103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1637

 

Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the State Comptroller Act. Provides that after 3 years from the date of issuance of an original Comptroller's warrant, any sum of money payable shall be presumed abandoned and subject to disposition under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (rather than after 5 years from the date of issuance of the original warrant but no later than 10 years after that date, the Comptroller may issue a replacement warrant on the Warrant Escheat Fund to a person or entity entitled thereto if certain requirements are met). Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that on or after July 1, 2024, when the receipt of a ward, a distributee of an estate, or a claimant cannot be found, the representative shall report and remit the share of the missing person to the State Treasurer for disposition under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that certain amounts payable under a provision related to the refund for erroneous assessments or overpayments are presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner 3 years after the property becomes payable. Provides that if the administrator reasonably believes that the apparent owner of property presumed abandoned held by the administrator is: a unit of local government which files an audit report or annual financial report with the Comptroller, the administrator may give written notice to the person or persons identified in the most recent annual financial report as the contact person, the chief executive officer, and the chief financial officer; and a State agency, the administrator may give written notice to the person whom the records of the Comptroller indicate are the chief executive officer and chief fiscal officer of such State agency. Provides that property presumed abandoned where the administrator reasonably believes the owner is a unit of local government shall escheat to the State and shall be deposited into the Comptroller's Audit Expense Revolving Fund if certain requirements apply. Provides that property presumed abandoned where the administrator reasonably believes the owner is a State agency shall escheat to the State and shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund if certain requirements apply. Makes other changes. Makes conforming changes in the Property Tax Code and the Governmental Account Audit Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by
5changing Section 10.10 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 405/10.10)  (from Ch. 15, par. 210.10)
7    Sec. 10.10. (a) If any Comptroller's warrant is lost,
8mislaid or destroyed, or becomes void after issuance, so that
9it cannot be presented for payment by the person entitled
10thereto, the Comptroller, at any time before that warrant is
11paid by the State Treasurer, but within 3 5 years of the date
12of issuance, may issue a replacement warrant to the person
13entitled thereto. If the original warrant was not cancelled or
14did not become void, the Comptroller, before issuing the
15replacement warrant, shall issue a stop payment order on the
16State Treasurer and receive a confirmation of the stop payment
17order on the original warrant from the State Treasurer.
18    (b) Only the person entitled to the original warrant, or
19his heirs or legal representatives, or a third party to whom it
20was properly negotiated or the heirs or legal representatives
21of such party, may request a replacement warrant. In the case
22of a warrant issued to a payee who dies before the warrant is
23paid by the State Treasurer and whose estate has been probated

 

 

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1pursuant to law, the Comptroller, upon receipt of a certified
2copy of a judicial order establishing the person or entity
3entitled to payment, may issue a replacement warrant to such
4person or entity.
5    (c) Within 12 months from the date of issuance of the
6original warrant, if the original warrant has not been
7canceled for redeposit, the Comptroller may issue a
8replacement warrant on the original voucher drawing upon the
9same fund and charging the same appropriation or other
10expenditure authorization as the original warrant.
11    (d) Within 12 months from the date of issuance of the
12original warrant, if the original warrant has been canceled
13for redeposit, and if the issuance of the replacement warrant
14would not over-obligate the appropriation or other expenditure
15authority against which it is drawn, the Comptroller may issue
16the replacement warrant. If the original warrant was issued
17against an appropriation or other expenditure authority which
18has lapsed, the replacement warrant shall be drawn on the
19Warrant Escheat Fund. If the appropriation or other
20obligational authority against which the replacement warrant
21is drawn has not lapsed, the Comptroller shall notify the
22originating agency of the request for a replacement warrant
23and shall receive a replacement voucher from that agency
24before drawing the replacement warrant, which shall be drawn
25on the same fund and charged to the same appropriation or other
26expenditure authority as the original warrant.

