97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3202

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 427/65

    Amends the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Act. Provides that all community associations that (i) have 10 or more units, (ii) retain an individual to provide services as a community association manager for compensation, (iii) are not master associations, or (iv) are registered in the State as a not-for-profit corporation, shall pay to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation an annual fee of $50 plus an additional $1 per unit not to exceed an annual fee of $1,000. Provides that 4 years after the date of the final adoption of rules under the Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary and the Board shall review the number of licenses and the amount collected from community associations and make any necessary adjustment of the fees for both licensees and community associations, as recommended by the Board, to equal the costs of administration for the licensing program. Provides that all monies received or collected pursuant to the Act shall be deposited in the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund for the administration of the Community Association Manager Licensing Program and to protect the financial interests of community associations. Provides that the Department shall provide to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2014, a report that examines all of the Department's costs to enforce the provisions of the Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Community Association Manager Licensing and
5Disciplinary Act is amended by changing Section 65 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 427/65)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
8    Sec. 65. Fees; Community Association Manager Licensing and
9Disciplinary Fund.
10    (a) The fees for the administration and enforcement of this
11Act, including, but not limited to, initial licensure, renewal,
12and restoration, shall be set by rule of the Department. The
13fees shall be nonrefundable.
14    (b) In addition to the application fee, applicants for the
15examination are required to pay, either to the Department or
16the designated testing service, a fee covering the cost of
17determining an applicant's eligibility and providing the
18examination. Failure to appear for the examination on the
19scheduled date, at the time and place specified, after the
20applicant's application and fee for examination have been
21received and acknowledged by the Department or the designated
22testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of the fee.
23    (c) To support the costs of administering this Act, all

 

 

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1community associations that (i) are subject to this Act by
2having have 10 or more units, (ii) retain an individual to
3provide services as a community association manager for
4compensation, (iii) are not master associations under Section
518.5 of the Condominium Property Act or the Common Interest
6Community Association Act, and (iv) are registered in this
7State as not-for-profit corporations shall pay to the
8Department an annual fee of $50 plus an additional $1 per unit,
9but shall not exceed an annual fee of $1,000 for any community
10association. The Department may establish forms and promulgate
11any rules for the effective collection of such fees under this
12subsection (c).
13    Any not-for-profit corporation in this State that fails to
14pay in full to the Department all fees owed under this
15subsection (c) shall be subject to the penalties and procedures
16provided for under Section 92 of this Act.
17    (d) All fees, fines, penalties, or other monies received or
18collected pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the
19Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund
20for the administration of the Community Association Manager
21Licensing Program and to protect the financial interests of
22community associations.
23    (e) Four years after the date of the final adoption of
24rules under this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the
25Secretary and the Board shall review the number of licenses and
26the amount collected from community associations and make any

 

 

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1necessary adjustment of the fees for both licensees and
2community associations subject to this Act, as recommended by
3the Board, to equal the costs of administration for the
4licensing program. Following the completion of the initial and
5all subsequent fee adjustments, prospective and current
6community association manager licensees and community
7associations subject to this Act shall share the administration
8costs as recommended by the Board and determined by the
9Department.
10    (f) On or before December 31, 2014, the Department shall
11prepare a report that shall be filed with the General Assembly
12and that shall be made publicly available. The report shall
13examine all of the Department's costs to enforce the provisions
14of this Act and shall include, but not be limited to, the
15following information:
16        (1) the total number of licenses issued under this Act;
17        (2) a description of the fees that were generated by
18    the Department in enforcing this Act;
19        (3) a description of the Department's costs in
20    administering and enforcing this Act; and
21        (4) a description of the enforcement actions taken by
22    the Department under this Act.
23(Source: P.A. 96-726, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.