Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 4/15/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 627

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 627 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Currency Exchange Act is amended by
5changing Sections 3, 4, 4.1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 13.1, 15, and 15.1
6and by adding Sections 4.1b and 9.5 as follows:
 
7    (205 ILCS 405/3)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4804)
8    Sec. 3. Powers of community currency exchanges. No
9community or ambulatory currency exchange shall be permitted to
10accept money or evidences of money as a deposit to be returned
11to the depositor or upon the depositor's order. No community or
12ambulatory currency exchange shall be permitted to act as
13bailee or agent for persons, firms, partnerships, limited
14liability companies, associations or corporations to hold
15money or evidences thereof or the proceeds therefrom for the
16use and benefit of the owners thereof, and deliver such money

 

 

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1or proceeds of evidence of money upon request and direction of
2such owner or owners. A community or ambulatory currency
3exchange is permitted to engage in, and charge a fee for, the
4following activities, either directly or as a third-party
5agent: (i) cashing of checks, drafts, money orders, or any
6other evidences of money acceptable to the currency exchange,
7(ii) selling or issuing money orders, (iii) obtaining reports,
8certificates, governmental permits, licenses, and vital
9statistics and the preparation of necessary applications to
10obtain the same, (iv) the sale and distribution of bond cards,
11(v) obtaining, distributing, providing, or selling: State
12vehicle registration renewals, title transfers and tax
13remittance forms, city vehicle licenses, and other
14governmental services, (vi) photocopying and sending and
15receiving facsimile transmissions, (vii) notary service either
16by the proprietor of the currency exchange or any currency
17exchange employee, authorized by the State to act as a notary
18public, (viii) issuance of travelers checks obtained by the
19currency exchange from a banking institution under a trust
20receipt, (ix) accepting for payment utility and other
21companies' bills, (x) issuance and acceptance of any
22third-party debit, credit, or stored value card and loading or
23unloading, (xi) on-premises automated cash dispensing
24machines, (xii) sale of rolled coin and paper money, (xiii)
25exchange of foreign currency through a third-party, (xiv) sale
26of cards, passes, or tokens for public transit, (xv) providing

 

 

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1mail box service, (xvi) preparation and transmittal of consumer
2requests and applications for and the sale of prepaid wireless
3phones, phone cards, and other pre-paid telecommunication
4services, (xvii) on-premises public telephone, (xviii) sale of
5U.S. postage, (xix) money transmission through a licensed
6third-party money transmitter, (xx) sale of candy, gum, other
7packaged foods, soft drinks, and other products and services by
8means of on-premises vending machines, and (xxi) preparation
9and transmittal of consumer requests and applications for the
10delivery, supply, or service of any utility product, service,
11or company lawfully offered in the State of Illinois, (xxii)
12advertising upon and about the premises and distribution to
13consumers of advertising and other materials or any legal
14product or service that is not misleading to the public, and
15(xxiii) any other products or and services that are consistent
16with the provisions of this Act, are within its meaning, are in
17the best interest of the public, and benefit the general
18welfare. For the purposes of this Section, an activity,
19product, or service is consistent with the provisions of this
20Act, within its meaning, in the best interest of the public,
21and benefits the general welfare if it is a lawful activity,
22product, or service, but not if it involves the sale or
23purchase of alcohol, firearms, lottery tickets, pornographic
24materials, medication, or tobacco or if it involves payday
25loans, consumer installment loans, car loans, or video gaming
26as provided in the Video Gaming Act. as may be approved by the

 

 