 

 

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1    (e) Within 12 months from the date of issuance of the
2original warrant, if the original warrant has been canceled
3for redeposit, the Comptroller may not issue a replacement
4warrant where such issuance would over-obligate the
5appropriation or other expenditure authority against which the
6original warrant was drawn. Whenever the Comptroller is
7presented with a request for a replacement warrant which may
8not be issued under the limitation of this subsection, if the
9appropriation or other expenditure authority against which the
10original warrant was drawn has not lapsed, the Comptroller
11shall immediately inform the originating agency of the request
12and that the request may not be honored because of the
13resulting over-obligation, and shall request the agency to
14determine whether or not that agency will take some corrective
15action before the applicable expenditure authorization lapses.
16The originating agency shall respond to the Comptroller's
17inquiry within 5 business days.
18    (f) After 12 months from the date of issuance of the
19original warrant, if the original warrant has not been
20cancelled for redeposit, the Comptroller shall issue the
21replacement warrant on the Warrant Escheat Fund.
22    (f-5) After 3 5 years from the date of issuance of the
23original warrant, any sum of money payable under this Section
24shall be presumed abandoned and subject to disposition under
25the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. but no later than
2610 years after that date, the Comptroller may issue a

 

 

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1replacement warrant on the Warrant Escheat Fund to a person or
2entity entitled thereto, as those persons and entities are
3described in subsection (b) of this Section, if the following
4requirements are met:
5        (1) the person or entity verifies that the person or
6    entity is entitled to the original warrant;
7        (2) in the case of a warrant that is not presented by
8    the requestor, the paying agency certifies that the
9    original payee is still entitled to the payment; and
10        (3) the Comptroller's records are available and
11    confirm that the warrant was not replaced.
12    (g) Except as provided in this Section, requests for
13replacement warrants for more than $500 shall show entitlement
14to such warrant by including an affidavit, in writing, sworn
15before a person authorized to administer oaths and
16affirmations, stating the loss or destruction of the warrant,
17or the fact that the warrant is void. However, when the written
18request for a replacement warrant submitted by the person to
19whom the original warrant was issued is accompanied by the
20original warrant, no affidavit is required. Requests for
21replacement warrants for $500 or less shall show entitlement
22to such warrant by submitting a written statement of the loss
23or destruction of the warrant, or the fact that the warrant is
24void on an application form prescribed by the Comptroller. If
25the person requesting the replacement is in possession of the
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1the part thereof must accompany the request for replacement.
2The Comptroller shall then draw such replacement warrant, and
3the treasurer shall pay the replacement warrant. If at the
4time of a loss or destruction a warrant was negotiated to a
5third party, however (which fact shall be ascertained by the
6oath of the party making the application, or otherwise),
7before the replacement warrant is drawn by the Comptroller,
8the person requesting the replacement warrant must give the
9Comptroller a bond or bonds with sufficient sureties, to be
10approved by the Comptroller, when required by regulation of
11the Comptroller, payable to the People of the State of
12Illinois, for the refunding of the amount, together with all
13costs and charges, should the State afterwards be compelled to
14pay the original warrant.
15(Source: P.A. 98-411, eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
16    Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
17Section 20-175 as follows:
 
