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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Community Association Manager Licensing and | ||||||
5 | Disciplinary Act is amended by changing Section 65 and by | ||||||
6 | adding Section 157 as follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 427/65)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 65. Fees; Community Association Manager Licensing and | ||||||
10 | Disciplinary Fund. | ||||||
11 | (a) The fees for the administration and enforcement of this | ||||||
12 | Act, including, but not limited to, initial licensure, renewal, | ||||||
13 | and restoration, shall be set by rule of the Department. The | ||||||
14 | fees shall be nonrefundable. | ||||||
15 | (b) In addition to the application fee, applicants for the | ||||||
16 | examination are required to pay, either to the Department or | ||||||
17 | the designated testing service, a fee covering the cost of | ||||||
18 | determining an applicant's eligibility and providing the | ||||||
19 | examination. Failure to appear for the examination on the | ||||||
20 | scheduled date, at the time and place specified, after the | ||||||
21 | applicant's application and fee for examination have been | ||||||
22 | received and acknowledged by the Department or the designated | ||||||
23 | testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of the fee. |
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1 | (c) To support the costs of administering this Act, all | ||||||
2 | community associations that (i) are subject to this Act by | ||||||
3 | having have 10 or more units , (ii) retain an individual to | ||||||
4 | provide services as a community association manager for | ||||||
5 | compensation, (iii) are not master associations under Section | ||||||
6 | 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act or the Common Interest | ||||||
7 | Community Association Act, and (iv) are registered in this | ||||||
8 | State as not-for-profit corporations shall pay to the | ||||||
9 | Department an annual fee of $50 plus an additional $1 per unit , | ||||||
10 | but shall not exceed an annual fee of $1,000 for any community | ||||||
11 | association . The Department may establish forms and promulgate | ||||||
12 | any rules for the effective collection of such fees under this | ||||||
13 | subsection (c). | ||||||
14 | Any not-for-profit corporation in this State that fails to | ||||||
15 | pay in full to the Department all fees owed under this | ||||||
16 | subsection (c) shall be subject to the penalties and procedures | ||||||
17 | provided for under Section 92 of this Act. | ||||||
18 | (d) All fees, fines, penalties, or other monies received or | ||||||
19 | collected pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the | ||||||
20 | Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 96-726, eff. 7-1-10 .)
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22 | (225 ILCS 427/157 new) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 157. Confidentiality. All information collected by | ||||||
24 | the Department in the course of an examination or investigation | ||||||
25 | of a licensee or applicant, including, but not limited to, any |
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1 | complaint against a licensee filed with the Department and | ||||||
2 | information collected to investigate any such complaint, shall | ||||||
3 | be maintained for the confidential use of the Department and | ||||||
4 | shall not be disclosed. The Department shall not disclose the | ||||||
5 | information to anyone other than law enforcement officials, | ||||||
6 | regulatory agencies that have an appropriate regulatory | ||||||
7 | interest as determined by the Secretary, or a party presenting | ||||||
8 | a lawful subpoena to the Department. Information and documents | ||||||
9 | disclosed to a federal, State, county, or local law enforcement | ||||||
10 | agency shall not be disclosed by the agency for any purpose to | ||||||
11 | any other agency or person. A formal complaint filed against a | ||||||
12 | licensee by the Department or any order issued by the | ||||||
13 | Department against a licensee or applicant shall be a public | ||||||
14 | record, except as otherwise prohibited by law.
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.
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