Chapter 805, BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

(805 ILCS 30/3) (from Ch. 32, par. 401) Sec. 3. All gas companies which are authorized to manufacture and distribute illuminating gas shall have the power to manufacture and distribute gas for fuel purposes and to distribute natural gas, and all companies authorized to distribute…

(805 ILCS 25/3) (from Ch. 32, par. 370) Sec. 3. Such corporation shall have power- First-To make such examination and survey for the proposed works as may be necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route, and for such purpose may enter, by its officers, agents and ser…

(805 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 32, par. 192) Sec. 3. In proceedings under this Act, summons shall issue and be served as in other civil actions, except that service shall be had in the county in which the principal office of such corporation is by its charter located. If process is re…

(805 ILCS 15/3) (from Ch. 32, par. 633) Sec. 3. The "Business Corporation Act of 1983", as heretofore or hereafter amended, and the Entity Omnibus Act shall be applicable to such corporations, including their organization, and they shall enjoy the powers and privileges and be sub…

(805 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3) Sec. 3. In this Act the terms defined in the Sections following this Section and preceding Section 4 have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections unless a contrary meaning is clear from the context. (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12…

(805 ILCS 310/3) (from Ch. 32, par. 307) Sec. 3. Corporations organized under this act may provide in their by-laws that when a shareholder is desirous of disposing of his stock, he shall first give the corporation an opportunity to purchase the same, after reasonable notice; and…

(805 ILCS 315/3) (from Ch. 32, par. 442) Sec. 3. Eleven (11) or more persons, a majority of whom are residents of this State, engaged in the production of agricultural products, may form a non-profit, co-operative association, with or without capital stock, under the provisions o…

(805 ILCS 10/3.1) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.1) Sec. 3.1. "Ancillary personnel" means such persons acting in their customary capacities, employed by those rendering a professional service who: (1) are not licensed to engage in the category of professional service for which a profes…

(805 ILCS 10/3.2) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.2) Sec. 3.2. "Regulating authority" means the Supreme Court of Illinois (in the case of attorneys at law), the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, or other State board, department, or agency having jurisdiction to grant …

(805 ILCS 10/3.3) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.3) Sec. 3.3. "License" includes a license, certificate of registration or any other evidence of the satisfaction of the requirements of this State, or of the United States Patent Office or the Internal Revenue Service of the United State…

(805 ILCS 10/3.4) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.4) Sec. 3.4. (a) "Professional Corporation" means: (1) a corporation organized under this Act; (2) an entity converted under the Entity Omnibus Act to a corporation governed by this Act; or (3) a foreign corporation domesticated under th…

(805 ILCS 10/3.5) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.5) Sec. 3.5. "Professional Service" means any personal service which requires as a condition precedent to the rendering thereof the obtaining of a license from a State agency or from the United States Patent Office or the Internal Revenu…

(805 ILCS 10/3.6) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.6) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-618) Sec. 3.6. "Related professions" and "related professional services" mean more than one personal service which requires as a condition precedent to the rendering thereof the obtaining of a license an…

(805 ILCS 317/30) Sec. 30. Organization of limited worker cooperative association. (a) After a limited worker cooperative association is formed: (1) if initial managers or managing members are named in the articles, the initial managers or managing members shall hold an organizat…

(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 315/30) (from Ch. 32, par. 469) Sec. 30. If any section of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional for any reason, the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. (Source: Laws 1923, p. 286.)

(805 ILCS 315/31) (from Ch. 32, par. 470) Sec. 31. Applicability of general corporation laws; mergers. (a) The provisions of the general corporation laws of this State, relating to corporations for pecuniary profit, and all powers and rights thereunder shall apply to the associat…

(805 ILCS 315/32) (from Ch. 32, par. 471) Sec. 32. Each year, within 6 months after the end of the association's fiscal year, each association organized or qualified to do business within this State under this Act shall file an annual report with the Director of Agriculture as re…

(805 ILCS 315/33) (from Ch. 32, par. 472) Sec. 33. For filing articles of incorporation, an association organized hereunder shall pay $100; and for filing an amendment to the articles, $25. Fees for filing articles of incorporation or an amendment to the articles shall be paid to…

(805 ILCS 317/35) Sec. 35. Cooperative agreement. (a) A cooperative agreement shall include: (1) a statement of the capital structure of the limited worker cooperative association; (2) the classes or other types of members' interests and the relative rights, preferences, privileg…

(805 ILCS 110/35) (from Ch. 32, par. 164) Sec. 35. Any church, congregation or society formed for the purposes of religious worship, may become incorporated in the manner following: By electing or appointing, according to its usages or customs, at any meeting held for that purpos…

(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 110/36) (from Ch. 32, par. 165) Sec. 36. The chairman or secretary of such meeting shall, as soon as may be after such meeting, make and file in the office of the recorder in the county in which such congregation, church or society is organized (which shall be recorded …

(805 ILCS 317/36) Sec. 36. Annual reports. (a) A limited worker cooperative association organized under the laws of this State shall file, within the time prescribed by this Act, an annual report setting forth all of the following: (1) The name of the limited worker cooperative a…

(805 ILCS 110/37) (from Ch. 32, par. 166) Sec. 37. The term of office of the trustees of any such corporation may be determined by the rules or by-laws of the congregation, church or society. (Source: Laws 1871-72, p. 296.)

