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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3609

Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

See Index

Amends the Trademark Registration and Protection Act. Provides that
any mark and its registration under this Act may be voluntarily cancelled.
Repeals provisions concerning infringement of Olympic marks. Amends the
Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes changes in provisions concerning
definitions; procedures for revocation of authority; activities that do
not constitute transacting business; and annual reports. Amends the
General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Inserts provisions
concerning reports of interim changes. Makes changes in provisions
concerning the withdrawal of foreign corporations. Amends the Limited
Liability Company Act. Inserts provisions concerning the production of
abstracts of records; reinstatement following expiration; and grounds for
judicial dissolution. Makes changes in provisions concerning company
names; assumed names; articles of amendment; statements of termination;
grounds for administrative dissolution; revocation; withdrawal;
transactions of business without admission; and annual reports. Amends the
Uniform Partnership Act (1997). Makes changes in provisions concerning
fees. Amends the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001). Inserts
provisions concerning reinstatement following duration expiration. Makes
changes in provisions concerning definitions; assumed names; and
amendments or restatements of certification.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5.
The Trademark Registration and Protection Act
5
is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:

(765 ILCS 1036/35)
7

Sec. 35.
Assignments, changes of name or address
,
8
voluntary cancellation
and other instruments.
9

(a) Any mark and its registration under this Act shall be
10
assignable with the goodwill of the business in which the mark
11
is used, or with that part of the goodwill of the business
12
connected with the use of and symbolized by the mark.
13
Assignment shall be on a form furnished by the Secretary and
14
may be recorded with the Secretary upon the payment of a
15
recording fee of $5 payable to the Secretary who, upon
16
recording of the assignment, shall issue in the name of the
17
assignee a new certificate for the remainder of the term of the
18
registration or of the last renewal thereof. An assignment of
19
any registration under this Act shall be void as against any
20
subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration without
21
notice, unless it is recorded with the Secretary within 3
22
months after the date thereof or prior to such subsequent
23
purchase.

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(b) Any registrant or applicant effecting a change of the
2
name or address of the person to whom the mark was issued or
3
for whom an application was filed may record, on a form
4
furnished by the Secretary, a certificate of change of name or
5
address of the registrant or applicant with the Secretary upon
6
the payment of a recording fee of
$25

$5
. The Secretary may
7
issue in the name of the assignee a certificate of
8
registration of an assigned application. The Secretary may
9
issue in the name of the assignee, a new certificate of
10
registration for the remainder of the term of the registration
11
or last renewal thereof.
12

(c) Other instruments which relate to a mark registered or
13
application pending pursuant to this Act, such as, by way of
14
example, licenses, security interests, or mortgages, may be
15
recorded in the discretion of the Secretary, provided that
16
instrument is in writing and duly executed.
17

(d) Acknowledgement shall be prima facie evidence of the
18
execution of an assignment or other instrument and when
19
recorded by the Secretary, the record shall be prima facie
20
evidence of execution.
21

(e) Any mark and its registration under this Act may be
22
voluntarily cancelled. Voluntary cancellation shall be on a
23
form furnished by the Secretary and may be recorded with the
24
Secretary upon the payment of a recording fee of $25, payable
25
to the Secretary. The fee shall accompany the application for
26
cancellation of registration. A certificate of voluntary

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cancellation shall be issued to the applicant.

2
(Source: P.A. 90-231, eff. 1-1-98.)

(765 ILCS 1036/62 rep.)
4

Section 10.
The Trademark Registration and Protection Act
5
is amended by repealing Section 62.

Section 15.
The Business Corporation Act of 1983 is
7
amended by changing Sections 1.80, 13.55, 13.75, 14.05, and
8
14.10 as follows:

(805 ILCS 5/1.80)

(from Ch. 32, par. 1.80)
10

Sec. 1.80.
Definitions.
As used in this Act, unless the
11
context otherwise requires, the words and phrases defined in
12
this Section shall have the meanings set forth herein.
13

(a) "Corporation" or "domestic corporation" means a
14
corporation subject to the provisions of this Act, except a
15
foreign corporation.
16

(b) "Foreign corporation" means a corporation for profit
17
organized under laws other than the laws of this State, but
18
shall not include a banking corporation organized under the
19
laws of another state or of the United States, a foreign
20
banking corporation organized under the laws of a country
21
other than the United States and holding a certificate of
22
authority from the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate
23
issued pursuant to the Foreign Banking Office Act, or a

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banking corporation holding a license from the Commissioner of
2
Banks and Real Estate issued pursuant to the Foreign Bank
3
Representative Office Act.
4

(c) "Articles of incorporation" means the original
5
articles of incorporation, including the articles of
6
incorporation of a new corporation set forth in the articles
7
of consolidation, and all amendments thereto, whether
8
evidenced by articles of amendment, articles of merger,
9
articles of exchange, statement of correction affecting
10
articles, resolution establishing series of shares or a
11
statement of cancellation under Section 9.05. Restated
12
articles of incorporation shall supersede the original
13
articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto prior to
14
the effective date of filing the articles of amendment
15
incorporating the restated articles of incorporation.
16

(d) "Subscriber" means one who subscribes for shares in a
17
corporation, whether before or after incorporation.
18

(e) "Incorporator" means one of the signers of the
19
original articles of incorporation.
20

(f) "Shares" means the units into which the proprietary
21
interests in a corporation are divided.
22

(g) "Shareholder" means one who is a holder of record of
23
shares in a corporation.
24

(h) "Certificate" representing shares means a written
25
instrument executed by the proper corporate officers, as
26
required by Section 6.35 of this Act, evidencing the fact that

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the person therein named is the holder of record of the share
2
or shares therein described. If the corporation is authorized
3
to issue uncertificated shares in accordance with Section 6.35
4
of this Act, any reference in this Act to shares represented by
5
a certificate shall also refer to uncertificated shares and
6
any reference to a certificate representing shares shall also
7
refer to the written notice in lieu of a certificate provided
8
for in Section 6.35.
9

(i) "Authorized shares" means the aggregate number of
10
shares of all classes which the corporation is authorized to
11
issue.
12

(j) "Paid-in capital" means the sum of the cash and other
13
consideration received, less expenses, including commissions,
14
paid or incurred by the corporation, in connection with the
15
issuance of shares, plus any cash and other consideration
16
contributed to the corporation by or on behalf of its
17
shareholders, plus amounts added or transferred to paid-in
18
capital by action of the board of directors or shareholders
19
pursuant to a share dividend, share split, or otherwise, minus
20
reductions as provided elsewhere in this Act. Irrespective of
21
the manner of designation thereof by the laws under which a
22
foreign corporation is or may be organized, paid-in capital of
23
a foreign corporation shall be determined on the same basis
24
and in the same manner as paid-in capital of a domestic
25
corporation, for the purpose of computing license fees,
26
franchise taxes and other charges imposed by this Act.

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(k) "Net assets", for the purpose of determining the right
2
of a corporation to purchase its own shares and of determining
3
the right of a corporation to declare and pay dividends and
4
make other distributions to shareholders is equal to the
5
difference between the assets of the corporation and the
6
liabilities of the corporation.
7

(l) "Registered office" means that office maintained by
8
the corporation in this State, the address of which is on file
9
in the office of the Secretary of State, at which any process,
10
notice or demand required or permitted by law may be served
11
upon the registered agent of the corporation.
12

(m) "Insolvent" means that a corporation is unable to pay
13
its debts as they become due in the usual course of its
14
business.
15

(n) "Anniversary" means that day each year exactly one or
16
more years after:

(1) the date of filing the articles of incorporation
18

prescribed by Section 2.10 of this Act, in the case of a
19

domestic corporation;

(2) the date of filing the application for authority
21

prescribed by Section 13.15 of this Act, in the case of a
22

foreign corporation; or

(3) the date of filing the articles of consolidation
24

prescribed by Section 11.25 of this Act in the case of a
25

consolidation, unless the plan of consolidation provides
26

for a delayed effective date, pursuant to Section 11.40.