18    (35 ILCS 200/20-175)
19    Sec. 20-175. Refund for erroneous assessments or
20overpayments.
21    (a) In counties other than Cook County, if any property is
22twice assessed for the same year, or assessed before it
23becomes taxable, and the erroneously assessed taxes have been
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1same claimant or by different claimants, the County Collector,
2upon being satisfied of the facts in the case, shall refund the
3taxes to the proper claimant. When the County Collector is
4unable to determine the proper claimant, the circuit court, on
5petition of the person paying the taxes, or his or her agent,
6and being satisfied of the facts in the case, shall direct the
7county collector to refund the taxes and deduct the amount
8thereof, pro rata, from the moneys due to taxing bodies which
9received the taxes erroneously paid, or their legal
10successors. Pleadings in connection with the petition provided
11for in this Section shall conform to that prescribed in the
12Civil Practice Law. Appeals may be taken from the judgment of
13the circuit court, either by the county collector or by the
14petitioner, as in other civil cases. A claim for refund shall
15not be allowed unless a petition is filed within 5 years from
16the date the right to a refund arose. If a certificate of error
17results in the allowance of a homestead exemption not
18previously allowed, the county collector shall pay the
19taxpayer interest on the amount of taxes paid that are
20attributable to the amount of the additional allowance, at the
21rate of 6% per year. To cover the cost of interest, the county
22collector shall proportionately reduce the distribution of
23taxes collected for each taxing district in which the property
24is situated. Any sum of money payable under this subsection
25which remains unclaimed for 3 years after the amount was
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1disposition under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
2    (a-1) In Cook County, if any property is twice assessed
3for the same year, or assessed before it becomes taxable, and
4the erroneously assessed taxes have been paid either at sale
5or otherwise, or have been overpaid by the same claimant or by
6different claimants, the Cook County Treasurer, upon being
7satisfied of the facts in the case, shall refund the taxes to
8the proper claimant. When the Cook County Treasurer is unable
9to determine the proper claimant, the circuit court, on
10petition of the person paying the taxes, or his or her agent,
11and being satisfied of the facts in the case, shall direct the
12Cook County Treasurer to refund the taxes plus costs of suit
13and deduct the amount thereof, pro rata, from the moneys due to
14taxing bodies which received the taxes erroneously paid, or
15their legal successors. Pleadings in connection with the
16petition provided for in this Section shall conform to that
17prescribed in the Civil Practice Law. Appeals may be taken
18from the judgment of the circuit court, either by the Cook
19County Treasurer or by the petitioner, as in other civil
20cases. A claim for refund shall not be allowed unless a
21petition is filed within 20 years from the date the right to a
22refund arose. The total amount of taxes and interest refunded
23for claims under this subsection for which the right to a
24refund arose prior to January 1, 2009 shall not exceed
25$5,000,000 per year. If the payment of a claim for a refund
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1claims to exceed $5,000,000 in any year, the refund shall be
2paid in the next succeeding year. If a certificate of error
3results in the allowance of a homestead exemption not
4previously allowed, the Cook County Treasurer shall pay the
5taxpayer interest on the amount of taxes paid that are
6attributable to the amount of the additional allowance, at the
7rate of 6% per year. To cover the cost of interest, the Cook
8County Treasurer shall proportionately reduce the distribution
9of taxes collected for each taxing district in which the
10property is situated. Any sum of money payable under this
11subsection which remains unclaimed for 3 years after the
12amount was payable shall be presumed to be abandoned and
13subject to disposition under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed
14Property Act.
15    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in Cook
16County a claim for refund under this Section is also allowed if
17the application therefor is filed between September 1, 2011
18and September 1, 2012 and the right to a refund arose more than
195 years prior to the date the application is filed but not
20earlier than January 1, 2000. The Cook County Treasurer, upon
21being satisfied of the facts in the case, shall refund the
22taxes to the proper claimant and shall proportionately reduce
23the distribution of taxes collected for each taxing district
24in which the property is situated. Refunds under this
25subsection shall be paid in the order in which the claims are
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1for refund under this subsection before September 1, 2011. For
2the purposes of this subsection, the Cook County Treasurer
3shall accept a claim for refund by mail or in person. In no
4event shall a refund be paid under this subsection if the
5issuance of that refund would cause the aggregate total of
6taxes and interest refunded for all claims under this
7subsection to exceed $350,000. The Cook County Treasurer shall
8notify the public of the provisions of this subsection on the
9Treasurer's website. A home rule unit may not regulate claims
10for refunds in a manner that is inconsistent with this Act.
11This Section is a limitation of home rule powers under
12subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
13Constitution.
14(Source: P.A. 100-1104, eff. 8-27-18.)
 
15    Section 15. The Governmental Account Audit Act is amended
16by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
 
17    (50 ILCS 310/4.5)
18    Sec. 4.5. Comptroller's Audit Expense Revolving Fund.
19There is created the Comptroller's Audit Expense Revolving
20Fund as a special fund to be held by the State Treasurer, ex
21officio, as custodian, but separate and apart from the funds
22in the State treasury. The following moneys shall be deposited
23into that Fund:
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1    reimbursement of the Comptroller's cost of performing
2    audits and preparing or completing reports under Section 4
3    of this Act, Section 6-31004 of the Counties Code, or
4    Section 8-8-4 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
5        (2) All moneys appropriated to that Fund by the
6    General Assembly.
7        (3) All moneys escheated to the State pursuant to
8    Section 15-805 of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property
9    Act.
10    Expenditures from the Fund shall be made on vouchers
11signed by the Comptroller, for the sole purpose of paying the
12Comptroller's cost of performing audits and preparing or
13completing reports under Section 4 of this Act, Section
146-31004 of the Counties Code, or Section 8-8-4 of the Illinois
15Municipal Code.
16    The State Treasurer shall invest moneys in the Fund in the
17same manner and subject to the same restrictions as moneys in
18the State treasury.
19(Source: P.A. 88-280.)
 
