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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Business Corporation Act of 1983 is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 15.95 as follows:
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6 | (805 ILCS 5/15.95) (from Ch. 32, par. 15.95)
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7 | Sec. 15.95. Department of Business Services Special | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Operations Fund.
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9 | (a) A
special fund in the State treasury known as the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Division of
Corporations Special Operations
Fund is renamed the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Department of Business Services Special Operations
Fund. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Moneys deposited into the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | be
used by the Department of Business Services of the
Office of | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the Secretary of State,
hereinafter "Department", to create and | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | maintain the
capability
to perform
expedited services in | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | response to special requests made by the public for
same day or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | 24 hour service. Moneys deposited into the Fund shall be used
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18 | for, but not limited to, expenditures for personal services, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | retirement,
social security, contractual services, equipment, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | electronic data
processing, and telecommunications.
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21 | (b) The balance in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | shall not
exceed $600,000 and any amount in excess thereof | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | shall be
transferred to
the General Revenue Fund.
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1 | (c) All fees payable to the Secretary of State under this | ||||||
2 | Section
shall be deposited into the Fund. No other fees or | ||||||
3 | taxes collected under
this Act shall be deposited into the | ||||||
4 | Fund.
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5 | (d) "Expedited services" means services rendered within | ||||||
6 | the same day,
or within 24 hours from the time, the request | ||||||
7 | therefor is submitted by the
filer, law firm, service company, | ||||||
8 | or messenger physically in person or, at
the Secretary of | ||||||
9 | State's discretion, by electronic means, to the
Department's | ||||||
10 | Springfield Office and includes requests for
certified copies,
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11 | photocopies, and certificates of good standing or fact made to | ||||||
12 | the
Department's Springfield Office in person or by telephone,
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13 | or requests for
certificates of good standing or fact made in | ||||||
14 | person or by telephone to the
Department's Chicago Office.
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15 | (e) Fees for expedited services shall be as follows:
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16 | Restatement of articles, $200;
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17 | Merger, consolidation or exchange, $200;
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18 | Articles of incorporation, $100;
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19 | Articles of amendment, $100;
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20 | Revocation of dissolution, $100;
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21 | Reinstatement, $100;
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22 | Application for authority, $100;
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23 | Cumulative report of changes in issued shares or
paid-in | ||||||
24 | capital, $100;
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25 | Report following merger or consolidation, $100;
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26 | Certificate of good standing or fact, $20;
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1 | All other filings, copies of documents, annual reports
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2 | filed on or after January 1, 1984, and copies of documents of | ||||||
3 | dissolved or
revoked
corporations having a
file number over | ||||||
4 | 5199, $50. This fee may be charged only if the materials are | ||||||
5 | filed within 72 hours prior to the filing deadline.
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6 | (f) Expedited services shall not be available for a | ||||||
7 | statement of
correction, a petition for refund or adjustment, | ||||||
8 | or a request involving
annual reports filed before January 1, | ||||||
9 | 1984 or involving dissolved corporations
with a
file number | ||||||
10 | below 5200.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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