(805 ILCS 215/Art. 13 heading)
(805 ILCS 215/1301)
Sec. 1301. List of partnerships.
(a) The Secretary of State may publish a list or lists of limited partnerships and foreign limited partnerships, with such frequency, in such format, and for such fees as the Secretary may in his or her discretion provide by rule. The Secretary may disseminate information concerning limited partnerships and foreign limited partnerships by computer network, in such format and for such fees as may be determined by rule.
(b) Any list published under subsection (a) shall be free to each member of the General Assembly and to each State agency or department and to each Recorder in this State, submitting a written request for same. To all others an appropriate fee to cover the cost of producing the list shall be charged, and shall be established by rule.
(Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)
(805 ILCS 215/1302)
Sec. 1302. Fees.
(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect in accordance with the provisions of this Act and rules promulgated pursuant to its authority:
(b) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for:
(c) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect:
(Source: P.A. 97-839, eff. 7-20-12.)
(805 ILCS 215/1303)
Sec. 1303. Powers of the Secretary of State and rulemaking.
(a) The Secretary of State shall have the power and authority reasonably necessary to administer this Act efficiently and to perform the duties herein imposed. The Secretary of State's function under this Act is to be a central depository for the certificates of limited partnership and certificates of admission required by this Act and to record the assumed names used by limited partnerships and foreign limited partnerships.
(b) The Secretary of State shall have the power and authority to promulgate rules, in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, necessary to administer this Act efficiently and to perform the duties therein imposed.
(Source: P.A. 95-368, eff. 8-23-07.)
(805 ILCS 215/1304)
Sec. 1304. Certified copies and certificates.
(a) Copies, photostatic or otherwise, of any and all documents filed in the Office of the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of this Act, when certified by the Secretary of State under the Great Seal of the State of Illinois, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
(b) Certificates by the Secretary of State under the Great Seal of the State of Illinois as to the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to limited partnerships, or foreign limited partnerships, which would not appear from a certified copy of any document, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts therein stated.
(Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)
(805 ILCS 215/1305)
Sec. 1305. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12. Repealed by P.A. 97-839, eff. 7-20-12.)
(805 ILCS 215/1306)
Sec. 1306. Forms. All documents required by this Act to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State shall be made on or accompanied by forms which shall be prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)
(805 ILCS 215/1307)
Sec. 1307. File number. All documents required by this Act to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, with the exception of each domestic or foreign limited partnership's initial filing, shall contain the limited partnership's file number as assigned by the Office of the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)
(805 ILCS 215/1308)
Sec. 1308. Department of Business Services Special Operations Fund.
(a) A special fund in the State Treasury is created and shall be known as the Department of Business Services Special Operations Fund. Moneys deposited into the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used by the Department of Business Services of the Office of the Secretary of State, hereinafter "Department", to create and maintain the capability to perform expedited services in response to special requests made by the public for same day or 24 hour service. Moneys deposited into the Fund shall be used for, but not limited to, expenditures for personal services, retirement, Social Security, contractual services, equipment, electronic data processing, and telecommunications.
(b) The balance in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not exceed $600,000 and any amount in excess thereof shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
(c) All fees payable to the Secretary of State under this Section shall be deposited into the Fund. No other fees or charges collected under this Act shall be deposited into the Fund.
(d) "Expedited services" means services rendered within the same day, or within 24 hours from the time the request therefor is submitted by the filer, law firm, service company, or messenger physically in person or, at the Secretary of State's discretion, by electronic means, to the Department's Springfield Office or Chicago Office and includes requests for certified copies and photocopies, and abstracts of computer record made to the Department's Springfield Office in person or by telephone, or abstracts of computer record made in person or by telephone to the Department's Chicago Office. A request submitted by electronic means may not be considered a request for expedited services solely because of its submission by electronic means, unless expedited service is requested by the filer.
(e) Fees for expedited services shall be as follows:
(f) Filing of annual renewal reports and requests for certificates of existence shall be made in real time only, without expedited services available.
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-282, eff. 1-1-22.)
(805 ILCS 215/1309)
Sec. 1309. Judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
(a) If the Secretary of State shall fail to approve documents as conforming to the law and file any document required by this Act to be approved by the Secretary of State before the same shall be filed in his or her business office, the Secretary shall, within 10 business days after the delivery thereof to him or her, give written notice of his or her disapproval to the person or partnership delivering the same, specifying the reasons therefor. The decision of the Secretary of State is subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law, as now or hereafter amended.
(b) Appeals may be taken from all final orders and judgments entered by the circuit court under this Section in review of any ruling or decision of the Secretary of State as in other civil actions by either party to the proceeding.
(Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)
(805 ILCS 215/1310)
Sec. 1310. Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the provisions of that Act were included in this Act, except that the provision of subsection (d) of Section 10-65 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act that provides that at hearing the licensee has the right to show compliance with all lawful requirements for retention, continuation or renewal of the license is specifically excluded. For the purposes of this Act the notice required under Section 10-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is deemed sufficient when mailed to the last known address of a party.
(Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)