20    Section 20. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by changing
21Section 24-20 as follows:
 
22    (755 ILCS 5/24-20)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 24-20)
23    Sec. 24-20. Deposit of unclaimed money. Before July 1,
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1estate, or a claimant cannot be obtained for money or any other
2asset of the estate, the representative by leave of court may
3sell the asset and deposit the net proceeds together with any
4other money of the estate belonging to the ward, distributee,
5or claimant with the county treasurer of the county in which
6the estate is being administered. The representative shall
7notify the county treasurer in writing of the identity of the
8persons entitled thereto and, if known, their last known post
9office address. The county treasurer shall give the
10representative a receipt therefor which shall be filed in the
11court. The person entitled to the money so deposited may
12obtain it, plus interest at a rate equal to the average
13interest rate on 3 month United States Treasury Bills issued
14during the time the money was on deposit, upon application to
15the court and satisfactory proof of his right thereto.
16    On or after July 1, 2024, when the receipt of a ward, a
17distributee of an estate, or a claimant cannot be found, the
18representative shall report and remit the share of the missing
19person to the State Treasurer for disposition under the
20Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
21(Source: P.A. 88-46.)
 
22    Section 25. The Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act is
23amended by changing Sections 15-201, 15-202, 15-210, 15-504,
24and 15-804 and by adding Sections 15-805 and 15-806 as
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1    (765 ILCS 1026/15-201)
2    Sec. 15-201. When property presumed abandoned. Subject to
3Section 15-210, the following property is presumed abandoned
4if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner during the period
5specified below:
6        (1) a traveler's check, 15 years after issuance;
7        (2) a money order, 5 years after issuance;
8        (3) any instrument on which a financial organization
9    or business association is directly liable, other than a
10    money order, 3 years after issuance;
11        (4) a state or municipal bond, bearer bond, or
12    original-issue-discount bond, 3 years after the earliest
13    of the date the bond matures or is called or the obligation
14    to pay the principal of the bond arises;
15        (5) a debt of a business association, 3 years after
16    the obligation to pay arises;
17        (6) financial organization deposits as follows:
18            (i) a demand deposit, 3 years after the date of the
19        last indication of interest in the property by the
20        apparent owner;
21            (ii) a savings deposit, 3 years after the date of
22        last indication of interest in the property by the
23        apparent owner;
24            (iii) a time deposit for which the owner has not
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1        years after the later of maturity or the date of the
2        last indication of interest in the property by the
3        apparent owner;
4            (iv) an automatically renewable time deposit for
5        which the owner consented to the automatic renewal in
6        a record on file with the holder, 3 years after the
7        date of last indication of interest in the property by
8        the apparent owner, following the completion of the
9        initial term of the time deposit and one automatic
10        renewal term of the time deposit;
11        (6.5) virtual currency, 5 years after the last
12    indication of interest in the property;
13        (7) money or a credit owed to a customer as a result of
14    a retail business transaction, other than in-store credit
15    for returned merchandise, 3 years after the obligation
16    arose;
17        (8) an amount owed by an insurance company on a life or
18    endowment insurance policy or an annuity contract that has
19    matured or terminated, 3 years after the obligation to pay
20    arose under the terms of the policy or contract or, if a
21    policy or contract for which an amount is owed on proof of
22    death has not matured by proof of the death of the insured
23    or annuitant, as follows:
24            (A) with respect to an amount owed on a life or
25        endowment insurance policy, the earlier of:
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1                (ii) 2 years after the insured has attained,
2            or would have attained if living, the limiting age
3            under the mortality table on which the reserve for
4            the policy is based; and
5            (B) with respect to an amount owed on an annuity
6        contract, 3 years after the death of the annuitant.
7        (9) funds on deposit or held in trust pursuant to the
8    Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act, the earliest of:
9            (A) 2 years after the date of death of the
10        beneficiary;
11            (B) one year after the date the beneficiary has
12        attained, or would have attained if living, the age of
13        105 where the holder does not know whether the
14        beneficiary is deceased;
15            (C) 40 years after the contract for prepayment was
16        executed, unless the apparent owner has indicated an
17        interest in the property more than 40 years after the
18        contract for prepayment was executed, in which case, 3
19        years after the last indication of interest in the
20        property by the apparent owner;
21        (10) property distributable by a business association
22    in the course of dissolution or distributions from the
23    termination of a retirement plan, one year after the
24    property becomes distributable;
25        (11) property held by a court, including property
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1    property becomes distributable;
