103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5587

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Hoan Huynh

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
5 ILCS 140/7.5

    Creates the Commercial Financing Licensing Act. Sets forth provisions concerning licensure requirements for persons providing commercial financing; applicability of the Act; applying for licensing under the Act; license application and issuance; refusal to issue a license; license issuance and renewal; fees; functions, power, and duties; examination and prohibited activities; subpoena power of the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation; reports required; suspension of licenses, revocation of licenses, civil penalties, and other discipline; investigation of complaints; confidentiality; appeal and review; licensure fees; injunctions; exemptions; complaint disclosure; rules; violations; severability; severability; and a commercial financing database. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
5Consumer Protections for Small Business Act.
 
6    Section 2. Purpose and construction. The purpose of this
7Act is to protect business owners. This Act shall be liberally
8construed to effectuate its purpose.
 
9    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10    "Applicant" means a person who has submitted an
11application for a license pursuant to this Act.
12    "Commercial financing database" means a reporting database
13certified by the Department as effective in receiving a report
14of commercial financing made pursuant to this Act.
15    "Commercial financing database provider" means an entity
16that provides a reporting database certified by the Department
17pursuant to this Act.
18    "Commercial financing" means open-end financing,
19closed-end financing, sales-based financing, factoring
20transaction, or other form of financing, the proceeds of which
21the recipient does not intend to use primarily for personal,
22family, or household purposes. For purposes of determining

 

 

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1whether a financing is a commercial financing, the provider
2may rely on any statement of intended purposes by the
3recipient. The statement may be a separate statement signed by
4the recipient; may be contained in the financing application,
5financing agreement, or other document signed or consented to
6by the recipient; or may be provided orally by the recipient so
7long as it is documented in the recipient's application file
8by the provider. Electronic signatures and consents are valid
9for purposes of the foregoing sentence. The provider shall not
10be required to ascertain that the proceeds of a commercial
11financing are used in accordance with the recipient's
12statement of intended purposes.
13    "Department" means the Department of Financial and
14Professional Regulation.
15    "Division of Financial Institutions" or "Division" means
16the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of
17Financial and Professional Regulation.
18    "Person" means an individual, entity, corporation,
19partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
20association, joint stock company, trust, or unincorporated
21organization, including, but not limited to, a sole
22proprietorship.
23    "Provider" means a person who extends a specific offer of
24commercial financing to a recipient. Unless otherwise exempt,
25"provider" includes a person who solicits and presents
26specific offers of commercial financing on behalf of a third

 

 

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1party. The mere extension of a specific offer or provision of
2disclosures for a commercial financing, is not sufficient to
3conclude that a provider is originating, making, funding, or
4providing commercial financing.
5    "Recipient" means a person who applies for commercial
6financing and is made a specific offer of commercial financing
7by a provider. "Recipient" includes an authorized
8representative of a person who applies for commercial
9financing and is made a specific offer of commercial financing
10by a provider. "Recipient" does not include a person acting as
11a broker is not a recipient in a transaction they broker.
12    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
13Professional Regulation or a person authorized by the
14Secretary to perform the Secretary's responsibilities under
15this Act.
16    "Specific offer" means the specific terms of commercial
17financing, including price or amount, that is quoted to a
18recipient based on information obtained from or about the
19recipient that, if accepted by a recipient, shall be binding
20on the provider, as applicable, subject to any specific
21requirements stated in the specific terms.
 
22    Section 10. Applicability.
23    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, this Act
24applies to any person that offers or provides commercial
25financing in Illinois or is otherwise a provider.

 

 

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1    (b) The provisions of this Act apply to any person that
2seeks to evade its applicability by any device, subterfuge, or
3pretense whatsoever.
4    (c) The provisions of this Act apply to any person that
5aids or facilitates a violation of this Act.
 
6    Section 15. Division of Financial Institutions. This Act
7shall be administered by the Division on behalf of the
8Secretary.
 
9    Section 20. Licensure requirement. A person may not
10provide commercial financing without the license required by
11this Act and shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony for practicing
12without a license. The Secretary may investigate a person the
13Secretary believes may require licensure pursuant to this Act,
14including, but not limited to compelling production of
15testimony, books, records, or any other information necessary
16for the Secretary to determine whether the person requires
17licensure.
 
18    Section 25. Licensee name. No person providing commercial
19financing may operate such business under a name other than
20the real names of the entity and individuals conducting such
21business. Such business may operate under an assumed corporate
22name pursuant to the Business Corporation Act of 1983, an
23assumed limited liability company name pursuant to the Limited

 

 

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1Liability Company Act, or an assumed business name pursuant to
2the Assumed Business Name Act with written authorization from
3the Secretary. Each licensee shall update its name with the
4Department within 10 days of the change of name.
 
5    Section 30. Application process; investigation; fees.
6    (a) The Secretary may issue a license to a person after the
7person completes all of the following:
8        (1) the filing of an application for license with the
9    Secretary or a multistate licensing system as approved by
10    the Secretary;
11        (2) the filing with the Secretary or a multistate
12    licensing system as approved by the Secretary of a listing
13    of judgments entered against, and bankruptcy petitions by,
14    the applicant for the preceding 10 years;
15        (3) the payment, in certified funds, of investigation
16    and application fees, the total of which shall be in an
17    amount equal to $2,500; and
18        (4) the filing of an audited balance sheet, including
19    all footnotes prepared by a certified public accountant in
20    accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
21    and generally accepted auditing standards; notwithstanding
22    the requirements of this paragraph, an applicant that is a
23    subsidiary may submit audited consolidated financial
24    statements of its parent, intermediary parent, or ultimate
25    parent as long as the consolidated statements are

 

 

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1    supported by consolidating statements that include the
2    applicant's financial statement; if the consolidating
3    statements are unaudited, the applicant's chief financial
4    officer shall attest to the applicant's financial
5    statements disclosed in the consolidating statements.
6    (b) The Secretary may, for good cause shown, waive or
7modify the requirements of subsection (a).
8    (c) Upon receipt of the license, a licensee is authorized
9to engage in commercial financing. The license shall remain in
10full force and effect until it expires, is surrendered by the
11licensee, or is revoked or suspended as provided in this Act.
12    (d) The Secretary may impose conditions on a license if
13the Secretary determines that those conditions are necessary
14or appropriate. These conditions shall be imposed in writing
15and shall continue in effect for the period prescribed by the
16Secretary.
 
