98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1906

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/6z-26
215 ILCS 5/408  from Ch. 73, par. 1020
215 ILCS 5/500-135
225 ILCS 60/21  from Ch. 111, par. 4400-21

    Amends the State Finance Act, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, and the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions related to the Financial Institution Fund, Insurance Financial Regulation Fund, the Insurance Producer Administration Fund, and the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund, provides that the appropriation Department shall calculate its administrative expenses related to the enforcement of the Acts associated with the funds and, as soon after those calculations are made as is practical, amounts in those funds that are in excess of those calculated administrative expenses shall be credited to licensees under those Acts for the following year. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 6z-26 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/6z-26)
7    Sec. 6z-26. The Financial Institution Fund. All moneys
8received by the Department of Financial and Professional
9Regulation under the Safety Deposit License Act, the Foreign
10Exchange License Act, the Pawners Societies Act, the Sale of
11Exchange Act, the Currency Exchange Act, the Sales Finance
12Agency Act, the Debt Management Service Act, the Consumer
13Installment Loan Act, the Illinois Development Credit
14Corporation Act, the Title Insurance Act, the Debt Settlement
15Consumer Protection Act, the Debt Management Service Consumer
16Protection Fund, and any other Act administered by the
17Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as the
18successor of the Department of Financial Institutions now or in
19the future (unless an Act specifically provides otherwise)
20shall be deposited in the Financial Institution Fund
21(hereinafter "Fund"), a special fund that is hereby created in
22the State Treasury.
23    Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department, subject

 

 

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1to appropriation, for expenses incurred in administering the
2above named and referenced Acts.
3    The Comptroller and the State Treasurer shall transfer from
4the General Revenue Fund to the Fund any monies received by the
5Department after June 30, 1993, under any of the above named
6and referenced Acts that have been deposited in the General
7Revenue Fund.
8    As soon as possible after the end of each calendar year,
9the Comptroller shall compare the balance in the Fund at the
10end of the calendar year with the amount appropriated from the
11Fund for the fiscal year beginning on July 1 of that calendar
12year. If the balance in the Fund exceeds the amount
13appropriated, the Comptroller and the State Treasurer shall
14transfer from the Fund to the General Revenue Fund an amount
15equal to the difference between the balance in the Fund and the
16amount appropriated.
17    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, by
18July 1, 2013 and each July 1 thereafter, the Department shall
19calculate its administrative expenses related to the
20enforcement of any of the Acts named and referenced in this
21Section for the succeeding 2 fiscal years by averaging the
22amount of administrative expenses for the immediately
23preceding 2 fiscal years. As soon after those calculations are
24made as is practical, any amount in the Financial Institution
25Fund that is in excess of those calculated administrative
26expenses attributable to that Act shall be credited to

 

 

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1licensees under that Act for the following year. The amount
2credited to each licensee shall be in proportion of the license
3fee paid by the licensee under that Act to the aggregate fees
4paid by all licensees under that Act during that period.
5    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
6appropriations from the General Revenue Fund for expenses
7incurred in the administration of the above named and
8referenced Acts.
9    Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the Professions
10Indirect Cost Fund, as authorized under Section 2105-300 of the
11Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil
12Administrative Code of Illinois.
13(Source: P.A. 96-1420, eff. 8-3-10.)
 
14    Section 10. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
15changing Sections 408 and 500-135 as follows:
 
16    (215 ILCS 5/408)  (from Ch. 73, par. 1020)
17    Sec. 408. Fees and charges.
18    (1) The Director shall charge, collect and give proper
19acquittances for the payment of the following fees and charges:
20        (a) For filing all documents submitted for the
21    incorporation or organization or certification of a
22    domestic company, except for a fraternal benefit society,
23    $2,000.
24        (b) For filing all documents submitted for the

 

 