2        (12) property held by a government or governmental
3    subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, including
4    municipal bond interest and unredeemed principal under the
5    administration of a paying agent or indenture trustee, 3
6    years after the property becomes distributable;
7        (12.5) amounts payable pursuant to Section 20-175 of
8    the Property Tax Code, 3 years after the property becomes
9    payable;
10        (13) wages, commissions, bonuses, or reimbursements to
11    which an employee is entitled, or other compensation for
12    personal services, including amounts held on a payroll
13    card, one year after the amount becomes payable;
14        (14) a deposit or refund owed to a subscriber by a
15    utility, one year after the deposit or refund becomes
16    payable, except that any capital credits or patronage
17    capital retired, returned, refunded or tendered to a
18    member of an electric cooperative, as defined in Section
19    3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, or a telephone or
20    telecommunications cooperative, as defined in Section
21    13-212 of the Public Utilities Act, that has remained
22    unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the
23    entitled cooperative for more than 2 years, shall not be
24    subject to, or governed by, any other provisions of this
25    Act, but rather shall be used by the cooperative for the
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1        (15) property not specified in this Section or
2    Sections 15-202 through 15-208, the earlier of 3 years
3    after the owner first has a right to demand the property or
4    the obligation to pay or distribute the property arises.
5    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
615-201, and subject to Section 15-210, a deceased owner cannot
7indicate interest in his or her property. If the owner is
8deceased and the abandonment period for the owner's property
9specified in this Section 15-201 is greater than 2 years, then
10the property, other than an amount owed by an insurance
11company on a life or endowment insurance policy or an annuity
12contract that has matured or terminated, shall instead be
13presumed abandoned 2 years from the date of the owner's last
14indication of interest in the property.
15(Source: P.A. 101-552, eff. 1-1-20; 102-288, eff. 8-6-21.)
 
16    (765 ILCS 1026/15-202)
17    Sec. 15-202. When tax-deferred and tax-exempt retirement
18accounts presumed abandoned.
19    (a) Subject to Section 15-210, property held in a pension
20account or retirement account that qualifies for tax deferral
21or tax exemption under the income-tax laws of the United
22States is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the
23apparent owner after the later of:
24        (1) 3 years after the following dates:
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1        communication sent by the holder by first-class United
2        States mail to the apparent owner is returned to the
3        holder undelivered by the United States Postal
4        Service; or
5            (B) if such communication is re-sent within 30
6        days after the date the first communication is
7        returned undelivered, the date the second
8        communication was returned undelivered by the United
9        States Postal Service; or
10        (2) the earlier of the following dates:
11            (A) 3 years after the date the apparent owner
12        becomes 73 72 years of age, if determinable by the
13        holder; or
14            (B) one year after the date of mandatory
15        distribution following death if the Internal Revenue
16        Code requires distribution to avoid a tax penalty and
17        the holder:
18                (i) receives confirmation of the death of the
19            apparent owner in the ordinary course of its
20            business; or
21                (ii) confirms the death of the apparent owner
22            under subsection (b).
23    (b) If a holder in the ordinary course of its business
24receives notice or an indication of the death of an apparent
25owner and subsection (a)(2) applies, the holder shall attempt
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1indication to confirm whether the apparent owner is deceased.
2    (c) If the holder does not send communications to the
3apparent owner of an account described in subsection (a) by
4first-class United States mail on at least an annual basis,
5the holder shall attempt to confirm the apparent owner's
6interest in the property by sending the apparent owner an
7electronic-mail communication not later than 2 years after the
8apparent owner's last indication of interest in the property.
9However, the holder promptly shall attempt to contact the
10apparent owner by first-class United States mail if:
11        (1) the holder does not have information needed to
12    send the apparent owner an electronic mail communication
13    or the holder believes that the apparent owner's
14    electronic mail address in the holder's records is not
15    valid;
16        (2) the holder receives notification that the
17    electronic-mail communication was not received; or
18        (3) the apparent owner does not respond to the
19    electronic-mail communication within 30 days after the
20    communication was sent.
21    (d) If first-class United States mail sent under
22subsection (c) is returned to the holder undelivered by the
23United States Postal Service, the property is presumed
24abandoned 3 years after the later of:
25        (1) except as in paragraph (2), the date a
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1    first-class United States mail is returned to the holder
2    undelivered;
3        (2) if such communication is re-sent within 30 days
4    after the date the first communication is returned
5    undelivered, the date the second communication was
6    returned undelivered; or
7        (3) the date established by subsection (a)(2).
8(Source: P.A. 102-288, eff. 8-6-21.)
 