17    Section 35. Application form.
18    (a) Application for a license must be made in accordance
19with this Act, if required by the Secretary, and in accordance
20with requirements of the multistate licensing system. The
21application shall be in writing, under oath, and on a form
22obtained from and prescribed by the Secretary. The Secretary
23may require part or all of the application to be submitted
24electronically, with attestation, to the multistate licensing
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1    (b) The application shall contain the name and complete
2business and residential address or addresses of the
3applicant. The application shall also include a description of
4the activities of the applicant in such detail and for such
5periods as the Secretary may require, including all of the
6following:
7        (1) an affirmation that the applicant and its members,
8    directors, or principals, as may be appropriate, are at
9    least 18 years of age;
10        (2) information as to the name, complete business
11    address, complete residential address, character, fitness,
12    financial and business responsibility, background,
13    experience, and criminal record of any:
14            (i) person, including an ultimate equitable owner,
15        that directly or indirectly owns or controls 10% or
16        more of any class of stock of the applicant;
17            (ii) person, including an ultimate equitable owner
18        that is not a depository institution, as defined in
19        the Savings Bank Act, that lends, provides, or
20        infuses, directly or indirectly, in any way, funds to
21        or into an applicant in an amount equal to or more than
22        10% of the applicant's net worth;
23            (iii) person, including an ultimate equitable
24        owner that controls, directly or indirectly, the
25        election of 25% or more of the members of the board of
26        directors of an applicant;

 

 

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1            (iv) person, including an ultimate equitable owner
2        that the Secretary finds influences the management of
3        the applicant;
4            (v) director or directors of an applicant; and
5            (vi) principal officers of an applicant; and
6        (3) such other information as required by the
7    Secretary to assess whether the applicant and its owners,
8    officers, and directors have the financial responsibility,
9    financial condition, business experience, character, and
10    general fitness to justify the confidence of the public
11    and that the applicant and its owners, officers, and
12    directors are fit, willing, and able to carry on the
13    proposed business in a lawful and fair manner.
 
14    Section 40. Additional license application information.
15    (a) In order to fulfill the purposes of this Act, the
16Secretary may establish relationships or contracts with a
17multistate licensing system or other persons to collect and
18maintain records and process fees related to licensees or
19other persons subject to this Act.
20    (b) In connection with an application for licensing, the
21applicant, owners, officers, and directors of an applicant may
22be required, at a minimum, to furnish to the Secretary or
23multistate licensing system information concerning the
24applicant's, owners', officers' and directors' identity,
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1by the Secretary or multistate licensing system, including,
2but not limited to:
3        (1) a complete and accurate copy of an independent
4    credit report obtained from a consumer reporting agency
5    described in Section 603(p) of the Fair Credit Reporting
6    Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(p)); and
7        (2) information related to any administrative, civil,
8    or criminal findings by any governmental jurisdiction.
9    (c) For the purposes of this Section, and to reduce the
10points of contact that the Secretary may have to maintain, the
11Secretary may use a multistate licensing system as a
12channeling agent for requesting and distributing information
13to and from any source.
14    (d) Each application shall be accompanied by averments as
15determined by the Secretary to fulfill the purposes of this
16Act.
17    (e) Each applicant shall furnish to the Secretary or
18multistate licensing system an updated business address within
1910 days of any change of business address.
 
20    Section 45. Refusal to issue or renew license. The
21Secretary may refuse to issue or renew a license if:
22        (1) the Secretary determines that the applicant has
23    not complied with a provision of this Act, its
24    implementing rules, or other laws that apply to the
25    applicant;

 

 

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1        (2) the Secretary determines that there is substantial
2    continuity between the applicant and any violator of this
3    Act, its implementing rules, or other laws that apply to
4    the applicant or related violator; or
5        (3) the Secretary determines that the applicant or its
6    owners, officers, or directors do not have the financial
7    responsibility, financial condition, business experience,
8    character, and general fitness of to justify the
9    confidence of the public and that the license applicant
10    and its owners, officers, and directors are fit, willing,
11    and able to carry on the proposed business in a lawful and
12    fair manner.
 
13    Section 50. License issuance and renewal.
14    (a) Licensees shall apply to renew their license every
15calendar year. Licensees may submit properly completed renewal
16application forms and filing fees 60 days before the license
17expiration date and the same must be received by the Secretary
18at least 30 days before the license expiration date.
19    (b) Each licensee must timely renew its license. Absent a
20written extension from the Department, a license shall expire
21on December 31 if a licensee fails to timely submit a properly
22completed renewal application form and fees.
23    (c) No activity regulated by this Act shall be conducted
24by a licensee whose license has expired. The Secretary may,
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1license upon payment of the renewal fee, payment of a
2reactivation fee equal to 5 times the renewal fee, submission
3of a completed renewal application, and an affidavit of good
4cause for late renewal.
 
5    Section 55. Fees.
6    (a) The persons regulated by this Act shall bear the
7expenses of administering this Act, including investigations
8and examinations provided for in this Act. The Secretary may
9establish fees by rule or modify fees in at least the following
10categories:
11        (1) application and renewal fees;
12        (2) examination and investigation fees;
13        (3) change fees;
14        (4) contingent fees; and
15        (5) such other fees as may be required to administer
16    this Act.
17    (b) The Secretary may modify any fees established by this
18Act by rule one year after the effective date of this Act.
 
