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Public Act 102-0941 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning manufactured home dealers.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 917 as follows:
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(35 ILCS 5/917) (from Ch. 120, par. 9-917)
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Sec. 917. Confidentiality and information sharing.
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(a) Confidentiality.
Except as provided in this Section, | ||||
all information received by the Department
from returns filed | ||||
under this Act, or from any investigation conducted under
the | ||||
provisions of this Act, shall be confidential, except for | ||||
official purposes
within the Department or pursuant to | ||||
official procedures for collection
of any State tax or | ||||
pursuant to an investigation or audit by the Illinois
State | ||||
Scholarship Commission of a delinquent student loan or | ||||
monetary award
or enforcement of any civil or criminal penalty | ||||
or sanction
imposed by this Act or by another statute imposing | ||||
a State tax, and any
person who divulges any such information | ||||
in any manner, except for such
purposes and pursuant to order | ||||
of the Director or in accordance with a proper
judicial order, | ||||
shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. However, the
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provisions of this paragraph are not applicable to information | ||||
furnished
to (i) the Department of Healthcare and Family |
Services (formerly
Department of Public Aid), State's | ||
Attorneys, and the Attorney General for child support | ||
enforcement purposes and (ii) a licensed attorney representing | ||
the taxpayer where an appeal or a protest
has been filed on | ||
behalf of the taxpayer. If it is necessary to file information | ||
obtained pursuant to this Act in a child support enforcement | ||
proceeding, the information shall be filed under seal. The | ||
furnishing upon request of the Auditor General, or his or her | ||
authorized agents, for official use of returns filed and | ||
information related thereto under this Act is deemed to be an | ||
official purpose within the Department within the meaning of | ||
this Section.
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(b) Public information. Nothing contained in this Act | ||
shall prevent
the Director from publishing or making available | ||
to the public the names
and addresses of persons filing | ||
returns under this Act, or from publishing
or making available | ||
reasonable statistics concerning the operation of the
tax | ||
wherein the contents of returns are grouped into aggregates in | ||
such a
way that the information contained in any individual | ||
return shall not be
disclosed.
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(c) Governmental agencies. The Director may make available | ||
to the
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or his | ||
delegate, or the
proper officer or his delegate of any other | ||
state imposing a tax upon or
measured by income, for | ||
exclusively official purposes, information received
by the | ||
Department in the administration of this Act, but such |
permission
shall be granted only if the United States or such | ||
other state, as the case
may be, grants the Department | ||
substantially similar privileges. The Director
may exchange | ||
information with the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||
Services and the
Department of Human Services (acting as | ||
successor to the Department of Public
Aid under the Department | ||
of Human Services Act) for
the purpose of verifying sources | ||
and amounts of income and for other purposes
directly | ||
connected with the administration of this Act, the Illinois | ||
Public Aid Code, and any other health benefit program | ||
administered by the State. The Director may exchange | ||
information with the Director of
the Department of Employment | ||
Security for the purpose of verifying sources
and amounts of | ||
income and for other purposes directly connected with the
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administration of this Act and Acts administered by the | ||
Department of
Employment
Security.
The Director may make | ||
available to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
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information regarding employers for the purpose of verifying | ||
the insurance
coverage required under the Workers' | ||
Compensation Act and Workers'
Occupational Diseases Act. The | ||
Director may exchange information with the Illinois Department | ||
on Aging for the purpose of verifying sources and amounts of | ||
income for purposes directly related to confirming eligibility | ||
for participation in the programs of benefits authorized by | ||
the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax | ||
Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. The Director may |
exchange information with the State Treasurer's Office and the | ||
Department of Employment Security for the purpose of | ||
implementing, administering, and enforcing the Illinois Secure | ||
Choice Savings Program Act. The Director may exchange | ||
information with the State Treasurer's Office for the purpose | ||
of administering the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act or | ||
successor Acts. The Director may make information available to | ||
the Secretary of State for the purpose of administering | ||
Section 5-901 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The Director may | ||
exchange information with the State Treasurer's Office for the | ||
purpose of administering the Illinois Higher Education Savings | ||
Program established under Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer | ||
Act.