(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 110/38) (from Ch. 32, par. 167) Sec. 38. A failure to elect trustees at any time shall not work a dissolution of such corporation, but the trustees last elected shall be considered as in office until their successors are elected. (Source: Laws 1871-72, p. 296.)

(805 ILCS 110/39) (from Ch. 32, par. 168) Sec. 39. All elections of trustees after the first, and elections to fill vacancies, may be called and conducted upon such notice and in such manner as may be provided by the rules, usages or by-laws of the congregation, church or society…

(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 …

(805 ILCS 405/3b) Sec. 3b. Locale misrepresentation. (a) A person shall not advertise or cause to be listed in a telephone directory an assumed or fictitious business name that intentionally misrepresents where the business is actually located or operating or falsely states that …

(805 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 634) Sec. 4. The corporation may bear the last name of one or more persons formerly or currently associated with it. A corporation organized under this Act may also adopt a name which does not include the surname of any present or former shareho…

(805 ILCS 405/4) (from Ch. 96, par. 7) Sec. 4. This Act shall in no way affect or apply to any corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership duly organized under the laws of this State, or any corporation, limited liability company,…

(805 ILCS 410/4) (from Ch. 116, par. 62) Sec. 4. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish the authority of an officer of this State under existing law to permit the destruction of business records. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 123.)

(805 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 402) Sec. 4. The purchase and sale or lease, or the consolidation and merger, hereby authorized, may be made in the manner following: The respective boards of directors or trustees of the company or companies proposing to sell and lease its or t…

(805 ILCS 150/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 396) Sec. 4. Whenever any Grand Army Post or any camp of United Spanish War Veterans, or Army of the Philippines, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall cease to exist, being the legal or equitable owner of any cemetery lot wherein are i…

(805 ILCS 125/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 199.2) Sec. 4. Whenever any such resolution has been adopted in the manner provided in section 3 of this Act, a certified copy of such resolution, verified by the affidavit of the president of said corporation, association or society and under …

(805 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 193) Sec. 4. It shall not be necessary for the Attorney-General to file an affidavit showing such officer or agent of such corporation resides or has gone out of the State, or on due inquiry cannot be found, or is concealed so that process canno…

(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 35/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 1004) Sec. 4. The purposes of a development credit corporation shall be limited to those provided in this Section and shall be to promote, stimulate, develop and advance the business prosperity and economic welfare of the State of Illinois and i…

(805 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 188d) Sec. 4. Recording with the recorders. Within 30 days after the publication of said notice as provided by the preceding section in this act as to all such corporations excepting religious corporations, the certificate of the Secretary of S…

(805 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-4) Sec. 4. The "Business Corporation Act of 1983", as now or hereafter amended, shall be applicable to professional corporations organized under this Act, and they shall enjoy the powers and privileges and be subject to the duties, restricti…

(805 ILCS 305/4) (from Ch. 106 1/2, par. 104) Sec. 4. A professional association may in its own name invest its funds in real estate, mortgages, stocks, bonds, or any other type of investment, and may own real or personal property necessary or appropriate for rendering its profes…

(805 ILCS 310/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 308) Sec. 4. Duplicate originals of the articles of incorporation shall be delivered to the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State finds that the articles of incorporation conform to law, he shall, when all franchise taxes, fees, and cha…

(805 ILCS 315/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 443) Sec. 4. An association may be organized under this Act for the purpose of engaging in any co-operative activity in connection with the producing, marketing or selling of agricultural products or with the harvesting, preserving, drying, pro…

(805 ILCS 110/40) (from Ch. 32, par. 169) Sec. 40. A trustee may be removed from office by an election, called and conducted in like manner as elections for trustees, or his office declared vacant for a failure to act, immoral conduct, or for an abandonment of the faith of the co…

(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 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 110/41) (from Ch. 32, par. 170) Sec. 41. Upon the incorporation of any congregation, church or society, all real and personal property held by any person or trustees for the use of the members thereof, shall immediately vest in such corporation and be subject to its con…

(805 ILCS 110/42) (from Ch. 32, par. 171) Sec. 42. Any corporation that may be formed for religious purposes under this Act, or any law of this State, for the incorporation of religious societies, may receive land, by gift, legacy or purchase and may erect or build thereon such h…

(805 ILCS 110/43) (from Ch. 32, par. 172) Sec. 43. The trustees shall have the care, custody and control of the real and personal property of the corporation, subject to the direction of the congregation, church or society, and may, when directed by the congregation, church or so…