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(o) "Anniversary month" means the month in which the
2
anniversary of the corporation occurs.
3

(p) "Extended filing month" means the month (if any) which
4
shall have been established in lieu of the corporation's
5
anniversary month in accordance with Section 14.01.
6

(q) "Taxable year" means that 12-month period commencing
7
with the first day of the anniversary month of a corporation
8
through the last day of the month immediately preceding the
9
next occurrence of the anniversary month of the corporation,
10
except that in the case of a corporation that has established
11
an extended filing month "taxable year" means that 12-month
12
period commencing with the first day of the extended filing
13
month through the last day of the month immediately preceding
14
the next occurrence of the extended filing month.
15

(r) "Fiscal year" means the 12-month period with respect
16
to which a corporation ordinarily files its federal income tax
17
return.
18

(s) "Close corporation" means a corporation organized
19
under or electing to be subject to Article 2A of this Act, the
20
articles of incorporation of which contain the provisions
21
required by Section 2.10, and either the corporation's
22
articles of incorporation or an agreement entered into by all
23
of its shareholders provide that all of the issued shares of
24
each class shall be subject to one or more of the restrictions
25
on transfer set forth in Section 6.55 of this Act.
26

(t) "Common shares" means shares which have no preference

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over any other shares with respect to distribution of assets
2
on liquidation or with respect to payment of dividends.
3

(u) "Delivered", for the purpose of determining if any
4
notice required by this Act is effective, means:

(1) transferred or presented to someone in person; or

(2) deposited in the United States Mail addressed to
7

the person at his, her or its address as it appears on the
8

records of the corporation, with sufficient first-class
9

postage prepaid thereon.
10

(v) "Property" means gross assets including, without
11
limitation, all real, personal, tangible, and intangible
12
property.
13

(w) "Taxable period" means that 12-month period commencing
14
with the first day of the second month preceding the
15
corporation's anniversary month in the preceding year and
16
prior to the first day of the second month immediately
17
preceding its anniversary month in the current year, except
18
that, in the case of a corporation that has established an
19
extended filing month, "taxable period" means that 12-month
20
period ending with the last day of its fiscal year immediately
21
preceding the extended filing month. In the case of a newly
22
formed domestic corporation or a newly registered foreign
23
corporation that had not commenced transacting business in
24
this State prior to obtaining authority, "taxable period"
25
means that period commencing with the filing of the articles
26
of incorporation or, in the case of a foreign corporation, of

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filing of the application for authority, and prior to the
2
first day of the second month immediately preceding its
3
anniversary month in the next succeeding year.
4

(x) "Treasury shares" mean (1) shares of a corporation
5
that have been issued, have been subsequently acquired by and
6
belong to the corporation, and have not been cancelled or
7
restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares and
8
(2) shares (i) declared and paid as a share dividend on the
9
shares referred to in clause (1) or this clause (2), or (ii)
10
issued in a share split of the shares referred to in clause (1)
11
or this clause (2). Treasury shares shall be deemed to be
12
"issued" shares but not "outstanding" shares. Treasury shares
13
may not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting or
14
otherwise. Shares converted into or exchanged for other shares
15
of the corporation shall not be deemed to be treasury shares.
16

(y) "Gross amount of business" means gross receipts, from
17
whatever source derived
, wherever derived
.
18

(z) "Open data" means data that is expressed in a
19
machine-readable form and that is made freely available to the
20
public under an open license, without registration
21
requirement, and without any other restrictions that would
22
impede its use or reuse.
23

(aa) "Gross amount of business thereof transacted by the
24
corporation at or from places of business in this State" means
25
the sum of the corporation's receipts from:
26

(1) each sale of tangible personal property,

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including, without limitation, sales made through
2

electronic means, if the property is delivered or shipped
3

to a buyer in this State regardless of the free on-board
4

point or another condition of the sale;
5

(2) each service performed in this State, except that
6

receipts derived from servicing loans secured by real
7

property are in this state if the real property is located
8

in this State;
9

(3) each rental of property situated in this State;
10

(4) the use of a patent, copyright, trademark,
11

franchise, license or other intangible personal property
12

in this State;
13

(5) each sale of real property located in this State
14

including royalties from oil, gas, or other mineral
15

interests; and
16

(6) any other business transacted in this State.

(bb) "Distributions as liquidating dividends" means a
18
distribution attributable to proceeds from the sale of the
19
assets of, or a distribution in kind of the assets of, a trade
20
or business which has been actively conducted by the
21
corporation throughout the 5-year period immediately before
22
the distribution and has been terminated; immediately after
23
the distribution, the corporation is actively engaged in the
24
conduct of a trade or business, which trade or business was
25
actively conducted throughout a 5-year period ending on the
26
date of the distribution; and all of the proceeds or assets of

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a terminated trade or business are distributed to the
2
corporation's shareholder in the distribution as soon
3
thereafter as reasonably possible; provided, however, that
4
this definition shall not apply to a distribution by a
5
corporation of stock or securities of a corporation which it
6
owns, in whole or in part, immediately before the
7
distribution.

8
(Source: P.A. 102-49, eff. 1-1-22; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)

(805 ILCS 5/13.55)

(from Ch. 32, par. 13.55)
10

Sec. 13.55.
Procedure for revocation of authority.
11

(a) After the Secretary of State determines that one or
12
more grounds exist under Section 13.50 for the revocation of
13
authority of a foreign corporation, he or she shall send by
14
regular mail to each delinquent corporation a Notice of
15
Delinquency to its registered office, or, if the corporation
16
has failed to maintain a registered office, then to the
17
president or other principal officer at the last known office
18
of said officer.
19

(b) If the corporation does not correct the default
20
described in paragraphs (c) through (k), and paragraph (m), of
21
Section 13.50 within 90 days following such notice, the
22
Secretary of State shall thereupon revoke the authority of the
23
corporation by issuing a certificate of revocation that
24
recites the grounds for revocation and its effective date. If
25
the corporation does not correct the default described in

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paragraph (a), (b), or (l) of Section 13.50, within 30 days
2
following such notice, the Secretary of State shall thereupon
3
revoke the authority of the corporation by issuing a
4
certificate of revocation as herein prescribed. The Secretary
5
of State shall file the original of the certificate in his or
6
her office and mail one copy to the corporation at its
7
registered office or, if the corporation has failed to
8
maintain a registered office, then to the president or other
9
principal officer at the last known office of said officer.
10

(c) Upon the issuance of the certificate of revocation,
11
the authority of the corporation to transact business in this
12
State shall cease and such revoked corporation shall not
13
thereafter carry on any business in this State.
14

(d) The Secretary of State shall not allow another
15
corporation or limited liability company to use the name of a
16
foreign corporation that has been revoked until 3 years have
17
elapsed following the date of issuance of the notice of
18
revocation. If the foreign corporation that has been revoked
19
is reinstated within 3 years after the date of issuance of the
20
notice of revocation, the foreign corporation shall continue
21
under its previous name unless the corporation changes its
22
name upon reinstatement.

23
(Source: P.A. 95-515, eff. 8-28-07; 96-1121, eff. 1-1-11.)

(805 ILCS 5/13.75)
25

Sec. 13.75.
Activities that do not constitute transacting

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business.
Without excluding other activities that may not
2
constitute doing business in this State, a foreign corporation
3
shall not
, except as otherwise required by another State law,

4
be considered to be transacting business in this State, for
5
purposes of this Article 13, by reason of carrying on in this
6
State
any one or more
of the following activities:

(1) maintaining, defending, or settling any
8

proceeding;

(2)
acting as a governing person of a domestic or
10

foreign entity that is authorized to transact business in
11

this State

holding meetings of the board of directors or
12

shareholders or carrying on other activities concerning
13

internal corporate affairs
;

(3) maintaining bank accounts;

(4) maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer,
16

exchange, and registration of the corporation's own
17

securities or maintaining trustees or depositaries with
18

respect to those securities;

(5)
effecting a sale

selling
through
an
independent
20

contractor

contractors
;

(6)
blank;

soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by
22

mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if
23

orders require acceptance outside this State before they
24

become contracts;

(7) (blank);

(8) (blank);

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(9) owning, without more, real or personal property;

(10) conducting an isolated transaction that is
3

completed within 120 days and that is not one in the course
4

of repeated transactions of a like nature; or

(11) having a corporate officer or director who is a
6

resident of this State.
7
(Source: P.A. 93-59, eff. 7-1-03.)

(805 ILCS 5/14.05)

(from Ch. 32, par. 14.05)
9

Sec. 14.05.
Annual report of domestic or foreign
10
corporation.
Each domestic corporation organized under any
11
general law or special act of this State authorizing the
12
corporation to issue shares, other than homestead
13
associations, building and loan associations, banks and
14
insurance companies (which includes a syndicate or limited
15
syndicate regulated under Article V 1/2 of the Illinois
16
Insurance Code or member of a group of underwriters regulated
17
under Article V of that Code), and each foreign corporation
18
(except members of a group of underwriters regulated under
19
Article V of the Illinois Insurance Code) authorized to
20
transact business in this State, shall file, within the time
21
prescribed by this Act, an annual report setting forth:
22

(a) The name of the corporation.
23

(b) The address, including street and number, or rural
24

route number, of its registered office in this State, and
25

the name of its registered agent at that address.