19    Section 60. Functions; powers; duties. The functions,
20powers, and duties of the Secretary include, but are not
21limited to, the following:
22        (1) to issue or refuse to issue any license or
23    renewal;
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1    under this Act;
2        (3) to keep records of all licenses issued under this
3    Act;
4        (4) to receive, consider, investigate, and act upon
5    complaints made by any person in connection with any
6    licensee in this State or unlicensed commercial financing
7    activity of any person;
8        (5) to prescribe the forms of and receive:
9            (A) applications for licenses and renewals; and
10            (B) all reports and all books and records required
11        to be made by any licensee under this Act, including
12        annual audited financial statements if required by the
13        Secretary and annual reports of commercial financing
14        activity;
15        (6) to adopt rules necessary and proper for the
16    administration of this Act, to protect consumers, and
17    promote fair competition or otherwise authorized by this
18    Act;
19        (7) to subpoena documents and witnesses and compel
20    their attendance and production, to administer oaths, and
21    to require the production of any books, papers, or other
22    materials relevant to any inquiry authorized by this Act
23    or its implementing rules;
24        (8) to issue orders against any person if the
25    Secretary has reasonable cause to believe that an unsafe,
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1    or is about to occur; if any person is violating, or is
2    about to violate any law, rule, or written agreement with
3    the Secretary; or for the purpose of administering the
4    provisions of this Act and any rule adopted in accordance
5    with this Act;
6        (9) to address any inquiries to any licensee, or the
7    owners, officers, or directors thereof, in relation to its
8    activities and conditions, or any other matter connected
9    with its affairs, and any licensee or person so addressed
10    shall promptly reply in writing to those inquiries. The
11    Secretary may also require reports from any licensee at
12    any time the Secretary deems desirable;
13        (10) to examine the books and records of every
14    licensee under this Act or any person requiring a license
15    or who the Secretary reasonably believes may require a
16    license;
17        (11) to enforce provisions of this Act and its
18    implementing rules;
19        (12) to levy fees including, but not limited to,
20    assessments, examination fees, and licensing fees, civil
21    penalties, and charges for services performed in
22    administering this Act. The aggregate of all fees
23    collected by the Secretary under this Act shall be paid
24    promptly after receipt into the Financial Institution
25    Fund. The amounts deposited into the Financial Institution
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1    expenses of the Department. Nothing in this Act prevents
2    paying expenses including salaries, retirement, social
3    security, and State-paid insurance of State employees, or
4    any other expenses incurred under this Act by
5    appropriation from the General Revenue Fund or any other
6    fund;
7        (13) to issue refunds to licensees of any overpayment
8    for good cause shown;
9        (14) to appoint examiners, supervisors, experts, and
10    special assistants as needed to effectively and
11    efficiently administer this Act;
12        (15) to conduct hearings for the purpose of
13    suspensions, denials, or revocations of licenses, fining,
14    or other discipline of licensees or unlicensed persons or
15    entities;
16        (16) to exercise visitorial power over a licensee;
17        (17) to enter into cooperative agreements with state
18    regulatory authorities of other states to provide for
19    examination of corporate offices or branches of those
20    states, participate in joint examinations with other
21    regulators, and to accept reports of such examinations;
22        (18) to assign an examiner or examiners to monitor the
23    affairs of a licensee with whatever frequency the
24    Secretary determines appropriate and to charge the
25    licensee for reasonable and necessary expenses of the
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1    exists or appears likely to occur;
2        (19) to impose civil penalties of up to $200 per day
3    against a licensee for failing to respond to a regulatory
4    request or reporting requirement; and
5        (20) to enter into agreements in connection with a
6    multistate licensing system.
 
7    Section 65. Examination; prohibited activities.
8    (a) The Secretary shall examine the business affairs of a
9licensee under this Act as often as the Secretary deems
10necessary and proper. The Secretary may adopt rules with
11respect to the frequency and manner of examination. The
12Secretary shall appoint a suitable person to perform such
13examination. The Secretary and the Secretary's appointees may
14examine the entire books, records, documents, and operations
15of each licensee and its subsidiary, affiliate, or agent, and
16may examine any of the licensee's or its subsidiaries',
17owners, affiliates', or agents' officers, directors,
18employees, and agents under oath.
19    (b) Affiliates of a licensee shall be subject to
20examination by the Secretary on the same terms as the
21licensee, but only when reports from or examination of a
22licensee provides for documented evidence of unlawful activity
23between a licensee and affiliate benefiting, affecting, or
24deriving from the activities regulated by this Act.
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1affiliates shall be borne by the licensee and assessed by the
2Secretary as may be established by rule.
3    (d) All confidential supervisory information, including
4the examination report and the work papers of the report,
5shall belong to the Secretary's office and may not be
6disclosed to anyone other than the licensee, law enforcement
7officials, or other regulatory agencies that have an
8appropriate regulatory interest as determined by the Secretary
9or to a party presenting a lawful subpoena to the Department.
10The Secretary may, through the Attorney General, immediately
11appeal to the court of jurisdiction the disclosure of such
12confidential supervisory information and seek a stay of the
13subpoena pending the outcome of the appeal. Reports required
14of licensees by the Secretary under this Act and results of
15examinations performed by the Secretary under this Act shall
16be the property of only the Secretary, but may be shared with
17the licensee. Any person demanded to produce the Department's
18confidential supervisory information, whether by subpoena,
19order, or other judicial or administrative process, must
20withhold production of the confidential supervisory
21information and must notify the Secretary of the demand. The
22Secretary is authorized to intervene for the purpose of
23enforcing the limitations of this Section or seeking the
24withdrawal or termination of the attempt to compel production
25of the confidential supervisory information. The Secretary may
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1confidential supervisory information that are necessary to
2protect the confidentiality of that information. The Secretary
3may condition a decision to disclose confidential supervisory
4information on entry of a protective order by the court or
5administrative tribunal presiding in the particular case or on
6a written agreement of confidentiality. If a protective order
7or agreement has already been entered between parties other
8than the Secretary, then the Secretary may nevertheless
9condition approval for release of confidential supervisory
10information upon the inclusion of additional or amended
11provisions in the protective order. The Secretary may
12authorize a party who obtained the records for use in one case
13to provide them to another party in another case, subject to
14any conditions that the Secretary may impose on either or both
15parties. The requester shall promptly notify other parties to
16a case of the release of confidential supervisory information
17obtained and, upon entry of a protective order, shall provide
18copies of confidential supervisory information to the other
19parties.
 
