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Public Act 90-0167

HB2210 Enrolled                               LRB9004658SMcwA

    AN ACT regarding the disposition of unclaimed property.

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

    Section 5.  The Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property
Act is amended by changing Sections 1, 2, 2a, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7a,
8,  8.1,  9,  10.5, 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 23.5, 24, and 25.5 as
follows:

    (765 ILCS 1025/1) (from Ch. 141, par. 101)
    Sec.  1.   As  used  in  this  Act,  unless  the  context
otherwise requires:
    (a)  "Banking  organization"  means   any   bank,   trust
company,  savings  bank,  industrial  bank,  land  bank, safe
deposit company, or a private banker engaged in  business  in
this State.
    (b)  "Business  association" means any corporation, joint
stock  company,   business   trust,   partnership,   or   any
association,  limited  liability  company,  or other business
entity consisting of one or more persons, whether or not  for
profit for business purposes of 2 or more individuals.
    (c)  "Financial  organization" means any savings and loan
association, building and  loan  association,  credit  union,
currency   exchange,  co-operative  bank,  mutual  funds,  or
investment company, engaged in business in this State.
    (d)  "Holder" means any person in possession of  property
subject  to  this Act belonging to another, or who is trustee
in case  of  a  trust,  or  is  indebted  to  another  on  an
obligation subject to this Act.
    (e)  "Life  insurance  corporation" means any association
or corporation transacting within this State the business  of
insurance  on  the lives of persons or insurance appertaining
thereto, including, but not by way of limitation,  endowments
and annuities.
    (f)  "Owner"  means  a  depositor in case of a deposit, a
beneficiary in case of a  trust,  a  creditor,  claimant,  or
payee  in  case  of  other  property choses in action, or any
person having a  legal  or  equitable  interest  in  property
subject to this Act, or his legal representative.
    (g)  "Person" means any individual, business association,
financial  organization,  government or political subdivision
or agency,  public  corporation,  public  authority,  estate,
trust,  2  or more persons having a joint or common interest,
or any other legal or commercial entity.
    (h)  "Utility" means any  person  who  owns  or  operates
within  this  State,  for  public  use, any plant, equipment,
property, franchise,  or  license  for  the  transmission  of
communications  or  the  production,  storage,  transmission,
sale,  delivery,  or furnishing of electricity, water, steam,
oil or gas.
    (i)  "Director"  means  the  Director  of  the   Illinois
Department of Financial Institutions.
    (j)  "Insurance company" means any person transacting the
kinds  of  business  enumerated  in Section 4 of the Illinois
Insurance Code other than life insurance.
    (k)  "Economic loss", as used in Sections  2a  and  9  of
this  Act  includes, but is not limited to, delivery charges,
mark-downs  and  write-offs,   carrying   costs,   restocking
charges, lay-aways, special orders, issuance of credit memos,
and  the  costs  of  special  services or goods provided that
reduce the property  value  or  that  result  in  lost  sales
opportunity.
    (l)  "Reportable  property"  means  property, tangible or
intangible, presumed abandoned under this Act  that  must  be
appropriately   and  timely  reported  and  remitted  to  the
Department under this Act. Interest, dividends, stock splits,
warrants, or other rights  that  become  reportable  property
under  this  Act include the underlying security or commodity
giving rise to the interest,  dividend,  split,  warrant,  or
other right to which the owner would be entitled.
(Source: P.A. 88-435; 89-604, eff. 8-2-96.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/2) (from Ch. 141, par. 102)
    Sec.  2.   The  following  property  held  or  owing by a
banking or financial organization is presumed abandoned:
    (a)  Any demand, savings, or matured time deposit made in
this State with a banking  organization,  together  with  any
interest  or dividend thereon, excluding any charges that may
lawfully be withheld, unless the owner has, within 5 years:
         (1)  Increased  or  decreased  the  amount  of   the
    deposit,  or  presented  the  passbook  or  other similar
    evidence of the deposit for the crediting of interest; or
         (2)  Corresponded  in  writing  with   the   banking
    organization concerning the deposit; or
         (3)  Otherwise  indicated an interest in the deposit
    as evidenced by a memorandum on  file  with  the  banking
    organization.