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route number, of its principal office.
3

(d) The names and respective addresses, including
4

street and number, or rural route number, of its directors
5

and officers.
6

(e) A statement of the aggregate number of shares
7

which the corporation has authority to issue, itemized by
8

classes and series, if any, within a class.
9

(f) A statement of the aggregate number of issued
10

shares, itemized by classes, and series, if any, within a
11

class.
12

(g) A statement, expressed in dollars, of the amount
13

of paid-in capital of the corporation as defined in this
14

Act.
15

(h) Either a statement that (1) all the property of
16

the corporation is located in this State and all of its
17

business is transacted at or from places of business in
18

this State, or the corporation elects to pay the annual
19

franchise tax on the basis of its entire paid-in capital,
20

or (2) a statement, expressed in dollars, of the value of
21

all the property owned by the corporation, wherever
22

located, and the value of the property located within this
23

State, and a statement, expressed in dollars, of the gross
24

amount of business transacted by the corporation and the
25

gross amount thereof transacted by the corporation at or
26

from places of business in this State as of the close of

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its fiscal year on or immediately preceding the last day
2

of the third month prior to the anniversary month or in the
3

case of a corporation which has established an extended
4

filing month, as of the close of its fiscal year on or
5

immediately preceding the last day of the third month
6

prior to the extended filing month; however, in the case
7

of a domestic corporation that has not completed its first
8

fiscal year, the statement with respect to property owned
9

shall be as of the last day of the third month preceding
10

the anniversary month and the statement with respect to
11

business transacted shall be furnished for the period
12

between the date of incorporation and the last day of the
13

third month preceding the anniversary month. In the case
14

of a foreign corporation that has not been authorized to
15

transact business in this State for a period of 12 months
16

and has not commenced transacting business prior to
17

obtaining authority, the statement with respect to
18

property owned shall be as of the last day of the third
19

month preceding the anniversary month and the statement
20

with respect to business transacted shall be furnished for
21

the period between the date of its authorization to
22

transact business in this State and the last day of the
23

third month preceding the anniversary month. If the data
24

referenced in item (2) of this subsection is not
25

completed, the franchise tax provided for in this Act
26

shall be computed on the basis of the entire paid-in

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capital.
2

(i) A statement, including the basis therefor, of
3

status as a "minority-owned business" or as a "women-owned
4

business" as those terms are defined in the Business
5

Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
6

Disabilities Act.
7

(j) Additional information as may be necessary or
8

appropriate in order to enable the Secretary of State to
9

administer this Act and to verify the proper amount of
10

fees and franchise taxes payable by the corporation.
11

(k) A statement of whether the corporation or foreign
12

corporation has outstanding shares listed on a major
13

United States stock exchange and is thereby subject to the
14

reporting requirements of Section 8.12.
15

(l) For those corporations subject to Section 8.12, a
16

statement providing the information required under Section
17

8.12.
18

(m) For those corporations required to file an
19

Employer Information Report EEO-1 with the Equal
20

Employment Opportunity Commission, information that is
21

substantially similar to the employment data reported
22

under
the workforce demographic data portion

Section D
of
23

the corporation's EEO-1 in a format approved by the
24

Secretary of State. For each corporation that submits data
25

under this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall publish
26

the data on the gender, race, and ethnicity of each

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corporation's employees on the Secretary of State's
2

official website. The Secretary of State shall publish
3

such information within 90 days of receipt of a properly
4

filed annual report or as soon thereafter as practicable.
5

The annual report shall be made on forms prescribed and
6
furnished by the Secretary of State, and the information
7
therein required by paragraphs (a) through (d), both
8
inclusive, of this Section, shall be given as of the date of
9
the execution of the annual report and the information therein
10
required by paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of this Section shall
11
be given as of the last day of the third month preceding the
12
anniversary month, except that the information required by
13
paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) shall, in the case of a
14
corporation which has established an extended filing month, be
15
given in its final transition annual report and each
16
subsequent annual report as of the close of its fiscal year on
17
or immediately preceding the last day of the third month prior
18
to its extended filing month. The information required by
19
paragraph (m) shall be included in the corporation's annual
20
report filed on and after January 1, 2023. It shall be executed
21
by the corporation by its president, a vice-president,
22
secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer or other officer
23
duly authorized by the board of directors of the corporation
24
to execute those reports, and verified by him or her, or, if
25
the corporation is in the hands of a receiver or trustee, it
26
shall be executed on behalf of the corporation and verified by

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the receiver or trustee.
2
(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17; 100-486, eff. 1-1-18;
3
100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-589, eff. 8-27-19; 101-656, eff.
4
3-23-21.)

(805 ILCS 5/14.10)

(from Ch. 32, par. 14.10)
6

Sec. 14.10.
Filing of annual report of domestic or foreign
7
corporation.
Such annual report together with all fees, taxes
8
and charges as prescribed by this Act, shall be delivered to
9
the Secretary of State within 60 days immediately preceding
10
the first day of the anniversary month
and within 30 days
11
following the first day of the anniversary month
or, in the
12
case of a corporation which has established an extended filing
13
month, the extended filing month of the corporation each year.
14
Proof to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that prior
15
to the first day of the anniversary month
and within 30 days
16
following the first day of the anniversary month
or the
17
extended filing month of the corporation such report together
18
with all fees, taxes and charges as prescribed by this Act, was
19
deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope,
20
properly addressed, with postage prepaid, shall be deemed a
21
compliance with this requirement. If the Secretary of State
22
finds that such report conforms to the requirements of this
23
Act, he or she shall file the same. If he or she finds that it
24
does not so conform, he or she shall promptly return the same
25
to the corporation for any necessary corrections, in which

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event the penalties hereinafter prescribed for failure to file
2
such report within the time hereinabove provided shall not
3
apply, if such report is corrected to conform to the
4
requirements of this Act and returned to the Secretary of
5
State within 30 days of the date the report was returned for
6
corrections.
7
(Source: P.A. 86-985.)

Section 20.
The General Not For Profit Corporation Act of
9
1986 is amended by changing Sections 103.05 and 113.45 and by
10
adding Section 114.13 as follows:

(805 ILCS 105/103.05)

(from Ch. 32, par. 103.05)
12

Sec. 103.05.
Purposes and authority of corporations;
13
particular purposes; exemptions.
14

(a) Not-for-profit corporations may be organized under
15
this Act for any one or more of the following or similar
16
purposes:
17

(1) Charitable.
18

(2) Benevolent.
19

(3) Eleemosynary.
20

(4) Educational.
21

(5) Civic.
22

(6) Patriotic.
23

(7) Political.
24

(8) Religious.

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(9) Social.
2

(10) Literary.
3

(11) Athletic.
4

(12) Scientific.
5

(13) Research.
6

(14) Agricultural.
7

(15) Horticultural.
8

(16) Soil improvement.
9

(17) Crop improvement.
10

(18) Livestock or poultry improvement.
11

(19) Professional, commercial, industrial, or trade
12

association.
13

(20) Promoting the development, establishment, or
14

expansion of industries.
15

(21) Electrification on a cooperative basis.
16

(22) Telephone
and Internet
service on a mutual or
17

cooperative basis.
18

(23) Ownership and operation of water supply
19

facilities for drinking and general domestic use on a
20

mutual or cooperative basis.
21

(24) Ownership or administration of residential
22

property on a cooperative basis.
23

(25) Administration and operation of property owned on
24

a condominium basis or by a homeowner association.
25

(26) Administration and operation of an organization
26

on a cooperative basis producing or furnishing goods,

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services, or facilities primarily for the benefit of its
2

members who are consumers of those goods, services, or
3

facilities.
4

(27) Operation of a community mental health board or
5

center organized pursuant to the Community Mental Health
6

Act for the purpose of providing direct patient services.
7

(28) Provision of debt management services as
8

authorized by the Debt Management Service Act.
9

(29) Promotion, operation, and administration of a
10

ridesharing arrangement as defined in Section 1-176.1 of
11

the Illinois Vehicle Code.
12

(30) The administration and operation of an
13

organization for the purpose of assisting low-income
14

consumers in the acquisition of utility and telephone
15

services.
16

(31) Any purpose permitted to be exempt from taxation
17

under Sections 501(c) or 501(d) of the United States
18

Internal Revenue Code, as now or hereafter amended.
19

(32) Any purpose that would qualify for tax-deductible
20

gifts under the Section 170(c) of the United States
21

Internal Revenue Code, as now or hereafter amended. Any
22

such purpose is deemed to be charitable under subsection
23

(a)(1) of this Section.
24

(33) Furnishing of natural gas on a cooperative basis.
25

(34) Ownership and operation of agriculture-based
26

biogas (anaerobic digester) systems on a cooperative basis

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including the marketing and sale of products produced from
2

these, including, but not limited to, methane gas,
3

electricity, and compost.
4

(35) Ownership and operation of a hemophilia program,
5

including comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic treatment
6

centers, under Section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security
7

Act. The hemophilia program may employ physicians, other
8

health care professionals, and staff. The program and the
9

corporate board may not exercise control over, direct, or
10

interfere with a physician's exercise and execution of his
11

or her professional judgment in the provision of care or
12

treatment.
13

(36) Engineering for conservation services associated
14

with wetland restoration or mitigation, flood mitigation,
15

groundwater recharge, and natural infrastructure.
16

Non-profit engineering for conservation services may not
17

be procured by qualifications based selection criteria for
18

contracts with the Department of Transportation, the
19

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, or Cook County,
20

except as a subcontractor or subconsultant.
21

(b) A corporation may be organized hereunder to serve in
22
an area that adjoins or borders (except for any intervening
23
natural watercourse) an area located in an adjoining state
24
intended to be similarly served, and the corporation may join
25
any corporation created by the adjoining state having an
26
identical purpose and organized as a not-for-profit

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corporation. Whenever any corporation organized under this Act
2
so joins with a foreign corporation having an identical
3
purpose, the corporation shall be permitted to do business in
4
Illinois as one corporation; provided (1) that the name, bylaw
5
provisions, officers, and directors of each corporation are
6
identical, (2) that the foreign corporation complies with the
7
provisions of this Act relating to the admission of foreign
8
corporation, and (3) that the Illinois corporation files a
9
statement with the Secretary of State indicating that it has
10
joined with a foreign corporation setting forth the name
11
thereof and the state of its incorporation.
12
(Source: P.A. 103-66, eff. 6-9-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)

(805 ILCS 105/113.45)

(from Ch. 32, par. 113.45)
14

Sec. 113.45.
Withdrawal of foreign corporation.
A foreign
15
corporation authorized to conduct affairs in this State may
16
withdraw from this State upon filing with the Secretary of
17
State an application for withdrawal. In order to procure such
18
withdrawal, such foreign corporation shall either:
19