20    Section 70. Subpoena power of the Secretary.
21    (a) The Secretary may issue and serve subpoenas and
22subpoenas duces tecum to compel the attendance of witnesses
23and the production of all books, accounts, records, and other
24documents and materials relevant to an examination or
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1authorized representative, may administer oaths and
2affirmations to any person.
3    (b) If a person does not comply with the Secretary's
4subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, the Secretary may, through
5the Attorney General, petition the circuit court of the county
6in which the subpoenaed person resides or has its principal
7place of business for an order requiring the subpoenaed person
8to testify and to comply with the subpoena duces tecum. The
9court may grant injunctive relief restraining the person from
10engaging in activity regulated by this Act. The court may
11grant other relief, including, but not limited to, the
12restraint, by injunction or appointment of a receiver, of any
13transfer, pledge, assignment, or other disposition of the
14person's assets, concealment, destruction, or other
15disposition of books, accounts, records, or other documents
16and materials, as the court deems appropriate, until the
17person has fully complied with the subpoena or subpoena duces
18tecum and the Secretary has completed an investigation or
19examination.
20    (c) If it appears to the Secretary that the compliance
21with a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued or caused to be
22issued by the Secretary pursuant to this Section is essential
23to an investigation or examination, the Secretary, in addition
24to the other remedies provided for in this Act, may, through
25the Attorney General, apply for relief to the circuit court of
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1principal place of business. The court shall thereupon direct
2the issuance of an order against the subpoenaed person
3requiring sufficient bond conditioned on compliance with the
4subpoena or subpoena duces tecum. The court shall cause to be
5endorsed on the order a suitable amount of bond or payment
6pursuant to which the person named be freed, having a due
7regard to the nature of the case.
8    (d) In addition, the Secretary may, through the Attorney
9General, seek a writ of attachment or an equivalent order from
10the circuit court having jurisdiction over the person who has
11refused to obey a subpoena, who has refused to give testimony,
12or who has refused to produce the matters described in the
13subpoena duces tecum.
 
14    Section 75. Reports required.
15    (a) Every licensee shall produce to the Department reports
16the Secretary requests.
17    (b) Every provider shall produce to the Department a
18report of its commercial financing activity upon the request
19of the Secretary. Every provider shall produce its report to
20the Department within 90 days of the Secretary's request. The
21Secretary shall publish the request and identify all data
22providers must report within 60 days after the effective date
23of this Act.
24    (c) Every provider shall produce to the Department a
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1Secretary's written request.
 
2    Section 80. Suspension; revocation of licenses; civil
3penalties and other discipline.
4    (a) The Secretary may enter an order imposing one or more
5of the following penalties:
6        (1) revocation of license;
7        (2) suspension of a license subject to reinstatement
8    upon satisfying all reasonable conditions the Secretary
9    may specify;
10        (3) placement of the licensee or applicant on
11    probation for a period of time and subject to all
12    reasonable conditions as the Secretary may specify;
13        (4) issuance of a reprimand;
14        (5) imposition of civil monetary penalties as follows:
15            (A) a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each
16        separate offense, but civil penalties may not to
17        exceed $50,000 for all violations arising from the use
18        of the same transaction documents or materials,
19        including for financing offers that are not
20        consummated;
21            (B) if a person who violates this Act after
22        receiving written notice of a prior violation, then a
23        civil penalty may be imposed not to exceed $10,000 for
24        each count of separate offense, but the civil
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1        violations arising from the use of the same
2        transaction documents or materials, including for
3        financing offers that are not consummated;
4        (6) restitution, refunds, or any other relief
5    necessary to protect consumers; and
6        (7) denial of a license.
7    (b) Grounds for penalties include:
8        (1) if a person has violated or aided another to
9    violate, any provisions of this Act, any rule adopted by
10    the Secretary, or any other law, rule, or regulation of
11    this State, any other state, or the United States;
12        (2) if a fact or condition exists that, if it had
13    existed at the time of the original application for the
14    license, would have warranted the Secretary in refusing
15    issue the original license;
16        (3) that a licensee that is not an individual has
17    acted or failed to act in a way that would be cause for
18    suspending or revoking a license to an individual;
19        (4) that a person engaged in unsafe, unsound, unfair,
20    deceptive, or abusive business practices related to the
21    activity covered by this Act;
22        (5) that a person has been adjudicated guilty of a
23    crime against the law of this State, any other state, or of
24    the United States involving moral turpitude, abusive,
25    deceptive, fraudulent, or dishonest dealing;
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1    person in a civil action upon grounds of abusive conduct,
2    conversion, fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit;
3        (7) that a person made a material misstatement in its
4    application for licensure or any other communication to
5    the Secretary;
6        (8) that a person has demonstrated, by course of
7    conduct, negligence or incompetence in performing any act
8    for which it is required to hold a license under this Act;
9        (9) that a person has failed to advise the Secretary
10    in writing of any changes to the information submitted on
11    their most recent application for license within 30 days
12    of the change;
13        (10) that a licensee failed to submit to periodic
14    examination by the Secretary as required by this Act or
15    failed to maintain, preserve, and keep available for
16    examination all books, accounts, or other documents
17    required by the provisions of this Act and rules of the
18    Secretary;
19        (11) that a person failed to account or deliver to any
20    person any property, such as any money, fund, deposit,
21    check, draft, or other document or thing of value, that
22    has come into its hands and that is not its property or
23    that it is not in law or equity entitled to retain, under
24    the circumstances and at the time which has been agreed
25    upon or is required by law or, in the absence of a fixed
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1    delivery;
2        (12) that a person failed to disburse funds in
3    accordance with agreements or law;
4        (13) that a person had a license, or the equivalent,
5    to practice any profession, occupation, other industry or
6    activity requiring licensure revoked, suspended,
7    disciplined, or otherwise acted against, including the
8    denial of licensure by a licensing authority of this State
9    or another state, territory, or country for fraud,
10    dishonest dealing, misrepresentations, incompetence,
11    conversion, any act of moral turpitude or any other
12    grounds that would constitute grounds for discipline under
13    this Act;
14        (14) that a person licensed under this Act failed to
15    timely notify the Department that such person has been
16    disciplined, including denial of licensure, by a licensing
17    authority of this State or another state. Timely
18    notification shall be notification to the Department
19    within 10 days of entry of discipline;
20        (15) that a person engaged in activities regulated by
21    the Act without a current, active license unless
22    specifically exempted by this Act;
23        (16) that a person failed to timely pay any fee,
24    charge, or civil penalty assessed under this Act; and
25        (17) that a person refused, obstructed, evaded, or
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1    request, or examination authorized under this Act, or
2    refused, obstructed, evaded, or unreasonably delayed
3    compliance with the Secretary's subpoena or subpoena duces
4    tecum.
5    (c) No license shall be suspended or revoked, except as
6provided in this Section, nor shall any licensee be assessed a
7civil penalty without notice of his or her right to a hearing.
8    (d) The Secretary may suspend any license for a period not
9exceeding 180 days pending investigation for good cause shown
10that an emergency exists.
11    (e) No revocation, suspension, or surrender of any license
12shall impair or affect the obligation of any pre-existing
13lawful contract between the licensee and any person. The
14Secretary's approval of a licensee's application to surrender
15its license shall not affect the licensee's civil or criminal
16liability for acts committed prior to surrender. Surrender of
17a license does not entitle the licensee to a return of any part
18of the license fee.
19    (f) Every license issued under this Act shall remain in
20force and effect until the license expires, is surrendered, is
21revoked, or is suspended in accordance with the provisions of
22this Act. The Secretary shall have authority to reinstate a
23suspended license or to issue a new license to a licensee whose
24license has been revoked or surrendered if no fact or
25condition then exists which would have warranted the Secretary
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1    (g) Whenever the Secretary imposes discipline authorized
2by this Section, the Secretary shall execute a written order
3to that effect. The Secretary shall serve a copy of the order
4upon the person. The Secretary shall serve the person with
5notice of the order, including a statement of the reasons for
6the order personally or by certified mail. Service by
7certified mail shall be deemed completed when the notice is
8deposited in the U.S. Mail.
9    (h) An order assessing a civil penalty, an order revoking
10or suspending a license, or an order denying renewal of a
11license shall take effect upon service of the order unless the
12licensee serves the Department with a written request for a
13hearing in the manner required by the order within 10 days
14after the date of service of the order. If a person requests a
15hearing, the order shall be stayed from its date of service
16until the Department enters a final administrative order.
17Hearings shall be conducted as follows:
18        (1) If the licensee requests a hearing, then the
19    Secretary shall schedule a hearing within 90 days after
20    the request for a hearing unless otherwise agreed to by
21    the parties.
22        (2) The hearing shall be held at the time and place
23    designated by the Secretary. The Secretary and any
24    administrative law judge designated by the Secretary shall
25    have the power to administer oaths and affirmations,
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1    evidence, and require the production of books, papers,
2    correspondence, and other records or information that they
3    consider relevant or material to the inquiry.
4    (i) The costs of administrative hearings conducted under
5this Section shall be paid by the licensee or other person
6subject to the hearing.
7    (j) A licensee and other persons subject to this Act shall
8be subject to the disciplinary actions specified in this Act
9for any violations conducted by any officer, director,
10shareholder, joint venture, partner, owner, including, but not
11limited to ultimate equitable owner.
 