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1    incorporation or organization of a fraternal benefit
2    society, $500.
3        (c) For filing amendments to articles of incorporation
4    and amendments to declaration of organization, except for a
5    fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit association, a
6    burial society or a farm mutual, $200.
7        (d) For filing amendments to articles of incorporation
8    of a fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit
9    association or a burial society, $100.
10        (e) For filing amendments to articles of incorporation
11    of a farm mutual, $50.
12        (f) For filing bylaws or amendments thereto, $50.
13        (g) For filing agreement of merger or consolidation:
14            (i) for a domestic company, except for a fraternal
15        benefit society, a mutual benefit association, a
16        burial society, or a farm mutual, $2,000.
17            (ii) for a foreign or alien company, except for a
18        fraternal benefit society, $600.
19            (iii) for a fraternal benefit society, a mutual
20        benefit association, a burial society, or a farm
21        mutual, $200.
22        (h) For filing agreements of reinsurance by a domestic
23    company, $200.
24        (i) For filing all documents submitted by a foreign or
25    alien company to be admitted to transact business or
26    accredited as a reinsurer in this State, except for a

 

 

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1    fraternal benefit society, $5,000.
2        (j) For filing all documents submitted by a foreign or
3    alien fraternal benefit society to be admitted to transact
4    business in this State, $500.
5        (k) For filing declaration of withdrawal of a foreign
6    or alien company, $50.
7        (l) For filing annual statement by a domestic company,
8    except a fraternal benefit society, a mutual benefit
9    association, a burial society, or a farm mutual, $200.
10        (m) For filing annual statement by a domestic fraternal
11    benefit society, $100.
12        (n) For filing annual statement by a farm mutual, a
13    mutual benefit association, or a burial society, $50.
14        (o) For issuing a certificate of authority or renewal
15    thereof except to a foreign fraternal benefit society,
16    $400.
17        (p) For issuing a certificate of authority or renewal
18    thereof to a foreign fraternal benefit society, $200.
19        (q) For issuing an amended certificate of authority,
20    $50.
21        (r) For each certified copy of certificate of
22    authority, $20.
23        (s) For each certificate of deposit, or valuation, or
24    compliance or surety certificate, $20.
25        (t) For copies of papers or records per page, $1.
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1    records, $10.
2        (v) For multiple copies of documents or certificates
3    listed in subparagraphs (r), (s), and (u) of paragraph (1)
4    of this Section, $10 for the first copy of a certificate of
5    any type and $5 for each additional copy of the same
6    certificate requested at the same time, unless, pursuant to
7    paragraph (2) of this Section, the Director finds these
8    additional fees excessive.
9        (w) For issuing a permit to sell shares or increase
10    paid-up capital:
11            (i) in connection with a public stock offering,
12        $300;
13            (ii) in any other case, $100.
14        (x) For issuing any other certificate required or
15    permissible under the law, $50.
16        (y) For filing a plan of exchange of the stock of a
17    domestic stock insurance company, a plan of
18    demutualization of a domestic mutual company, or a plan of
19    reorganization under Article XII, $2,000.
20        (z) For filing a statement of acquisition of a domestic
21    company as defined in Section 131.4 of this Code, $2,000.
22        (aa) For filing an agreement to purchase the business
23    of an organization authorized under the Dental Service Plan
24    Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act or of a
25    health maintenance organization or a limited health
26    service organization, $2,000.

 

 

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1        (bb) For filing a statement of acquisition of a foreign
2    or alien insurance company as defined in Section 131.12a of
3    this Code, $1,000.
4        (cc) For filing a registration statement as required in
5    Sections 131.13 and 131.14, the notification as required by
6    Sections 131.16, 131.20a, or 141.4, or an agreement or
7    transaction required by Sections 124.2(2), 141, 141a, or
8    141.1, $200.
9        (dd) For filing an application for licensing of:
10            (i) a religious or charitable risk pooling trust or
11        a workers' compensation pool, $1,000;
12            (ii) a workers' compensation service company,
13        $500;
14            (iii) a self-insured automobile fleet, $200; or
15            (iv) a renewal of or amendment of any license
16        issued pursuant to (i), (ii), or (iii) above, $100.
17        (ee) For filing articles of incorporation for a
18    syndicate to engage in the business of insurance through
19    the Illinois Insurance Exchange, $2,000.
20        (ff) For filing amended articles of incorporation for a
21    syndicate engaged in the business of insurance through the
22    Illinois Insurance Exchange, $100.
23        (gg) For filing articles of incorporation for a limited
24    syndicate to join with other subscribers or limited
25    syndicates to do business through the Illinois Insurance
26    Exchange, $1,000.