    (b)  Any  funds paid in this State toward the purchase of
withdrawable  shares  or  other  interest  in   a   financial
organization,  or  any  deposit made therewith in this State,
and any interest or dividends thereon, excluding any  charges
that  may be lawfully withheld, unless the owner has within 5
years:
         (1)  Increased or decreased the amount of the funds,
    or deposit, or presented an appropriate  record  for  the
    crediting of interest or dividends; or
         (2)  Corresponded  in  writing  with  the  financial
    organization concerning the funds or deposit; or
         (3)  Otherwise indicated an interest in the funds or
    deposit  as  evidenced  by  a memorandum on file with the
    financial organization.
    (c)  Any sum payable on checks certified in this State or
on written instruments  issued  in  this  State  on  which  a
banking  or financial organization or business association is
directly liable including, by way of illustration but not  of
limitation, certificates of deposit, drafts, money orders and
travelers checks, that with the exception of travelers checks
has  been  outstanding for more than 5 years from the date it
was payable, or from the date of its issuance if  payable  on
demand,  or,  in  the case of travelers checks, that has been
outstanding for more than 15  years  from  the  date  of  its
issuance,  unless  the  owner has within 5 years or within 15
years in the case of travelers checks corresponded in writing
with  the  banking  or  financial  organization  or  business
association concerning it, or otherwise indicated an interest
as evidenced by a memorandum on  file  with  the  banking  or
financial organization or business association.
    (d)  Any  funds  or  other personal property, tangible or
intangible, removed from a safe  deposit  box  or  any  other
safekeeping repository or agency or collateral deposit box in
this  State  on  which the lease or rental period has expired
due to nonpayment of rental charges or other reason,  or  any
surplus  amounts  arising  from  the sale thereof pursuant to
law, that have been unclaimed by the owner for  more  than  5
years  from  the  date  on  which  the lease or rental period
expired,  subject  to lien of the holder for reimbursement of
costs incurred in the  opening  of  a  safe  deposit  box  as
determined by the holder's regular schedule of charges.
    (e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
no deposit except passbook, checking, NOW accounts, super NOW
accounts,  money market accounts, or such similar accounts as
established by Rule of the Director, held  by  a  banking  or
financial  organization  shall  be presumed abandoned if with
respect to such a deposit which specifies a definite maturity
date, such organization was authorized in writing  to  extend
or  rollover  the  account  for an additional like period and
such organization does  so  extend.  Such  deposits  are  not
presumed abandoned less than 5 years from that final maturity
date.  Property  of any kind held in an individual retirement
account (IRA) is not presumed abandoned earlier than 5  years
after  the  owner attains the age at which distributions from
the account become mandatory under law.
(Source: P.A. 89-604, eff. 8-2-96.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/2a) (from Ch. 141, par. 102a)
    Sec. 2a.  Business associations shall report, pursuant to
Section 11 of this Act, all property and any earnings thereon
to which the owner  would  be  entitled  that  have  remained
unclaimed  for  5 years and are therefore presumed abandoned.
Before reporting and delivering property  as  required  under
this  Act,  a business association may deduct from the amount
of otherwise  reportable  intangible  personal  property  the
economic   loss  suffered  by  it  in  connection  with  that
intangible  personal  property  arising   from   transactions
involving  the  sale of tangible personal property at retail.
This property shall consist of, but is not limited to:
         (1)  unclaimed wages;
         (2)  deposits or payment for repair or  purchase  of
    goods or services;
         (3)  credit    checks    or   memos,   or   customer
    overpayments;
         (4)  stocks, bonds, or any other type of  securities
    or   debt   instruments,   and   interest  and  dividends
    therefrom;
         (5)  unidentified      remittances,       unrefunded
    overcharges;
         (6)  unpaid   claims,  unpaid  accounts  payable  or
    unpaid commissions; and
         (7)  credit  balances-accounts  receivable,   checks
    written off, employee bond buying and profit-sharing.