9    (765 ILCS 1026/15-210)
10    Sec. 15-210. Indication of apparent owner interest in
11property.
12    (a) The period after which property is presumed abandoned
13is measured from the later of:
14        (1) the date the property is presumed abandoned under
15    this Article; or
16        (2) the latest indication of interest by the apparent
17    owner in the property.
18    (b) Under this Act, an indication of an apparent owner's
19interest in property includes:
20        (1) a record communicated by the apparent owner to the
21    holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or
22    the account in which the property is held;
23        (2) an oral communication by the apparent owner to the
24    holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or
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1    its agent contemporaneously makes and preserves a record
2    of the fact of the apparent owner's communication;
3        (3) presentment of a check or other instrument of
4    payment of a dividend, interest payment, or other
5    distribution, or evidence of receipt of a distribution
6    made by electronic or similar means, with respect to an
7    account, underlying security, or interest in a business
8    association;
9        (4) activity directed by an apparent owner in the
10    account in which the property is held, including accessing
11    the account or information concerning the account, or a
12    direction by the apparent owner to increase, decrease, or
13    otherwise change the amount or type of property held in
14    the account;
15        (5) a deposit into or withdrawal from an account at a
16    financial organization, except for a recurring Automated
17    Clearing House (ACH) debit or credit previously authorized
18    by the apparent owner or an automatic reinvestment of
19    dividends or interest; and
20        (6) subject to subsection (e), payment of a premium on
21    an insurance policy.
22    (c) An action by an agent or other representative of an
23apparent owner, other than the holder acting as the apparent
24owner's agent, is presumed to be an action on behalf of the
25apparent owner.
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1other than the holder or the holder's representative is not an
2indication of interest in the property by the apparent owner
3unless a record of the communication evidences the apparent
4owner's knowledge of a right to the property.
5    (e) If the insured dies or the insured or beneficiary of an
6insurance policy otherwise becomes entitled to the proceeds
7before depletion of the cash surrender value of the policy by
8operation of an automatic-premium-loan provision or other
9nonforfeiture provision contained in the policy, the operation
10does not prevent the policy from maturing or terminating.
11    (f) If the apparent owner has another property with the
12holder to which Section 201(6) applies, then activity directed
13by an apparent owner in any other accounts, including loan
14accounts, at a financial organization holding an inactive
15account of the apparent owner shall be an indication of
16interest in all such accounts if:
17        (A) the apparent owner engages in one or more of the
18    following activities:
19            (i) the apparent owner undertakes one or more of
20        the actions described in subsection (b) of this
21        Section regarding any of the other accounts the
22        apparent owner has with the financial organization;
23            (ii) the apparent owner increases or decreases the
24        amount of funds in any other account the apparent
25        owner has with the financial organization; or
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1        relationship with the financial organization,
2        including payment of any amounts due on a loan; and
3        (B) the foregoing apply so long as the mailing address
4    for the apparent owner in the financial organization's
5    books and records is the same for both the inactive
6    account and the active account.
7    (g) For an amount held on a payroll card, an indication of
8owner interest includes wages from an employer pursuant to
9Section 14.5 of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act
10in the form of a recurring ACH credit previously authorized by
11the apparent owner; however, an ACH credit is not an
12indication of owner interest if the holder assesses fees for
13account inactivity on the payroll card account.
14(Source: P.A. 102-288, eff. 8-6-21; 102-734, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
15    (765 ILCS 1026/15-504)
16    Sec. 15-504. Cooperation among State officers and agencies
17to locate apparent owner.