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1Secretary. Any community or ambulatory currency exchange may
2enter into agreements with any utility and other companies to
3act as the companies' agent for the acceptance of payment of
4utility and other companies' bills without charge to the
5customer and, acting under such agreement, may receipt for
6payments in the names of the utility and other companies. Any
7community or ambulatory currency exchange may also receive
8payment of utility and other companies' bills for remittance to
9companies with which it has no such agency agreement and may
10charge a fee for such service but may not, in such cases, issue
11a receipt for such payment in the names of the utility and
12other companies. However, funds received by currency exchanges
13for remittance to utility and other companies with which the
14currency exchange has no agency agreement shall be forwarded to
15the appropriate utility and other companies by the currency
16exchange before the end of the next business day.
17    For the purpose of this Section, "utility and other
18companies" means any utility company and other company with
19which the currency exchange may or may not have a contractual
20agreement and for which the currency exchange accepts payments
21from consumers for remittance to the utility or other company
22for the payment of bills.
23    Nothing in this Section authorizes a licensee to engage in
24any activity regulated by any federal, State, or local
25governmental authority without first obtaining the necessary
26license or permit to engage in that activity.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
2    (205 ILCS 405/4)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4808)
3    Sec. 4. License application; contents; fees. Application
4for such license shall be in writing under oath and in the form
5prescribed and furnished by the Secretary. Each application
6shall contain the following:
7        (a) The full name and address (both of residence and
8    place of business) of the applicant, and if the applicant
9    is a partnership, limited liability company, or
10    association, of every member thereof, and the name and
11    business address if the applicant is a corporation;
12        (b) The county and municipality, with street and
13    number, if any, where the community currency exchange is to
14    be conducted, if the application is for a community
15    currency exchange license;
16        (c) If the application is for an ambulatory currency
17    exchange license, the name and address of the employer at
18    each location to be served by it; and
19        (d) The applicant's occupation or profession; a
20    detailed statement of the applicant's business experience
21    for the 10 years immediately preceding the application; a
22    detailed statement of the applicant's finances; the
23    applicant's present or previous connection with any other
24    currency exchange; whether the applicant has ever been
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1    material facts pertaining thereto; whether the applicant
2    has ever been committed to any penal institution or
3    admitted to an institution for the care and treatment of
4    mentally ill persons; and the nature of applicant's
5    occupancy of the premises to be licensed where the
6    application is for a community currency exchange license.
7    If the applicant is a partnership, the information
8    specified herein shall be required of each partner. If the
9    applicant is a corporation, the said information shall be
10    required of each officer, director and stockholder thereof
11    along with disclosure of their ownership interests. If the
12    applicant is a limited liability company, the information
13    required by this Section shall be provided with respect to
14    each member and manager along with disclosure of their
15    ownership interests.
16    A community currency exchange license application shall be
17accompanied by a fee of $500, prior to January 1, 2012. After
18January 1, 2012 the fee shall be $750. After January 1, 2014
19the fee shall be $1,000 for the cost of investigating the
20applicant. If the ownership of a licensee changes, in whole or
21in part, a new application must be filed pursuant to this
22Section along with a $500 fee if the licensee's ownership
23interests have been transferred or sold to a new person or
24entity or a fee of $300 if the licensee's ownership interests
25have been transferred or sold to a current holder or holders of
26the licensee's ownership interests. When the application for a

 

 

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1community currency exchange license has been approved by the
2Secretary and the applicant so advised, an additional sum of
3$400 as an annual license fee for a period terminating on the
4last day of the current calendar year shall be paid to the
5Secretary by the applicant; provided, that the license fee for
6an applicant applying for such a license after July 1st of any
7year shall be $200 for the balance of such year. Upon receipt
8of a community currency exchange license application, the
9Secretary shall examine the application for completeness and
10notify the applicant in writing of any defect within 20 days
11after receipt. The applicant must remedy the defect within 10
12days after the mailing of the notification of the defect by the
13Secretary; provided, however, that in such case an applicant
14may request a reasonable extension of time that shall not be
15unreasonably denied. Failure to timely remedy the defect will
16void the application. Unless material to the investigation, no
17deficiency shall delay the investigation, and, in the event of
18a delay, the applicant shall be notified of the delay. Once the
19Secretary determines that the application is complete, the
20Secretary shall have 90 business days to approve or deny the
21application. If the application is denied, the Secretary shall
22send by United States mail notice of the denial to the
23applicant at the address set forth in the application. If an
24application is denied, the applicant may, within 10 days after
25the date of the notice of denial, make a written request to the
26Secretary for a hearing on the application. The hearing shall

 

 