(Source: P.A. 87-925; 88-435.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/4) (from Ch. 141, par. 104)
    Sec. 4.  The following funds held or owing by any utility
are presumed abandoned:
    (a)  Any  deposit  made by a subscriber with a utility to
secure payment for, or any sum paid in advance  for,  utility
services  to  be  furnished  in  this  State, less any lawful
deduction,  that  has  remained  unclaimed  by   the   person
appearing  on the records of the utility entitled thereto for
more than 5 years after the termination of the  services  for
which the deposit or advance payment was made.
    (b)  Any  sum  which a utility has been ordered to refund
and which was received for utility services rendered in  this
State,  together  with  any interest thereon, less any lawful
deductions,  that  has  remained  unclaimed  by  the   person
appearing  on the records of the utility entitled thereto for
more than 5  years  after  the  date  it  became  payable  in
accordance  with  the  final determination or order providing
for the refund.
    (c)  Any capital credits or  patronage  capital  retired,
returned,  refunded  or  tendered  to a member of an electric
cooperative  as  defined  in  Section  3.4  of  the  Electric
Supplier Act or a telephone or telecommunications cooperative
as defined in Section 13-212 of the Public Utilities Act that
have remained  unclaimed  by  the  person  appearing  on  the
records  of  the cooperative entitled thereto for more than 2
years.  Such unclaimed capital credits or  patronage  capital
shall not be subject to, or governed by, any other provisions
of  this Act, but rather shall be used by the cooperative for
the benefit of the general membership of the cooperative.
(Source: P.A. 86-1421; 87-925.)
    (765 ILCS 1025/5) (from Ch. 141, par. 105)
    Sec. 5. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any
amount held or owing by a banking organization as  agent,  or
as  trustee  of  an  express trust, for the purpose of making
payment to holders of, or in respect  of  stocks,  bonds,  or
other securities of a governmental or other public issuer, or
of  a  business association other than a business association
which shall have discontinued the conduct of its business, or
the corporate  existence  of  which  shall  have  terminated,
without  the  right to receive such amount having passed to a
successor or successors.
    As  of  January  1,  1998,  this  Section  shall  not  be
applicable unless  the  Department  has  commenced,  but  not
finalized,  an  examination of the holder as of that date and
the property is included in a final  examination  report  for
the period covered by the examination.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3426.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/6) (from Ch. 141, par. 106)
    Sec. 6. All intangible personal property distributable in
the   course   of  a  voluntary  dissolution  of  a  business
association, banking organization, or financial  organization
organized under the laws of or created in this State, that is
unclaimed  by  the  owner  within  2 years after the date for
final distribution, is presumed abandoned.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3426.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/7) (from Ch. 141, par. 107)
    Sec. 7.  All intangible personal property and any  income
or  increment  thereon,  held  in a fiduciary capacity (other
than as trustee of an active express trust) for  the  benefit
of another person is presumed abandoned unless the owner has,
within  5  years  after  it becomes payable or distributable,
increased or decreased the  principal,  accepted  payment  of

principal  or  income, corresponded in writing concerning the
property, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced  by
a memorandum on file with the fiduciary.;
    A  fiduciary  may  deduct  any  actual  cost  incurred in
connection with the administration of suspense, abeyant,  and
similar   accounts   arising  out  of  its  fiduciary,  stock
transfer,  corporation  trust,  and   securities   processing
activities but not to exceed 8% of the property remitted.
    (a)  If the property is held by a banking organization or
a  financial  organization,  or  by  a  business  association
organized under the laws of or created in this State; or
    (b)  If  it  is  held  by  a  business association, doing
business in this State, but not organized under the  laws  of
or  created  in  this  State, and the records of the business
association indicate that  the  last  known  address  of  the
person entitled thereto is in this State; or
    (c)  If it is held in this State by any other person.
(Source: P.A. 87-925.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/7a) (from Ch. 141, par. 107a)
    Sec. 7a. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to an
active express trust.
    As  of  January  1,  1998,  this  Section  shall  not  be
applicable  unless  the  Department  has  commenced,  but not
finalized, an examination of the holder as of that  date  and
the  property  is  included in a final examination report for
the period covered by the examination.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3426.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/8) (from Ch. 141, par. 108)
    Sec. 8. All funds and intangible personal  property  held
for  the  owner  by  any  court,  public  corporation, public
authority, or public officer of this State,  or  a  political
subdivision thereof, that has remained unclaimed by the owner
for  more  than  7  years is presumed abandoned. This Section
does not apply  to  deposits  made  to  municipalities  as  a
condition for the issuance of a building permit.
