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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 General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 
51986 is amended  by changing Section 103.05 as follows:
 



6    (805 ILCS 105/103.05)  (from Ch. 32, par. 103.05)



7    Sec. 103.05. Purposes and authority of corporations;

8particular purposes; exemptions. 

9    (a) Not-for-profit corporations may be organized under 
10this Act for any
one or more of the following or similar 
11purposes:

12        (1) Charitable.

13        (2) Benevolent.

14        (3) Eleemosynary.

15        (4) Educational.

16        (5) Civic.

17        (6) Patriotic.

18        (7) Political.

19        (8) Religious.

20        (9) Social.

21        (10) Literary.

22        (11) Athletic.

23        (12) Scientific.

 
 
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1        (13) Research.

2        (14) Agricultural.

3        (15) Horticultural.

4        (16) Soil improvement.

5        (17) Crop improvement.

6        (18) Livestock or poultry improvement.

7        (19) Professional, commercial, industrial, or trade 
8    association.

9        (20) Promoting the development, establishment, or 
10    expansion
of industries.

11        (21) Electrification on a cooperative basis.

12        (22) Telephone service on a mutual or cooperative 
13    basis.

14        (23) Ownership and operation of water supply 
15    facilities for
drinking and general domestic use on a 
16    mutual or cooperative basis.

17        (24) Ownership or administration of residential 
18    property on a
cooperative basis.

19        (25) Administration and operation of property owned on 
20    a
condominium basis or by a homeowner association.

21        (26) Administration and operation of an organization 
22    on a
cooperative basis producing or furnishing goods, 
23    services,
or facilities primarily for the benefit of its 
24    members who
are consumers of those goods, services, or 
25    facilities.

26        (27) Operation of a community mental health board or 
 
 
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1    center
organized pursuant to the Community Mental Health 
2    Act for the purpose of
providing direct patient services.

3        (28) Provision of debt management services as 
4    authorized by the Debt
Management Service Act.

5        (29) Promotion, operation, and administration of a

6    ridesharing arrangement as defined in Section 1-176.1 of

7    the Illinois Vehicle Code.

8        (30) The administration and operation of an 
9    organization for the
purpose of assisting low-income 
10    consumers in the acquisition of utility and
telephone 
11    services.

12        (31) Any purpose permitted to be exempt from taxation 
13    under
Sections 501(c) or 501(d)
of the United States 
14    Internal Revenue Code,
as now in
or hereafter amended.

15        (32) Any purpose that would qualify for tax-deductible 
16    gifts under the
Section 170(c) of the United States 
17    Internal Revenue Code, as now
or hereafter amended.  Any 
18    such purpose is deemed to be charitable
under subsection 
19    (a)(1) of this Section.

20        (33) Furnishing of natural gas on a cooperative basis.

21        (34) Ownership and operation of agriculture-based 
22    biogas (anaerobic digester) systems on a cooperative basis 
23    including the marketing and sale of products produced from 
24    these, including but not limited to methane gas, 
25    electricity, and compost. 
26        (35) Ownership and operation of a hemophilia program, 
 
 
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1    including comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic treatment 
2    centers, under Section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security 
3    Act. The hemophilia program may employ physicians, other 
4    health care professionals, and staff. The program and the 
5    corporate board may not exercise control over, direct, or 
6    interfere with a physician's exercise and execution of his 
7    or her professional judgment in the provision of care or 
8    treatment. 
9        (36) Engineering for conservation services associated 
10    with wetland restoration or mitigation, flood mitigation, 
11    groundwater recharge, and natural infrastructure.  
12    Non-profit engineering for conservation services may not 
13    be procured by qualifications based selection criteria for 
14    contracts with the Department of Transportation, Illinois 
15    State Toll Highway Authority, or Cook County, except as a 
16    subcontractor or subconsultant. 
17    (b) A corporation may be organized hereunder to serve in 
18an
area that adjoins or borders (except for any intervening

19natural watercourse) an area located in an adjoining state

20intended to be similarly served, and the corporation may
join 
21any corporation created by the adjoining state having
an 
22identical purpose and organized as a not-for-profit

23corporation.  Whenever any corporation organized under this
Act 
24so joins with a foreign corporation having an identical

25purpose, the corporation shall be permitted to do business
in 
26Illinois as one corporation; provided (1) that the name,
bylaw 
 
 
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1provisions, officers, and directors of each
corporation are 
2identical, (2) that the foreign corporation
complies with the 
3provisions of this Act relating to the
admission of foreign 
4corporation, and (3) that the Illinois
corporation files a 
5statement with the Secretary of State
indicating that it has 
6joined with a foreign corporation
setting forth the name 
7thereof and the state of its incorporation.

8(Source: P.A. 101-57, eff. 7-12-19.)

 
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
10becoming law.