(a) Execute and file in duplicate, in accordance with
20
Section 101.10 of this Act, an application for withdrawal and
21
a final report which shall set forth:

(1) That it surrenders its authority to conduct
23

affairs in this State;

(2) That it revokes the authority of its registered
25

agent in this State to accept service of process and

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consents that service of process in any suit, action, or
2

proceeding based upon any cause of action arising in this
3

State during the time the corporation was licensed to
4

conduct affairs in this State may thereafter be made on
5

such corporation by service thereof on the Secretary of
6

State;

(3) A post office address to which may be mailed a copy
8

of any process against the corporation that may be served
9

on the Secretary of State;

(4) The name of the corporation and the state or
11

country under the laws of which it is organized; and

(5) Such additional information as may be necessary or
13

appropriate in order to enable the Secretary of State to
14

determine and assess any unpaid fees payable by such
15

foreign corporation as in this Act prescribed; or
16

(b) If it has been dissolved, file a copy of the articles
17
of dissolution duly authenticated by the proper officer of the
18
state or country under the laws of which such corporation was
19
organized.
20

(c) The application for withdrawal and the final report
21
shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the
22
Secretary of State.
23

(d) When the corporation has complied with subsection (a)
24
of this Section, the Secretary of State shall file the
25
application for withdrawal and mail a copy of the application
26
to the corporation or its representative. If the provisions of

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subsection (b) of this Section have been followed, the
2
Secretary of State shall file a copy of the articles of
3
dissolution in his or her office.
4

(e) The withdrawal is effective on the date of the filing
5
of the articles by the Secretary of State or at a subsequent
6
date, as outlined in the application of withdrawal, that is no
7
later than 30 days after the date on which the application for
8
withdrawal is filed by the Secretary of State.

Upon the filing of the application for withdrawal or copy
10
of the articles of dissolution, the authority of the
11
corporation to conduct affairs in this State shall cease.
12
(Source: P.A. 92-33, eff. 7-1-01.)

(805 ILCS 105/114.13 new)
14

Sec. 114.13.
Report of interim changes of domestic or
15
foreign corporations.
Any corporation, domestic or foreign,
16
may report interim changes in the name, address, or both of its
17
officers and directors, its principal office, or status as a
18
condominium association, homeowners association, or
19
cooperative housing corporation by filing a report under this
20
Section containing the following information:
21

(1) the name of the corporation;
22

(2) the address, including street and number, or rural
23

route number, of its registered office in this State, and
24

the name of its registered agent at that address;
25

(3) the address, including street and number, or rural

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route number, of its principal office;
2

(4) the names and respective addresses, including
3

street and number, or rural route number, of its directors
4

and officers; and
5

(5) a statement as to whether the corporation is a
6

condominium association established under the Condominium
7

Property Act, a cooperative housing corporation defined in
8

Section 216 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or a
9

homeowners association that administers a common interest
10

community as defined in subsection (c) of Section 9-102 of
11

the Code of Civil Procedures.
12

The interim report of changes shall be made on forms
13
prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of State and shall
14
be executed by the corporation through the corporation's
15
president, vice-president, secretary, assistant secretary,
16
treasurer, or other officer duly authorized, and verified by
17
the person executing the report. If the corporation is in the
18
hands of a receiver or trustee, the report shall be executed on
19
behalf of the corporation and verified by the receiver or
20
trustee.

Section 25.
The Limited Liability Company Act is amended
22
by changing Sections 1-10, 1-20, 5-25, 35-15, 35-25, 45-40,
23
45-45, and 50-1 and by adding Sections 1-70, 35-41, 35-43, and
24
45-38 as follows:

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(805 ILCS 180/1-10)
2

Sec. 1-10.
Limited liability company name.
3

(a) The name of each limited liability company or foreign
4
limited liability company organized, existing, or subject to
5
the provisions of this Act:
6

(1) shall contain the terms "limited liability
7

company", "L.L.C.", or "LLC",
which must be placed at the
8

end of the company name
or, if organized as a low-profit
9

limited liability company under Section 1-26 of this Act,
10

shall contain the term "L3C";
11

(2) may not contain a word or phrase, or an
12

abbreviation or derivation thereof, the use of which is
13

prohibited or restricted by any other statute of this
14

State unless the restriction has been complied with;
15

(3) shall consist of letters of the English alphabet,
16

Arabic or Roman numerals, or symbols capable of being
17

readily reproduced by the Office of the Secretary of
18

State;
19

(4) shall not contain any of the following terms:
20

"Corporation," "Corp.," "Incorporated," "Inc.," "Ltd.,"
21

"Co.," "Limited Partnership" or "L.P.";
22

(5) shall be the name under which the limited
23

liability company transacts business in this State unless
24

the limited liability company also elects to adopt an
25

assumed name or names as provided in this Act; provided,
26

however, that the limited liability company may use any

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divisional designation or trade name without complying
2

with the requirements of this Act, provided the limited
3

liability company also clearly discloses its name;
4

(6) shall not contain any word or phrase that
5

indicates or implies that the limited liability company is
6

authorized or empowered to be in the business of a
7

corporate fiduciary unless otherwise permitted by the
8

Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation under
9

Section 1-9 of the Corporate Fiduciary Act. The word
10

"trust", "trustee", or "fiduciary" may be used by a
11

limited liability company only if it has first complied
12

with Section 1-9 of the Corporate Fiduciary Act; and
13

(7) shall contain the word "trust", if it is a limited
14

liability company organized for the purpose of accepting
15

and executing trusts.
16

(b) Nothing in this Section or Section 1-20 shall abrogate
17
or limit the common law or statutory law of unfair competition
18
or unfair trade practices, nor derogate from the common law or
19
principles of equity or the statutes of this State or of the
20
United States of America with respect to the right to acquire
21
and protect copyrights, trade names, trademarks, service
22
marks, service names, or any other right to the exclusive use
23
of names or symbols.
24

(d) The name shall be distinguishable upon the records in
26
the Office of the Secretary of State from all of the following:

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(1) Any limited liability company that has articles of
2

organization filed with the Secretary of State under
3

Section 5-5.
4

(2) Any foreign limited liability company admitted to
5

transact business in this State.
6

(3) Any name for which an exclusive right has been
7

reserved in the Office of the Secretary of State under
8

Section 1-15.
9

(4) Any assumed name that is registered with the
10

Secretary of State under Section 1-20.
11

(5) Any corporate name or assumed corporate name of a
12

domestic or foreign corporation subject to the provisions
13

of Section 4.05 of the Business Corporation Act of 1983 or
14

Section 104.05 of the General Not For Profit Corporation
15

Act of 1986.
16

(e) The provisions of subsection (d) of this Section shall
17
not apply if the organizer files with the Secretary of State a
18
certified copy of a final decree of a court of competent
19
jurisdiction establishing the prior right of the applicant to
20
the use of that name in this State.
21

(f) The Secretary of State shall determine whether a name
22
is "distinguishable" from another name for the purposes of
23
this Act. Without excluding other names that may not
24
constitute distinguishable names in this State, a name is not
25
considered distinguishable, for purposes of this Act, solely
26
because it contains one or more of the following:

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(1) The word "limited", "liability" or "company" or an
2

abbreviation of one of those words.
3

(2) Articles, conjunctions, contractions,
4

abbreviations, or different tenses or number of the same
5

word.
6
(Source: P.A. 98-720, eff. 7-16-14; 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)

(805 ILCS 180/1-20)
8

Sec. 1-20.
Assumed name.
9

(a) A limited liability company or a foreign limited
10
liability company admitted to transact business or making
11
application for admission to transact business in Illinois may
12
elect to adopt an assumed name that complies with the
13
requirements of Section 1-10 of this Act except (a)(1).
14

(a-5) As used in this Act, "assumed name" means any name
15
other than the true limited liability company name, except
16
that the following do not constitute the use of an assumed name
17
under this Act:

(1) A limited liability company's identification of
19

its business with a trademark or service mark of which the
20

company is the owner or licensed user.

(2) The use of a name of a division, not containing the
22

word "limited", "liability", or "company" or an
23

abbreviation of one of those words, provided that the
24

limited liability company also clearly discloses its true
25

name.

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(b) Before transacting any business in Illinois under an
2
assumed limited liability company name or names, the limited
3
liability company shall, for each assumed name, execute and
4
file in duplicate an application setting forth all of the
5
following:

(1) The true limited liability company name.

(2) The state or country under the laws of which it is
8

organized.

(3) That it intends to transact business under an
10

assumed limited liability company name.

(4) The assumed name that it proposes to use.
12

(c) The right to use an assumed name shall be effective
13
from the date of filing by the Secretary of State until the
14
first day of the anniversary month of the limited liability
15
company that falls within the next calendar year evenly
16
divisible by 5. However, if an application is filed within the
17
2 months immediately preceding the anniversary month of a
18
limited liability company that falls within a calendar year
19
evenly divisible by 5, the right to use the assumed name shall
20
be effective until the first day of the anniversary month of
21
the limited liability company that falls within the next
22
succeeding calendar year evenly divisible by 5.
23

(d) A limited liability company shall renew the right to
24
use its assumed name or names, if any, within the 60 days
25
preceding the expiration of the right, for a period of 5 years,
26
by making an election to do so at the time of filing its annual

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report form and by paying the renewal fee as prescribed by this
2
Act.
3

(e) A limited liability company or foreign limited
4
liability company may change or cancel any or all of its
5
assumed names by executing and filing an application setting
6
forth all of the following:

(1) The true limited liability company name.

