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Article 13 - Fees and Other Matters

     (805 ILCS 215/Art. 13 heading) ARTICLE 13FEES AND OTHER MATTERS (Source: P.A. 93‑967, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

    (805 ILCS 215/1301)
    Sec. 1301. List of partnerships.
    (a) The Secretary of State may publish a list or lists of limited partnerships and foreign limited partnerships, with such frequency, in such format, and for such fees as the Secretary may in his or her discretion provide by rule. The Secretary may disseminate information concerning limited partnerships and foreign limited partnerships by computer network, in such format and for such fees as may be determined by rule.
    (b) Any list published under subsection (a) shall be free to each member of the General Assembly and to each State agency or department and to each Recorder in this State, submitting a written request for same. To all others an appropriate fee to cover the cost of producing the list shall be charged, and shall be established by rule.
(Source: P.A. 93‑967, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

    (805 ILCS 215/1302)
    Sec. 1302. Fees.
    (a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect in accordance with the provisions of this Act and rules promulgated pursuant to its authority:
        (1) fees for filing documents;
        (2) miscellaneous charges;
        (3) fees for the sale of lists of filings, copies of

any documents, and for the sale or release of any information.

(b) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for:         (1) filing certificates of limited partnership

(domestic), certificates of admission (foreign), restated certificates of limited partnership (domestic), and restated certificates of admission (foreign), $150;

(2) filing certificates to be governed by this Act,

$50;

(3) filing amendments and certificates of amendment,

$50;

(4) filing certificates of cancellation, $25;         (5) filing an application for use of an assumed name

under Section 108.5 of this Act, $150 for each year or part thereof ending in 0 or 5, $120 for each year or part thereof ending in 1 or 6, $90 for each year or part thereof ending in 2 or 7, $60 for each year or part thereof ending in 3 or 8, $30 for each year or part thereof ending in 4 or 9, and a renewal for each assumed name, $150;

(6) filing an annual report of a domestic or foreign

limited partnership, $100;

(7) filing an application for reinstatement of a

domestic or foreign limited partnership, and for issuing a certificate of reinstatement, $200;

(8) filing any other document, $50.     (c) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect:         (1) for furnishing a copy or certified copy of any

document, instrument or paper relating to a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership, $25; and

(2) for the transfer of information by computer

process media to any purchaser, fees established by rule.

(Source: P.A. 93‑967, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

    (805 ILCS 215/1303)
    Sec. 1303. Powers of the Secretary of State and rulemaking.
    (a) The Secretary of State shall have the power and authority reasonably necessary to administer this Act efficiently and to perform the duties herein imposed. The Secretary of State's function under this Act is to be a central depository for the certificates of limited partnership and certificates of admission required by this Act and to record the assumed names used by limited partnerships and foreign limited partnerships.
    (b) The Secretary of State shall have the power and authority to promulgate rules, in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, necessary to administer this Act efficiently and to perform the duties therein imposed.
(Source: P.A. 95‑368, eff. 8‑23‑07.)

    (805 ILCS 215/1304)
    Sec. 1304. Certified copies and certificates.
    (a) Copies, photostatic or otherwise, of any and all documents filed in the Office of the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of this Act, when certified by the Secretary of State under the Great Seal of the State of Illinois, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
    (b) Certificates by the Secretary of State under the Great Seal of the State of Illinois as to the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to limited partnerships, or foreign limited partnerships, which would not appear from a certified copy of any document, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts therein stated.
(Source: P.A. 93‑967, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

    (805 ILCS 215/1305)
    Sec. 1305. Federal Employers Identification Number.
    (a) All documents required by this Act to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State shall contain the Federal Employers Identification Number of the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership with respect to which the document is filed, unless the partnership has not obtained a Federal Employer Identification Number at the time of filing. In the event a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership does not have a Federal Employer Identification Number at the time of such filing, such a number shall be obtained on behalf of such partnership and shall be given to the Secretary of State within 180 days after filing its initial document with the Secretary of State.
    (b) If a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership fails to provide the Federal Employer Identification Number within the time period prescribed by this Section, the Secretary of State shall:
        (1) declare any limited partnership or foreign

limited partnership to be delinquent and not in good standing; and

(2) not file any additional documents, amendments,

reports, or other papers relating to the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership organized under or subject to the provisions of this Act until the delinquency is satisfied.

