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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2194

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2194 on page 2,  by
 3    replacing lines 26 through 33 with the following:
 4        "(a)  An  individual  who  has  passed  the  Uniform  CPA
 5    Examination  and  who  holds  a  valid,  unrevoked license or
 6    permit to practice as a public accountant  from  a  state  or
 7    United States territory in which he or she resides or has his
 8    or  her  principal place of business, and who does not reside
 9    or have his or her principal place of business in this State,
10    may practice public accounting within this State without  the
11    need to obtain a license under this Act.  Such practice shall
12    be  conducted  in  accordance with the relevant provisions of
13    this  Act  and  rules  and  regulations  adopted   hereunder.
14    Licensed"; and

15    on page 3 by deleting lines 1 through 12; and

16    on page 3 by deleting lines 33 and 34; and

17    on page 4, by deleting lines 1 through 12; and

18    on  page  7,  by  replacing  lines  31  through  33  with the
19    following:
20        "Sec. 14.2.  Licensure by  endorsement.   The  Department
21    shall issue a license as a public accountant to any applicant
22    who  holds a valid unrevoked license or permit to practice as
 
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 1    a public accountant issued under the laws of any other  state
 2    or  territory  of  the  United  States  or  the  District  of
 3    Columbia, provided:
 4             (1)  the  individual  applicant is determined by the
 5        Department    to    possess    personal    qualifications
 6        substantially  equivalent   to   this   State's   current
 7        licensing requirements;
 8             (2)  at  the  time the applicant received his or her
 9        current  valid  and  unrevoked  license  or  permit,  the
10        applicant    possessed    qualifications    substantially
11        equivalent to the qualifications for  licensure  then  in
12        effect in this State; or
13             (3)  the    applicant   has,   after   passing   the
14        examination upon which his or her license or other permit
15        to  practice  was  based,  not  less  than  4  years   of
16        experience  in  the  practice of public accounting within
17        the 10 years immediately before the application."; and

18    by deleting page 8; and

19    on page 9, line 18, after "State" by  inserting  "or  another
20    state".

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