 

 

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1        (hh) For filing amended articles of incorporation for a
2    limited syndicate to do business through the Illinois
3    Insurance Exchange, $100.
4        (ii) For a permit to solicit subscriptions to a
5    syndicate or limited syndicate, $100.
6        (jj) For the filing of each form as required in Section
7    143 of this Code, $50 per form. The fee for advisory and
8    rating organizations shall be $200 per form.
9            (i) For the purposes of the form filing fee,
10        filings made on insert page basis will be considered
11        one form at the time of its original submission.
12        Changes made to a form subsequent to its approval shall
13        be considered a new filing.
14            (ii) Only one fee shall be charged for a form,
15        regardless of the number of other forms or policies
16        with which it will be used.
17            (iii) Fees charged for a policy filed as it will be
18        issued regardless of the number of forms comprising
19        that policy shall not exceed $1,500. For advisory or
20        rating organizations, fees charged for a policy filed
21        as it will be issued regardless of the number of forms
22        comprising that policy shall not exceed $2,500.
23            (iv) The Director may by rule exempt forms from
24        such fees.
25        (kk) For filing an application for licensing of a
26    reinsurance intermediary, $500.

 

 

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1        (ll) For filing an application for renewal of a license
2    of a reinsurance intermediary, $200.
3    (2) When printed copies or numerous copies of the same
4paper or records are furnished or certified, the Director may
5reduce such fees for copies if he finds them excessive. He may,
6when he considers it in the public interest, furnish without
7charge to state insurance departments and persons other than
8companies, copies or certified copies of reports of
9examinations and of other papers and records.
10    (3) The expenses incurred in any performance examination
11authorized by law shall be paid by the company or person being
12examined. The charge shall be reasonably related to the cost of
13the examination including but not limited to compensation of
14examiners, electronic data processing costs, supervision and
15preparation of an examination report and lodging and travel
16expenses. All lodging and travel expenses shall be in accord
17with the applicable travel regulations as published by the
18Department of Central Management Services and approved by the
19Governor's Travel Control Board, except that out-of-state
20lodging and travel expenses related to examinations authorized
21under Section 132 shall be in accordance with travel rates
22prescribed under paragraph 301-7.2 of the Federal Travel
23Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 301-7.2, for reimbursement of
24subsistence expenses incurred during official travel. All
25lodging and travel expenses may be reimbursed directly upon
26authorization of the Director. With the exception of the direct

 

 