(2) The state or country under the laws of which it is
9

organized.

(3) That it intends to cease transacting business
11

under an assumed name by changing or cancelling it.

(4) The assumed name to be changed or cancelled.

(5) If the assumed name is to be changed, the assumed
14

name that the limited liability company proposes to use.
15

(f) Upon the filing of an application to change an assumed
16
name, the limited liability company shall have the right to
17
use the assumed name for the balance of the period authorized.
18

(g) The right to use an assumed name shall be cancelled by
19
the Secretary of State if any of the following occurs:

(1) The limited liability company fails to renew an
21

assumed name.

(2) The limited liability company has filed an
23

application to change or cancel the assumed name.

(3) A limited liability company has been dissolved.

(4) A foreign limited liability company has had its
26

admission to do business in Illinois revoked.

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(h) Any limited liability company or foreign limited
2
liability company failing to pay the prescribed fee for
3
assumed name renewal when due and payable shall be given
4
notice of nonpayment by the Secretary of State by regular
5
mail. If the fee, together with a late fee of $100, is not paid
6
within
150

60
days after the notice is mailed, the right to use
7
the assumed name shall cease. Any limited liability company or
8
foreign limited liability company that (i) puts forth any sign
9
or advertisement assuming any name other than that under which
10
it is organized or otherwise authorized by law to act or (ii)
11
violates Section 1-27 is guilty of a petty offense and shall be
12
fined not less than $501 and not more than $1,000. A limited
13
liability company or foreign limited liability company shall
14
be deemed guilty of an additional offense for each day it shall
15
continue to so offend. Each limited liability company or
16
foreign limited liability company that fails or refuses (1) to
17
answer truthfully and fully within the time prescribed by this
18
Act interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of State in
19
accordance with this Act or (2) to perform any other act
20
required by this Act to be performed by the limited liability
21
company or foreign limited liability company is guilty of a
22
petty offense and shall be fined not less than $501 and not
23
more than $1,000.
24

(i) A foreign limited liability company may not use an
25
assumed or fictitious name in the conduct of its business to
26
intentionally misrepresent the geographic origin or location

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of the company.
2
(Source: P.A. 93-59, eff. 7-1-03.)

(805 ILCS 180/1-70 new)
4

Sec. 1-70.
Abstract of limited liability company record.
5

(a) The Secretary of State may, upon receipt of a written
6
request and payment of a fee as determined by the Secretary,
7
furnish to the person or agency so requesting an abstract of
8
the limited liability company record of any domestic or
9
foreign limited liability company licensed to do business in
10
this State. All requests for abstracts shall be made in the
11
manner and the form prescribed by the Secretary of State.
12

(b) The Secretary of State may certify an abstract of a
13
limited liability company record upon written request. The fee
14
for the certification shall be $5 in addition to the fee
15
required for furnishing an abstract record. The certification
16
shall be made under the signature of the Secretary of State and
17
shall be authenticated by the Seal of his office.
18

(c) The fees provided in this Section for abstracts of
19
limited liability company records and certifications of
20
abstracts shall not be applicable to any federal, State or
21
local governmental agency requesting such information or
22
certification.

(805 ILCS 180/5-25)
24

Sec. 5-25.
Articles of amendment.
The articles of

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amendment shall be executed and filed in duplicate and shall
2
set forth the following:
3

(1) The name of the limited liability company.
4

(2) The text of each amendment adopted.
5

(3) A statement that the amendment was approved as
6

required by the operating agreement or this Act, as
7

applicable.
8

(4) (Blank.)
9

(5) The date on which the amendment is to become
10

effective, if the amendment is to become effective after
11

the date on which the articles of amendment are filed. The
12

date shall not exceed 30 days after the date of filing by
13

the Secretary of State.
14

(6) A limited liability company whose period of
15

duration as provided in the articles of organization has
16

expired may amend its articles of organization to revive
17

the articles and extend the period of duration, including
18

making the duration perpetual, at any time within 5 years
19

after the date of expiration.

20
(Source: P.A. 95-368, eff. 8-23-07.)

(805 ILCS 180/35-15)
22

Sec. 35-15.
Statement of termination.
When a limited
23
liability company has been wound up, a statement of
24
termination shall be executed in duplicate in the manner
25
prescribed in Section 5-45 and shall set forth all of the

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following:
2

(1) The name of the limited liability company;
3

(2) A post office address to which may be mailed a copy
4

of any process against the company that may be served upon
5

the Secretary of State; and
6

(3) A statement that the limited liability company has
7

been terminated.
8

The statement of termination is effective on the date of
9
the filing of the statement by the Secretary of State or a
10
subsequent date, as outlined in the statement of termination
11
that is no later than 30 days after the date on which the
12
statement of termination is filed by the Secretary of State.

13
(Source: P.A. 99-637, eff. 7-1-17
.)

(805 ILCS 180/35-25)
15

Sec. 35-25.
Grounds for administrative dissolution.
The
16
Secretary of State may dissolve any limited liability company
17
administratively if:
18

(1) it has failed to file its annual report and pay its
19

fee as required by this Act before the first day of the
20

anniversary month or has failed to pay any fees,
21

penalties, or charges required by this Act;
22

(2) it has failed to file in the Office of the
23

Secretary of State any report after the expiration of the
24

period prescribed in this Act for filing the report;
25

(2.5)
blank;

it has misrepresented any material matter

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in any application, report, affidavit, or other document
2

submitted by the limited liability company under this Act;

(3) it has failed to appoint and maintain a registered
4

agent in Illinois in accordance with the provisions of
5

this Act;
6

(4) a manager or member to whom interrogatories have
7

been propounded by the Secretary of State as provided in
8

Section 5-60 of this Act fails to answer the
9

interrogatories fully and to timely file the answer in the
10

office of the Secretary of State;
or

(5) it has tendered payment to the Secretary of State
12

which is returned due to insufficient funds, a closed
13

account, or for any other reason, and acceptable payment
14

has not been subsequently tendered
; or

(6) if it has fraudulent intent towards or it has
16

misrepresented any material matter in any application,
17

report, affidavit, or other document submitted by the
18

limited liability company under this Act.

19
(Source: P.A. 98-171, eff. 8-5-13; 99-608, eff. 7-22-16.)

(805 ILCS 180/35-41 new)
21

Sec. 35-41.
Reinstatement following expiration.
22

(a) A limited liability company whose period of duration
23
as provided in the articles of organization has lapsed may be
24
reinstated by the Secretary of State following date of
25
expiration upon:

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(1) the filing of an application for reinstatement;
2

(2) the filing with the Secretary of State by the
3

limited liability company of all reports then due and
4

becoming due;
5

(3) the payment to the Secretary of State by the
6

limited liability company of all fees and penalties then
7

due and becoming due; and
8

(4) the filing of articles of amendment to extend the
9

period of duration, including making the duration
10

perpetual.
11

(b) The application for reinstatement shall be executed
12
and filed in duplicate in accordance with Section 5-45 and
13
shall set forth the following:
14

(1) the name of the limited liability company at the
15

time of the issuance of the notice of dissolution;
16

(2) if the name is not available for use as determined
17

by the Secretary of State at the time of filing the
18

application for reinstatement, the name of the limited
19

liability company as changed, provided that any change of
20

name is properly affected under Sections 1-10 and 5-25;
21

(3) the date of issuance of the notice of expiration;
22

and
23

(4) the address, including street and number or rural
24

route number of the registered office of the limited
25

liability company upon reinstatement thereof and the name
26

of its registered agent at that address upon the

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reinstatement of the limited liability company, provided
2

that any change from either the registered office or the
3

registered agent at the time of dissolution is properly
4

reported under Section 1-35 of this Act.
5

(c) When a dissolved limited liability company has
6
complied with the provisions of the Section, the Secretary of
7
State shall file the application for reinstatement.
8

(d) Upon the filing of the application for reinstatement,
9
the limited liability company existence shall be deemed to
10
have continued without interruption from the date of the
11
issuance of the notice of dissolution, and the limited
12
liability company shall stand revived with the powers, duties,
13
and obligations as if it had not been dissolved. All acts and
14
proceedings of its members, managers, officers, employees, and
15
agents, acting or purporting to act in that capacity, and
16
which would have been legal and valid but for the dissolution,
17
shall stand ratified and confirmed.
18

(e) Without limiting the generality of subsection (d),
19
upon the filing of the application for reinstatement, no
20
member, manager, or officer shall be personally liable for the
21
debts and liabilities of the limited liability company
22
incurred during the period of administrative dissolution by
23
reason of the fact that the limited liability company was
24
administratively dissolved at the time the debts or
25
liabilities were incurred.