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The Director may make available to any State agency, | ||
including the
Illinois Supreme Court, which licenses persons | ||
to engage in any occupation,
information that a person | ||
licensed by such agency has failed to file
returns under this | ||
Act or pay the tax, penalty and interest shown therein,
or has | ||
failed to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest | ||
due
under this Act.
The Director may make available to any | ||
State agency, including the Illinois
Supreme
Court, | ||
information regarding whether a bidder, contractor, or an | ||
affiliate of a
bidder or
contractor has failed to file returns | ||
under this Act or pay the tax, penalty,
and interest
shown | ||
therein, or has failed to pay any final assessment of tax, | ||
penalty, or
interest due
under this Act, for the limited |
purpose of enforcing bidder and contractor
certifications.
For | ||
purposes of this Section, the term "affiliate" means any | ||
entity that (1)
directly,
indirectly, or constructively | ||
controls another entity, (2) is directly,
indirectly, or
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constructively controlled by another entity, or (3) is subject | ||
to the control
of
a common
entity. For purposes of this | ||
subsection (a), an entity controls another entity
if
it owns,
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directly or individually, more than 10% of the voting | ||
securities of that
entity.
As used in
this subsection (a), the | ||
term "voting security" means a security that (1)
confers upon | ||
the
holder the right to vote for the election of members of the | ||
board of directors
or similar
governing body of the business | ||
or (2) is convertible into, or entitles the
holder to receive
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upon its exercise, a security that confers such a right to | ||
vote. A general
partnership
interest is a voting security.
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The Director may make available to any State agency, | ||
including the
Illinois
Supreme Court, units of local | ||
government, and school districts, information
regarding
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whether a bidder or contractor is an affiliate of a person who | ||
is not
collecting
and
remitting Illinois Use taxes, for the | ||
limited purpose of enforcing bidder and
contractor
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certifications.
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The Director may also make available to the Secretary of | ||
State
information that a corporation which has been issued a | ||
certificate of
incorporation by the Secretary of State has | ||
failed to file returns under
this Act or pay the tax, penalty |
and interest shown therein, or has failed
to pay any final | ||
assessment of tax, penalty or interest due under this Act.
An | ||
assessment is final when all proceedings in court for
review | ||
of such assessment have terminated or the time for the taking
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thereof has expired without such proceedings being instituted. | ||
For
taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1987, the | ||
Director may make
available to the Director or principal | ||
officer of any Department of the
State of Illinois, | ||
information that a person employed by such Department
has | ||
failed to file returns under this Act or pay the tax, penalty | ||
and
interest shown therein. For purposes of this paragraph, | ||
the word
"Department" shall have the same meaning as provided | ||
in Section 3 of the
State Employees Group Insurance Act of | ||
1971.
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(d) The Director shall make available for public
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inspection in the Department's principal office and for | ||
publication, at cost,
administrative decisions issued on or | ||
after January
1, 1995. These decisions are to be made | ||
available in a manner so that the
following
taxpayer | ||
information is not disclosed:
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(1) The names, addresses, and identification numbers | ||
of the taxpayer,
related entities, and employees.
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(2) At the sole discretion of the Director, trade | ||
secrets
or other confidential information identified as | ||
such by the taxpayer, no later
than 30 days after receipt | ||
of an administrative decision, by such means as the
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Department shall provide by rule.
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The Director shall determine the
appropriate extent of the
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deletions allowed in paragraph (2). In the event the taxpayer | ||
does not submit
deletions,
the Director shall make only the | ||
deletions specified in paragraph (1).
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The Director shall make available for public inspection | ||
and publication an
administrative decision within 180 days | ||
after the issuance of the
administrative
decision. The term | ||
"administrative decision" has the same meaning as defined in
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Section 3-101 of Article III of the Code of Civil Procedure. | ||
Costs collected
under this Section shall be paid into the Tax | ||
Compliance and Administration
Fund.