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1reimbursements authorized by the Director, all performance
2examination charges collected by the Department shall be paid
3to the Insurance Producer Producers Administration Fund,
4however, the electronic data processing costs incurred by the
5Department in the performance of any examination shall be
6billed directly to the company being examined for payment to
7the Statistical Services Revolving Fund.
8    (4) At the time of any service of process on the Director
9as attorney for such service, the Director shall charge and
10collect the sum of $20, which may be recovered as taxable costs
11by the party to the suit or action causing such service to be
12made if he prevails in such suit or action.
13    (5) (a) The costs incurred by the Department of Insurance
14in conducting any hearing authorized by law shall be assessed
15against the parties to the hearing in such proportion as the
16Director of Insurance may determine upon consideration of all
17relevant circumstances including: (1) the nature of the
18hearing; (2) whether the hearing was instigated by, or for the
19benefit of a particular party or parties; (3) whether there is
20a successful party on the merits of the proceeding; and (4) the
21relative levels of participation by the parties.
22    (b) For purposes of this subsection (5) costs incurred
23shall mean the hearing officer fees, court reporter fees, and
24travel expenses of Department of Insurance officers and
25employees; provided however, that costs incurred shall not
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1Department has retained the services of independent
2contractors or outside experts to perform such functions.
3    (c) The Director shall make the assessment of costs
4incurred as part of the final order or decision arising out of
5the proceeding; provided, however, that such order or decision
6shall include findings and conclusions in support of the
7assessment of costs. This subsection (5) shall not be construed
8as permitting the payment of travel expenses unless calculated
9in accordance with the applicable travel regulations of the
10Department of Central Management Services, as approved by the
11Governor's Travel Control Board. The Director as part of such
12order or decision shall require all assessments for hearing
13officer fees and court reporter fees, if any, to be paid
14directly to the hearing officer or court reporter by the
15party(s) assessed for such costs. The assessments for travel
16expenses of Department officers and employees shall be
17reimbursable to the Director of Insurance for deposit to the
18fund out of which those expenses had been paid.
19    (d) The provisions of this subsection (5) shall apply in
20the case of any hearing conducted by the Director of Insurance
21not otherwise specifically provided for by law.
22    (6) The Director shall charge and collect an annual
23financial regulation fee from every domestic company for
24examination and analysis of its financial condition and to fund
25the internal costs and expenses of the Interstate Insurance
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1Illinois and companies doing an insurance business in this
2State pursuant to Article X of the Interstate Insurance
3Receivership Compact. The fee shall be the greater fixed amount
4based upon the combination of nationwide direct premium income
5and nationwide reinsurance assumed premium income or upon
6admitted assets calculated under this subsection as follows:
7        (a) Combination of nationwide direct premium income
8    and nationwide reinsurance assumed premium.
9            (i) $150, if the premium is less than $500,000 and
10        there is no reinsurance assumed premium;
11            (ii) $750, if the premium is $500,000 or more, but
12        less than $5,000,000 and there is no reinsurance
13        assumed premium; or if the premium is less than
14        $5,000,000 and the reinsurance assumed premium is less
15        than $10,000,000;
16            (iii) $3,750, if the premium is less than
17        $5,000,000 and the reinsurance assumed premium is
18        $10,000,000 or more;
19            (iv) $7,500, if the premium is $5,000,000 or more,
20        but less than $10,000,000;
21            (v) $18,000, if the premium is $10,000,000 or more,
22        but less than $25,000,000;
23            (vi) $22,500, if the premium is $25,000,000 or
24        more, but less than $50,000,000;
25            (vii) $30,000, if the premium is $50,000,000 or
26        more, but less than $100,000,000;

 

 

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1            (viii) $37,500, if the premium is $100,000,000 or
2        more.
3        (b) Admitted assets.
4            (i) $150, if admitted assets are less than
5        $1,000,000;
6            (ii) $750, if admitted assets are $1,000,000 or
7        more, but less than $5,000,000;
8            (iii) $3,750, if admitted assets are $5,000,000 or
9        more, but less than $25,000,000;
10            (iv) $7,500, if admitted assets are $25,000,000 or
11        more, but less than $50,000,000;
12            (v) $18,000, if admitted assets are $50,000,000 or
13        more, but less than $100,000,000;
14            (vi) $22,500, if admitted assets are $100,000,000
15        or more, but less than $500,000,000;
16            (vii) $30,000, if admitted assets are $500,000,000
17        or more, but less than $1,000,000,000;
18            (viii) $37,500, if admitted assets are
19        $1,000,000,000 or more.
20        (c) The sum of financial regulation fees charged to the
21    domestic companies of the same affiliated group shall not
22    exceed $250,000 in the aggregate in any single year and
23    shall be billed by the Director to the member company
24    designated by the group.
25    (7) The Director shall charge and collect an annual
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1except fraternal benefit societies, for the examination and
2analysis of its financial condition and to fund the internal
3costs and expenses of the Interstate Insurance Receivership
4Commission as may be allocated to the State of Illinois and
5companies doing an insurance business in this State pursuant to
6Article X of the Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact. The
7fee shall be a fixed amount based upon Illinois direct premium
8income and nationwide reinsurance assumed premium income in
9accordance with the following schedule:
10        (a) $150, if the premium is less than $500,000 and
11    there is no reinsurance assumed premium;
12        (b) $750, if the premium is $500,000 or more, but less
13    than $5,000,000 and there is no reinsurance assumed
14    premium; or if the premium is less than $5,000,000 and the
15    reinsurance assumed premium is less than $10,000,000;
16        (c) $3,750, if the premium is less than $5,000,000 and
17    the reinsurance assumed premium is $10,000,000 or more;
18        (d) $7,500, if the premium is $5,000,000 or more, but
19    less than $10,000,000;
20        (e) $18,000, if the premium is $10,000,000 or more, but
21    less than $25,000,000;
22        (f) $22,500, if the premium is $25,000,000 or more, but
23    less than $50,000,000;
24        (g) $30,000, if the premium is $50,000,000 or more, but
25    less than $100,000,000;
26        (h) $37,500, if the premium is $100,000,000 or more.

