Public Act 101-0475
 
HB2528 EnrolledLRB101 08855 TAE 53944 b


  
    AN ACT concerning business.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Assumed Business Name Act is amended  by 
adding Section 1a as follows:
 
    (805 ILCS 405/1a new)
    Sec. 1a. Home-based businesses. A person conducting or 
transacting business under an assumed name at his or her 
personal residence may list the county clerk, along with the 
address of the county clerk, of the county of his or her 
personal residence as the default agent for service of process 
to meet the publication requirements of this Act if all of the 
following conditions are met:
        (1) The person reasonably believes that publishing his 
    or her home address would put his
     or her safety at risk and 
    lists the reasons for that belief on the form submitted to 
    the
     county clerk, which shall be kept confidential.
        (2) The form is accompanied by a court order or police 
    report.
        (3) The person provides the address of his or her 
    residence to the county clerk, which shall be kept 
    confidential.
    The county clerk has a duty to notify the business when the 
county clerk has been served with process on behalf of the 
business. The county clerk may charge a nominal fee for 
performing this service. The county clerk shall provide a check 
box on its form for a confidential address request and room for 
the explanation for the request.