Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

Filed: 3/31/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1265

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1265 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Community Association Manager Licensing
5and Disciplinary Act is amended by changing Section 65 as
6follows:
 
7    (225 ILCS 427/65)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
9    Sec. 65. Fees; Community Association Manager Licensing and
10Disciplinary Fund.
11    (a) The fees for the administration and enforcement of this
12Act, including, but not limited to, initial licensure, renewal,
13and restoration, shall be set by rule of the Department. The
14fees shall be nonrefundable.
15    (b) In addition to the application fee, applicants for the
16examination are required to pay, either to the Department or

 

 

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1the designated testing service, a fee covering the cost of
2determining an applicant's eligibility and providing the
3examination. Failure to appear for the examination on the
4scheduled date, at the time and place specified, after the
5applicant's application and fee for examination have been
6received and acknowledged by the Department or the designated
7testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of the fee.
8    (c) To support the costs of administering this Act, all
9community associations that (i) are subject to this Act by
10having have 10 or more units, (ii) retain an individual to
11provide services as a community association manager for
12compensation, (iii) are not master associations under Section
1318.5 of the Condominium Property Act or the Common Interest
14Community Association Act, and (iv) are registered in this
15State as not-for-profit corporations shall pay to the
16Department an annual fee of $50 plus an additional $1 per unit,
17but shall not exceed an annual fee of $1,000 for any community
18association. The Department may establish forms and promulgate
19any rules for the effective collection of such fees under this
20subsection (c).
21    The Secretary of State shall collect the licensing fees
22from qualifying associations with an annual report required for
23not-for-profit corporations. Any qualifying not-for-profit
24corporation in this State that fails to pay in full to the
25Department all fees owed under this subsection (c) shall be
26subject to the penalties and procedures provided for under

 

 

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1Section 92 of this Act.
2    (d) All fees, fines, penalties, or other monies received or
3collected pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the
4Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund
5and shall not be subject to withdrawal or use for any purpose
6other than the administration of the Community Association
7Manager Licensing Program, including a fund to protect the
8financial interests of community associations.
9    (e) Four years after the date of the final adoption of
10rules under this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the
11Secretary and the Board shall review the number of licenses and
12the amount collected from community associations and make any
13necessary adjustment of the fees for both licensees and
14community associations subject to this Act, as recommended by
15the Board, to equal the costs of administration for the
16licensing program. Following the completion of the initial and
17all subsequent fee adjustments, prospective and current
18community association manager licensees and community
19associations subject to this Act shall share the administration
20costs as recommended by the Board and determined by the
21Department.
22    (f) On or before December 31, 2014, the Department shall
23prepare a report that shall be filed with the General Assembly
24and that shall be made publicly available. The report shall
25examine all of the Department's costs to enforce the provisions
26of this Act and shall include, but not be limited to, the

 

 

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1following information:
2        (1) the total number of licenses issued under this Act;
3        (2) a description of the fees that were generated by
4    the Department in enforcing this Act;
5        (3) a description of the Department's costs in
6    administering and enforcing this Act; and
7        (4) a description of the enforcement actions taken by
8    the Department under this Act.
9(Source: P.A. 96-726, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.".