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1be set for a date after the receipt by the Secretary of the
2request for a hearing, and written notice of the time and place
3of the hearing shall be mailed to the applicant no later than
415 days before the date of the hearing. The hearing shall be
5scheduled for a date within 56 days after the date of the
6receipt of the request for a hearing. The applicant shall pay
7the actual cost of making the transcript of the hearing prior
8to the Secretary's issuing his or her decision. The Secretary's
9decision is subject to review as provided in Section 9.5 22.01
10of this Act.
11    An application for an ambulatory currency exchange license
12shall be accompanied by a fee of $100, which fee shall be for
13the cost of investigating the applicant. An approved applicant
14shall not be required to pay the initial investigation fee of
15$100 more than once. When the application for an ambulatory
16currency exchange license has been approved by the Secretary,
17and such applicant so advised, such applicant shall pay an
18annual license fee of $25 for each and every location to be
19served by such applicant; provided that such license fee for an
20approved applicant applying for such a license after July 1st
21of any year shall be $12 for the balance of such year for each
22and every location to be served by such applicant. Such an
23approved applicant for an ambulatory currency exchange
24license, when applying for a license with respect to a
25particular location, shall file with the Secretary, at the time
26of filing an application, a letter of memorandum, which shall

 

 

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1be in writing and under oath, signed by the owner or authorized
2representative of the business whose employees are to be
3served; such letter or memorandum shall contain a statement
4that such service is desired, and that the person signing the
5same is authorized so to do. The Secretary shall thereupon
6verify the authenticity of the letter or memorandum and the
7authority of the person who executed it, to do so.
8    The Department shall have 45 business days to approve or
9deny a currency exchange licensee's request to purchase another
10currency exchange.
11(Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1111, eff. 8-27-12.)
 
12    (205 ILCS 405/4.1)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4809)
13    Sec. 4.1. Application; investigation; community need.
14    (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that community
15currency exchanges provide important and vital services to
16Illinois citizens, that the number of community currency
17exchanges should be limited in accordance with the needs of the
18communities they are to serve, and that it is in the public
19interest to promote and foster the community currency exchange
20business and to insure the financial stability thereof.
21    (b) Upon receipt of an application for a license for a
22community currency exchange, the Secretary shall cause an
23investigation to determine:
24        (1) of the need of the community for the establishment
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1    in the application; and
2        (2) the effect that granting the license will have on
3    the financial stability of other community currency
4    exchanges that may be serving the community in which the
5    business of the applicant is proposed to be conducted.
6    (c) "Community", as used in this Act, means a locality
7where there may or can be available to the people thereof the
8services of a community currency exchange reasonably
9accessible to them.
10    (d) If the issuance of a license to engage in the community
11currency exchange business at the location specified will not
12promote the needs and the convenience and advantage of the
13community in which the business of the applicant is proposed to
14be conducted, then the application shall be denied.
15    For the purposes of this subsection (d), a community
16currency exchange business will promote the needs and the
17convenience and advantage of the community if it will provide a
18benefit to that community.
19    (e) As a part of the investigation, the Secretary shall,
20within 10 business days after receipt of an application, notify
21in writing all currency exchanges described in paragraph (2) of
22subsection (b) of this Section of the application and the
23proposed location. Within 10 business days after the notice,
24any currency exchange as described in paragraph (2) of
25subsection (b) of this Section may notify the Secretary that it
26intends to protest the application. If the currency exchange

 

 

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1intends to protest the application, then the currency exchange
2shall, within 30 days after notifying the Secretary, provide
3the Secretary with any information requested to substantiate
4that granting the license would have a material and negative
5effect upon the financial stability of the existing currency
6exchange. Once the investigation is completed, the Secretary
7shall, within 10 business days thereafter, notify any currency
8exchange as described in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of
9this Section of the determination to approve or deny the
10application. The determination shall sufficiently detail the
11facts that led to the determination. Any currency exchange
12described in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section
13that has protested an application that the Secretary
14subsequently approves shall have standing to bring this matter
15to hearing under Section 10 of this Act. For the duration of
16the license contest, the granting and issuance of the license
17shall be stayed.
18(Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
19    (205 ILCS 405/4.1b new)
20    Sec. 4.1b. Proof of address. The applicant for a community
21currency exchange license shall have a permanent address as
22evidenced by a lease of at least 6 months duration or other
23suitable evidence of permanency, and the license issued
24pursuant to the application shall be valid only at that address
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1Secretary. A letter of intent for a lease shall suffice for
2inclusion with the application and evidence of an executed
3lease shall be considered ministerial in nature to be furnished
4once the investigation is completed, the approval final, and
5prior to the issuance of the license.
 