(Source: P.A. 88-355.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/8.1) (from Ch. 141, par. 108.1)
    Sec. 8.1.  Property held by governments.
    (a)  All   tangible   personal   property  or  intangible
personal property, including  choses  in  action  in  amounts
certain,  and  all  debts  owed  or  entrusted funds or other
property held by any federal, state or  local  government  or
governmental   subdivision,   agency,   entity,   officer  or
appointee thereof, shall be presumed  abandoned  if  in  this
State  if the last known address of the owner of the property
is in this State and the property has remained unclaimed  for
7 years.
    This  Section  applies  to all abandoned property held by
any  federal,  state  or  local  government  or  governmental
subdivision, agency, entity, officer or appointee thereof, on
the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 or  at  any
time  thereafter,  regardless  of when the property became or
becomes presumptively abandoned.
(Source: P.A. 87-206.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/9) (from Ch. 141, par. 109)
    Sec. 9.  All intangible personal property, not  otherwise
covered  by  this  Act,  including  any  income  or increment
thereon that the owner would be entitled to and deducting any
lawful charges, that is held or owing in this  State  in  the
ordinary  course  of  the  holder's business and has remained
unclaimed by the owner for more than 5 years after it  became
payable   or  distributable  is  presumed  abandoned.  Before
reporting and delivering property as required under this Act,
a  business  association  may  deduct  from  the  amount   of
otherwise   reportable   intangible   personal  property  the
economic  loss  suffered  by  it  in  connection  with   that
intangible   personal   property  arising  from  transactions
involving the sale of tangible personal property  at  retail.
Except  as provided in Section 10.5, this provision shall not
apply to intangible personal property held prior  to  October
1,  1968  by business associations.  Property remitted to the
State pursuant to this Act, prior to the  effective  date  of
this  amendatory  Act  of 1982, shall not be affected by this
amendatory Act of 1982.
(Source: P.A. 87-925; 88-435.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/10.5)
    Sec. 10.5. Nonapplicability of Act.
    (a)  Unless the tangible or intangible personal  property
was  identified in a final examination report by the Director
issued pursuant to a  duly  authorized  examination  and  the
final  examination  report  was  received by the holder on or
before May 1, 1993, this Act does not apply to (i)  travelers
checks  reportable as unclaimed property before July 1, 1973,
(ii) funds held by any federal, state, or local government or
governmental  subdivision,  agency,   entity,   officer,   or
appointee  thereof  reportable  as  unclaimed property before
July 1, 1981, or  (iii)  any  other  tangible  or  intangible
personal  property  reportable  as  unclaimed property before
July 1, 1985, based upon the presumptive  abandonment  period
in effect on that date.
    (b)  For  reports required to be filed after December 31,
1993, this Act does not apply to any reportable  tangible  or
intangible  personal  property  held  prior to for the period
required for presumptive abandonment of the property plus the
9 years immediately preceding the beginning of that period.
    (c)  Subsections (a) and (b) do  not  apply  to  property
held  by  a  trust division or trust department or by a trust
company, or affiliate of any of the foregoing  that  provides
nondealer  corporate  custodial  services  for  securities or
securities transactions, organized under the laws of this  or
another   state   or  the  United  States.  Nothing  in  this
subsection shall exempt from  subsections  (a)  and  (b)  any
reportable  property  generated  from  the  functions  of  an
affiliate  of  a  trust  division, trust department, or trust
company that is a bank, other than those functions of a  bank
limited  to  providing nondealer corporate custodial services
for securities or securities transactions.
    As of January 1,  1998,  this  subsection  shall  not  be
applicable  unless  the  Department  has  commenced,  but not
finalized, an examination of the holder as of that  date  and
the  property  is  included in a final examination report for
the period covered by the examination.
    (d)  Subsections (a) and (b) do  not  apply  to  property
held  by  a  holder who files a fraudulent report or fails to
file a report.
