SB3202eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB3202 Engrossed LRB097 16964 CEL 62154 b

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Act is amended by changing Section 65 as follows:

(225 ILCS 427/65)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)

Sec. 65. Fees; Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund.

(a) The fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including, but not limited to, initial licensure, renewal, and restoration, shall be set by rule of the Department. The fees shall be nonrefundable.

(b) In addition to the application fee, applicants for the examination are required to pay, either to the Department or the designated testing service, a fee covering the cost of determining an applicant's eligibility and providing the examination. Failure to appear for the examination on the scheduled date, at the time and place specified, after the applicant's application and fee for examination have been received and acknowledged by the Department or the designated testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of the fee.

(c) To support the costs of administering this Act, all community associations that (i) are subject to this Act by having have 10 or more units, (ii) retain an individual to provide services as a community association manager for compensation, (iii) are not master associations under Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act or the Common Interest Community Association Act, and (iv) are registered in this State as not-for-profit corporations shall pay to the Department an annual fee of $50 plus an additional $1 per unit, but shall not exceed an annual fee of $1,000 for any community association. The Department may establish forms and promulgate any rules for the effective collection of such fees under this subsection (c).

Any not-for-profit corporation in this State that fails to pay in full to the Department all fees owed under this subsection (c) shall be subject to the penalties and procedures provided for under Section 92 of this Act.

(d) All fees, fines, penalties, or other monies received or collected pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund.

(Source: P.A. 96-726, eff. 7-1-10.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.