 

 

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1    The sum of financial regulation fees under this subsection
2(7) charged to the foreign or alien companies within the same
3affiliated group shall not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate in
4any single year and shall be billed by the Director to the
5member company designated by the group.
6    (8) Beginning January 1, 1992, the financial regulation
7fees imposed under subsections (6) and (7) of this Section
8shall be paid by each company or domestic affiliated group
9annually. After January 1, 1994, the fee shall be billed by
10Department invoice based upon the company's premium income or
11admitted assets as shown in its annual statement for the
12preceding calendar year. The invoice is due upon receipt and
13must be paid no later than June 30 of each calendar year. All
14financial regulation fees collected by the Department shall be
15paid to the Insurance Financial Regulation Fund. The Department
16may not collect financial examiner per diem charges from
17companies subject to subsections (6) and (7) of this Section
18undergoing financial examination after June 30, 1992.
19    (9) In addition to the financial regulation fee required by
20this Section, a company undergoing any financial examination
21authorized by law shall pay the following costs and expenses
22incurred by the Department: electronic data processing costs,
23the expenses authorized under Section 131.21 and subsection (d)
24of Section 132.4 of this Code, and lodging and travel expenses.
25    Electronic data processing costs incurred by the
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1billed directly to the company undergoing examination for
2payment to the Statistical Services Revolving Fund. Except for
3direct reimbursements authorized by the Director or direct
4payments made under Section 131.21 or subsection (d) of Section
5132.4 of this Code, all financial regulation fees and all
6financial examination charges collected by the Department
7shall be paid to the Insurance Financial Regulation Fund.
8    All lodging and travel expenses shall be in accordance with
9applicable travel regulations published by the Department of
10Central Management Services and approved by the Governor's
11Travel Control Board, except that out-of-state lodging and
12travel expenses related to examinations authorized under
13Sections 132.1 through 132.7 shall be in accordance with travel
14rates prescribed under paragraph 301-7.2 of the Federal Travel
15Regulations, 41 C.F.R. 301-7.2, for reimbursement of
16subsistence expenses incurred during official travel. All
17lodging and travel expenses may be reimbursed directly upon the
18authorization of the Director.
19    In the case of an organization or person not subject to the
20financial regulation fee, the expenses incurred in any
21financial examination authorized by law shall be paid by the
22organization or person being examined. The charge shall be
23reasonably related to the cost of the examination including,
24but not limited to, compensation of examiners and other costs
25described in this subsection.
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1payment of $150 or more as required under this Section shall be
2subject to the penalty and interest provisions provided for in
3subsections (4) and (7) of Section 412.
4    (11) Unless otherwise specified, all of the fees collected
5under this Section shall be paid into the Insurance Financial
6Regulation Fund.
7    (11.5) By July 1, 2013 and each July 1 thereafter, the
8Department shall calculate its administrative expenses related
9to the enforcement of this Code, except for the administrative
10expenses related to the licensure of insurance producers under
11Article XXXI, for the succeeding 2 fiscal years by averaging
12the amount of administrative expenses for the immediately
13preceding 2 fiscal years. As soon after those calculations are
14made as is practical, any amount in the Insurance Financial
15Regulation Fund that is in excess of those calculated
16administrative expenses shall be credited to licensees under
17this Code, except for insurance producers licensed under
18Article XXXI, for the following year. The amount credited to
19each licensee shall be in proportion of the license fee paid by
20the licensee under this Section to the aggregate fees paid by
21all licensees during that period.
22    (12) For purposes of this Section:
23        (a) "Domestic company" means a company as defined in
24    Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized
25    under the laws of this State, and in addition includes a
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1    Service Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans
2    Act, a health maintenance organization, and a limited
3    health service organization.
4        (b) "Foreign company" means a company as defined in
5    Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized
6    under the laws of any state of the United States other than
7    this State and in addition includes a health maintenance
8    organization and a limited health service organization
9    which is incorporated or organized under the laws of any
10    state of the United States other than this State.
11        (c) "Alien company" means a company as defined in
12    Section 2 of this Code which is incorporated or organized
13    under the laws of any country other than the United States.
14        (d) "Fraternal benefit society" means a corporation,
15    society, order, lodge or voluntary association as defined
16    in Section 282.1 of this Code.
17        (e) "Mutual benefit association" means a company,
18    association or corporation authorized by the Director to do
19    business in this State under the provisions of Article
20    XVIII of this Code.
21        (f) "Burial society" means a person, firm,
22    corporation, society or association of individuals
23    authorized by the Director to do business in this State
24    under the provisions of Article XIX of this Code.
25        (g) "Farm mutual" means a district, county and township
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1    business in this State under the provisions of the Farm
2    Mutual Insurance Company Act of 1986.
3(Source: P.A. 97-486, eff. 1-1-12; 97-603, eff. 8-26-11;
497-813, eff. 7-13-12; revised 10-18-12.)
 