12    Section 85. Investigation of complaints. The Secretary may
13investigate any complaints and inquiries made concerning this
14Act and any licensees or persons the Secretary believes may
15require a license under this Act. Each licensee or person the
16Secretary believes may require a license under this Act shall
17open the licensee's or persons's books, records, documents,
18and offices wherever situated to the Secretary as needed to
19facilitate such investigations.
 
20    Section 90. Additional investigation and examination
21authority. In addition to any authority allowed under this
22Act, the Secretary may conduct investigations and examinations
23as follows:
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1    renewal, license suspension, license conditioning, license
2    probation, license revocation or termination, or general
3    or specific inquiry or investigation to determine
4    compliance with this Act, the Secretary may access,
5    receive, and use any books, accounts, records, files,
6    documents, information, or evidence, including, but not
7    limited to, the following:
8            (A) criminal, civil, licensure, and administrative
9        history information, including nonconviction data as
10        specified in the Criminal Code of 2012; (B) personal
11        history and experience information, including
12        independent credit reports obtained from a consumer
13        reporting agency described in Section 603(p) of the
14        federal Fair Credit Reporting Act; and (C) any other
15        documents, information, or evidence the Secretary
16        deems relevant to the inquiry or investigation,
17        regardless of the location, possession, control, or
18        custody of the documents, information, or evidence.
19        (2) For the purposes of investigating violations or
20    complaints arising under this Act or for the purposes of
21    examination, the Secretary may review, investigate, or
22    examine any licensee, individual, or person subject to
23    this Act as often as necessary in order to carry out the
24    purposes of this Act. The Secretary may direct, subpoena,
25    or order the attendance of, and examine under oath all
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1    and any other documents the Secretary deems relevant to an
2    inquiry.
3        (3) Each person subject to this Act shall make
4    available to the Secretary upon request the books and
5    records relating to the operations of the person subject
6    to this Act. The Secretary shall have access to those
7    books and records and may interview the owners, officers,
8    principals, employees, independent contractors, agents,
9    vendors, and customers of any licensee or person subject
10    to this Act.
11        (4) Each person subject to this Act shall make or
12    compile reports or prepare other information as directed
13    by the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this
14    Section, including, but not limited to:
15            (A) accounting compilations;
16            (B) information lists and data concerning
17        transactions in a format prescribed by the Secretary;
18        or
19            (C) other information deemed necessary to carry
20        out the purposes of this Section.
21        (5) In making any examination or investigation
22    authorized by this Act, the Secretary may control access
23    to any documents and records of the licensee or person
24    under examination or investigation. The Secretary may take
25    possession of the documents and records or otherwise take
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1    of control, no person shall remove or alter any of the
2    documents or records, except pursuant to a court order or
3    with the consent of the Secretary. Unless the Secretary
4    has reasonable grounds to believe the documents or records
5    of the licensee have been or are at risk of being altered
6    or destroyed for purposes of concealing a violation of
7    this Act, the licensee or owner of the documents and
8    records shall have access to the documents or records as
9    necessary to conduct its ordinary business affairs.
10        (6) In order to carry out the purposes of this
11    Section, the Secretary may:
12            (A) retain attorneys, accountants, or other
13        professionals and specialists as examiners, auditors,
14        or investigators to conduct or assist in the conduct
15        of examinations or investigations;
16            (B) enter into agreements or relationships with
17        other government officials or regulatory associations
18        to protect consumers, improve efficiencies, and reduce
19        regulatory burden by sharing resources, standardized
20        or uniform methods or procedures, and documents,
21        records, information, or evidence obtained under this
22        Section;
23            (C) use, hire, contract, or employ publicly or
24        privately available analytical systems, methods, or
25        software to examine or investigate the licensee,
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1            (D) accept and rely on examination or
2        investigation reports made by other government
3        officials, within or outside this State; or
4            (E) accept audit reports made by an independent
5        certified public accountant for the person subject to
6        this Act and may incorporate the audit report in the
7        report of the examination, report of investigation, or
8        other writing of the Secretary.
9        (7) The authority of this Section shall remain in
10    effect, whether such a person subject to this Act acts or
11    claims to act under any licensing or registration law of
12    this State or claims to act without such authority.
13        (8) No licensee or person subject to investigation or
14    examination under this Section may knowingly withhold,
15    alter, abstract, remove, mutilate, destroy, hide, or
16    conceal any books, records, computer records, or other
17    information or take actions designed to delay or
18    complicate review of records.
 