6    (205 ILCS 405/5)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4812)
7    Sec. 5. Bond; condition; amount.
8    (a) Before any license shall be issued to a community
9currency exchange the applicant shall file annually with and
10have approved by the Secretary a surety bond, issued by a
11bonding company authorized to do business in this State in the
12principal sum of $25,000. Such bond shall run to the Secretary
13and shall be for the benefit of any creditors of such currency
14exchange for any liability incurred by the currency exchange on
15any money orders, including any fees and penalties incurred by
16the remitter should the money order be returned unpaid, issued
17or sold by the currency exchange in the ordinary course of its
18business and for any liability incurred by the currency
19exchange for any sum or sums due to any payee or endorsee of
20any check, draft or money order left with the currency exchange
21in the ordinary course of its business for collection, and for
22any liability to the public incurred by the currency exchange
23in the ordinary course of its business in connection with the
24rendering of any of the services referred to in Section 3 of
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1    To protect the public and allow for the effective
2underwriting of bonds, the surety bond shall not cover money
3orders issued and other liabilities incurred by a currency
4exchange for its own account or that of its controlling
5persons, including money orders issued or liabilities incurred
6by the currency exchange to obtain cash for its own operations,
7to pay for the currency exchange's own bills or liabilities or
8that of its controlling persons, or to obtain things of value
9for the currency exchange or its controlling persons,
10regardless of whether such things of value are used in the
11currency exchange's operations or sold by the currency
12exchange.
13    From time to time the Secretary may determine the amount of
14liabilities as described herein and shall require the licensee
15to file a bond in an additional sum if the same is determined
16to be necessary in accordance with the requirements of this
17Section. In no case shall the bond be less than the initial
18$25,000, nor more than the outstanding liabilities.
19    (b) In lieu of the surety bond requirements of subsection
20(a), a community currency exchange licensee may submit evidence
21satisfactory to the Secretary that the community currency
22exchange licensee is covered by a blanket bond that covers
23multiple licensees who are members of a statewide association
24of community currency exchanges. Such a blanket bond must be
25issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in this
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1$3,000,000 as of May 1, 2012, and not less than $4,000,000 as
2of May 1, 2014.
3    (c) An ambulatory currency exchange may sell or issue money
4orders at any location with regard to which it is issued a
5license pursuant to this Act, including existing licensed
6locations, without the necessity of a further application or
7hearing and without regard to any exceptions contained in
8existing licenses, upon the filing with the Secretary of a
9surety bond approved by the Secretary and issued by a bonding
10company or insurance company authorized to do business in
11Illinois, in the principal sum of $100,000. Such bond may be a
12blanket bond covering all locations at which the ambulatory
13currency exchange may sell or issue money orders, and shall run
14to the Secretary for the use and benefit of any creditors of
15such ambulatory currency exchange for any liability incurred by
16the ambulatory currency exchange on any money orders issued or
17sold by it to the public in the ordinary course of its
18business. Such bond shall be renewed annually. If after the
19expiration of one year from the date of approval of such bond
20by the Secretary, it shall appear that the average amount of
21such liability during the year has exceeded $100,000, the
22Secretary shall require the licensee to furnish a bond for the
23ensuing year, to be approved by the Secretary, for an
24additional principal sum of $1,000 for each $1,000 of such
25liability or fraction thereof in excess of the original
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1be required to exceed $250,000.
2(Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
3    (205 ILCS 405/9)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4816)
4    Sec. 9. No community or ambulatory currency exchange shall
5issue tokens to be used in lieu of money for the purchase of
6goods or services from any enterprise, except that currency
7exchanges may engage in the distribution of food stamps as
8authorized by Section 3.2.
9(Source: P.A. 80-439.)
 
