Chapter 805, BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

(805 ILCS 110/44) (from Ch. 32, par. 173) Sec. 44. Any congregation, church or society, heretofore incorporated under the provisions of any law for the incorporation of religious societies, may become incorporated under the provisions of this act, relative to religious societies,…

(805 ILCS 110/45) (from Ch. 32, par. 174) Sec. 45. Any congregation, church or society, incorporated under this Act, may receive, by grant or legacy, real estate, for the purpose of holding camp meetings, and may make such improvements thereon as they may deem for their comfort a…

(805 ILCS 185/45) Sec. 45. Dishonored payments. Any professional limited liability company that, on 2 occasions, issues or delivers a check or other order to the Department that is not honored by the financial institution upon which it is drawn because of insufficient funds on th…

(805 ILCS 317/45) Sec. 45. Voting. (a) The articles or cooperative agreement may allocate voting power among patron members on the basis of one or a combination of the following: (1) one member, one vote; (2) if a member is a cooperative, the number of its members; or (3) on the …

(805 ILCS 110/46) (from Ch. 32, par. 175) Sec. 46. The trustees, or any other persons, designated by any such congregation, church or society incorporated under this act, shall have power to publish, print, circulate, sell or give away such religious, Sabbath school and missionar…

(805 ILCS 110/46a) (from Ch. 32, par. 176) Sec. 46a. It shall be lawful for any congregation, church or society, now or hereafter existing in the State of Illinois, and which is under the patronage, control, direction or supervision of any ecclesiastical body, diocesan, or like e…

(805 ILCS 110/46b) (from Ch. 32, par. 177) Sec. 46b. The presiding officer, or duly authorized representative of any ecclesiastical body, or diocesan, or like ecclesiastical officer having jurisdiction agreeably to the laws of any sect or denomination over such ecclesiastical dis…

(805 ILCS 110/46c) (from Ch. 32, par. 178) Sec. 46c. The successor of the presiding officer of any ecclesiastical body, or of the diocesan, or like ecclesiastical officer, shall, by virtue of his office, be for the time being a trustee of such corporation in place of his predeces…

(805 ILCS 110/46d) (from Ch. 32, par. 179) Sec. 46d. A trustee may be removed from office whenever his office shall be declared vacant for a failure to act, or for immoral conduct, or for an abandonment of the faith of the congregation, church, society, sect, or denomination, or …

(805 ILCS 110/46e) (from Ch. 32, par. 180) Sec. 46e. The trustees of every such congregation, church, or society, under the patronage, control, direction, or supervision of any ecclesiastical body, or diocesan, or like ecclesiastical officer, after the same has become incorporate…

(805 ILCS 110/46f) (from Ch. 32, par. 181) Sec. 46f. The trustees of any corporation formed for religious purposes under Sections 46a to 46h, inclusive, of this Act, may receive land in the name of such corporation by gift, legacy or purchase, and make, erect and build thereon, s…

(805 ILCS 110/46g) (from Ch. 32, par. 182) Sec. 46g. Any ecclesiastical body, or diocesan, or like ecclesiastical officer, may elect, or nominate, or appoint, according to the usages, customs, rules, regulations, articles of association, constitution, by-laws or canons of such ec…

(805 ILCS 110/46h) (from Ch. 32, par. 183) Sec. 46h. The word "trustees," whenever used in this act, shall be construed to include wardens, vestrymen, or such other officers as perform the duties of trustee. The words "ecclesiastical body" shall be construed to include any synod,…

(805 ILCS 110/46i) (from Ch. 32, par. 184) Sec. 46i. Any congregation, church or society heretofore incorporated under the provisions of any law for the incorporation of religious societies, may become incorporated under the foregoing sections from 46a to 46h, inclusive, of this …

(805 ILCS 110/46j) (from Ch. 32, par. 185) Sec. 46j. Any church, congregation, society or corporation, heretofore or hereafter formed for religious purposes or for the purpose of religious worship under any of the provisions of this Act or under any law of this State incorporatin…

