Full Text of SB2548 93rd General Assembly
SB2548sam001 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
Filed: 2/24/2004
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2548
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2548 on page 2, by | 3 |
| replacing line 13 with the following: | 4 |
| " canceled during the past 10 years"; and
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| on page 3, by replacing line 23 with the following: | 6 |
| " not preempt or preclude additional appropriate civil or | 7 |
| criminal penalties. "; and | 8 |
| on page 3, line 36, after "matters", by inserting " or provide | 9 |
| any other assistance that requires legal analysis, legal | 10 |
| judgment, or interpretation of the law "; and | 11 |
| on page 4, by replacing lines 16 and 17 with the following: | 12 |
| " (e) No notary public who is not an attorney or an | 13 |
| accredited representative shall accept payment in exchange for | 14 |
| providing legal advice or any other assistance that requires | 15 |
| legal analysis, legal judgment, or interpretation of the law. "; | 16 |
| and | 17 |
| on page 5, by replacing lines 4 through 16 with the following: | 18 |
| "who is not
an attorney or an accredited representative filling | 19 |
| out immigration
legalization forms or applications related to | 20 |
| the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 shall be limited | 21 |
| to the following
as follows :
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| (1) $10 per form completion
$75 per person ;
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| (2) $10 per page for the translation of a non-English | 2 |
| language into English where such translation is required for | 3 |
| immigration forms
$75 per person up to 4 persons per immediate | 4 |
| family, with no additional charge for a
fifth or subsequent | 5 |
| person where all persons are legally related ;
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| (3) $1 for notarizing
$10 per page for the translation of a | 7 |
| non-English language into
English where such translation is | 8 |
| required for legalization forms ;
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| (4) $3 to execute any procedures necessary to obtain a | 10 |
| document required to complete immigration forms
$1 for | 11 |
| notarizing ; and
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| (5) A maximum of $75 for one complete application
$3 to | 13 |
| execute any procedures necessary to obtain a document required
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| to complete legalization forms ."; and | 15 |
| on page 5, by replacing lines 18 through 20 with the following: | 16 |
| "application fees
required to be submitted with immigration | 17 |
| applications
a legalization application in conformity
with the | 18 |
| Immigration and Control Act of 1986 ."; and | 19 |
| on page 5, line 34, after "subsection", by inserting " within 90 | 20 |
| days of receipt of a complaint, "; and | 21 |
| on page 6, by replacing lines 17 and 18 with the following: | 22 |
| "that arises under action of the United States Citizenship and | 23 |
| Immigration Services
Immigration and
Naturalization Service , | 24 |
| the United States Department of Labor,"; and | 25 |
| on page 6, by replacing lines 20 through 23 with the following: | 26 |
| ""Immigration assistance service" means any advice, | 27 |
| guidance, information ,
or action provided or offered to | 28 |
| customers or prospective customers related to immigration | 29 |
| matters, excluding legal advice, recommending a specific | 30 |
| course of legal action, or providing any other assistance that |
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| requires legal analysis, legal judgment, or interpretation of | 2 |
| the law
relating
to any immigration matter ."; and | 3 |
| on page 9, by replacing lines 7 through 11 with the following: | 4 |
| " Fees for a notary public, agency, or any other person who | 5 |
| is not an attorney or an accredited representative filling out | 6 |
| immigration forms shall be limited to the maximum fees set | 7 |
| forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3-104 of the Notary | 8 |
| Public Act (5 ILCS 312/3-104)
The Attorney General may | 9 |
| promulgate rules establishing maximum fees that
may
be charged | 10 |
| for the services described in this subsection. The maximum fees
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| must be reasonable in light of the costs of providing those | 12 |
| services and the
degree of professional skill required to | 13 |
| provide the services ."; and | 14 |
| on page 11, by replacing lines 2 through 4 with the following: | 15 |
| " Any person who provides or offers immigration assistance | 16 |
| service and is not exempted from this Section shall not, in any | 17 |
| document, advertisement, stationery, letterhead, business | 18 |
| card, or other comparable written material, "; and | 19 |
| on page 11, by replacing lines 16 through 21 with the | 20 |
| following: | 21 |
| " If not subject to penalties under subsection (a) of | 22 |
| Section 3-103 of the Notary Public Act (5 ILCS 312/3-103), | 23 |
| violations of this subsection shall result in a fine of $1,000. | 24 |
| Violations shall not preempt or preclude additional | 25 |
| appropriate civil or criminal penalties. "; and | 26 |
| on page 11, line 30, after "services", by inserting " who is not | 27 |
| exempted under this Section "; and | 28 |
| on page 12, by replacing lines 1 and 2 with the following: | 29 |
| " (2.5) Accept payment in exchange for providing legal |
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| advice or any other assistance that requires legal analysis, | 2 |
| legal judgment, or interpretation of the law. "; and | 3 |
| on page 12, by replacing lines 20 through 23 with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "(5) Provide
Give any legal advice , recommend a | 6 |
| specific course of legal action, or provide any other | 7 |
| assistance that requires legal analysis, legal judgment, | 8 |
| or interpretation of the law
concerning an immigration | 9 |
| matter .".
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