    (e)  Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply if, as a result
of their application, another state would have a legal  right
to  delivery  of  the  property  and  such  other  state  has
commenced proceedings with respect to the property.
(Source: P.A. 88-435.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/11) (from Ch. 141, par. 111)
    Sec.  11.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(c) of  Section  4,  every  person  holding  funds  or  other
property,  tangible  or  intangible, presumed abandoned under
this Act  shall  report  and  remit  all  abandoned  property
specified  in  the report to the Director with respect to the
property as hereinafter provided.  The  Director  may  exempt
any  businesses  from  the  reporting requirement if he deems
such businesses unlikely to be holding unclaimed property.
    (b)  The information shall be obtained  in  one  or  more
reports  as  required by the Director.  The information shall
be verified and shall include:
         (1)  The  name,  social  security  or  federal   tax
    identification  number, if known, and last known address,
    including zip code, of each  person  appearing  from  the
    records  of the holder to be the owner of any property of
    the value of $25 or more presumed  abandoned  under  this
    Act;
         (2)  In  case  of  unclaimed funds of life insurance
    corporations  the  full  name  of  the  insured  and  any
    beneficiary or  annuitant  and  the  last  known  address
    according to the life insurance corporation's records;
         (3)  The  date  when  the  property  became payable,
    demandable, or returnable,  and  the  date  of  the  last
    transaction  with the owner with respect to the property;
    and
         (4)  Other information which the Director prescribes
    by rule as necessary for the administration of this Act.
    (c)  If the person holding property presumed abandoned is
a successor to other persons who previously held the property
for the owner, or if the holder has changed  his  name  while
holding the property, he shall file with his report all prior
known  names  and  addresses  of each holder of the property.
Nothing in this subsection shall exempt from subsections  (a)
and  (b) any reportable property generated from the functions
of an affiliate of a trust  division,  trust  department,  or
trust company that is a bank, other than those functions of a
bank  limited  to  providing  nondealer  corporate  custodial
services for securities or securities transactions.
    (d)  The  report and remittance of the property specified
in the  report  shall  be  filed  by  banking  organizations,
financial  organizations, insurance companies other than life
insurance  corporations,  and  governmental  entities  before
November 1 of each year as of June  30  next  preceding.  The
report and remittance of the property specified in the report
shall  be filed by business associations, utilities, and life
insurance corporations before  May  1  of  each  year  as  of
December  31  next  preceding.  The Director may postpone the
reporting date upon written request by any person required to
file a report.
    (e)  Before filing  the  annual  report,  the  holder  of
property  presumed abandoned under this Act shall communicate
with the owner at his last known address if  any  address  is
known  to  the  holder,  setting  forth the provisions hereof
necessary to occur in order to prevent abandonment from being
presumed.  If the holder has not communicated with the  owner
at  his  last  known  address  at  least  120 days before the
deadline for filing the annual report, the holder shall mail,
at least 60 days before that  deadline,  a  letter  by  first
class  mail to the owner at his last known address unless, if
any address is not shown to be inaccurate  is  known  to  the
holder,  setting  forth  the  provisions  hereof necessary to
prevent abandonment from being presumed.
    (f)  Verification, if made by  a  partnership,  shall  be
executed   by   a  partner;  if  made  by  an  unincorporated
association or private corporation, by  an  officer;  and  if
made by a public corporation, by its chief fiscal officer.
    (g)  Any  person  who has possession of property which he
has reason to believe will be reportable  in  the  future  as
unclaimed  property,  may  report and deliver it prior to the
date required for such  reporting  in  accordance  with  this
Section and is then relieved of responsibility as provided in
Section 14.
    (h)(1)  Records  pertaining  to  presumptively  abandoned
property held by a trust division or trust department or by a
trust  company,  or  affiliate  of  any of the foregoing that
provides   nondealer   corporate   custodial   services   for
securities or securities transactions,  organized  under  the
laws  of  this or another state or the United States shall be
retained until the property is delivered to the Director.