(805 ILCS 110/46k) (from Ch. 32, par. 186) Sec. 46k. Nothing contained in sections 46a to 46k, inclusive, of this act shall be construed as limiting, restricting, or curtailing the rights or powers of any corporation to take or hold real or personal property which has been or may…

(805 ILCS 110/47) Sec. 47. Liability. (a) The members of a corporation organized under this Act shall not be personally liable for any debt or obligation of the corporation. (b) No director, officer, or trustee of a corporation organized under this Act shall be liable, and no cau…

(805 ILCS 315/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 444) Sec. 5. Every group of persons contemplating the organization of an association under this Act is urged to communicate with the Director of Agriculture, who will share any information the Department may have regarding the marketing conditi…

(805 ILCS 35/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 1005) Sec. 5. Any 3 or more qualified natural persons, all of whom shall be bona fide residents of this State, who desire to associate themselves for the purpose of establishing and operating a development credit corporation may subscribe, ackno…

(805 ILCS 410/5) (from Ch. 116, par. 63) Sec. 5. This Act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 123.)

(805 ILCS 405/5) (from Ch. 96, par. 8) Sec. 5. Any person or persons carrying on, conducting or transacting business as aforesaid, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and each day any person or persons conducts busin…

(805 ILCS 30/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 403) Sec. 5. Before taking effect, the agreement or agreements for sale and purchase or lease, or for such consolidation and merger, authorized by this act, shall be submitted to any annual meeting or to a special meeting of the stockholders of …

(805 ILCS 320/5) (from Ch. 21, par. 39) Sec. 5. Any cemetery association, when so organized, shall have the right and the same is expressly given to such association to acquire the necessary amount of land for the use of the cemetery association which said land may be acquired by…

(805 ILCS 15/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 635) Sec. 5. No corporation shall open, operate or maintain an establishment for any of the purposes set forth in Section 2 of this Act without a certificate of registration from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, hereinaft…

(805 ILCS 317/5) Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares all of the following: (1) the cooperative form of doing business provides an efficient and effective method for persons to transact business, offer, and obtain goods and services, and it is in the best int…

(805 ILCS 310/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 309) Sec. 5. Such corporations shall be required to file in the office of the Secretary of State the same reports and to pay to him the same license fees, franchise taxes and other fees, as required of corporations organized under an act entitl…

(805 ILCS 305/5) (from Ch. 106 1/2, par. 105) Sec. 5. Each individual licensed in this State to perform professional services who is employed by a professional association shall remain subject to reprimand or discipline for his conduct under the provisions of the licensing statut…

(805 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-5) Sec. 5. A professional corporation organized under this Act may consolidate or merge only with another domestic professional corporation organized under this Act to render the same specific professional service or related professional ser…

(805 ILCS 120/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 188e) Sec. 5. Powers and duties of consolidated corporation. When such merger or consolidation has been effected, the merged or consolidated corporations shall be a single corporation in accordance with the terms and provisions of the resolutio…

(805 ILCS 125/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 199.3) Sec. 5. Any corporation, association or society, not for pecuniary profit, existing by virtue of any special Act of the Legislature, notwithstanding any limitation or restriction contained in such special Act, shall have the power to pur…

(805 ILCS 150/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 397) Sec. 5. Nothing herein contained shall conflict with or in any wise impair any law, rule or regulation of the National or Illinois State Encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic, or of any National or Illinois State Convention of the …

(805 ILCS 185/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. "License" means a license, certificate of registration, or any other evidence of the satisfaction of the requirements of this State issued by the Departm…

(805 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 194) Sec. 5. The practice in proceedings under this Act shall be the same as in other civil cases. (Source: Laws 1935, p. 616.)