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(e) Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the | ||
Director from
divulging
information to any person pursuant to | ||
a request or authorization made by the
taxpayer, by an | ||
authorized representative of the taxpayer, or, in the case of
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information related to a joint return, by the spouse filing | ||
the joint return
with the taxpayer.
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(Source: P.A. 102-61, eff. 7-9-21; 102-129, eff. 7-23-21; | ||
revised 8-10-21.)
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Section 10. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended | ||
by changing Section 11 as follows:
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(35 ILCS 120/11) (from Ch. 120, par. 450)
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Sec. 11. All information received by the Department from |
returns filed
under this Act, or from any investigation | ||
conducted under this Act, shall
be confidential, except for | ||
official purposes, and any person, including a third party as | ||
defined in the Local Government Revenue Recapture Act, who | ||
divulges
any such information in any manner, except in | ||
accordance with a proper
judicial order or as otherwise | ||
provided by law, including the Local Government Revenue | ||
Recapture Act, shall be guilty of a Class
B misdemeanor with a | ||
fine not to exceed $7,500.
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Nothing in this Act prevents the Director of Revenue from | ||
publishing or
making available to the public the names and | ||
addresses of persons filing
returns under this Act, or | ||
reasonable statistics concerning the operation
of the tax by | ||
grouping the contents of returns so the information in any
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individual return is not disclosed.
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Nothing in this Act prevents the Director of Revenue from | ||
divulging to
the United States Government or the government of | ||
any other state, or any
officer or agency thereof, for | ||
exclusively official purposes, information
received by the | ||
Department in administering this Act, provided that such
other | ||
governmental agency agrees to divulge requested tax | ||
information to
the Department.
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The Department's furnishing of information derived from a | ||
taxpayer's
return or from an investigation conducted under | ||
this Act to the surety on a
taxpayer's bond that has been | ||
furnished to the Department under this Act,
either to provide |
notice to such surety of its potential liability under
the | ||
bond or, in order to support the Department's demand for | ||
payment from
such surety under the bond, is an official | ||
purpose within the meaning of
this Section.
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The furnishing upon request of information obtained by the | ||
Department
from returns filed under this Act or investigations | ||
conducted under this
Act to the Illinois Liquor Control | ||
Commission for official use is deemed to
be an official | ||
purpose within the meaning of this Section.
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Notice to a surety of potential liability shall not be | ||
given unless the
taxpayer has first been notified, not less | ||
than 10 days prior thereto, of
the Department's intent to so | ||
notify the surety.
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The furnishing upon request of the Auditor General, or his | ||
authorized agents,
for official use, of returns filed and | ||
information related thereto under
this Act is deemed to be an | ||
official purpose within the meaning of this
Section.
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Where an appeal or a protest has been filed on behalf of a | ||
taxpayer, the
furnishing upon request of the attorney for the | ||
taxpayer of returns filed
by the taxpayer and information | ||
related thereto under this Act is deemed
to be an official | ||
purpose within the meaning of this Section.
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The furnishing of financial information to a municipality | ||
or county, upon request of the chief executive officer | ||
thereof, is an official purpose within the meaning of this | ||
Section,
provided the municipality or county agrees in
writing |
to the requirements of this Section. Information provided to | ||
municipalities and counties under this paragraph shall be | ||
limited to: (1) the business name; (2) the business address; | ||
(3) the standard classification number assigned to the | ||
business; (4) net revenue distributed to the requesting | ||
municipality or county that is directly related to the | ||
requesting municipality's or county's local share of the | ||
proceeds under the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the | ||
Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax | ||
Act distributed from the Local Government Tax Fund, and, if | ||
applicable, any locally imposed retailers' occupation tax or | ||
service occupation tax; and (5) a listing of all businesses | ||
within the requesting municipality or county by account | ||
identification number and address. On and after July 1, 2015, | ||
the furnishing of financial information to municipalities and | ||
counties under this paragraph may be by electronic means. If | ||
the Department may furnish financial information to a | ||
municipality or county under this paragraph, then the chief | ||
executive officer of the municipality or county may, in turn, | ||
provide that financial information to a third party pursuant | ||
to the Local Government Revenue Recapture Act. However, the | ||
third party shall agree in writing to the requirements of this | ||
Section and meet the requirements of the Local Government | ||
Revenue Recapture Act.