18    (a) Unless prohibited by law of this State other than this
19Act, on request of the administrator, each officer, agency,
20board, commission, division, and department of this State, any
21body politic and corporate created by this State for a public
22purpose, and each political subdivision of this State shall
23make its books and records available to the administrator and
24cooperate with the administrator to determine the current
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1administrator under this Act or to otherwise assist the
2administrator in the administration of this Act. The
3administrator may also enter into data sharing agreements to
4enable such other governmental agencies to provide an
5additional notice to apparent owners of property held by the
6administrator.
7    (b) If the administrator reasonably believes that the
8apparent owner of property presumed abandoned held by the
9administrator under this Act is a unit of local government in
10this State which files an audit report or annual financial
11report with the Comptroller, the administrator may give
12written notice to the person or persons identified in the most
13recent annual financial report as the contact person, the
14chief executive officer, and the chief financial officer.
15    (c) If the administrator reasonably believes that the
16apparent owner of property presumed abandoned held by the
17administrator under this Act is a State agency as defined in
18the Illinois State Auditing Act, the administrator may give
19written notice to the person whom the records of the
20Comptroller indicate are the chief executive officer and chief
21fiscal officer of such State agency.
22(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
23    (765 ILCS 1026/15-804)
24    Sec. 15-804. Administrator holds property as custodian for
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1the administrator, the State shall assume custody and shall be
2responsible for the safekeeping thereof in perpetuity unless
3otherwise claimed for the benefit of the owner or the owner's
4successors in interest.
5(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
6    (765 ILCS 1026/15-805 new)
7    Sec. 15-805. Escheat of certain abandoned local government
8moneys. Property presumed abandoned where the administrator
9reasonably believes the owner is a unit of local government in
10this State shall escheat to the State and shall be deposited
11into the Comptroller's Audit Expense Revolving Fund if all of
12the following apply:
13        (1) the administrator has provided written notice to
14    the unit of local government pursuant to subsection (b) of
15    Section 15-504 at least 3 times in at least 3 different
16    calendar years;
17        (2) it has been more than 5 years since the
18    administrator first provided written notice to the unit of
19    local government pursuant to subsection (b) of Section
20    15-504;
21        (3) the administrator has published a notice on the
22    administrator's website for at least one year of the value
23    of the property, the name of the unit of local government,
24    and that such presumed abandoned property is subject to
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1        (4) the unit of local government has not initiated a
2    claim or otherwise expressed an indication of interest in
3    the property.
 
4    (765 ILCS 1026/15-806 new)
5    Sec. 15-806. Escheat of certain abandoned State agency
6moneys. Property presumed abandoned where the administrator
7reasonably believes the owner is a State agency as defined in
8the Illinois State Auditing Act, shall escheat to the State
9and shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund if all of
10the following apply:
11        (1) the administrator has provided written notice to
12    the State agency pursuant to subsection (c) of Section
13    15-504 at least 3 times in at least 3 different calendar
14    years;
15        (2) it has been more than 3 years since the
16    administrator first provided written notice to the State
17    agency pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 15-504; and
18        (3) the State agency has not initiated a claim or
19    otherwise expressed an indication of interest in the
20    property.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    15 ILCS 405/10.10from Ch. 15, par. 210.10
4    35 ILCS 200/20-175
5    50 ILCS 310/4.5
6    755 ILCS 5/24-20from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 24-20
7    765 ILCS 1026/15-201
8    765 ILCS 1026/15-202
9    765 ILCS 1026/15-210
10    765 ILCS 1026/15-504
11    765 ILCS 1026/15-804
12    765 ILCS 1026/15-805 new
13    765 ILCS 1026/15-806 new