    As of January 1, 1998, this subdivision (h)(1) shall  not
be  applicable   unless the Department has commenced, but not
finalized, an examination of the  holder as of that date  and
the  property  is  included in a final examination report for
the period covered by the examination. The preceding sentence
does  not  apply  to  records  pertaining  to   presumptively
abandoned  property held by an affiliate of a trust division,
trust department, or trust company that is a bank, other than
those functions of a  bank  limited  to  providing  nondealer
corporate  custodial  services  for  securities or securities
transactions.
    (2)  In the case of all other holders commencing  on  the
effective  date  of  this  amendatory  Act  of 1993, property
records for the period required for  presumptive  abandonment
plus  the 9 years immediately preceding the beginning of that
period shall be retained for 5 years after the  property  was
reportable.
    (i)  The  Director  may promulgate rules establishing the
format and media to be used by a holder in submitting reports
required under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-925; 88-435.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/12) (from Ch. 141, par. 112)
    Sec. 12. (a) Within 120  days  from  the  filing  of  the
annual   report   and  delivery  of  the  abandoned  property
specified in the  report  as  required  by  Section  11,  the
Director  shall  cause  notice  to  be  published  once in an
English language newspaper  of  general  circulation  in  the
county  in  this  State  in  which  is located the last known
address of any person to be named in  the  notice.   However,
with  respect  to any annual report and delivery of abandoned
property that is made after June 30, 1992, and before July 1,
1993, the Director shall cause the notice  required  by  this
Section  to  be published within 170 days, rather than within
120 days, after the filing of the report and delivery of  the
abandoned  property as required by Section 11.  If no address
is listed or if the address is outside this State, the notice
shall be published in the county in which the holder  of  the
abandoned property has his principal place of business within
this State. However, if an out-of-state address is in a state
that is not a party to a reciprocal agreement with this State
concerning abandoned property, the notice may be published in
the Illinois Register.
    (b)  The  published  notice  shall be entitled "Notice of
Names  of  Persons  Appearing  to  be  Owners  of   Abandoned
Property", and shall contain:
         (1)  The  names in alphabetical order and last known
    addresses, if any, of persons listed in  the  report  and
    entitled  to  notice  within  the  county as hereinbefore
    specified.
         (2)  A statement  that  information  concerning  the
    amount  or  description  of the property and the name and
    address of the holder may  be  obtained  by  any  persons
    possessing  an  interest in the property by addressing an
    inquiry to the Director.
         (3)  A statement that  the  abandoned  property  has
    been  placed  in  the custody of the Director to whom all
    further claims must thereafter be directed.
    (c)  The Director is not  required  to  publish  in  such
notice  any  item of less than $100 or any item for which the
address of the last known owner is in  a  state  that  has  a
reciprocal  agreement  with  this  State concerning abandoned
property unless he deems such publication to be in the public
interest.
(Source: P.A. 86-1162; 87-925.)
    (765 ILCS 1025/13) (from Ch. 141, par. 113)
    Sec. 13. Every person who has filed a report as  provided
by  Section  11  shall  deliver to the Director all abandoned
property specified in the annual report on the same date that
the annual report is filed.  Annual report mailing costs  and
Costs  for  communicating  with owners by mail as required by
subsection (e)  of  Section  11  may  be  deducted  from  the
property  specified  in  the  report.  Any  such  person, who
pursuant to a statutory requirement, filed a  bond  or  bonds
pertaining  to  such  abandoned property with the Director or
his predecessor, may also deduct an amount equivalent to that
part of the  bond  premium  attributable  to  such  abandoned
property.  Provided,  however,  that  if  the  presumption of
abandonment is erroneous, the holder need not pay or  deliver
the  property, which will no longer be presumed abandoned, to
the Director, but in  lieu  thereof  shall  file  a  verified
written  explanation of the proof of claim or of the error in
the presumption of abandonment.
(Source: P.A. 86-1162.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/21) (from Ch. 141, par. 121)
    Sec. 21.  A final administrative decision of the Director
in respect to a claim filed hereunder  shall  be  subject  to
judicial   review   pursuant   to   the   provisions  of  the
Administrative  Review  Law,  as  heretofore   or   hereafter
amended,  and  the  rules  adopted pursuant thereto. The term
"administrative decision" is defined as in Section  3-101  of
the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure.   The  review  action may be
instituted by any person adversely affected or  aggrieved  by
the decision.