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Information so provided shall be subject to all | ||
confidentiality provisions
of this Section. The written |
agreement shall provide for reciprocity,
limitations on | ||
access, disclosure, and procedures for requesting information. | ||
For the purposes of furnishing financial information to a | ||
municipality or county under this Section, "chief executive | ||
officer" means the mayor of a city, the village board | ||
president of a village, the mayor or president of an | ||
incorporated town, the county executive of a county that has | ||
adopted the county executive form of government, the president | ||
of the board of commissioners of Cook County, or the | ||
chairperson of the county board or board of county | ||
commissioners of any other county.
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The Department may make available to the Board of Trustees | ||
of any Metro
East Mass Transit District information contained | ||
on transaction reporting
returns required to be filed under | ||
Section 3 of this Act that report sales made
within the | ||
boundary of the taxing authority of that Metro East Mass | ||
Transit
District, as provided in Section 5.01 of the Local | ||
Mass Transit District Act.
The disclosure shall be made | ||
pursuant to a written agreement between the
Department and the | ||
Board of Trustees of a Metro East Mass Transit District,
which | ||
is an official purpose within the meaning of this Section. The | ||
written
agreement between the Department and the Board of | ||
Trustees of a Metro East
Mass Transit District shall provide | ||
for reciprocity, limitations on access,
disclosure, and | ||
procedures for requesting information. Information so provided
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shall be subject to all confidentiality provisions of this |
Section.
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The Director may make available to any State agency, | ||
including the
Illinois Supreme Court, which licenses persons | ||
to engage in any occupation,
information that a person | ||
licensed by such agency has failed to file
returns under this | ||
Act or pay the tax, penalty and interest shown therein,
or has | ||
failed to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest | ||
due
under this Act.
The Director may make available to any | ||
State agency, including the Illinois
Supreme
Court, | ||
information regarding whether a bidder, contractor, or an | ||
affiliate of a
bidder or
contractor has failed to collect and | ||
remit Illinois Use tax on sales into
Illinois, or any tax
under | ||
this Act or pay the tax, penalty, and interest shown therein, | ||
or has
failed to pay any
final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||
interest due under this Act, for the
limited purpose of
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enforcing bidder and contractor certifications. The Director | ||
may make available
to units
of local government and school | ||
districts that require bidder and contractor
certifications,
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as set forth in Sections 50-11 and 50-12 of the Illinois | ||
Procurement Code,
information
regarding whether a bidder, | ||
contractor, or an affiliate of a bidder or
contractor has | ||
failed
to collect and remit Illinois Use tax on sales into | ||
Illinois, file returns under
this Act, or
pay the tax, | ||
penalty, and interest shown therein, or has failed to pay any | ||
final
assessment
of tax, penalty, or interest due under this | ||
Act, for the limited purpose of
enforcing bidder
and |
contractor certifications. For purposes of this Section, the | ||
term
"affiliate" means any
entity that (1) directly, | ||
indirectly, or constructively controls another
entity,
(2) is | ||
directly,
indirectly, or constructively controlled by another | ||
entity, or (3) is subject
to
the control of
a common entity. | ||
For purposes of this Section, an entity controls another
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entity
if it owns,
directly or individually, more than 10% of | ||
the voting securities of that
entity.
As used in
this Section, | ||
the term "voting security" means a security that (1) confers | ||
upon
the holder
the right to vote for the election of members | ||
of the board of directors or
similar governing
body of the | ||
business or (2) is convertible into, or entitles the holder to
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receive upon its
exercise, a security that confers such a | ||
right to vote. A general partnership
interest is a
voting | ||
security.
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The Director may make available to any State agency, | ||
including the
Illinois
Supreme Court, units of local | ||
government, and school districts, information
regarding
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whether a bidder or contractor is an affiliate of a person who | ||
is not
collecting
and
remitting Illinois Use taxes for the | ||
limited purpose of enforcing bidder and
contractor
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certifications.
