093_SB0332enr SB332 Enrolled LRB093 08322 AMC 08540 b 1 AN ACT in relation to the regulation of professions. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by 5 changing Sections 4.14 and 4.24 as follows: 6 (5 ILCS 80/4.14) (from Ch. 127, par. 1904.14) 7 Sec. 4.14. Acts repealed. 8 (a) The following Acts are repealed December 31, 2003: 9 The Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private 10 Security Act of 1993. 11 The Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. 12 (b) The following Act isActs arerepealed January 1, 13 2004: 14The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of151984.16 The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 17 1994. 18 (Source: P.A. 92-457, eff 8-21-01.) 19 (5 ILCS 80/4.24) 20 Sec. 4.24. Acts repealed on January 1, 2014. The 21 following Acts are repealed on January 1, 2014: 22 The Electrologist Licensing Act. 23 The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. 24 The Illinois Public Accounting Act. 25 (Source: P.A. 92-457, eff. 8-21-01; 92-750, eff. 1-1-03.) 26 Section 10. The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters 27 Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 17 as follows: 28 (225 ILCS 415/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 6217) SB332 Enrolled -2- LRB093 08322 AMC 08540 b 1 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2004) 2 Sec. 17. Fees; returned checks; expiration while in 3 military. 4 (a) The fees for the administration and enforcement of 5 this Act, including but not limited to, original 6 certification, renewal and restoration, shall be set by rule. 7 (b) Beginning July 1, 2003, all of the fees and fines 8 collected under this Act shall be deposited into the General 9 Professions Dedicated Fund. 10 (c) Any person who delivers a check or other payment to 11 the Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by 12 the financial institution upon which it is drawn shall pay to 13 the Department, in addition to the amount already owed to the 14 Department, a fine of $50. The fines imposed by this Section 15 are in addition to any other discipline provided under this 16 Act prohibiting unlicensed practice or practice on a 17 nonrenewed license. The Department shall notify the person 18 that payment of fees and fines shall be paid to the 19 Department by certified check or money order within 30 20 calendar days of the notification. If, after the expiration 21 of 30 days from the date of the notification, the person has 22 failed to submit the necessary remittance, the Department 23 shall automatically terminate the license or certificate or 24 deny the application, without hearing. If, after termination 25 or denial, the person seeks a license or certificate, he or 26 she shall apply to the Department for restoration or issuance 27 of the license or certificate and pay all fees and fines due 28 to the Department. The Department may establish a fee for the 29 processing of an application for restoration of a license or 30 certificate to pay all expenses of processing this 31 application. The Director may waive the fines due under this 32 Section in individual cases where the Director finds that the 33 fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome. 34 However, any person whose license has expired while he SB332 Enrolled -3- LRB093 08322 AMC 08540 b 1 has been engaged (l) in federal or state service active duty, 2 or (2) in training or education under the supervision of the 3 United States preliminary to induction into the military 4 service, may have his license renewed, reinstated or restored 5 without paying any lapsed renewal and restoration fees, if 6 within 2 years after termination of such service, training or 7 education other than by dishonorable discharge, he furnishes 8 the Department with satisfactory proof that he has been so 9 engaged and that his service, training or education has been 10 so terminated. 11 (Source: P.A. 92-146, eff. 1-1-02.) 12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 13 becoming law.