    The  Department  shall  furnish a certified transcript of
the record to any party of record upon  the  payment  of  the
actual  page  charge  of the record to a commercial reporting
service for the preparation of the transcript.  If no hearing
was held, the Director shall deliver a copy of  his  decision
stating  the  reasons  upon  which  the  claim was denied and
deliver it to any party of record within 20 days of demand.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/23) (from Ch. 141, par. 123)
    Sec. 23.  (a) If the Director has reason to believe  that
any  person  has failed to report property in accordance with
this Act, he may make a  demand  by  certified  mail,  return
receipt  requested,  that  such report be made and filed with
the Director.  The report of abandoned property or any  other
report  required  shall  be  made and filed with the Director
within 30 days after receipt of the demand.
    (b)  The  Director  may  at  reasonable  times  and  upon
reasonable notice examine the records of any  person  if  the
Director has reason to believe that such person has failed to
report  property  that  should have been reported pursuant to
this Act.
    (c)  The actual cost of any examination or  investigation
incurred  by the Department in administering any provision of
this  Act  shall  be  borne  by  the   holder   examined   or
investigated if:
         (1)  a written demand for a report has been made and
    the  report  has  not been properly filed within the time
    period specified in this Section, or
         (2)  a  report  has  been  received  and  additional
    property reportable under the Act is discovered  by  such
    examination or investigation.
    No  holder  shall  be  liable  to pay more than an amount
equal to the amount of reportable property discovered by such
investigation as a cost of examination or investigation.
    (d)  For all holders other than a trust division, a trust
department, a trust company, or an affiliate of any of  them,
subsection  (c)  does  not apply to any examination commenced
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993.   As
of  January  1,  1998,  subsection  (c)  does not apply to an
examination, except for examinations of a trust  division  or
trust  department  or a trust company, or affiliate of any of
the foregoing that  provides  nondealer  corporate  custodial
services for securities or securities transactions, organized
under  the laws of this or another state or the United States
unless the Department has commenced, but  not  finalized,  an
examination of the holder as of that date and the property is
included in a final examination report for the period covered
by  the  examination.   In  addition, subsection (c) does not
apply to any examination commenced after the  effective  date
of  this  amendatory  Act  of 1993 of an affiliate of a trust
division, trust department, or trust company that is a  bank,
other  than  those  functions  of a bank limited to providing
nondealer corporate  custodial  services  for  securities  or
securities transactions.
(Source: P.A.  87-925; 88-435.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/23.5)
    Sec. 23.5. Notice of deficiency; time; effect.
    (a)  The Director shall issue a Notice of Deficiency to a
holder or commence an examination of a holder with respect to
a  report  required  under  this Act within 5 years after the
report is filed.  A Notice of Deficiency  shall  specify  the
additional  amounts,  if  known, purportedly reportable under
this Act or state that those amounts  are  unknown.   If  the
Director fails to issue a Notice of Deficiency or commence an
examination  within  the  time  required by this Section, the
Department may not thereafter issue a Notice  of  Deficiency,
otherwise  assert  a  deficiency, or seek any other charge or
remedy under this Act with respect to that report.
    (b)  This Section does not apply to a holder  that  is  a
trust  division  or  trust  department or a trust company, or
affiliate of any of the  foregoing  that  provides  nondealer
corporate  custodial  services  for  securities or securities
transactions, organized under the laws  of  this  or  another
state  or the United States.  This subsection does not exempt
a holder that is an affiliate  of  a  trust  division,  trust
department, or trust company that is a bank, other than those
functions  of a bank limited to providing nondealer corporate
custodial services for securities or securities transactions.
    As of January 1,  1998,  this  subsection  shall  not  be
applicable  unless  the  Department  has  commenced,  but not
finalized, an examination of the holder as of that  date  and
the  property  is  included in a final examination report for
the period covered by the examination.
(Source: P.A. 88-435.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/24) (from Ch. 141, par. 124)
    Sec. 24. Enforcement of delivery.  If any person  refuses
to  deliver  property  to the Director as required under this
Act, the Director may shall bring an action in  the  name  of
the  State  in  the  circuit  court  or  any federal court to
enforce delivery.