5    (215 ILCS 5/500-135)
6    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
7    Sec. 500-135. Fees.
8    (a) The fees required by this Article are as follows:
9        (1) a fee of $180 for a person who is a resident of
10    Illinois, and $250 for a person who is not a resident of
11    Illinois, payable once every 2 years for an insurance
12    producer license;
13        (2) a fee of $50 for the issuance of a temporary
14    insurance producer license;
15        (3) a fee of $150 payable once every 2 years for a
16    business entity;
17        (4) an annual $50 fee for a limited line producer
18    license issued under items (1) through (7) of subsection
19    (a) of Section 500-100;
20        (5) a $50 application fee for the processing of a
21    request to take the written examination for an insurance
22    producer license;
23        (6) an annual registration fee of $1,000 for
24    registration of an education provider;
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1    pre-licensing or continuing education course and an annual
2    fee of $20 for renewing the certification of each such
3    course;
4        (8) a fee of $180 for a person who is a resident of
5    Illinois, and $250 for a person who is not a resident of
6    Illinois, payable once every 2 years for a car rental
7    limited line license;
8        (9) a fee of $200 payable once every 2 years for a
9    limited lines license other than the licenses issued under
10    items (1) through (7) of subsection (a) of Section 500-100,
11    a car rental limited line license, or a self-service
12    storage facility limited line license;
13        (10) a fee of $50 payable once every 2 years for a
14    self-service storage facility limited line license.
15    (b) Except as otherwise provided, all fees paid to and
16collected by the Director under this Section shall be paid
17promptly after receipt thereof, together with a detailed
18statement of such fees, into a special fund in the State
19Treasury to be known as the Insurance Producer Administration
20Fund. The moneys deposited into the Insurance Producer
21Administration Fund may be used only for payment of the
22expenses of the Department in the execution, administration,
23and enforcement of the insurance laws of this State, and shall
24be appropriated as otherwise provided by law for the payment of
25those expenses with first priority being any expenses incident
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1this Article.
2    (c) By July 1, 2013 and each July 1 thereafter, the
3Department shall calculate its administrative expenses related
4to the licensure of insurance producers under this Article for
5the succeeding 2 fiscal years by averaging the amount of
6administrative expenses for the immediately preceding 2 fiscal
7years. As soon after those calculations are made as is
8practical, any amount in the Insurance Producer Administration
9Fund that is in excess of those calculated administrative
10expenses shall be credited to insurance producers licensed
11under this Article for the following year. The amount credited
12to each licensee shall be in proportion of the license fee paid
13by the licensee under this Section to the aggregate fees paid
14by all licensees during that period.
15(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
16    Section 15. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by
17changing Section 21 as follows:
 