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(805 ILCS 180/35-43 new)
2

Sec. 35-43.
Grounds for judicial dissolution.
A circuit
3
court may dissolve a limited liability company:
4

(1) in an action by the Attorney General, if it is
5

established that:
6

(A) the limited liability company filed its
7

articles of organization through fraud;
8

(B) the limited liability company has continued to
9

exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by
10

law, or has continued to violate the law, after notice
11

of the same has been given to the limited liability
12

company, either personally or by registered mail; or
13

of State to the limited liability company, its
15

officers or directors, as provided in this Act, has
16

been answered falsely or has not been answered fully
17

within 30 days after the mailing of the
18

interrogatories by the Secretary of State or within
19

the extension of time as shall have been authorized by
20

the Secretary of State; and
21

(2) in an action by a creditor, if it is established
22

that:
23

(A) the creditor's claim has been reduced to
24

judgment, a copy of the judgment has been returned
25

unsatisfied, and the limited liability company is
26

insolvent; or

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(B) the limited liability company has admitted in
2

writing that the creditor's claim is due and owing,
3

and the limited liability company is insolvent; and
4

(3) in an action by the limited liability company to
5

dissolve under court supervision, if it is established
6

that dissolution is reasonably necessary because the
7

business of the limited liability company can no longer be
8

conducted.

(805 ILCS 180/45-38 new)
10

Sec. 45-38.
Revocation; limited liability company name.
11
The Secretary of State shall not allow another limited
12
liability company or corporation to use the name of a foreign
13
limited liability company that has been revoked until 3 years
14
have elapsed following the date of issuance of the notice of
15
revocation. If the foreign limited liability company that has
16
been revoked is reinstated within 3 years after the date of
17
issuance of the notice of revocation, the foreign limited
18
liability company shall continue under its previous name
19
unless the limited liability company changes its name upon
20
reinstatement.

(805 ILCS 180/45-40)
22

Sec. 45-40.
Withdrawal.
23

(a) A foreign limited liability company admitted to
24
transact business in this State may withdraw from this State

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upon filing with the Secretary of State an application for
2
withdrawal. In order to withdraw, the foreign limited
3
liability company shall deliver to the Secretary of State an
4
application for withdrawal, which shall set forth all of the
5
following:

(1) The name of the limited liability company and the
7

State or country under the laws of which it is organized.

(2) That the limited liability company is not
9

transacting business in this State.

(3) That the limited liability company surrenders its
11

admission to transact business in this State.

(4) That the limited liability company revokes the
13

authority of its registered agent in this State to accept
14

service of process and consents that service of process in
15

any action, suit, or proceeding based upon any cause of
16

action arising in this State during the time the limited
17

liability company was admitted to transact business in
18

this State may thereafter be made on the limited liability
19

company by service thereof upon the Secretary of State.

(5) A post office address to which may be mailed a copy
21

of any process against the limited liability company that
22

may be served on the Secretary of State.

(6) All additional information that is necessary or
24

appropriate in order to enable the Secretary of State to
25

determine and assess any unpaid fees payable by the
26

limited liability company as prescribed in this Article.

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The application for withdrawal is effective on the date of
2
the filing of the application by the Secretary of State or a
3
subsequent date, as outlined in the application for withdrawal
4
that is no later than 30 days after the date on which the
5
Statement of Withdrawal is filed by the Secretary of State.

(b) The application for withdrawal shall be in the form
7
and manner designated by the Secretary of State and shall be
8
executed by the limited liability company by one of its
9
managers or, if none, any member or members that may be
10
designated by the members pursuant to limited liability
11
company action properly taken under applicable local law or,
12
if the limited liability company is in the hands of a receiver
13
or trustee, by the receiver or trustee on behalf of the limited
14
liability company. This report shall be accompanied by a
15
written declaration that it is made under the penalties of
16
perjury.
17
(Source: P.A. 98-171, eff. 8-5-13.)

(805 ILCS 180/45-45)
19

Sec. 45-45.
Transaction of business without admission.
20

(a) A foreign limited liability company transacting
21
business in this State may not maintain a civil action in any
22
court of this State until the limited liability company is
23
admitted to transact business in this State.
24

(b) The failure of a foreign limited liability company to
25
be admitted to transact business in this State does not impair

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the validity of any contract or act of the foreign limited
2
liability company or prevent the foreign limited liability
3
company from defending any civil action in any court of this
4
State.
5

(c) A foreign limited liability company, by transacting
6
business in this State without being admitted to do so,
7
appoints the Secretary of State as its agent upon whom any
8
notice, process, or demand may be served.
9

(d) A foreign limited liability company that transacts
10
business in this State without being admitted to do so shall be
11
liable to the State for the years or parts thereof during which
12
it transacted business in this State without being admitted in
13
an amount equal to all fees that would have been imposed by
14
this Article upon that limited liability company had it been
15
duly admitted, filed all reports required by this Article, and
16
paid all penalties imposed by this Article. If a limited
17
liability company fails to be admitted to do business in this
18
State within 60 days after it commences transacting business
19
in Illinois, it is liable for a penalty of
$300

$2,000
plus
$25

20
$100
for each month or fraction thereof in which it has
21
continued to transact business in this State without being
22
admitted to do so. The Attorney General shall bring
23
proceedings to recover all amounts due this State under this
24
Article.
25

(e) A member of a foreign limited liability company is not
26
liable for the debts and obligations of the limited liability

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company solely by reason of the company's having transacted
2
business in this State without being admitted to do so.
3
(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 12-1-03.)

(805 ILCS 180/50-1)
5

Sec. 50-1.
Annual reports.
6

(a) Each limited liability company organized under the
7
laws of this State and each foreign limited liability company
8
admitted to transact business in this State shall file, within
9
the time prescribed by this Act, an annual report setting
10
forth all of the following:
11

(1) The name of the limited liability company.
12

(2) The address, including street and number or rural
13

route number, of its registered office in this State and
14

the name of its registered agent at that address.
15

(3) The address, including street and number or rural
16

route number of its principal place of business.
17

(4) The name and business address of all of the
18

managers and any member having the authority of a manager.
19

(5) Additional information that may be necessary or
20

appropriate in order to enable the Secretary of State to
21

administer this Act and to verify the proper amount of
22

fees payable by the limited liability company.
23

(6) The annual report shall be made on forms
24

prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of State, and
25

the information therein, required by paragraphs (1)

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through (4) of subsection (a), both inclusive, shall be
2

given as of the date of execution of the annual report. The
3

annual report shall be executed by a manager or, if none, a
4

member designated by the members pursuant to limited
5

liability company action properly taken under Section
6

15-1.
7

(b) The annual report, together with all fees and charges
8
prescribed by this Act, shall be delivered to the Secretary of
9
State within
30

60
days immediately preceding the first day of
10
the anniversary month. Proof to the satisfaction of the
11
Secretary of State that, before the first day of the
12
anniversary month of the limited liability company, the
13
report, together with all fees and charges as prescribed by
14
this Act, was deposited in the United States mail in a sealed
15
envelope, properly addressed, with postage prepaid, shall be
16
deemed a compliance with this requirement. If the Secretary of
17
State finds that the report conforms to the requirements of
18
this Act, he or she shall file it. If the Secretary of State
19
finds that it does not so conform, he or she shall promptly
20
return it to the limited liability company for any necessary
21
corrections, in which event the penalties prescribed for
22
failure to file the report within the time provided shall not
23
apply if the report is corrected to conform to the
24
requirements of this Act and returned to the Secretary of
25
State within
30

60
days of the original due date of the report.
26
(Source: P.A. 99-637, eff. 7-1-17
.)

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Section 30.
The Uniform Partnership Act (1997) is amended
2
by changing Sections 108 and 1102 as follows:

(805 ILCS 206/108)
4

Sec. 108.
Fees.
5

(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect in
6
accordance with the provisions of this Act and rules
7
promulgated under its authority:
8

(1) fees for filing documents;
9

(2) miscellaneous charges; and
10

(3) fees for the sale of lists of filings and for
11

copies of any documents.
12

(b) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect:
13

(1) for furnishing a copy or certified copy of any
14

document, instrument, or paper relating to a registered
15

limited liability partnership, $25;
16

(2) for the transfer of information by computer
17

process media to any purchaser, fees established by rule;
18

(3) for filing a statement of partnership authority,
19

$25;
20

(4) for filing a statement of denial, $25;
21

(5) for filing a statement of dissociation, $25;
22

(6) for filing a statement of dissolution, $100;
23

(7) for filing a statement of merger, $100;
24

(8) for filing a statement of qualification for a

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limited liability partnership organized under the laws of
2

this State
, $300

, $100 for each partner, but in no event
3

shall the fee be less than $200 or exceed $5,000
;
4

(9) for filing a statement of foreign qualification,
5

$500;
6

(10) for filing a renewal statement for a limited
7

liability partnership organized under the laws of this
8

State, $100 for each partner, but in no event shall the fee
9

be less than $200 or exceed
$300

$5,000
;
10

(11) for filing a renewal statement for a foreign
11

limited liability partnership, $300;
12

(12) for filing an amendment or cancellation of a
13

statement,
$50

$25
;
14

(13) for filing a statement of withdrawal, $100;
15

(14) for the purposes of changing the registered agent
16

name or registered office, or both,
$50

$25
;
17

(15) for filing an application for reinstatement,
18

$200;
19

(16) for filing any other document,
$50

$25
.
20

(c) All fees collected pursuant to this Act shall be
21
deposited into the Division of Corporations Registered Limited
22
Liability Partnership Fund.
23

(d) There is hereby continued in the State treasury a
24
special fund to be known as the Division of Corporations
25
Registered Limited Liability Partnership Fund. Moneys
26
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used by the Business Services Division of the Office of the
2
Secretary of State to administer the responsibilities of the
3
Secretary of State under this Act. On or before August 31 of
4
each year, the balance in the Fund in excess of $600,000 shall
5
be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
6

(e) Filings, including annual reports, made by electronic
7
means shall be treated as if submitted in person and may not be
8
charged excess fees as expedited services solely because of
9
submission by electronic means.
10
(Source: P.A. 99-620, eff. 1-1-17; 99-933, eff. 1-27-17;
11
100-186, eff. 7-1-18; 100-486, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff.
12
8-14-18.)