19    Section 95. Confidentiality. To promote more effective
20regulation, protect consumers, and reduce regulatory burden
21through inter-regulatory sharing of confidential supervisory
22information:
23        (1) The privacy or confidentiality of any information
24    or material provided to a multistate licensing system,
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1    court rules and law, shall continue to apply to such
2    information or material after the information or material
3    has been disclosed to the multistate licensing system.
4    Information and material may be shared with a multistate
5    licensing system, federal and state regulatory officials
6    with relevant oversight authority, and law enforcement
7    without the loss of privilege or the loss of
8    confidentiality protections.
9        (2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into
10    agreements or sharing arrangements with other governmental
11    agencies, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and
12    other associations representing governmental agencies.
13        (3) Information or material that is privileged or
14    confidential under this Act as determined by the Secretary
15    is not subject to the following:
16            (A) disclosure under any State law governing the
17        disclosure to the public of information held by an
18        officer or an agency of the State; or
19            (B) subpoena, discovery, or admission into
20        evidence, in any private civil action or
21        administrative process except as authorized by the
22        Secretary.
23        (4) Any other law relating to the disclosure of
24    confidential supervisory information that is inconsistent
25    with this Act shall be superseded by the requirements of
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1    confidentiality or a weaker privilege for information that
2    is privileged or confidential pursuant to this Act.
3        (5) Confidential or privileged information received
4    from a multistate licensing system, another licensing
5    body, federal and state regulatory officials, or law
6    enforcement shall be protected to the same extent as the
7    Secretary's confidential and privileged information is
8    protected pursuant to this Act. The Secretary may also
9    protect from disclosure confidential or privileged
10    information that would be exempt from disclosure to the
11    extent it is held directly by the multistate licensing
12    system, another licensing body, federal and state
13    regulatory officials, or law enforcement.
 
14    Section 100. Appeal and review.
15    (a) The Secretary may, in accordance with the Illinois
16Administrative Procedure Act, adopt rules to provide for
17review within the Department of their decisions affecting the
18rights of persons under this Act. The review shall provide
19for, at a minimum:
20        (1) appointment of a hearing officer;
21        (2) appropriate procedural rules, specific deadlines
22    for filings, and standards of evidence and of proof; and
23        (3) provisions for apportioning costs among parties to
24    the appeal.
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1decisions of the Secretary may be reviewed in accordance with
2and under the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.
3Appeals from all final orders and judgments entered by a court
4in review of any final administrative decision of the
5Secretary or of any final agency review of a decision of the
6Secretary may be taken as in other civil cases.
 
7    Section 105. Licensure fees.
8    (a) The fee for initial licensure is $2,500. The fee is
9nonrefundable.
10    (b) The fee for annual application renewal is $2,500. The
11fee is nonrefundable.
12    (c) The Department shall impose a contingent fee
13sufficient to cover its operating expenses in administering
14this Act not otherwise covered by all other revenue collected
15pursuant to this Act. Each licensee shall pay to the Division
16its pro rata share, based on number or volume of transactions
17or revenue, of the cost for administration of the Act that
18exceeds other fees listed in this Section, as estimated by the
19Division, for the current year and any deficit actually
20incurred in the administration of the Act in prior years.
 
21    Section 110. Cease and desist order.
22    (a) The Secretary may issue a cease and desist order to any
23licensee or person doing business without the required
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1other person has violated, is violating, or is about to
2violate any provision of this Act or any rule adopted by the
3Department pursuant to this Act or any requirement imposed in
4writing by the Department as a condition of granting any
5authorization permitted by this Act. The cease and desist
6order authorized by this Section may be issued prior to a
7hearing.
8    (b) The Secretary shall serve notice of the cease and
9desist order, either personally or by certified mail. Service
10by certified mail shall be deemed completed when the notice is
11deposited in the U.S. Mail. The Secretary's notice shall
12include a statement of the reasons for the action.
13    (c) Within 10 days of service of the cease and desist
14order, the person subject to the cease and desist order may
15request a hearing in writing. The Secretary shall schedule a
16preliminary hearing within 60 days of the request for a
17hearing unless the parties agree to a later date.
18    (d) If it is determined that the Secretary had the
19authority to issue the cease and desist order, the Secretary
20may issue such orders as may be reasonably necessary to
21correct, eliminate, deter, or remedy the conduct described in
22the order and resulting harms.
23    (e) The powers vested in the Secretary by this Section are
24additional to all other powers and remedies vested in the
25Secretary by any law. Nothing in this Section shall be
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1power conferred in this Section instead of or as a condition
2precedent to the exercise of any other power or remedy vested
3in the Secretary.
 
4    Section 115. Injunctions. The Secretary may maintain an
5action in the name of the people of the State of Illinois and
6may apply for an injunction in the circuit court to enjoin a
7person from violating this Act or its implementing rules
8through the Attorney General.
 
9    Section 120. Exemptions. This Act does not apply to, and
10does not place any additional requirements or obligations
11upon, any of the following:
12        (a) a bank, trust company, or industrial loan company
13    doing business under the authority of, or in accordance
14    with, a license, certificate or charter issued by the
15    United States, this State, or any other state, district,
16    territory, or commonwealth of the United States that is
17    authorized to transact business in this State;
18        (b) a federally chartered savings and loan
19    association, federal savings bank, or federal credit union
20    that is authorized to transact business in this State;
21        (c) a savings and loan association, savings bank, or
22    credit union organized under the laws of this State or any
23    other state that is authorized to transact business in
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1        (d) a person acting in the person's capacity as a
2    technology services provider to an entity exempt under
3    this Section for use as part of the exempt entity's
4    commercial financing program, provided such person has no
5    interest, or arrangement, or agreement to purchase any
6    interest in the commercial financing extended by the
7    exempt entity in connection with such program;
8        (e) a lender regulated under the federal Farm Credit
9    Act;
10        (f) a commercial financing transaction secured by real
11    property;
12        (g) a lease as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code;
13    or
14        (h) any person or Provider who makes no more than 5
15    commercial financing transactions in this State in a
16    12-month period.
 
17    Section 125. Complaint disclosure. All commercial
18financing shall include a clear and conspicuous notice on how
19to file a complaint with the Department.
 