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The Director may also make available to the Secretary of | ||
State
information that a limited liability company, which has | ||
filed articles of
organization with the Secretary of State, or | ||
corporation which has been
issued a certificate of |
incorporation by the Secretary of State has failed to
file | ||
returns under this Act or pay the tax, penalty and interest | ||
shown therein,
or has failed to pay any final assessment of | ||
tax, penalty or interest due under
this Act. An assessment is | ||
final when all proceedings in court for review of
such | ||
assessment have terminated or the time for the taking thereof | ||
has expired
without such proceedings being instituted.
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The Director shall make available for public inspection in | ||
the Department's
principal office and for publication, at | ||
cost, administrative decisions issued
on or after January 1, | ||
1995. These decisions are to be made available in a
manner so | ||
that the following taxpayer information is not disclosed:
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(1) The names, addresses, and identification numbers | ||
of the taxpayer,
related entities, and employees.
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(2) At the sole discretion of the Director, trade | ||
secrets
or other confidential information identified as | ||
such by the taxpayer, no later
than 30 days after receipt | ||
of an administrative decision, by such means as the
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Department shall provide by rule.
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The Director shall determine the appropriate extent of the | ||
deletions allowed
in paragraph (2). In the event the taxpayer | ||
does not submit deletions, the
Director shall make only the | ||
deletions specified in paragraph (1).
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The Director shall make available for public inspection | ||
and publication an
administrative decision within 180 days | ||
after the issuance of the
administrative decision. The term |
"administrative decision" has the same
meaning as defined in | ||
Section 3-101 of Article III of the Code of Civil
Procedure. | ||
Costs collected under this Section shall be paid into the Tax
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Compliance and Administration Fund.
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Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the Director | ||
from divulging
information to any person pursuant to a request | ||
or authorization made by the
taxpayer or by an authorized | ||
representative of the taxpayer.
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The furnishing of information obtained by the Department | ||
from returns filed under Public Act 101-10 to the Department | ||
of Transportation for purposes of compliance with Public Act | ||
101-10 regarding aviation fuel is deemed to be an official | ||
purpose within the meaning of this Section. | ||
The Director may make information available to the | ||
Secretary of State for the purpose of administering Section | ||
5-901 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-628, eff. 6-1-20; | ||
102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||
Article IX to Chapter 5 as follows: | ||
(625 ILCS 5/Ch. 5 Art. IX heading new) | ||
ARTICLE IX. MANUFACTURED HOME DEALERS | ||
(625 ILCS 5/5-901 new) |
Sec. 5-901. Regulation of manufactured home dealers. | ||
(a) As used in this Article: | ||
"Established place of business" means the place owned or | ||
leased and occupied by any person duly licensed or required to | ||
be licensed as a manufactured home dealer for the purpose of | ||
engaging in selling, buying, bartering, displaying, | ||
exchanging, or dealing in, on consignment or otherwise, | ||
manufactured homes and for such other ancillary purposes as | ||
may be permitted by the Secretary by rule. | ||
"Manufactured home" means a factory-assembled structure | ||
built on a permanent chassis, transportable in one or more | ||
sections in the travel mode, incapable of self-propulsion, | ||
bears a label indicating the manufacturer's compliance with | ||
the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development | ||
standards, as applicable, and is designed for year-round | ||
occupancy as a single-family residence when connected to | ||
approved water, sewer, and electrical utilities. | ||
"Manufactured home dealer" means: (1) an individual or | ||
entity that engages in the business of acquiring or disposing | ||
of new or used manufactured homes; (2) an individual or entity | ||
who advertises or otherwise holds the individual or the entity | ||
out as being engaged in the business of acquiring or selling | ||
