Bill Text: IL SB0867 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered


Bill Title: Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Reduces the fee collected by the Secretary of State for the filing of articles of organization, applications for admission, and restated articles of organization from $500 to $39 and reduces those fees in connection with a limited liability company with ability to establish series from $750 to $59. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-17)

Status: (Passed) 2017-12-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0571 [SB0867 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0867-Chaptered.html



Public Act 100-0571
SB0867 EnrolledLRB100 08777 JLS 18916 b
AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Limited Liability Company Act is amended by
changing Section 50-10 as follows:
(805 ILCS 180/50-10)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-637)
Sec. 50-10. Fees.
(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect in
accordance with the provisions of this Act and rules
promulgated under its authority all of the following:
(1) Fees for filing documents.
(2) Miscellaneous charges.
(3) Fees for the sale of lists of filings and for
copies of any documents.
(b) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for all
of the following:
(1) Filing articles of organization (domestic),
application for admission (foreign), and restated articles
of organization (domestic), $150 $500. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the fee for filing articles of organization
(domestic), application for admission (foreign), and
restated articles of organization (domestic) in connection
with a limited liability company with ability to establish
series pursuant to Section 37-40 of this Act is $400 $750.
(2) Filing articles of amendment or an amended
application for admission, $50 $150.
(3) Filing articles of dissolution or application for
withdrawal, $5 $100.
(4) Filing an application to reserve a name, $25 $300.
(5) Filing a notice of cancellation of a reserved name,
$5 $100.
(6) Filing a notice of a transfer of a reserved name,
$25 $100.
(7) Registration of a name, $50 $300.
(8) Renewal of registration of a name, $50 $100.
(9) Filing an application for use of an assumed name
under Section 1-20 of this Act, $150 for each year or part
thereof ending in 0 or 5, $120 for each year or part
thereof ending in 1 or 6, $90 for each year or part thereof
ending in 2 or 7, $60 for each year or part thereof ending
in 3 or 8, $30 for each year or part thereof ending in 4 or
9, and a renewal for each assumed name, $150.
(9.5) Filing an application for change of an assumed
name, $25.
(10) Filing an application for change or cancellation
of an assumed name, $5 $100.
(11) Filing an annual report of a limited liability
company or foreign limited liability company, $75 $250, if
filed as required by this Act, plus a penalty if
delinquent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the fee for
filing an annual report of a limited liability company or
foreign limited liability company with ability to
establish series is $75 $250 plus $50 for each series for
which a certificate of designation has been filed pursuant
to Section 37-40 of this Act and active on the last day of
the third month preceding the company's anniversary month,
plus a penalty if delinquent.
(12) Filing an application for reinstatement of a
limited liability company or foreign limited liability
company $200 $500.
(13) Filing Articles of Merger, $100 plus $50 for each
party to the merger in excess of the first 2 parties.
(14) Filing an Agreement of Conversion or Statement of
Conversion, $100.
(15) Filing a statement of change of address of
registered office or change of registered agent, or both,
or filing a statement of correction, $25.
(16) Filing a petition for refund, $5 $15.
(17) Filing any other document, $5 $100.
(18) Filing a certificate of designation of a limited
liability company with the ability to establish series
pursuant to Section 37-40 of this Act, $50.
(c) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect all of
the following:
(1) For furnishing a copy or certified copy of any
document, instrument, or paper relating to a limited
liability company or foreign limited liability company, or
for a certificate, $25.
(2) For the transfer of information by computer process
media to any purchaser, fees established by rule.
(Source: P.A. 97-839, eff. 7-20-12.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-637)
Sec. 50-10. Fees.
(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect in
accordance with the provisions of this Act and rules
promulgated under its authority all of the following:
(1) Fees for filing documents.
(2) Miscellaneous charges.
(3) Fees for the sale of lists of filings and for
copies of any documents.
(b) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for all
of the following:
(1) Filing articles of organization (domestic),
application for admission (foreign), and restated articles
of organization (domestic), $150 $500. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the fee for filing articles of organization
(domestic), application for admission (foreign), and
restated articles of organization (domestic) in connection
with a limited liability company with a series or the
ability to establish a series pursuant to Section 37-40 of
this Act is $400 $750.
(2) Filing amendments (domestic or foreign), $50 $150.
(3) Filing a statement of termination or application
for withdrawal, $5 $25.
(4) Filing an application to reserve a name, $25 $300.
(5) Filing a notice of cancellation of a reserved name,
$5 $100.
(6) Filing a notice of a transfer of a reserved name,
$25 $100.
(7) Registration of a name, $50 $300.
(8) Renewal of registration of a name, $50 $100.
(9) Filing an application for use of an assumed name
under Section 1-20 of this Act, $150 for each year or part
thereof ending in 0 or 5, $120 for each year or part
thereof ending in 1 or 6, $90 for each year or part thereof
ending in 2 or 7, $60 for each year or part thereof ending
in 3 or 8, $30 for each year or part thereof ending in 4 or
9, and a renewal for each assumed name, $150.
(9.5) Filing an application for change of an assumed
name, $25.
(10) Filing an application for change or cancellation
of an assumed name, $5 $100.
(11) Filing an annual report of a limited liability
company or foreign limited liability company, $75 $250, if
filed as required by this Act, plus a penalty if
delinquent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the fee for
filing an annual report of a limited liability company or
foreign limited liability company is $75 $250 plus $50 for
each series for which a certificate of designation has been
filed pursuant to Section 37-40 of this Act and is in
effect on the last day of the third month preceding the
company's anniversary month, plus a penalty if delinquent.
(12) Filing an application for reinstatement of a
limited liability company or foreign limited liability
company $200 $500.
(13) Filing articles of merger, $100 plus $50 for each
party to the merger in excess of the first 2 parties.
(14) Filing articles of conversion, $100.
(15) Filing a statement of change of address of
registered office or change of registered agent, or both,
or filing a statement of correction, $25.
(16) Filing a petition for refund, $5 $15.
(17) Filing a certificate of designation of a limited
liability company with a series pursuant to Section 37-40
of this Act, $50.
(18) Filing articles of domestication, $100.
(19) Filing, amending, or cancelling a statement of
authority, $50.
(20) Filing, amending, or cancelling a statement of
denial, $10.
(21) Filing any other document, $5 $100.
(c) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect all of
the following:
(1) For furnishing a copy or certified copy of any
document, instrument, or paper relating to a limited
liability company or foreign limited liability company, or
for a certificate, $25.
(2) For the transfer of information by computer process
media to any purchaser, fees established by rule.
(Source: P.A. 99-637, eff. 7-1-17.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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