18    (225 ILCS 60/21)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-21)
19    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2013)
20    Sec. 21. License renewal; restoration; inactive status;
21disposition and collection of fees.
22    (A) Renewal. The expiration date and renewal period for
23each license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. The
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1required fee. The holder of a license may also renew the
2license within 90 days after its expiration by complying with
3the requirements for renewal and payment of an additional fee.
4A license renewal within 90 days after expiration shall be
5effective retroactively to the expiration date.
6    The Department shall mail to each licensee under this Act,
7at his or her address of record, at least 60 days in advance of
8the expiration date of his or her license, a renewal notice. No
9such license shall be deemed to have lapsed until 90 days after
10the expiration date and after such notice has been mailed by
11the Department as herein provided.
12    (B) Restoration. Any licensee who has permitted his or her
13license to lapse or who has had his or her license on inactive
14status may have his or her license restored by making
15application to the Department and filing proof acceptable to
16the Department of his or her fitness to have the license
17restored, including evidence certifying to active practice in
18another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, proof of
19meeting the continuing education requirements for one renewal
20period, and by paying the required restoration fee.
21    If the licensee has not maintained an active practice in
22another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the
23Licensing Board shall determine, by an evaluation program
24established by rule, the applicant's fitness to resume active
25status and may require the licensee to complete a period of
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1completion of a practical examination specified by the
2Licensing Board.
3    However, any registrant whose license has expired while he
4or she has been engaged (a) in Federal Service on active duty
5with the Army of the United States, the United States Navy, the
6Marine Corps, the Air Force, the Coast Guard, the Public Health
7Service or the State Militia called into the service or
8training of the United States of America, or (b) in training or
9education under the supervision of the United States
10preliminary to induction into the military service, may have
11his or her license reinstated or restored without paying any
12lapsed renewal fees, if within 2 years after honorable
13termination of such service, training, or education, he or she
14furnishes to the Department with satisfactory evidence to the
15effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his or her
16service, training, or education has been so terminated.
17    (C) Inactive licenses. Any licensee who notifies the
18Department, in writing on forms prescribed by the Department,
19may elect to place his or her license on an inactive status and
20shall, subject to rules of the Department, be excused from
21payment of renewal fees until he or she notifies the Department
22in writing of his or her desire to resume active status.
23    Any licensee requesting restoration from inactive status
24shall be required to pay the current renewal fee, provide proof
25of meeting the continuing education requirements for the period
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1period, and shall be required to restore his or her license as
2provided in subsection (B).
3    Any licensee whose license is in an inactive status shall
4not practice in the State of Illinois.
5    (D) Disposition of monies collected. All monies collected
6under this Act by the Department shall be deposited in the
7Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund in the State Treasury,
8and used only for the following purposes: (a) by the
9Disciplinary Board and Licensing Board in the exercise of its
10powers and performance of its duties, as such use is made by
11the Department with full consideration of all recommendations
12of the Disciplinary Board and Licensing Board, (b) for costs
13directly related to persons licensed under this Act, and (c)
14for direct and allocable indirect costs related to the public
15purposes of the Department.
16    Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the Professions
17Indirect Cost Fund as authorized under Section 2105-300 of the
18Department of Professional Regulation Law (20 ILCS
192105/2105-300).
20    All earnings received from investment of monies in the
21Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund shall be deposited in
22the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund and shall be used
23for the same purposes as fees deposited in such Fund.