new or used manufactured homes; or (3) an individual or entity | ||
who buys or sells more than 2 new or used manufactured homes | ||
within a 12-month period. | ||
(b) No person shall engage in this State in the business of |
selling or dealing in, on consignment or otherwise, | ||
manufactured homes of any make, or act as an intermediary, | ||
agent, or broker for any manufactured home purchaser, other | ||
than as a salesperson, or to represent or advertise that he or | ||
she is so engaged, or intends to so engage, in the business, | ||
unless licensed to do so by the Secretary of State under this | ||
Section. | ||
(c) An application for a manufactured home dealer's | ||
license shall be filed with the Secretary of State Vehicle | ||
Services Department and duly verified by oath, on such form as | ||
the Secretary of State may prescribe, and shall contain all of | ||
the following: | ||
(1) The name and type of business organization of the | ||
applicant, and his or her established place of business in | ||
this State. | ||
(2) If the applicant is a corporation, a list of its | ||
officers, directors, and shareholders having a 10% or | ||
greater ownership interest in the corporation. If the | ||
applicant is a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a | ||
limited liability company, an unincorporated association, | ||
a trust, or any similar form of business organization, the | ||
name and residence address of the proprietor, or the name | ||
and residence address of each partner, member, officer, | ||
director, trustee, or manager. | ||
(3) A statement that the applicant has been approved | ||
for registration under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act |
by the Department of Revenue, except that this requirement | ||
does not apply to a manufactured home dealer who is | ||
already licensed with the Secretary of State, and who is | ||
only applying for a renewal of his or her license. As | ||
evidence of this fact, the application shall be | ||
accompanied by a certification from the Department of | ||
Revenue showing that the Department has approved the | ||
applicant for registration under the Retailers' Occupation | ||
Tax Act. | ||
(4) An application for a manufactured home dealer's | ||
license shall be accompanied by a $1,000 license fee for | ||
the applicant's established place of business. If the | ||
application is made after June 15 of any year, the license | ||
fee shall be $500 for the applicant's established place of | ||
business. License fees shall be returnable only if the | ||
application is denied by the Secretary of State. | ||
Of the money received by the Secretary of State as | ||
license fees under this paragraph (4), 95% shall be | ||
deposited into the General Revenue Fund and 5% into the | ||
Motor Vehicle License Plate Fund. | ||
(5) A statement that no officer, director, shareholder | ||
having a 10% or greater ownership interest, proprietor, | ||
partner, member, officer, director, trustee, manager, or | ||
other principal in the business of the applicant has | ||
committed in the past 3 years any violation, as determined | ||
in any civil, criminal, or administrative hearing |
proceeding, of any one of the following Acts: | ||
(A) the Anti-Theft Laws of this Code; | ||
(B) the Certificate of Title Laws of this Code; | ||
(C) the Offenses against Registration and | ||
Certificates of Title Laws of this Code; | ||
(D) the Dealers, Transporters, Wreckers, and | ||
Rebuilders Laws of this Code; | ||
(E) Section 21-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012, | ||
criminal trespass to vehicles; | ||
(F) the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; | ||
(G) the Consumer Installment Loan Act; | ||
(H) the Retail Installment Sales Act; | ||
(I) the Interest Act; | ||
(J) the Illinois Wage Assignment Act; | ||
(K) Part 8 of Article XII of the Code of Civil | ||
Procedure; or | ||
(L) the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||
Practices Act. | ||
(6) A bond or certificate of deposit in the amount of | ||
$150,000 for each license holder applicant intending to | ||
act as a manufactured home dealer under this Section. The | ||
bond shall be for the term of the license for which | ||
application is made and shall expire not sooner than | ||
December 31st of the year for which the license was | ||
issued. The bond shall run to the People of the State of | ||
Illinois and to customers asserting financial claims |
against the dealer, with surety by a bonding or insurance | ||
company authorized to do business in this State. It shall | ||
be conditioned upon the proper transmittal of all title | ||
and registration fees and taxes (excluding taxes under the | ||
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act) accepted by the applicant | ||
as a manufactured home dealer, and the execution of all of | ||