(805 ILCS 206/1102)
14

Sec. 1102.
Statement of foreign qualification.
15

(a) Before transacting or continuing to transact business
16
in this State, a foreign limited liability partnership must
17
file a statement of qualification or a renewal statement under
18
Section 1001; provided, however, that the statement must
19
contain:

(1) the name of the foreign limited liability
21

partnership which satisfies the requirements of the state
22

or other jurisdiction under whose law it is formed and
23

ends with "Registered Limited Liability Partnership",
24

"Limited Liability Partnership", "R.L.L.P.", "L.L.P.",
25

"RLLP", or "LLP";

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(2) the street address of the partnership's chief
2

executive office and, if different, the street address of
3

an office of the partnership in this State, if any;

(3) the name and street address of the partnership's
5

agent for service of process;

(4) a brief statement of the business in which the
7

partnership engages;

(5) a deferred effective date, if any; and

(6)
an original certificate of existence or good
10

standing issued within the preceding 60 days by its state
11

of jurisdiction or formation

a document or documents
12

sufficient under the laws of the state or jurisdiction in
13

which the limited liability partnership is organized to
14

constitute official certification of current status in
15

good standing as a registered limited liability
16

partnership under the laws of that state or jurisdiction
.
17

(b) A foreign partnership may not use an assumed or
18
fictitious name in the conduct of its business to
19
intentionally misrepresent the geographic origin or location
20
of the partnership. This subsection (b) does not apply to any
21
foreign limited liability partnership that has gross annual
22
revenues in excess of $100,000,000.
23

(c) A person shall not advertise or cause to be listed in a
24
telephone directory an assumed or fictitious business name
25
that intentionally misrepresents where the business is
26
actually located or operating or falsely states that the

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business is located or operating in the area covered by the
2
telephone directory. This subsection (c) does not apply to a
3
telephone service provider or to the publisher or distributor
4
of a telephone service directory, unless the conduct
5
prescribed in this subsection (c) is on behalf of that
6
telephone service provider or that publisher or distributor.
7
This subsection (c) does not apply to any foreign limited
8
liability partnership that has gross annual revenues in excess
9
of $100,000,000.
10

(d) A foreign limited liability partnership that violates
11
this Section is guilty of a petty offense and must be fined not
12
less than $501 and not more than $1,000. A foreign limited
13
liability partnership is guilty of an additional offense for
14
each additional day in violation of this Section.
15

(e) The agent of a foreign limited liability partnership
16
for service of process must be an individual who is a resident
17
of this State or other person authorized to do business in this
18
State.
19

(f) The status of a partnership as a foreign limited
20
liability partnership is effective on the later of the filing
21
of the statement of foreign qualification or a date specified
22
in the statement. The status remains effective, regardless of
23
changes in the partnership, unless the partnership voluntarily
24
withdraws by filing a statement of withdrawal, in which event
25
the status of the partnership as a foreign limited liability
26
partnership shall terminate on the date such statement is

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filed or, if later, a date specified on the statement.
2

(g) An amendment or cancellation of a statement of foreign
3
qualification is effective when it is filed or on a deferred
4
effective date specified in the amendment or cancellation.
5

(h) The Secretary of State shall register as a limited
6
liability partnership any foreign limited liability
7
partnership that submits a completed application with the
8
required fee.
9
(Source: P.A. 92-740, eff. 1-1-03.)

Section 35.
The Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001) is
11
amended by changing Sections 102, 108.5, and 202 and by adding
12
Section 813 as follows:

(805 ILCS 215/102)
14

Sec. 102.
Definitions.
In this Act:
15

(1) "Anniversary" means that day every year exactly
16

one or more years after: (i) the date the certificate of
17

limited partnership was filed by the Office of the
18

Secretary of State, in the case of a limited partnership;
19

or (ii) the date the certificate of authority to transact
20

business was filed by the Office of the Secretary of
21

State, in the case of a foreign limited partnership.
22

(2) "Anniversary month" means the month in which the
23

anniversary of the limited partnership or foreign limited
24

partnership occurs.

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(3) "Certificate of limited partnership" means the
2

certificate required by Section 201. The term includes the
3

certificate as amended or restated.
4

(4) "Contribution", except in the phrase "right of
5

contribution", means any benefit provided by a person to a
6

limited partnership in order to become a partner or in the
7

person's capacity as a partner.
8

(5) "Debtor in bankruptcy" means a person that is the
9

subject of:
10

(A) an order for relief under Title 11 of the
11

United States Code or a comparable order under a
12

successor statute of general application; or
13

(B) a comparable order under federal, state, or
14

foreign law governing insolvency.
15

(6) "Designated office" means:
16

(A) with respect to a limited partnership, the
17

office that the limited partnership is required to
18

designate and maintain under Section 114; and
19

(B) with respect to a foreign limited partnership,
20

its principal office.
21

(7) "Distribution" means a transfer of money or other
22

property from a limited partnership to a partner in the
23

partner's capacity as a partner or to a transferee on
24

account of a transferable interest owned by the
25

transferee.
26

(7.5) "Expired" means a limited partnership has

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reached the duration established in the certificate of
2

limited partnership.

(8) "Foreign limited liability limited partnership"
4

means a foreign limited partnership whose general partners
5

have limited liability for the obligations of the foreign
6

limited partnership under a provision similar to Section
7

404(c).
8

(9) "Foreign limited partnership" means a partnership
9

formed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than this
10

State and required by those laws to have one or more
11

general partners and one or more limited partners. The
12

term includes a foreign limited liability limited
13

partnership.
14

(10) "General partner" means:
15

(A) with respect to a limited partnership, a
16

person that:
17

(i) becomes a general partner under Section
18

401; or
19

(ii) was a general partner in a limited
20

partnership when the limited partnership became
21

subject to this Act under Section 1206(a) or (b);
22

and
23

(B) with respect to a foreign limited partnership,
24

a person that has rights, powers, and obligations
25

similar to those of a general partner in a limited
26

partnership.

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(11) "Limited liability limited partnership", except
2

in the phrase "foreign limited liability limited
3

partnership", means a limited partnership whose
4

certificate of limited partnership states that the limited
5

partnership is a limited liability limited partnership.
6

(12) "Limited partner" means:
7

(A) with respect to a limited partnership, a
8

person that:
9

(i) becomes a limited partner under Section
10

301; or
11

(ii) was a limited partner in a limited
12

partnership when the limited partnership became
13

subject to this Act under Section 1206(a) or (b);
14

and
15

(B) with respect to a foreign limited partnership,
16

a person that has rights, powers, and obligations
17

similar to those of a limited partner in a limited
18

partnership.
19

(13) "Limited partnership", except in the phrases
20

"foreign limited partnership" and "foreign limited
21

liability limited partnership", means an entity, having
22

one or more general partners and one or more limited
23

partners, which is formed under this Act by two or more
24

persons or becomes subject to this Act under Article 11 or
25

Section 1206(a) or (b). The term includes a limited
26

liability limited partnership.

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(14) "Partner" means a limited partner or general
2

partner.
3

(15) "Partnership agreement" means the partners'
4

agreement, whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any
5

combination, concerning the limited partnership. The term
6

includes the agreement as amended.
7

(16) "Person" means an individual, corporation,
8

business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited
9

liability company, association, joint venture, government;
10

governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality;
11

public corporation, or any other legal or commercial
12

entity.
13

(17) "Person dissociated as a general partner" means a
14

person dissociated as a general partner of a limited
15

partnership.
16

(18) "Principal office" means the office where the
17

principal executive office of a limited partnership or
18

foreign limited partnership is located, whether or not the
19

office is located in this State.
20

(19) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a
21

tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or
22

other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
23

(20) "Required information" means the information that
24

a limited partnership is required to maintain under
25

Section 111.
26

(21) "Sign" means:

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(A) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the
2

present intent to authenticate a record; or
3

(B) to attach or logically associate an electronic
4

symbol, sound, or process to or with a record with the
5

present intent to authenticate the record.
6

(22) "State" means a state of the United States, the
7

District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States
8

Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession
9

subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
10

(23) "Transfer" includes an assignment, conveyance,
11

deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest,
12

encumbrance, gift, and transfer by operation of law.
13

(24) "Transferable interest" means a partner's right
14

to receive distributions.
15

(25) "Transferee" means a person to which all or part
16

of a transferable interest has been transferred, whether
17

or not the transferor is a partner.
18
(Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)

(805 ILCS 215/108.5)
20

Sec. 108.5.
Assumed name.
21

(a) A limited partnership or a foreign limited partnership
22
admitted to transact business in this State may elect to adopt
23
an assumed name that complies with the requirements of Section
24
108 of this Act except the requirement that the name contain
25
the words "limited partnership", "limited liability limited