24    (E) Fees. The following fees are nonrefundable.
25        (1) Applicants for any examination shall be required to
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1    service, a fee covering the cost of determining the
2    applicant's eligibility and providing the examination.
3    Failure to appear for the examination on the scheduled
4    date, at the time and place specified, after the
5    applicant's application for examination has been received
6    and acknowledged by the Department or the designated
7    testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of the
8    examination fee.
9        (2) The fee for a license under Section 9 of this Act
10    is $300.
11        (3) The fee for a license under Section 19 of this Act
12    is $300.
13        (4) The fee for the renewal of a license for a resident
14    of Illinois shall be calculated at the rate of $100 per
15    year, except for licensees who were issued a license within
16    12 months of the expiration date of the license, the fee
17    for the renewal shall be $100. The fee for the renewal of a
18    license for a nonresident shall be calculated at the rate
19    of $200 per year, except for licensees who were issued a
20    license within 12 months of the expiration date of the
21    license, the fee for the renewal shall be $200.
22        (5) The fee for the restoration of a license other than
23    from inactive status, is $100. In addition, payment of all
24    lapsed renewal fees not to exceed $600 is required.
25        (6) The fee for a 3-year temporary license under
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1        (7) The fee for the issuance of a duplicate license,
2    for the issuance of a replacement license for a license
3    which has been lost or destroyed, or for the issuance of a
4    license with a change of name or address other than during
5    the renewal period is $20. No fee is required for name and
6    address changes on Department records when no duplicate
7    license is issued.
8        (8) The fee to be paid for a license record for any
9    purpose is $20.
10        (9) The fee to be paid to have the scoring of an
11    examination, administered by the Department, reviewed and
12    verified, is $20 plus any fees charged by the applicable
13    testing service.
14        (10) The fee to be paid by a licensee for a wall
15    certificate showing his or her license shall be the actual
16    cost of producing the certificate as determined by the
17    Department.
18        (11) The fee for a roster of persons licensed as
19    physicians in this State shall be the actual cost of
20    producing such a roster as determined by the Department.
21    (F) Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the
22Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by the
23financial institution upon which it is drawn shall pay to the
24Department, in addition to the amount already owed to the
25Department, a fine of $50. The fines imposed by this Section
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1for unlicensed practice or practice on a nonrenewed license.
2The Department shall notify the person that payment of fees and
3fines shall be paid to the Department by certified check or
4money order within 30 calendar days of the notification. If,
5after the expiration of 30 days from the date of the
6notification, the person has failed to submit the necessary
7remittance, the Department shall automatically terminate the
8license or certificate or deny the application, without
9hearing. If, after termination or denial, the person seeks a
10license or certificate, he or she shall apply to the Department
11for restoration or issuance of the license or certificate and
12pay all fees and fines due to the Department. The Department
13may establish a fee for the processing of an application for
14restoration of a license or certificate to pay all expenses of
15processing this application. The Secretary may waive the fines
16due under this Section in individual cases where the Secretary
17finds that the fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily
18burdensome.
19    (G) By July 1, 2013 and each July 1 thereafter, the
20Department shall calculate its administrative expenses related
21to the enforcement of this Act for the succeeding 2 fiscal
22years by averaging the amount of administrative expenses for
23the immediately preceding 2 fiscal years. As soon after those
24calculations are made as is practical, any amount in the
25Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund that is in excess of
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1licensees under this Act for the following year. The amount
2credited to each licensee shall be in proportion of the license
3fee paid by the licensee under this Section to the aggregate
4fees paid by all licensees during that period.
5(Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.