(805 ILCS 15/5.1) Sec. 5.1. Deposit of fees and fines. Beginning July 1, 2003, all of the fees, civil penalties, and fines collected under this Act shall be deposited into the General Professions Dedicated Fund. (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)

(805 ILCS 317/50) Sec. 50. Board of managers or managing members. (a) A limited worker cooperative association must have a board of managers or managing members of at least 3 individuals, unless the limited worker cooperative association is a collective worker cooperative. Subsec…

(805 ILCS 110/50) (from Ch. 32, par. 187) Sec. 50. As used in this section, the term "Eastern Orthodox Church", also known as the "Greek Orthodox Church", includes the following established and operating jurisdictions of that church: (a) The jurisdictions of the Orthodox Ecumenic…

(805 ILCS 185/50) Sec. 50. Deposit of fees and fines. All fees, civil penalties, and fines collected under this Act shall be deposited into the General Professions Dedicated Fund. (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)

(805 ILCS 110/51) (from Ch. 32, par. 188) Sec. 51. If the usages, customs, rules, regulations or canons of any religious organization require that any subordinate body of that organization obtain the permission of any hierarch, archbishop, bishop, administrator or other official …

(805 ILCS 317/51) Sec. 51. Earnings and losses. (a) The net earnings and losses of an association formed under this Act shall be apportioned and distributed in such manner as the articles or cooperative agreement shall specify. Net earnings declared as patronage allocations with …

(805 ILCS 317/52) Sec. 52. System of internal capital accounts. (a) A limited worker cooperative association may establish through its articles or cooperative agreement a system of internal capital accounts to reflect the book value and to determine the redemption price of member…

(805 ILCS 317/55) Sec. 55. Assembly. (a) A limited worker cooperative association, other than a collective worker cooperative, must have an assembly as constituted by the body of voting members. (b) An individual is not an agent for a limited worker cooperative association solely…

(805 ILCS 30/6) (from Ch. 32, par. 404) Sec. 6. At any such annual or special meeting, stockholders may vote in person or by proxy, each stockholder being entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him, and at such meeting there shall be submitted the proposed agreement…

(805 ILCS 310/6) (from Ch. 32, par. 310) Sec. 6. Associations formed under this act shall be bodies corporate and politic for the period for which they are organized, may sue and be sued, may have a common seal, which they may alter or renew at pleasure, may own, possess and enjo…

(805 ILCS 35/6) (from Ch. 32, par. 1006) Sec. 6. As soon as practicable after the receipt of the proposed articles of incorporation, the Director shall, from the best sources of information available, ascertain the character and general fitness of the applicants and their standin…

(805 ILCS 315/6) (from Ch. 32, par. 445) Sec. 6. Each association organized under this Act shall have the following powers: (a) To engage in any activity in connection with the producing, marketing, selling, preserving, harvesting, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, pack…

(805 ILCS 405/6) (from Ch. 96, par. 8a) Sec. 6. If a person or persons required to register hereunder do not do so and such persons, or any of them, are unknown, civil actions may be brought against such person or persons, by filing suit against the business under its assumed nam…

(805 ILCS 305/6) (from Ch. 106 1/2, par. 106) Sec. 6. This Act does not alter any law applicable to the relationship between a person furnishing professional service and a person receiving such professional service including liability arising out of such professional service. (So…

(805 ILCS 125/6) (from Ch. 32, par. 199.4) Sec. 6. Wherever in this Act the words "special charter" are used they shall be construed to mean the special law of this state by virtue of which the corporation, association or society exists, irrespective of whether or not in such spe…

(805 ILCS 320/6) (from Ch. 21, par. 40) Sec. 6. Said Cemetery Association when so organized may divide and lay out into lots, any real estate which it may acquire, which said lots shall be of suitable size for burial lots, and when any such land is laid out into lots as herein pr…

(805 ILCS 20/6) (from Ch. 32, par. 195) Sec. 6. Suits and proceedings instituted under the provisions of this act shall be placed upon a separate docket by themselves, and stand for trial upon the call of such docket at such times as the judge thereof may order. (Source: Laws 193…