10    (205 ILCS 405/9.5 new)
11    Sec. 9.5. Hearings; subpoena power. For the purposes of
12this Act, the Secretary, the arbitrator, or any administrative
13law judge shall have the power to require by subpoena the
14attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all
15documentary evidence relating to any matter under hearing under
16this Act and shall issue the subpoenas at the request of any
17interested party. The arbitrator or administrative law judge
18may sign subpoenas in the name of the Secretary.
19    As decided by the licensee, any hearing pursuant to this
20Act shall either be (1) administered through binding
21arbitration by an arbitrator mutually agreed to by the parties
22or, failing agreement within 30 days, by an arbitrator chosen
23in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
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1and all final administrative decisions shall be subject to
2judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the
3Administrative Review Law. The cost of the hearing shall be
4paid by the applicant, licensee, or party other than the
5Secretary. The Secretary, arbitrator, or administrative law
6judge shall administer oaths and affirmations to all witnesses
7appearing before them. The arbitrator or administrative law
8judge, upon the conclusion of the hearing, shall certify the
9evidence to the Secretary. The decision by the arbitrator shall
10be binding upon the parties.
11    All hearings shall be scheduled within 30 days after the
12request for a hearing, unless otherwise stated in this Act or
13agreed to by the parties. The hearing shall be held at the time
14and place designated by the Secretary.
15    Any circuit court of this State within the jurisdiction
16where the hearing is conducted may, in the case of an
17individual's refusal to appear or refusal of a witness to obey
18a subpoena, issue an order requiring the witness to appear
19before the Director or the hearing officer or to produce
20documentary evidence or to give relevant testimony. Any failure
21to obey an order of the court may be punished as contempt of
22court.
 