20    Section 130. Rules. The Secretary may adopt rules to enact
21and enforce this Act, including, but not limited to:
22        (1) rules defining the terms used in this Act and as
23    may be necessary and appropriate to interpret and
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1        (2) rules for the enforcement and administration of
2    this Act;
3        (3) rules for the protection of consumers and
4    recipients in this State;
5        (4) rules defining improper or fraudulent business
6    practices in connection with commercial financing; or
7        (5) rules charging and collecting fees necessary to
8    cover the costs of administering this Act, including, but
9    not limited to registration, investigation, and
10    examination fees.
11        (6) rules to implement Section 150 of this Act.
 
12    Section 135. Violations.
13    (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to restrict the
14exercise of powers or the performance of the duties that the
15Attorney General is authorized to exercise or perform by law.
16    (b) Any violation of this Act constitutes an unlawful
17practice in violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive
18Business Practices Act. The Attorney General may enforce a
19violation of this Act as an unlawful practice under the
20Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
 
21    Section 140. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
22severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
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1required to apply for or obtain a license pursuant to this Act
2before January 1, 2025 or 60 days after the Department makes a
3license application process available, whichever is later.
 
4    Section 150. Commercial financing database.
5    (a) A commercial financing database program is established
6within the Department. The program shall be administered in
7accordance with this Section. None of the duties, obligations,
8contingencies, or consequences of or from the program shall be
9imposed until 6 months after the Department certifies a
10commercial financing database pursuant to subsection (b). The
11program shall apply to all commercial financings that are
12governed by this Act and that are made or taken on or after the
13inception of the program.
14    (b) The Department shall certify that one or more
15commercial financing databases are commercially reasonable
16methods of reporting. Upon certifying that a commercial
17financing database is a commercially reasonable method of
18reporting, the Department shall:
19        (1) provide reasonable notice to all licensees
20    identifying the commercially reasonable methods of
21    reporting that are available; and
22        (2) immediately upon certification, require each
23    licensee to use a commercially reasonable method of
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1    (c) The database created under this program shall be
2maintained and administered by the Department. The database
3shall be designed to allow providers to submit information to
4the database online. The database shall not be designed to
5allow providers to retrieve information from the database,
6except as otherwise provided in this Act.
7    (d) Within 30 days after providing funds to a recipient,
8the provider must submit to the commercial financing database
9the information delineated in this subsection. If at the time
10funds are provided to a recipient, certain information data
11delineated in this subsection is not known, the provider must
12submit the following data to the commercial financing database
13within 30 days of the data becoming ascertainable:
14        (1) FEIN for the recipient;
15        (2) zip code of the recipient;
16        (3) origination date of the commercial financing;
17        (4) description of collateral, if any, securing
18    commercial financing;
19        (5) term, if any, of the commercial financing at the
20    time of origination;
21        (6) in the case of commercial financing without a
22    specific term at the time of origination, the actual term
23    of the commercial financing when known;
24        (7) financing amount, if applicable;
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1        (9) the amount of the receivables purchase price paid
2    to the recipient and, if different from the purchase
3    price, the amount disbursed to the recipient after any
4    amount deducted or withheld at disbursement, if
5    applicable;
6        (10) the amount scheduled to be drawn by the recipient
7    at the time the offer is extended, if applicable;
8        (11) all fees charged to the recipient at or before
9    the origination date of the commercial financing;
10        (12) all fees, charges, and interest scheduled to be
11    charged over the term of the commercial financing, if
12    applicable;
13        (13) all fees, charges, and interest scheduled to be
14    charged during any month where recipient has a balance on
15    an open-end commercial financing, if applicable; and
16        (14) all other information requested by the
17    Department.
18    (e) All information provided to the commercial financing
19database under the program is confidential property of the
20Department and is not subject to disclosure under the Freedom
21of Information Act, except as otherwise provided in this Act.
22Information or documents obtained by employees of the
23Department in the course of maintaining and administering the
24commercial financing database are deemed confidential.
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1production of information from the commercial financing
2database, whether by subpoena, notice, or any other source,
3shall be referred to the Department. Any recipient may
4authorize in writing the release of database information. The
5Department may use the information in the database without the
6consent of the recipient or the licensee:
7        (1) for the purposes of administering and enforcing
8    the program;
9        (2) to prepare industry-level reports; or
10        (3) to provide information to the appropriate law
11    enforcement agency or the applicable administrative agency
12    if the database information demonstrates criminal,
13    fraudulent, or otherwise illegal activity.
14    (f) A licensee who submits information to a certified
15database provider in accordance with this Section shall not be
16liable to any person for any subsequent release or disclosure
17of that information by the certified database provider, the
18Department, or any other person acquiring possession of the
19information, regardless of whether such subsequent release or
20disclosure was lawful, authorized, or intentional.
21    (g) In certifying a commercially reasonable method of
22reporting, the Department shall ensure that the commercial
23financing database:
24        (1) provides real-time access through an Internet
25    connection;
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1    in order to ensure compliance with this Act and in order to
2    provide any other information that the Department deems
3    necessary;
4        (3) requires licensees to input whatever information
5    is required by the Department;
6        (4) maintains a real-time copy of the required
7    reporting information that is available to the Department
8    at all times and is the property of the Department; and
9        (5) contains safeguards to ensure that all information
10    contained in the database regarding consumers is kept
11    strictly confidential.
12    (h) The certified commercial financing database may charge
13a fee not to exceed $1 for each financing entered into the
14database. The certified commercial financing database shall
15not charge any additional fees or charges.
16    (i) The certified commercial financing database provider
17shall produce an annual report for the Department using the
18data submitted by licensees to the database. The Department
19may publish this report to the public.
 