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partnership", or the abbreviation "L.P.", "LP", "LLLP" or
2
"L.L.L.P."
3

(b) As used in this Act, "assumed name" means any name
4
other than the true name of a limited partnership or the name
5
under which a foreign limited partnership is admitted to
6
transact business in this State, except that the following do
7
not constitute the use of an assumed name under this Act:
8

(1) The identification by a limited partnership or
9

foreign limited partnership of its business with a
10

trademark or service mark of which it is the owner or
11

licensed user.
12

(2) The use of a name of a division, not constituting a
13

separate limited partnership and not containing the words
14

"limited partnership" or an abbreviation of those words,
15

provided that the limited partnership also clearly
16

discloses its true name.
17

(c) Before transacting any business in this State under an
18
assumed name or names, the limited partnership or foreign
19
limited partnership shall, for each assumed name, execute and
20
file in accordance with Section 108 or 204 of this Act, as
21
applicable, an application setting forth:
22

(1) the true name of the limited partnership or the
23

name under which the foreign limited partnership is
24

admitted to transact business in this State;
25

(2) the State or other jurisdiction under the laws of
26

which it is formed;

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(3) that it intends to transact business under an
2

assumed name; and
3

(4) the assumed name which it proposes to use.
4

(d) The right to use an assumed name shall be effective
5
from the date of filing by the Secretary of State until the
6
first day of the anniversary month of the limited partnership
7
or foreign limited partnership that falls within the next
8
calendar year evenly divisible by 5, however, if an
9
application is filed within the 3 months immediately preceding
10
the anniversary month of a limited partnership or foreign
11
limited partnership that falls within a calendar year evenly
12
divisible by 5, the right to use the assumed name shall be
13
effective until the first day of the anniversary month of the
14
limited partnership or foreign limited partnership that falls
15
within the next succeeding year evenly divisible by 5.
16

(e) A limited partnership or foreign limited partnership
17
may renew the right to use its assumed name or names, if any,
18
within the 60 days preceding the expiration of such right, for
19
a period of 5 years, by making an election to do so on a form
20
prescribed by the Secretary of State and by paying the renewal
21
fee as prescribed by this Act.
22

(f) Any limited partnership or foreign limited partnership
23
may change or cancel any or all of its assumed names by
24
executing and filing, in duplicate, an application setting
25
forth:
26

(1) the true name of the limited partnership or the

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name under which the foreign limited partnership is
2

admitted to transact business in this State;
3

(2) the state or country under the laws of which it is
4

organized;
5

(3) a statement that it intends to cease transacting
6

business under an assumed name by changing or cancelling
7

it;
8

(4) the assumed name to be changed or cancelled;
9

(5) the assumed name which the limited partnership or
10

foreign limited partnership proposes to use, if it is to
11

be changed.
12

(g) Upon the filing of an application to change an assumed
13
name, the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership
14
shall have the right to use such assumed name for the period
15
authorized by subsection (d) of this Section.
16

(h) The right to use an assumed name shall be cancelled by
17
the Secretary of State:
18

(1) if the limited partnership or foreign limited
19

partnership fails to renew an assumed name;
20

(2) if the limited partnership or foreign limited
21

partnership has filed an application to change or cancel
22

an assumed name;
23

(3) if a limited partnership's certificate of limited
24

partnership or certificate to be governed by this Act has
25

been cancelled;
26

(4) if a foreign limited partnership's application for

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admission to transact business has been cancelled.
2

(i) Any limited partnership or foreign limited partnership
3
failing to pay the prescribed fee for the assumed name renewal
4
when due and payable shall be given notice of nonpayment by the
5
Secretary of State by regular mail. If the fee, together with a
6
late fee of $50, is not paid within 150 days after the notice
7
is mailed, the right to use the assumed name shall cease. Any
8
limited partnership
carrying on, conducting or transacting
9
business under an assumed name which shall fail to comply with
10
the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the penalty
11
provisions in Section 5 of "An Act in relation to the use of an
12
assumed name in the conduct or transaction of business in this
13
State", approved July 17, 1941, as amended.
14

(j) A foreign limited partnership that applies for and
15
receives a certificate of authority under Section 905, is
16
deemed to have complied with this Section in full.
17
(Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)

(805 ILCS 215/202)
19

Sec. 202.
Amendment or restatement of certification.
20

(a) In order to amend its certificate of limited
21
partnership, a limited partnership must deliver to the
22
Secretary of State for filing an amendment or, pursuant to
23
Article 11, articles of merger stating:
24

(1) the name of the limited partnership;
25

(2) the date of filing of its initial certificate; and

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(3) the changes the amendment makes to the certificate
2

as most recently amended or restated.
3

(b) A limited partnership shall promptly deliver to the
4
Secretary of State for filing an amendment to a certificate of
5
limited partnership to reflect:
6

(1) the admission of a new general partner;
7

(2) the dissociation of a person as a general partner;
8

or
9

(3) the appointment of a person to wind up the limited
10

partnership's activities under Section 803(c) or (d).
11

(c) A general partner that knows that any information in a
12
filed certificate of limited partnership was false when the
13
certificate was filed or has become false due to changed
14
circumstances shall promptly:
15

(1) cause the certificate to be amended; or
16

(2) if appropriate, deliver to the Secretary of State
17

for filing a statement of change pursuant to Section 115
18

or a statement of correction pursuant to Section 207.
19

(d) Except as provided in Section 210, a certificate of
20
limited partnership may be amended at any time for any other
21
proper purpose as determined by the limited partnership.
22

(e) A restated certificate of limited partnership may be
23
delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in the same
24
manner as an amendment. A restated certificate of limited
25
partnership shall supersede the original certificate of
26
limited partnership and all amendments thereto filed prior to

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the effective date of filing the restated certificate of
2
limited partnership.
3

(f) Subject to Section 206(c), an amendment or restated
4
certificate is effective when filed by the Secretary of State.
5

(g) A limited partnership whose period of duration as
6
provided in the certificate of limited partnership has expired
7
may amend the certificate of limited partnership to revive its
8
certificate and extend the period of duration to perpetual at
9
any time within 5 years after the date of expiration.

10
(Source: P.A. 97-839, eff. 7-20-12.)

(805 ILCS 215/813 new)
12

Sec. 813.
Reinstatement following duration expiration.
13

(a) A limited partnership that expired may be reinstated
14
by the Secretary of State following the date of expiration
15
upon:
16

(1) the filing of an application for reinstatement;
17

(2) the filing with the Secretary of State of all
18

reports then due and becoming due; and
19

(3) the payment to the Secretary of State of all fees
20

and penalties then due and becoming due;
21

(4) the filing of the Amendment to the Certificate of
22

Limited Partnership to extend the period of duration to
23

perpetual.
24

(b) The application for reinstatement shall be executed
25
and filed in duplicate in accordance with Section 204 and

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shall set forth all of the following:
2

(1) the name of the limited partnership at the time of
3

expiration;
4

(2) the date of expiration;
5

(3) the agent for service of process and the address
6

of the agent for service of process; provided that any
7

change to either the agent for service of process or the
8

address of the agent for service of process is properly
9

reported under Section 115.
10

(c) When a limited partnership that has expired has
11
complied with the provisions of this Section, the Secretary of
12
State shall file the application for reinstatement.
13

(d) Upon filing of the application for reinstatement, the
14
limited partnership existence shall be deemed to have
15
continued without interruption from the date of expiration and
16
shall stand revived with such powers, duties, and obligations,
17
as if it had not been dissolved. All acts and proceedings of
18
its partners, officers, employees, and agents, acting or
19
purporting to act in that capacity, and which would have been
20
legal and valid but for the dissolution shall stand ratified
21
and confirmed.
22

(e) Without limiting the generality of subsection (d),
23
upon the filing of the application for reinstatement, no
24
limited partner or officer of the partnership shall be
25
personally liable for the debts and liabilities of the limited
26
partnership incurred during the period of expiration by reason

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of the fact that the limited partnership was expired at the
2
time the debts or liabilities were incurred.

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INDEX

Statutes amended in order of appearance

765 ILCS 1036/35
4

765 ILCS 1036/62 rep.
5

805 ILCS 5/1.80
from Ch. 32, par. 1.80
6

805 ILCS 5/13.55
from Ch. 32, par. 13.55
7

805 ILCS 5/13.75
8

805 ILCS 5/14.05
from Ch. 32, par. 14.05
9

805 ILCS 5/14.10
from Ch. 32, par. 14.10
10

805 ILCS 105/103.05
from Ch. 32, par. 103.05
11

805 ILCS 105/113.45
from Ch. 32, par. 113.45
12

805 ILCS 105/114.13 new
13

805 ILCS 180/1-10
14

805 ILCS 180/1-20
15

805 ILCS 180/1-70 new
16

805 ILCS 180/5-25
17

805 ILCS 180/35-15
18

805 ILCS 180/35-25
19

805 ILCS 180/35-41 new
20

805 ILCS 180/35-43 new
21

805 ILCS 180/45-38 new
22

805 ILCS 180/45-40
23

805 ILCS 180/45-45
24

805 ILCS 180/50-1
25

805 ILCS 206/108

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805 ILCS 206/1102
2

805 ILCS 215/102
3

805 ILCS 215/108.5
4

805 ILCS 215/202
5

805 ILCS 215/813 new

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