23    (205 ILCS 405/11)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4819)
24    Sec. 11. Such license, if issued for a community currency
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1at which the business is to be conducted. Such license, or and
2its annual renewal, shall be kept conspicuously posted in the
3place of business of the licensee and shall not be transferable
4or assignable. If issued for an ambulatory currency exchange,
5it shall so state, and shall state the name and office address
6of the licensee, and the name and address of the location or
7locations to be served by the licensee, and shall not be
8transferable and assignable.
9(Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
10    (205 ILCS 405/13)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4821)
11    Sec. 13. No more than one place of business shall be
12maintained under the same community currency exchange license,
13but the Secretary may issue more than one license to the same
14licensee upon compliance with the provisions of this Act
15governing an original issuance of a license, for each new
16license.
17    Whenever a community currency exchange or an ambulatory
18currency exchange shall wish to change its name in its license,
19it shall file an application for approval thereof with the
20Secretary, and if the change is approved by the Secretary he
21shall attach to the license, in writing, a rider stating the
22licensee's new name.
23    If an ambulatory currency exchange has serviced a licensed
24location for 2 years or longer and the employer whose employees
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1the currency exchange may continue its service to the employees
2of that employer at the new address of that employer's place of
3business by filing a notice of the change of address with the
4Secretary and by relinquishing its license to conduct its
5business at the employer's old address upon receipt of a
6license to conduct its business at the employer's new address.
7Nothing in this Act shall preclude or prevent an ambulatory
8currency exchange from filing an application to conduct its
9business at the old address of an employer who moved his place
10of business after the ambulatory currency exchange receives a
11license to conduct its business at the employer's new address
12through the filing of a notice of its change of address with
13the Secretary and the relinquishing of its license to conduct
14its business at the employer's old address.
15    Whenever a currency exchange wishes to make any other
16change in the address set forth in any of its licenses, it
17shall apply to the Secretary for approval of such change of
18address. Every application for approval of a change of address
19shall be treated by the Secretary in the same manner as is
20otherwise provided in this Act for the treatment of proposed
21places of business or locations as contained in new
22applications for licenses; and if any fact or condition then
23exists with respect to the application for change of address,
24which fact or condition would otherwise authorize denial of a
25new application for a license because of the address of the
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1for change of address shall not be approved. Whenever a
2community currency exchange wishes to sell its physical assets,
3it may do so, however, if the assets are sold with the
4intention of continuing the operation of a community currency
5exchange, the purchaser or purchasers must first make
6application to the Secretary for licensure in accordance with
7Sections 4 and 10 of this Act. If the Secretary shall not so
8approve, he shall not issue such license and shall notify the
9applicant or applicants of such denial. The investigation fee
10for a change of location is $500.
11    The provisions of Sections 4.1a and Section 10 with
12reference to notice, hearing and review apply to applications
13filed pursuant to this Section.
14(Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
15    (205 ILCS 405/13.1)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4822)
16    Sec. 13.1. Consolidation of business locations. Whenever 2
17or more licensees desire to consolidate their places of
18business, they shall make application for such consolidation to
19the Secretary upon a form provided by him or her. This
20application shall state: (a) the name to be adopted and the
21location at which the business is to be located, which name and
22location shall be the same as one of the consolidating
23licensees; (b) that the owners or all partners or all
24stockholders or all members, as the case may be, of the
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1approved the application; (c) a certification by the secretary,
2if any of the licensees be corporations, that the contemplated
3consolidation has been approved by all of the stockholders at a
4properly convened stockholders meeting; (d) other relevant
5information the Secretary may require. Simultaneously with the
6approval of the application by the Secretary, the licensee or
7licensees who will cease doing business shall: (a) surrender
8their license or licenses to the Secretary; (b) transfer all of
9their assets and liabilities to the licensee continuing to
10operate by virtue of the application; (c) apply to the
11Secretary of State, if they be corporations, for surrender of
12their corporate charter in accordance with the provisions of
13the Business Corporation Act of 1983.
14    An application for consolidation shall be approved or
15rejected by the Secretary within 30 days after receipt by him
16of such application and supporting documents required
17thereunder. The Secretary shall impose a consolidation fee of
18$100 per application.
19    Such consolidation shall not affect suits pending in which
20the surrendering licensees are parties; nor shall such
21consolidation affect causes of action nor the rights of persons
22in particular; nor shall suits brought against such licensees
23in their former names be abated for that cause.
24    Nothing contained herein shall limit or prohibit any action
25or remedy available to a licensee or to the Secretary under
26Sections 15, 15.1 to 15.1e or 15.2 of this Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
2    (205 ILCS 405/15)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4824)
3    Sec. 15. Fines; suspension; revocation. The Secretary may
4fine, suspend, or revoke any license issued under this Act if
5he or she finds that: The Secretary may, after 15 days notice
6by registered or certified mail to the licensee at the address
7set forth in the license stating the contemplated action and in
8general the grounds therefore, fine the licensee an amount not
9exceeding $1,000 per violation or revoke or suspend any license
10issued if he or she finds that:
11        (a) the licensee has failed to pay the annual license
12    fee or to maintain in effect the required bond or bonds or
13    insurance policy or policies; or
14        (b) the licensee has failed to comply with any
15    provision of this Act or any order, decision, finding,
16    rule, regulation, or direction of the Secretary lawfully
17    made under the authority of this Act; or
18        (c) the licensee has violated any provision of this Act
19    or any regulation or direction made by the Secretary under
20    this Act; or
21        (d) any fact or condition exists which, if it had
22    existed at the time of the original application for such
23    license, would have warranted the Secretary in refusing the
24    issuance of the license; or
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1    or at the location licensed, for a period of 60 consecutive
2    days, unless the licensee was prevented from operating
3    during such period by reason of events or acts beyond the
4    licensee's control.
5    The Secretary's authority to fine a licensee or suspend or
6revoke licenses under this Section is subject to the following:
