons for that belief on the form submitted to 
17    the
     county clerk, which shall be kept confidential.
18        (2) The form is accompanied by a court order, police 
19    report, or other indicia that there is a true need for the 
20    address to be kept confidential.
21        (3) The person provides the address of his or her 
22    residence to the county clerk, which shall be kept 
23    confidential.
 
 
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1    The county clerk has a duty to notify the business when the 
2county clerk has been served with process on behalf of the 
3business. The county clerk may charge a nominal fee for 
4performing this service. The county clerk shall provide a check 
5box on its form for a confidential address request and room for 
6the explanation for the request.