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 1                     AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 48

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill  48  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  Corporate  Fiduciary Act is amended by
 5    changing Sections 5-10 and 8-1 and adding Sections 2-6.5  and
 6    Section 9-6 as follows:

 7        (205 ILCS 620/2-6.5 new)
 8        Sec. 2-6.5.  Directors.
 9        (a)  The  business  and  affairs of a corporate fiduciary
10    shall be managed by  its  board  of  directors,  which  shall
11    exercise its powers in accordance with this Section.
12        (b)  The  directors  shall  be  elected  as  provided  in
13    this  Act.  Any omission to elect  a  director  or  directors
14    shall  not  impair  any  of the rights and  privileges of the
15    corporate fiduciary or of any person in any  way  interested.
16    The  existing   directors   shall  hold  office  until  their
17    successors are elected and qualify.
18        (c)  Notwithstanding the provisions of any certificate of
19    authority heretofore  or  hereafter  issued,  the  number  of
20    directors,  not  fewer than 5, may be fixed from time to time
21    by the  stockholders  at  any  meeting  of  the  stockholders
22    called    for   the   purpose   of   electing  directors   or
 
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 1    changing the number thereof by the  affirmative  vote  of  at
 2    least two-thirds of the outstanding stock entitled to vote at
 3    the  meeting,  and  the  number  so fixed shall be the  board
 4    regardless  of vacancies  until  the  number  of directors is
 5    thereafter changed by similar action.
 6        (d)  Except  as  otherwise provided in  this  subsection,
 7    directors  shall  hold office until the next  annual  meeting
 8    of  the  stockholders succeeding   their  election  or  until
 9    their  successors  are  elected  and qualify. If the board of
10    directors consists of 6 or more members, in lieu of  electing
11    the  membership of the whole board of directors annually, the
12    by-laws  of  a  corporate  fiduciary  may  provide  that  the
13    directors  shall  be divided into either 2 or 3 classes, each
14    class to be as nearly equal in number as is   possible.   The
15    term  of  office of directors of the first class shall expire
16    at the first annual meeting of the stockholders  after  their
17    election, that of the second class shall expire at the second
18    annual  meeting  after  their election, and that of the third
19    class, if any, shall expire at the third annual meeting after
20    their election. At each annual meeting after  classification,
21    the  number  of  directors  equal  to the number of the class
22    whose terms expire at  the  time  of  the  meeting  shall  be
23    elected  to  hold  office  until the second succeeding annual
24    meeting if there are 2 classes or until the third  succeeding
25    annual  meeting  if  there  are  3 classes.  Vacancies may be
26    filled by stockholders at a special meeting  called  for  the
27    purpose.  If   authorized   by   the   corporate  fiduciary's
28    by-laws or an amendment thereto, the directors of a corporate
29    fiduciary  may  properly fill a vacancy or  vacancies arising
30    between stockholders' meetings, but at no time may the number
31    of directors  selected  to fill  a  vacancy  in  this  manner
32    during  any  interim  period  between  stockholders' meetings
33    exceed one-third of the total  membership  of  the  board  of
34    directors.
 
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 1        (e)  The    board   of   directors   shall  hold  regular
 2    meetings at least once each month, provided that, upon  prior
 3    written   approval   by  the  Commissioner,  the   board   of
 4    directors  may hold regular  meetings  less  frequently  than
 5    once  each  month  but at least once each calendar quarter. A
 6    special meeting of the board of  directors  may  be  held  as
 7    provided   by the  by-laws.   A  special meeting of the board
 8    of directors may also be held as provided in Section  5-5  of
 9    this  Act.  A  majority  of  the  board  of  directors  shall
10    constitute  a quorum for the transaction of business unless a
11    greater number is required by the by-laws.  The  act  of  the
12    majority  of  the  directors  present at a meeting at which a
13    quorum is present shall be the act of the board of  directors
14    unless  the  act  of  a  greater  number  is  required by the
15    by-laws.
16        (f)  A member of the board of directors shall be  elected
17    president. The board of directors may appoint other officers,
18    as  the  by-laws may provide, and fix their salaries to carry
19    on the business  of  the  corporate fiduciary. The  board  of
20    directors  may  make and amend by-laws (not inconsistent with
21    this Act) for the government of the corporate  fiduciary  and
22    may, by the affirmative vote of a majority of  the  board  of
23    directors,    establish   reasonable  compensation   of   all
24    directors  for  services  to  the  corporation as  directors,
25    officers, or  otherwise.   An  officer,  whether  elected  or
26    appointed  by   the   board   of   directors   or   appointed
27    pursuant  to  the  by-laws,  may  be  removed by the board of
28    directors at any time.
29        (g)  The board of directors shall  cause  suitable  books
30    and  records of all the corporate fiduciary's transactions to
31    be kept.
32        (h)  The  provisions  of  this  Section do not apply to a
33    corporate fiduciary that is a trust  department  of  a  bank,
34    savings  bank,  savings  and  loan  association,  or  foreign
 
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 1    banking   corporation   issued  a  certificate  of  authority
 2    pursuant to the Foreign Banking Office Act.