7        (1) No less than 15 business days before issuing any
8    fine, suspension, or revocation, the Secretary shall send
9    to the licensee a notice of contemplated action in writing
10    by registered mail at the address set forth in the license
11    or to such other address or by method as previously
12    designated by the licensee.
13        (2) The notice shall state (i) the specific nature and
14    a clear and concise description of the violation, (ii) the
15    Sections or rules that have been violated, (iii) the
16    contemplated fine or action, (iv) that the licensee may,
17    within 15 business days from the date of the notice,
18    request a hearing under Section 9.5 of this Act, (v) that
19    the licensee may, within 15 business days after the notice,
20    take corrective action to mitigate any fine or contemplated
21    action, and (vi) the specific corrective action to be
22    taken.
23        (3) In the event the licensee requests, in writing to
24    the Secretary and within 15 business days after the notice,
25    a hearing on the fine or contemplated action, the matter
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1    fines or contemplated action shall be stayed and no fines
2    shall accrue during the pendency of the hearing.
3        (4) In the event the licensee takes the corrective
4    action set forth in the notice within the time specified,
5    the licensee shall certify the corrective action in writing
6    to the Secretary, who may then confirm the corrective
7    action by conducting a follow-up investigation within 30
8    days of the date of the certification and if the Secretary
9    confirms the corrective action is complete, he or she may
10    assess an examination charge not to exceed $100, provided,
11    however that corrective action taken by a licensee shall
12    not serve to mitigate any contemplated fine or action if
13    the violation is an impairment or is substantially similar
14    to a violation committed by the licensee and at the
15    specific location within the previous 36 months.
16    Consistent with the provisions of this Act, the Secretary
17may, after weighing any harm to the public, the seriousness of
18the offense, and the history of the licensee, fine a licensee
19up to a maximum of $1,000 per violation. "Violation" means the
20offending act taken as a whole. Each day, incident, or
21occurrence the offending act occurred shall not be construed as
22a separate violation.
23    No license shall be revoked until the licensee has had
24notice of a hearing on the proposed revocation and an
25opportunity to be heard. When any license is revoked in this
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1on file in his or her office, a written order or decision of
2revocation that shall contain his or her findings and the
3reasons supporting the revocation. The Secretary shall send a
4copy of the order, finding, or decision of revocation by United
5States mail to the licensee at the address set forth in the
6license within 5 days after the filing in his or her office of
7the order, finding, or decision. A review of any such order,
8finding, or decision is available under Section 9.5 of this
9Act.
10    The Secretary may fine, suspend or revoke only the
11particular license or licenses for particular places of
12business or locations with respect to which grounds for
13revocation may occur or exist; except that if he shall find
14that such grounds for revocation are of general application to
15all places of business or locations, or that such grounds for
16fines, suspension or revocation have occurred or exist with
17respect to a substantial number of places of business or
18locations, he may fine, suspend or revoke all of the licenses
19issued to such licensee.
20        An order assessing a fine, an order revoking or
21    suspending a license, or an order denying renewal of a
22    license shall take effect on service of the order unless
23    the licensee requests a hearing, in writing, within 15 days
24    after the date of service. In the event a hearing is
25    requested, the order shall be stayed until a final
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1    hearing, the Secretary shall schedule a hearing within 30
2    days after the request for a hearing unless otherwise
3    agreed to by the parties. The hearing shall be held at the
4    time and place designated by the Secretary.
5        The Secretary and any administrative law judge
6    designated by him or her shall have the power to administer
7    oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses and compel
8    their attendance, take evidence, and require the
9    production of books, papers, correspondence, and other
10    records or information that he or she considers relevant or
11    material to the inquiry.
12        In case of contumacy or refusal of a witness to obey a
13    subpoena, any circuit court of this State whose
14    jurisdiction encompasses where the hearing is located may
15    issue an order requiring such witness to appear before the
16    Secretary or the hearing officer, to produce documentary
17    evidence, or to give testimony touching the matter in
18    question; and the court may punish any failures to obey
19    such orders of the court as contempt.
20        A licensee may surrender any license by delivering to
21    the Secretary written notice that he, they or it thereby
22    surrenders such license, but such surrender shall not
23    affect such licensee's civil or criminal liability for acts
24    committed prior to such surrender, or affect the liability
25    on his, their or its bond or bonds, or his, their or its
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1    entitle such licensee to a return of any part of the annual
2    license fee or fees.
3    Every license issued hereunder shall remain in force until
4the same shall expire, or shall have been surrendered,
5suspended or revoked in accordance with this Act, but the
6Secretary may on his own motion, issue new licenses to a
7licensee whose license or licenses shall have been revoked if
8no fact or condition then exists which clearly would have
9warranted the Secretary in refusing originally the issuance of
10such license under this Act.
11(Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
12    (205 ILCS 405/15.1)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4825)
13    Sec. 15.1. If the Secretary determines that any licensee is
14insolvent or is violating this Act, or if the owner, executor,
15or successor in interest of a currency exchange abandons the
16currency exchange, he or she shall, within 5 business days,
17appoint a receiver, who shall, under his or her direction, for
18the purpose of receivership, take possession of and title to
19the books, records, and assets of every description of the
20community currency exchange. The Secretary may require of the
21receiver such security as he or she deems proper and, upon
22appointment of the receiver, shall have published, once each
23week for 4 consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general
24circulation in the community, a notice calling on all persons
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1present them to the receiver.
2    Within 10 days after the receiver takes possession of the
3property, the licensee may apply to the Circuit Court of the
4county where the community currency exchange is located to
5enjoin further proceedings in the premises.
6    The receiver may operate the community currency exchange
7until the Secretary determines that possession should be
8restored to the licensee or that the business should be
9liquidated.
10(Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
11    (205 ILCS 405/3.1 rep.)
12    (205 ILCS 405/3.2 rep.)
13    (205 ILCS 405/3.3 rep.)
14    (205 ILCS 405/22.01 rep.)
15    Section 10. The Currency Exchange Act is amended by
16repealing Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 22.01.".