the dealer's obligations to the customer, including | ||
financial duties related to the acceptance and | ||
disbursement of any funds paid to the dealer by the | ||
customer, and conveyance of possession or ownership | ||
documents of a manufactured home. | ||
(7) Dealers in business for over 10 years may | ||
substitute a certificate of insurance in lieu of the bond | ||
or certificate of deposit upon renewing their license. | ||
(8) Any other information concerning the business of | ||
the applicant as the Secretary of State may by rule | ||
prescribe. | ||
(d) Any change that renders no longer accurate any | ||
information contained in any application for a license under | ||
this Section shall be amended within 30 days after the | ||
occurrence of the change on a form the Secretary of State may | ||
prescribe, by rule, accompanied by an amendatory fee of $25. | ||
(e) The Secretary of State shall, within a reasonable time | ||
after receipt, examine an application submitted under this | ||
Section, and unless the Secretary makes a determination that | ||
the application submitted does not conform with the |
requirements of this Section or that grounds exist for a | ||
denial of the application under subsection (f), grant the | ||
applicant an initial manufactured home dealer's license in | ||
writing for the established place of business of the applicant | ||
in a form the Secretary may prescribe by rule, which shall | ||
include the following: | ||
(1) the name of the person or entity licensed; | ||
(2) if a corporation, the name and address of its | ||
officers; if a sole proprietorship, a partnership, an | ||
unincorporated association, or any similar form of | ||
business organization, the name and address of the | ||
proprietor, or the name and address of each partner, | ||
member, officer, director, trustee or manager; or if a | ||
limited liability company, the name and address of the | ||
general partner or partners, or managing member or | ||
members; and | ||
(3) the established place of business of the licensee. | ||
(f) A license issued under this Section may be denied, | ||
revoked, or suspended if the Secretary of State finds that the | ||
applicant, or the officer, director, shareholder having a 10% | ||
or greater ownership interest in the corporation, owner, | ||
partner, trustee, manager, employee or the licensee has: | ||
(1) violated this Section; | ||
(2) made any material misrepresentation to the | ||
Secretary of State in connection with an application for a | ||
license, title, or registration; |
(3) committed a fraudulent act in connection with | ||
selling, bartering, exchanging, offering for sale, or | ||
otherwise dealing in manufactured homes; | ||
(4) not maintained an established place of business as | ||
defined in this Section; | ||
(5) failed to file or produce to the Secretary of | ||
State any application, report, document, or other | ||
pertinent books, records, documents, letters, contracts | ||
required to be filed or produced under this Section or any | ||
rule adopted by the Secretary of State pursuant to this | ||
Section; | ||
(6) failed to pay any fees or taxes due under this | ||
Code, or has failed to transmit any fees or taxes received | ||
by him or her for transmittal by him or her to the | ||
Secretary of State or the State of Illinois; | ||
(7) failed to transfer title to a manufactured home | ||
when legally required to do so; or | ||
(8) violated any of the following: | ||
(A) the Anti-Theft Laws of this Code; | ||
(B) the Certificate of Title Laws of this Code; | ||
(C) the Offenses against Registration and | ||
Certificates of Title Laws of this Code; | ||
(D) the Dealers, Transporters, Wreckers, and | ||
Rebuilders Laws of this Code; | ||
(E) Section 21-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012, | ||
criminal trespass to vehicles; |
(F) the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; | ||
(G) the Consumer Installment Loan Act; | ||
(H) the Retail Installment Sales Act; | ||
(I) the Interest Act; | ||
(J) the Illinois Wage Assignment Act; | ||
(K) Part 8 of Article XII of the Code of Civil | ||
Procedure; or | ||
(L) the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||
Practices Act. | ||
(g) In addition to other grounds specified in this | ||
Section, the Secretary of State, on complaint of the | ||
Department of Revenue, shall refuse the issuance or renewal of | ||
a license, or suspend or revoke such a license, for any of the | ||
following violations of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the | ||
tax imposed on corporations under subsection (b) of Section | ||
201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Personal Property Tax | ||
Replacement Income Tax imposed under subsections (c) and (d) | ||
of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or the tax | ||
