093_SB0332ham001 LRB093 08322 AMC 14238 a 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 332 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 332 on page 1, 3 immediately below line 25, by inserting the following: 4 "Section 10. The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters 5 Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 17 as follows: 6 (225 ILCS 415/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 6217) 7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2004) 8 Sec. 17. Fees; returned checks; expiration while in 9 military. 10 (a) The fees for the administration and enforcement of 11 this Act, including but not limited to, original 12 certification, renewal and restoration, shall be set by rule. 13 (b) Beginning July 1, 2003, all of the fees and fines 14 collected under this Act shall be deposited into the General 15 Professions Dedicated Fund. 16 (c) Any person who delivers a check or other payment to 17 the Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by 18 the financial institution upon which it is drawn shall pay to 19 the Department, in addition to the amount already owed to the 20 Department, a fine of $50. The fines imposed by this Section 21 are in addition to any other discipline provided under this 22 Act prohibiting unlicensed practice or practice on a -2- LRB093 08322 AMC 14238 a 1 nonrenewed license. The Department shall notify the person 2 that payment of fees and fines shall be paid to the 3 Department by certified check or money order within 30 4 calendar days of the notification. If, after the expiration 5 of 30 days from the date of the notification, the person has 6 failed to submit the necessary remittance, the Department 7 shall automatically terminate the license or certificate or 8 deny the application, without hearing. If, after termination 9 or denial, the person seeks a license or certificate, he or 10 she shall apply to the Department for restoration or issuance 11 of the license or certificate and pay all fees and fines due 12 to the Department. The Department may establish a fee for the 13 processing of an application for restoration of a license or 14 certificate to pay all expenses of processing this 15 application. The Director may waive the fines due under this 16 Section in individual cases where the Director finds that the 17 fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome. 18 However, any person whose license has expired while he 19 has been engaged (l) in federal or state service active duty, 20 or (2) in training or education under the supervision of the 21 United States preliminary to induction into the military 22 service, may have his license renewed, reinstated or restored 23 without paying any lapsed renewal and restoration fees, if 24 within 2 years after termination of such service, training or 25 education other than by dishonorable discharge, he furnishes 26 the Department with satisfactory proof that he has been so 27 engaged and that his service, training or education has been 28 so terminated. 29 (Source: P.A. 92-146, eff. 1-1-02.)".