 3        (205 ILCS 620/5-10) (from Ch. 17, par. 1555-10)
 4        Sec. 5-10.  Fees; receivership account.
 5        (a)  There shall be paid to  the  Commissioner  by  every
 6    corporate  fiduciary  including  each  trust  company,  bank,
 7    savings  and loan association, and savings bank to which this
 8    Act shall apply, reasonable fees that the Commissioner  shall
 9    assess to recover the costs of administration, certification,
10    examination  and  supervision of trusts authorized under this
11    Act.
12        (b)  In addition to the fees authorized in subsection (a)
13    of this Section  the  Commissioner  shall  assess  reasonable
14    receivership   fees   and  establish  a  Corporate  Fiduciary
15    Receivership account in the Bank and Trust  Company  Fund  to
16    provide  for  the expenses that arise from the administration
17    of the receivership of a corporate fiduciary under this  Act.
18    The  aggregate  of  such  assessments  shall be paid into the
19    Corporate Fiduciary Receivership  account  in  the  Bank  and
20    Trust  Company  Fund.  The assessments for this account shall
21    be levied until the  sum  of  $5,000,000  $350,000  has  been
22    deposited   into  the  account  from  assessments  authorized
23    herein,  whereupon  the  Corporate   Fiduciary   Receivership
24    account  assessment  shall be abated.  If a receivership of a
25    corporate fiduciary under this Act requires expenditures from
26    this account,  assessments  may  be  reinstituted  until  the
27    balance  in  the  Corporate  Fiduciary  Receivership  account
28    arising from assessments is restored to $5,000,000 $350,000.
29        (c)  The   Commissioner   may,   by   rule,  establish  a
30    reasonable manner of assessing the  receivership  assessments
31    under this Section.
32    (Source: P.A. 86-754; 86-952.)
 
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 1        (205 ILCS 620/8-1) (from Ch. 17, par. 1558-1)
 2        Sec.  8-1.  False  statements.   It  is  unlawful for any
 3    officer,  director,  employee,  or  agent  of  any  corporate
 4    fiduciary subject to examination by the Commissioner  or  any
 5    person  filing  an  application  or submitting information in
 6    connection with an application to  the  Commissioner  to  who
 7    shall  willfully and knowingly subscribe to or make, or cause
 8    to be made, any false statement or false entry with intent to
 9    deceive any person or persons authorized to examine into  the
10    affairs  of the such corporate fiduciary or applicant or with
11    intent to deceive  the  Commissioner  or  his  administrative
12    officers  in  the performance of their duties under this Act.
13    A person who violates this Section is upon conviction thereof
14    shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony.
15    (Source: P.A. 85-858.)

16        (205 ILCS 620/9-6 new)
17        Sec. 9-6.  Audits.
18        (a)  At least once in  each  calendar  year  a  corporate
19    fiduciary  must  cause its books and records to be audited by
20    an independent licensed public accountant.  The  Commissioner
21    may  prescribe  the  scope  of  the  audit  within  generally
22    accepted audit principles and standards.
23        (b)  The  independent  licensed  public  accountant shall
24    provide a written audit report to the  corporate  fiduciary's
25    board  of  directors  or  to  a  committee  appointed  by the
26    corporate fiduciary's  board  of  directors.   If  the  audit
27    report  is  given  to  a committee appointed by the corporate
28    fiduciary's board of directors, the committee  shall,  within
29    30  days  after  the  date  of  receipt  of the audit report,
30    provide the board of directors with a written summary of  the
31    audit findings as detailed in the audit report.
32        (c)  The  corporate  fiduciary's  board  of  directors or
33    committee appointed by the board of directors shall  cause  a
 
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 1    copy  of the audit report and any written summary pursuant to
 2    paragraph  (b)  of  this  Section  to  be  filed   with   the
 3    Commissioner  within  45  days  after  receipt  of  the audit
 4    report.

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

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