20    Section 900. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
21changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
22    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
23    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-472)
24    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for

 

 

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1by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
2exempt from inspection and copying:
3        (a) All information determined to be confidential
4    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
5    Development Act.
6        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
7    library users with specific materials under the Library
8    Records Confidentiality Act.
9        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
10    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
11    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
12    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
13    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
14    has received.
15        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
16    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
17    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
18    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
19    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
20    Disease Control Act.
21        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
22    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
23        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
24    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
25    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
26        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted

 

 

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1    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
2    Tuition Act.
3        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
4    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
5    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
6    general's office that would be exempt if created or
7    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
8    that Act.
9        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
10    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
11    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
12    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
13        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
14    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
15    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
16        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
17    or driver identification information compiled by a law
18    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
19    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
20        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
21    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
22    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
23    Prevention Review Team Act.
24        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
25    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
26    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent

 

 

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1    authorized under that Article.
2        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
3    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
4    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
5    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
6    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
7    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
8    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
9        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
10    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
11    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
12        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
13    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
14    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
15    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
16    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
17    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
18    Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
19    Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
20    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
21    Act (repealed).
22        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
23    Personnel Record Review Act.
24        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
25    Illinois School Student Records Act.
26        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted

 

 

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1    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
2        (t) (Blank).
3        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
4    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
5    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
6        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
7    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
8    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
9    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
10    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
11    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
12    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
13    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
14    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
15    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
16        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
17    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
18    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
19        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
20    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
21    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
22        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
23    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
24    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
25        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
26    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling

 

 

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1    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
2    information about the identity and administrative finding
3    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
4    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
5    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
6    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
7        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
8    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
9    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
10    Act.
11        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
12    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
13        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
14    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
15        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
16    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
17    authorized under that Act.
18        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
19    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
20    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
21        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
22    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
23        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
24    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
25        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
26    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle

 

 

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1    Code.
2        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
3    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
4        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
5    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
6    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
7        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
8    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
9    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
10    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
11    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
12        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
13    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
14        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
15    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
16    Aid Code.
17        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
18    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
19        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
20    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
21        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
22    arising out of a peer support counseling session
23    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
24    Suicide Prevention Act.
25        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
26    an employee of an emergency services provider or law

 

 

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1    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
2    Prevention Act.
3        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
4    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
5    under the Reproductive Health Act.
6        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
7    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
8        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
9    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
10    Human Rights Act.
11        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
12    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
13    Act.
14        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
15    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
16        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
17    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
18    Public Aid Code.
19        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
20    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
21        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
22    information that shall not be made public under the
23    Illinois Insurance Code.
24        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
25    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
26        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under

 

 

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1    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
2        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
3    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
4        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
5    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
6    Police Act.
7        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
8    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
9    Administrative Code of Illinois.
10        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
11    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
12    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
13    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
14        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
15    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
16    Violence Fatality Review Act.
17        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
18    Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
19    July 1, 2025.
20        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
21    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
22    Agency Licensing Act.
23        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
24    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
25    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
26    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge

 

 

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1    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
2    Act.
3        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
4    the School Safety Drill Act.
5        (jjj) (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under
6    Section 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
7        (kkk) (iii) Confidential business information
8    prohibited from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint
9    Stewardship Act.
10        (lll) (Reserved).
11        (mmm) (iii) Information prohibited from being
12    disclosed under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the
13    Illinois Power Agency Act.
14        (nnn) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
15    150 of the Consumer Financing Licensing Act.
16(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
17102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
188-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
19102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
206-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
21eff. 1-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23;
22revised 1-2-24.)
 
23    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-472)
24    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
25by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be

 

 

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1exempt from inspection and copying:
2        (a) All information determined to be confidential
3    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
4    Development Act.
5        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
6    library users with specific materials under the Library
7    Records Confidentiality Act.
8        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
9    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
10    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
11    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
12    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
13    has received.
14        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
15    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
16    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
17    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
18    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
19    Disease Control Act.
20        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
21    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
22        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
23    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
24    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
25        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
26    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid

 

 

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1    Tuition Act.
2        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
3    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
4    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
5    general's office that would be exempt if created or
6    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
7    that Act.
8        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
9    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
10    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
11    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
12        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
13    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
14    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
15        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
16    or driver identification information compiled by a law
17    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
18    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
19        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
20    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
21    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
22    Prevention Review Team Act.
23        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
24    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
25    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
26    authorized under that Article.

 

 

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1        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
2    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
3    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
4    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
5    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
6    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
7    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
8        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
9    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
10    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
11        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
12    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
13    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
14    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
15    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
16    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
17    Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
18    Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
19    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
20    Act (repealed).
21        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
22    Personnel Record Review Act.
23        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
24    Illinois School Student Records Act.
25        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
26    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.

 

 

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1        (t) (Blank).
2        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
3    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
4    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
5        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
6    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
7    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
8    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
9    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
10    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
11    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
12    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
13    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
14    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
15        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
16    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
17    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
18        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
19    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
20    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
21        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
22    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
23    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
24        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
25    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
26    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including

 

 

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1    information about the identity and administrative finding
2    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
3    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
4    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
5    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
6        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
7    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
8    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
9    Act.
10        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
11    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
12        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
13    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
14        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
15    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
16    authorized under that Act.
17        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
18    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
19    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
20        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
21    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
22        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
23    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
24        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
25    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
26    Code.

 

 

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1        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
2    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
3        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
4    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
5    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
6        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
7    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
8    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
9    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
10    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
11        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
12    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
13        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
14    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
15    Aid Code.
16        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
17    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
18        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
19    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
20        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
21    arising out of a peer support counseling session
22    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
23    Suicide Prevention Act.
24        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
25    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
26    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide

 

 

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1    Prevention Act.
2        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
3    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
4    under the Reproductive Health Act.
5        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
6    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
7        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
8    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
9    Human Rights Act.
10        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
11    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
12    Act.
13        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
14    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
15        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
16    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
17    Public Aid Code.
18        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
19    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
20        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
21    information that shall not be made public under the
22    Illinois Insurance Code.
23        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
24    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
25        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
26    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.

 

 

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1        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
2    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
3        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
4    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
5    Police Act.
6        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
7    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
8    Administrative Code of Illinois.
9        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
10    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
11    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
12    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
13        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
14    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
15    Violence Fatality Review Act.
16        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
17    Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
18    July 1, 2025.
19        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
20    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
21    Agency Licensing Act.
22        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
23    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
24    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
25    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
26    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card

 

 

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1    Act.
2        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
3    the School Safety Drill Act.
4        (jjj) (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under
5    Section 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
6        (kkk) (iii) Confidential business information
7    prohibited from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint
8    Stewardship Act.
9        (lll) (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
10    2-3.196 of the School Code.
11        (mmm) (iii) Information prohibited from being
12    disclosed under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the
13    Illinois Power Agency Act.
14        (nnn) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
15    150 of the Consumer Financing Licensing Act.
16(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
17102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
188-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
19102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
206-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
21eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23;
22103-580, eff. 12-8-23; revised 1-2-24.)
 
23    Section 995. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
24makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
25text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a

 

 

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1Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
2text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the
3changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any
4other Public Act.
 
5    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.