Chapter 805 — BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

(805 ILCS 317/37) Sec. 37. Fees. (a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect in accordance with the provisions of this Act and rules adopted under its authority all of the following: (1) Fees for filing documents. (2) Miscellaneous charges. (3) Fees for the sale of lists …

(805 ILCS 317/40) Sec. 40. Members. (a) An association formed under this Act may include multiple classes of patron members whose rights and proprietary interests shall be determined by the articles or cooperative agreement. (b) To begin business, a limited worker cooperative ass…

(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 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 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 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 317/60) Sec. 60. Dissolution and termination. A limited worker cooperative association may be dissolved by (1) a two-thirds vote of the assembly, (2) a majority vote of the assembly as stated in the cooperative agreement, or (3) administratively. The vote shall be in ac…

(805 ILCS 317/61) Sec. 61. Grounds for administrative dissolution. The Secretary of State may dissolve any limited worker cooperative association administratively if: (1) it has failed to file its annual report and pay its fee as required by this Act before the first day of the a…

(805 ILCS 317/62) Sec. 62. Procedure for administrative dissolution. (a) After the Secretary of State determines that one or more grounds, as set forth in Section 35-25 of the Limited Liability Company Act, exist for the administrative dissolution of a limited worker cooperative …

(805 ILCS 317/63) Sec. 63. Reinstatement following dissolution or termination. (a) A limited worker cooperative association dissolved or terminated under Section 60 may be reinstated by the Secretary of State following the date of issuance of the notice of dissolution or statemen…

(805 ILCS 317/65) Sec. 65. Conversion. A limited worker cooperative association may convert into any form of entity permitted if the board of managers or managing members of the limited worker cooperative association adopts a plan of conversion and the assembly adopts such a plan…

(805 ILCS 317/70) Sec. 70. Exemption from securities laws. Any interest, patronage refund, per unit retain certificate, or evidence of membership issued or sold by a limited worker cooperative association is exempt from the registration requirements of the Illinois Securities Law…

(805 ILCS 317/90) Sec. 90. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 101-292, eff. 1-1-20; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 317/95) Sec. 95. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 101-292, eff. 1-1-20; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 317/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. (Source: P.A. 101-292, eff. 1-1-20.)

(805 ILCS 320/0.01) (from Ch. 21, par. 34.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Cemetery Association Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(805 ILCS 320/1) (from Ch. 21, par. 35) Sec. 1. That any six (6) or more persons may organize a Cemetery Association, to be owned, managed and controlled in the manner hereinafter provided. (Source: Laws 1903, p. 90.)

(805 ILCS 320/10) (from Ch. 21, par. 44) Sec. 10. The board of trustees shall annually prepare and file with the State Comptroller the report required to be filed by a licensee under Section 12 of the "Cemetery Care Act", approved July 21, 1947, as now or hereafter amended. The C…

(805 ILCS 320/10.1) (from Ch. 21, par. 44.1) Sec. 10.1. The cost of examining the reports required by Section 10 of this Act shall be borne by the cemetery association. The charge made by the Comptroller for examining the reports required by Section 10 of this Act shall be based …

(805 ILCS 320/11) (from Ch. 21, par. 45) Sec. 11. For misconduct in office any of said trustees of said cemetery association may be removed from office by a court of competent jurisdiction, and any trustee of such an association who shall convert any funds of such association to …

(805 ILCS 320/12) (from Ch. 21, par. 46) Sec. 12. The Board of Trustees of the cemetery association may make any and all rules and regulations for the management of the association not inconsistent with this Act. The trustees shall give bond to the Comptroller under the Cemetery …

(805 ILCS 320/13) (from Ch. 21, par. 47) Sec. 13. Any Cemetery Association existing at the time of the passage of this act, or which may hereafter be organized, may, if it shall so desire, convey to any Cemetery Association organized under this act, the property of said associati…

(805 ILCS 320/13a) (from Ch. 21, par. 48) Sec. 13a. Any cemetery association organized under this Act may convey any property which it may hold within a city, village, incorporated town, county not under township organization, or town, to the city, village, incorporated town, cou…

(805 ILCS 320/13b) (from Ch. 21, par. 48a) Sec. 13b. Any cemetery association organized under this Act is authorized to obtain a grant or grants of Federal funds from the United States Government, or from any proper agency thereof, for the construction of a memorial gateway and e…

(805 ILCS 320/14) (from Ch. 21, par. 49) Sec. 14. The property, both real and personal, of any association organized under this act, shall be forever exempt from taxation for any and all purposes. (Source: Laws 1903, p. 90.)