imposed under Section 704A of the Illinois Income Tax Act: | ||
(1) failure to make a tax return; | ||
(2) the filing of a fraudulent return; | ||
(3) failure to pay all or part of any tax or penalty | ||
finally determined to be due; | ||
(4) failure to comply with the bonding requirements of | ||
the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. | ||
(h) A license issued under this Section may be canceled by |
the Secretary of State prior to its expiration in any of the | ||
following situations: | ||
(1) if a license is voluntarily surrendered by the | ||
licensed person; | ||
(2) if the business enterprise is a sole | ||
proprietorship and the sole proprietor dies or is | ||
imprisoned for any period exceeding 30 days; or | ||
(3) if the license was issued to the wrong person or | ||
corporation or contains an error on its face. | ||
If any person whose license has been canceled wishes to | ||
apply for another license, whether during the same license | ||
year or any other year, that person shall be treated as a new | ||
applicant and the cancellation of the person's prior license | ||
shall not, in and of itself, be a bar to the issuance of a new | ||
license. | ||
(i) A license issued under this Section may be canceled | ||
without a hearing if the Secretary of State is notified that | ||
the applicant, or any officer, director, shareholder having a | ||
10% or greater ownership interest, owner, partner, trustee, | ||
manager, employee, or member of the applicant or the licensee | ||
has been convicted of any forcible felony or any felony | ||
involving the selling, bartering, exchanging, offering for | ||
sale, or otherwise dealing in ownership documents relating to | ||
any of the above actions. | ||
(j) The appropriate instrument evidencing the license or a | ||
certified copy of the instrument, provided by the Secretary of |
State, shall be kept posted conspicuously in the established | ||
place of business of the licensee. | ||
(k) All records related to the purchase, sale, or | ||
acceptance for sale on consignment of any manufactured home | ||
shall be maintained at the licensee's established place of | ||
business. These records shall be retained for a period of not | ||
less than 7 years, and shall be made available for inspection | ||
upon the request of a Secretary of State auditor or an | ||
investigator with the Secretary of State Department of Police. | ||
(l) Except as provided in subsection (i), all licenses | ||
granted under this Section shall expire by operation of law on | ||
December 31st of the calendar year for which the licenses were | ||
granted, unless sooner revoked or canceled under subsection | ||
(f). | ||
(m) Each person licensed as a manufactured home dealer is | ||
required to furnish each purchaser of a manufactured home: | ||
(1) in the case of a new manufactured home, a | ||
manufacturer's statement of origin, and in the case of a | ||
previously owned manufactured home, a certificate of | ||
title, in either case properly assigned to the purchaser; | ||
(2) a statement verified under oath that all | ||
identifying numbers on the vehicle match the identifying | ||
numbers on the certificate of title or manufacturer's | ||
statement of origin; | ||
(3) a bill of sale properly executed on behalf of the | ||
purchaser; and |
(4) for a new manufactured home, a warranty, and in | ||
the case of a manufactured home for which the warranty has | ||
been reinstated, a copy of the warranty; if no warranty is | ||
provided, a disclosure or statement that the manufactured | ||
home is being sold "AS IS". | ||
(n) This Section does not apply to a seller who privately | ||
owns his or her manufactured home as his or her main residence | ||
and is selling the manufactured home to another individual or | ||
to a licensee so long as that individual does not sell more | ||
than 2 manufactured homes in one 12-month period. | ||
(o) This Section does not apply to any person licensed | ||
under the Real Estate License Act of 2000. | ||
(p) The Secretary of State may adopt any rules necessary | ||
to implement this Section. | ||
(q) Any individual or entity licensed as a manufactured | ||
home dealer or a community-based manufactured home dealer on | ||
the effective date of this Section shall be entitled to act as | ||
a manufactured home dealer under this Section for the duration | ||
of any license in effect on the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, and shall be | ||
eligible to be issued a manufactured home dealer's license | ||
under this Section upon the expiration of any such license.
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(625 ILCS 5/5-101.2 rep.) | ||
Section 15. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||
repealing Section 5-101.2. |
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2022. |