(Source: P.A. 87-206.)

    (765 ILCS 1025/25.5)
    Sec. 25.5. Administrative  charges,  fees,  and  interest
charges.
    (a)  The  Director  may  charge  a  holder  that files an
unclaimed property report after the due date,  as  determined
by  the  Director,  the lesser of $100 or $1 for each day the
report remains overdue.
    (b)  The Director may  charge  a  holder  that  fails  to
timely perform due diligence, as required by this Act, $5 for
each  name and address account reported if 35% or more of the
accounts  are  claimed  within  the  24  months   immediately
following the filing of the holder's annual report.
    (c)  A  holder who remits unclaimed property that is past
due or fails to  remit  unclaimed  property  pursuant  to  an
examination  by  the  Department, may be charged based on the
value of the property the greater  of  1%  per  month  or  an
annualized  rate  that is 3 percentage points above the prime
rate as published in the Wall Street  Journal  on  the  first
business day of the month in which the property was remitted.
If the property remains past due for more than 12 months, the
interest rate for each succeeding year shall be calculated at
the  greater  of an annual rate of 12% or 3 percentage points
above the prime rate. The prime  rate  applied  shall  be  as
published  on  the  first  business  day  of  January of that
successive year.
    (d)  The Director may grant an extension of time  to  any
holder  to  report or remit when the holder submits a written
request for an extension at least 10 business days before the
date a report or remittance is due.
    (e)  Whenever the Director charges a holder or assesses a
fee provided for in this Section, he shall serve notice  upon
the holder by personal service or by delivering the notice by
certified  mail,  return receipt required, through the United
States Postal Service to the holder.
    (f)  A holder may contest a charge or other fee issued by
the Director  by  requesting  in  writing  an  administrative
hearing  within  15  business  days  of  the  receipt  of the
Director's notice of the charge or fee.  The hearing shall be
held at a time and place designated by the Director.
    (g)  The Director's finding  subjecting  a  holder  to  a
charge  or  other  fee  shall  become a final order under the
Administrative Review Law upon the failure of the  holder  to
demand a hearing within 15 business days.
    (h)  If  a  hearing  is held, the Director shall issue an
order affirming, modifying, or overruling the charge or other
fee.   The  order  shall  be  a   final   order   under   the
Administrative Review Law.
    (i)  A  holder  shall not be charged for failing to remit
past due unclaimed  property  pursuant  to  the  Department's
examination  and  demand  for  remittance when the holder, in
good faith, contests all or part  of  the  finding,  until  a
final  order reviewing the remittance is entered by a hearing
officer or  the  circuit  court.  With  regard  to  contested
examinations, the charges, fees, or interest shall not accrue
during the period from the holder's filing of the request for
a  hearing  until  the  date  of  the final order. However, a
holder may be charged for failing  to  remit  any  undisputed
amounts of unclaimed property that are not being contested in
an administrative hearing or court action.
    (j)  The   administrative  charges,  fees,  and  interest
charges provided for in  this  Section  shall  not  apply  to
property held by a trust division or trust department or by a
trust  company,  or  affiliate  of  any of the foregoing that
provides   nondealer   corporate   custodial   services   for
securities  or  securities  transactions, organized under the
laws of this or another state or  the  United  States.   This
subsection does not exempt property held by an affiliate of a
trust  division, trust department, or trust company that is a
bank, other  than  those  functions  of  a  bank  limited  to
providing   nondealer   corporate   custodial   services  for
securities or securities transaction.
    As of January 1,  1998,  this  subsection  shall  not  be
applicable  unless  the  Department  has  commenced,  but not
finalized, an examination of the holder as of that  date  and
the  property  is  included in a final examination report for
the period covered by the examination.
    (k)  In the conduct of a hearing initiated  by  a  holder
under  this  Act,  the  Director  has the power to administer
oaths, subpoena  witnesses,  and  compel  the  production  of
books,  papers, documents, or records relevant to the hearing
under this Act.
    (l)  The provisions of this Section apply only to reports
due and examinations commenced after the  effective  date  of
this amendatory Act of 1993.
(Source: P.A. 88-435.)

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

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