(805 ILCS 320/15) (from Ch. 21, par. 50) Sec. 15. That such cemetery association, when duly organized, shall be public corporations, for the purpose of burial ground and cemetery business only. (Source: Laws 1905, p. 84.)

(805 ILCS 320/16) (from Ch. 21, par. 51) Sec. 16. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1905, p. 84. Repealed by P.A. 96-863, eff. 1-19-10.)

(805 ILCS 320/16.5) Sec. 16.5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07. Repealed by P.A. 96-863, eff. 1-19-10.)

(805 ILCS 320/17) (from Ch. 21, par. 52) Sec. 17. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1965, p. 596. Repealed by P.A. 96-863, eff. 1-19-10.)

(805 ILCS 320/18) (from Ch. 21, par. 53) Sec. 18. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1905, p. 84. Repealed by P.A. 96-863, eff. 1-19-10.)

(805 ILCS 320/19) (from Ch. 21, par. 54) Sec. 19. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1965, p. 596. Repealed by P.A. 96-863, eff. 1-19-10.)

(805 ILCS 320/2) (from Ch. 21, par. 36) Sec. 2. Whenever six (6) or more persons shall present to the Secretary of State a petition setting forth that they desire to organize a Cemetery Association under this act, to be located in (here insert the county) and that said Cemetery A…

(805 ILCS 320/20) (from Ch. 21, par. 55) Sec. 20. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 76-1406. Repealed by P.A. 96-863, eff. 1-19-10.)

(805 ILCS 320/3) (from Ch. 21, par. 37) Sec. 3. The persons so receiving the articles of organization shall cause the same to be recorded in the recorder's office of the county in which the cemetery is situated, and when so recorded, the association shall be deemed fully organize…

(805 ILCS 320/4) (from Ch. 21, par. 38) Sec. 4. That said persons so receiving said certificate of organization of said association shall proceed to elect from their own number a board of trustees for said association, which said board shall consist of not less than six (6) nor m…

(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 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 320/7) (from Ch. 21, par. 41) Sec. 7. The treasurer of said Cemetery Association shall from time to time loan any money which said association may have and which is not needed for the immediate use of said association, taking proper security therefor, and which said loa…

(805 ILCS 320/8) (from Ch. 21, par. 42) Sec. 8. No officer or trustee of said Cemetery Association shall receive any compensation of any kind for any services rendered by him in behalf of said association, except the secretary of said association, who may receive such salary as m…

(805 ILCS 320/9) (from Ch. 21, par. 43) Sec. 9. No dividends shall be declared or paid to any officer or other person from the funds of said Cemetery Association, but the same shall be kept inviolate and to be used only for purposes of said association and the care, preservation …

(805 ILCS 325/0.01) (from Ch. 21, par. 64.90) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the National Cemetery Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(805 ILCS 325/1) (from Ch. 21, par. 65) Sec. 1. Any cemetery association organized under special act or charter is authorized to obtain a grant or grants of Federal funds from the United States Government, or from any proper agency thereof, for the construction of a memorial gate…

(805 ILCS 405/0.01) (from Ch. 96, par. 3m) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Assumed Business Name Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(805 ILCS 405/1) (from Ch. 96, par. 4) Sec. 1. Certificate; misrepresentation. No person or persons shall conduct or transact business in this State under an assumed name, or under any designation, name or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real name or names of the in…

(805 ILCS 405/1a) Sec. 1a. Home-based businesses. A person conducting or transacting business under an assumed name at his or her personal residence may list the county clerk, along with the address of the county clerk, of the county of his or her personal residence as the defaul…

(805 ILCS 405/2) (from Ch. 96, par. 5) Sec. 2. Persons conducting such business or any business under an assumed name who have prior to August 16, 1963 changed their names or whose names are additions to a business organization conducting business under an assumed name, for which…

(805 ILCS 405/3) (from Ch. 96, par. 6) Sec. 3. The several County Clerks of this State shall keep an alphabetical index of all persons filing certificates pursuant to Sections 1 and 2, and for the indexing and filing of such certificate shall receive a fee of $5.00. A copy of suc…

(805 ILCS 405/3a) (from Ch. 96, par. 6a) Sec. 3a. Any person who has executed and filed the certificate required by Section 1 or 2 of this Act and who wishes to withdraw his name from the business organization shall have the certificate cancelled in whole or in part by filing in …