Chapter 805 — BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

(805 ILCS 180/50-15) Sec. 50-15. Penalty. (a) The Secretary of State shall declare any limited liability company or foreign limited liability company to be delinquent and not in good standing if any of the following occur: (1) It has failed to file its annual report and pay the r…

(805 ILCS 180/50-20) Sec. 50-20. Powers of 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 th…

(805 ILCS 180/50-25) Sec. 50-25. Certified copies and certificates. (a) Copies, photostatic or otherwise, 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 Se…

(805 ILCS 180/50-30) Sec. 50-30. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-1062. Repealed by P.A. 91-354, eff. 1-1-00.)

(805 ILCS 180/50-35) Sec. 50-35. Forms. All documents required by this Act to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of State. (Source: P.A. 87-1062.)

(805 ILCS 180/50-40) Sec. 50-40. File number. All documents required by this Act to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, with the exception of the initial filing, shall contain the file number assigned by the Secretary of State. (Source: P.A. 87-1062.)

(805 ILCS 180/50-45) Sec. 50-45. Certificate of registration; attorneys at law. (a) A limited liability company that is organized to practice law may not engage in the practice of law without a certificate of registration from the Supreme Court of Illinois. Application for regist…

(805 ILCS 180/50-5) Sec. 50-5. List of limited liability companies; exchange of information. (a) The Secretary of State shall publish a list or lists of limited liability companies and foreign limited liability companies as open data, as often as the Secretary of State may in his…

(805 ILCS 180/50-50) Sec. 50-50. 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 approp…

(805 ILCS 180/50-55) Sec. 50-55. Disposition of fees. Of the total money collected for the filing of annual reports under this Act, $10 of the filing fee shall be paid into the Department of Business Services Special Operations Fund. The remaining money collected for the filing o…

(805 ILCS 180/55-1) Sec. 55-1. Construction and application. (a) This Act shall be so applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose. (b) Subject to subsection (b) of Section 15-5, it is the policy of this Act to give maximum effect to the principles of freedom of contra…

(805 ILCS 180/55-10) Sec. 55-10. 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 provisions of subsection (d) of…

(805 ILCS 180/55-15) Sec. 55-15. Transitional provisions. (a) Before January 1, 2000, this amendatory Act of 1997 governs only a limited liability company: (1) organized on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, unless the company is continuing the business o…

(805 ILCS 180/55-2) Sec. 55-2. Construction; attorneys at law. The provisions of this Act are applicable to attorneys at law only to the extent and under such terms and conditions as the Supreme Court of Illinois determines to be necessary and appropriate. Articles of organizatio…

(805 ILCS 180/55-3) Sec. 55-3. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This Act modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or su…

(805 ILCS 180/55-5) Sec. 55-5. Judicial review under the Administrative Review Law. (a) If the Secretary of State shall fail to approve any document required by this Act to be approved by the Secretary of State before the document shall be filed in his or her office, the Secretar…

(805 ILCS 180/60-1) Sec. 60-1. Effective date. This Act takes effect on January 1, 1994. (Source: P.A. 90-424, eff. 1-1-98.)

(805 ILCS 185/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Professional Limited Liability Company Act. (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)

(805 ILCS 185/10) Sec. 10. Application of the Limited Liability Company Act. The Limited Liability Company Act, as now or hereafter amended, shall be applicable to professional limited liability companies, and they shall enjoy the powers and privileges and be subject to the dutie…

(805 ILCS 185/11) Sec. 11. Articles of organization. One or more individuals may organize a professional limited liability company by filing articles of organization with the Secretary of State on forms furnished by the Secretary. Such articles of organization shall meet the requ…

(805 ILCS 185/12) Sec. 12. Professional limited liability company name. The name of each professional limited liability company or foreign professional limited liability company organized, existing, or subject to the provisions of this Act shall contain the terms "professional li…

(805 ILCS 185/13) Sec. 13. Nature of business. (a) A professional limited liability company may be formed to provide a professional service or services licensed by the Department except: (1) the practice of dentistry unless all the members and managers are licensed as dentists un…

(805 ILCS 185/15) Sec. 15. Certificate of registration. (a) No professional limited liability company may render professional services that require the issuance of a license by the Department, except through its managers, members, agents, or employees who are duly licensed or oth…

(805 ILCS 185/2) Sec. 2. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide for an individual or group of individuals to form a professional limited liability company to render the same professional service or related professional services to the public for w…

(805 ILCS 185/20) Sec. 20. Failure to obtain a certificate of registration. Whenever the Department has reason to believe a professional limited liability company has opened, operated, or maintained an establishment without a certificate of registration, the Department may issue …

(805 ILCS 185/25) Sec. 25. Suspension, revocation or discipline of certificate of registration. (a) The Department may suspend, revoke, or otherwise discipline the certificate of registration of a professional limited liability company for any of the following reasons: (1) the re…

(805 ILCS 185/30) Sec. 30. Confidentiality. (a) All information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a holder of a certificate of registration or an applicant, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a holder of a certificat…

(805 ILCS 185/35) Sec. 35. Professional relationship and liability; rights and obligations pertaining to communications. (a) Nothing contained in this Act shall be interpreted to abolish, repeal, modify, restrict, or limit the law in effect in this State on the effective date of …

(805 ILCS 185/40) Sec. 40. Dissolution. A professional limited liability company may, for the purposes of dissolution, have as its managers and members individuals who are not licensed by the Department to provide professional services notwithstanding any provision of this Act or…

(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 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 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 185/900) Sec. 900. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/905) Sec. 905. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/910) Sec. 910. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by repealing Sections 2105-150 and 2105-350. (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)

(805 ILCS 185/915) Sec. 915. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/920) Sec. 920. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/925) Sec. 925. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act is amended by repealing Section 18. (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)

(805 ILCS 185/930) Sec. 930. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/935) Sec. 935. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/940) Sec. 940. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/945) Sec. 945. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/950) Sec. 950. The Collection Agency Act is amended by repealing Sections 6, 6a, 10, 13, 13.3, and 14. (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)

(805 ILCS 185/955) Sec. 955. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/960) Sec. 960. The Real Estate License Act of 2000 is amended by repealing Sections 5-46 and 5-47. (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)

(805 ILCS 185/965) Sec. 965. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/970) Sec. 970. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/975) Sec. 975. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 185/999) Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)

(805 ILCS 206/100) Sec. 100. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Uniform Partnership Act (1997). (Source: P.A. 92-740, eff. 1-1-03.)