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91_HB2194sam001 LRB9104858LDpkam 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. 14Licensed"; 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 -2- LRB9104858LDpkam 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".