(e) If a limited partnership or foreign limited

partnership fails to provide the Federal Employer Identification Number within the time period prescribed by this Section, the Secretary of State may show the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership as not in good standing in response to inquiries received from any party regarding a limited partnership that is delinquent.

(Source: P.A. 95‑368, eff. 8‑23‑07.)

    (805 ILCS 215/1306)
    Sec. 1306. Forms. All documents required by this Act to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State shall be made on or accompanied by forms which shall be prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 93‑967, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

    (805 ILCS 215/1307)
    Sec. 1307. File number. All documents required by this Act to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, with the exception of each domestic or foreign limited partnership's initial filing, shall contain the limited partnership's file number as assigned by the Office of the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 93‑967, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

    (805 ILCS 215/1308)
    Sec. 1308. Department of Business Services Special Operations Fund.
    (a) A special fund in the State Treasury is created and shall be known as the Department of Business Services Special Operations Fund. Moneys deposited into the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used by the Department of Business Services of the Office of the Secretary of State, hereinafter "Department", to create and maintain the capability to perform expedited services in response to special requests made by the public for same day or 24 hour service. Moneys deposited into the Fund shall be used for, but not limited to, expenditures for personal services, retirement, social security contractual services, equipment, electronic data processing, and telecommunications.
    (b) The balance in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not exceed $600,000 and any amount in excess thereof shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
    (c) All fees payable to the Secretary of State under this Section shall be deposited into the Fund. No other fees or charges collected under this Act shall be deposited into the Fund.
    (d) "Expedited services" means services rendered within the same day, or within 24 hours from the time the request therefor is submitted by the filer, law firm, service company, or messenger physically in person, or at the Secretary of State's discretion, by electronic means, to the Department's Springfield Office or Chicago Office and includes requests for certified copies, photocopies, and certificates of existence or abstracts of computer record made to the Department's Springfield Office in person or by telephone, or requests for certificates of existence or abstracts of computer record made in person or by telephone to the Department's Chicago Office.
    (e) Fees for expedited services shall be as follows:
        Merger or conversion, $200;
        Certificate of limited partnership, $100;
        Certificate of amendment, $100;
        Reinstatement, $100;
        Application for admission to transact business, $100;
        Certificate of cancellation of admission, $100;
        Certificate of existence or abstract of computer

record, $20.

All other filings, copies of documents, annual

renewal reports, and copies of documents of canceled limited partnerships, $50.

(Source: P.A. 93‑967, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

    (805 ILCS 215/1309)
    Sec. 1309. Judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
    (a) If the Secretary of State shall fail to approve documents as conforming to the law and file any document required by this Act to be approved by the Secretary of State before the same shall be filed in his or her business office, the Secretary shall, within 10 business days after the delivery thereof to him or her, give written notice of his or her disapproval to the person or partnership delivering the same, specifying the reasons therefor. The decision of the Secretary of State is subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law, as now or hereafter amended.
    (b) Appeals may be taken from all final orders and judgments entered by the circuit court under this Section in review of any ruling or decision of the Secretary of State as in other civil actions by either party to the proceeding.
(Source: P.A. 93‑967, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

    (805 ILCS 215/1310)
    Sec. 1310. Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the provisions of that Act were included in this Act, except that the provision of subsection (d) of Section 10‑65 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act that provides that at hearing the licensee has the right to show compliance with all lawful requirements for retention, continuation or renewal of the license is specifically excluded. For the purposes of this Act the notice required under Section 10‑25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is deemed sufficient when mailed to the last known address of a party.
(Source: P.A. 93‑967, eff. 1‑1‑05.)