Bill Amendment: IL SB0338 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: RUUPA-VARIOUS
Status: 2021-08-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0288 [SB0338 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0338-House_Amendment_003.html
Bill Title: RUUPA-VARIOUS
Status: 2021-08-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0288 [SB0338 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0338-House_Amendment_003.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 338
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 338 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The State Treasurer Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 0.02 and 0.03 as follows:
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6 | (15 ILCS 505/0.02)
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7 | Sec. 0.02. Transfer of powers. The rights, powers, duties, | ||||||
8 | and functions vested in the Department of
Financial | ||||||
9 | Institutions to administer the Uniform Disposition of | ||||||
10 | Unclaimed
Property Act (superseded by the Revised Uniform | ||||||
11 | Unclaimed Property Act) are transferred to the State Treasurer | ||||||
12 | on July 1, 1999 ; provided,
however, that the rights, powers, | ||||||
13 | duties, and functions
involving the examination of the records | ||||||
14 | of any person that the State Treasurer
has reason to believe | ||||||
15 | has failed to report properly under this Act shall be
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16 | transferred to the Office of Banks and Real Estate if the |
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1 | person is
regulated by the Office of Banks and Real Estate | ||||||
2 | under the Illinois Banking
Act, the Corporate Fiduciary Act, | ||||||
3 | the Foreign Banking Office Act, the Illinois
Savings and Loan | ||||||
4 | Act of 1985, or the Savings Bank Act
and shall be retained by | ||||||
5 | the Department of Financial Institutions if the
person is | ||||||
6 | doing business in the State under the supervision of the | ||||||
7 | Department
of Financial Institutions, the National Credit | ||||||
8 | Union Administration,
the Office of Thrift Supervision, or the | ||||||
9 | Comptroller of the Currency .
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10 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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11 | (15 ILCS 505/0.03)
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12 | Sec. 0.03. Transfer of personnel.
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13 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), personnel | ||||||
14 | employed by the
Department of Financial Institutions on June | ||||||
15 | 30, 1999 to perform duties
pertaining to the administration of | ||||||
16 | the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed
Property
Act (superseded | ||||||
17 | by the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act) are transferred | ||||||
18 | to the State Treasurer on July 1, 1999.
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19 | (b) In the case of a person employed by the Department of | ||||||
20 | Financial
Institutions to perform both duties pertaining to | ||||||
21 | the administration of the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed | ||||||
22 | Property Act (superseded by the Revised Uniform Unclaimed | ||||||
23 | Property Act) and duties pertaining to a
function retained by | ||||||
24 | the Department of Financial Institutions, the State
Treasurer, | ||||||
25 | in consultation with the Director of Financial Institutions, |
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1 | shall
determine whether to transfer the employee to the Office | ||||||
2 | of the State
Treasurer; until this determination has been | ||||||
3 | made, the transfer shall not take
effect.
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4 | (c) The rights of State employees, the State, and its | ||||||
5 | agencies under the
Personnel Code and applicable collective | ||||||
6 | bargaining agreements and retirement
plans are not affected by | ||||||
7 | this amendatory Act of 1999, except that all
positions | ||||||
8 | transferred to the State Treasurer shall be subject to the | ||||||
9 | State
Treasurer Employment Code effective July 1, 2000.
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10 | All transferred employees who are members of
collective | ||||||
11 | bargaining units shall retain their seniority, continuous | ||||||
12 | service,
salary, and accrued benefits. During the pendency of | ||||||
13 | the existing collective
bargaining agreement, the rights | ||||||
14 | provided for under that agreement and
memoranda and | ||||||
15 | supplements to that agreement, including but not limited to, | ||||||
16 | the
rights of employees performing duties pertaining to the | ||||||
17 | administration of the
Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed | ||||||
18 | Property Act (superseded by the Revised Uniform Unclaimed | ||||||
19 | Property Act) to positions in other State
agencies and the | ||||||
20 | right of employees in other State agencies covered by the
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21 | agreement to positions performing duties pertaining to the | ||||||
22 | administration of
the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed | ||||||
23 | Property Act (superseded by the Revised Uniform Unclaimed | ||||||
24 | Property Act), shall not be abridged.
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25 | The State Treasurer shall
continue to honor during their | ||||||
26 | pendency all bargaining agreements
in effect at the time of |
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1 | the transfer and to recognize all collective
bargaining | ||||||
2 | representatives for the employees who perform or will perform
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3 | functions transferred by this amendatory Act of 1999. For all | ||||||
4 | purposes with
respect to the management of the existing | ||||||
5 | agreement and the
negotiation and management of any successor | ||||||
6 | agreements, the State Treasurer
shall be deemed to
be the | ||||||
7 | employer of employees who perform or will perform functions | ||||||
8 | transferred
to the Office of the State Treasurer by
this | ||||||
9 | amendatory Act of 1999 ; provided that the Illinois Department | ||||||
10 | of Central
Management Services shall be a party to any
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11 | grievance or arbitration proceeding held pursuant to the | ||||||
12 | provisions of the
collective bargaining agreement which | ||||||
13 | involves the movement
of employees from the Office of the | ||||||
14 | State Treasurer to an
agency under the jurisdiction of the | ||||||
15 | Governor covered by the agreement .
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16 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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17 | Section 10. The Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act is | ||||||
18 | amended by changing Sections 15-102, 15-201, 15-202, 15-210, | ||||||
19 | 15-213, 15-401, 15-503, 15-603, 15-607, 15-905, 15-906, | ||||||
20 | 15-1002.1, 15-1004, 15-1401, and 15-1402 as follows:
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21 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-102) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 15-102. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
23 | (1) "Administrator" means the State Treasurer. | ||||||
24 | (2) "Administrator's agent" means a person with which |
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1 | the administrator contracts to conduct an examination | ||||||
2 | under Article 10 on behalf of the administrator. The term | ||||||
3 | includes an independent contractor of the person and each | ||||||
4 | individual participating in the examination on behalf of | ||||||
5 | the person or contractor. | ||||||
6 | (2.5) (Blank). | ||||||
7 | (3) "Apparent owner" means a person whose name appears | ||||||
8 | on the records of a holder as the owner of property held, | ||||||
9 | issued, or owing by the holder. | ||||||
10 | (4) "Business association" means a corporation, joint | ||||||
11 | stock company, investment company, unincorporated | ||||||
12 | association, joint venture, limited liability company, | ||||||
13 | business trust, trust company, land bank, safe deposit | ||||||
14 | company, safekeeping depository, financial organization, | ||||||
15 | insurance company, federally chartered entity, utility, | ||||||
16 | sole proprietorship, or other business entity, whether or | ||||||
17 | not for profit. | ||||||
18 | (5) "Confidential information" means information that | ||||||
19 | is "personal information" under the Personal Information | ||||||
20 | Protection Act, "private information" under the Freedom of | ||||||
21 | Information Act or personal information contained within | ||||||
22 | public records, the disclosure of which would constitute a | ||||||
23 | clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless | ||||||
24 | the disclosure is consented to in writing by the | ||||||
25 | individual subjects of the information as provided in the | ||||||
26 | Freedom of Information Act. |
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1 | (6) "Domicile" means: | ||||||
2 | (A) for a corporation, the state of its | ||||||
3 | incorporation; | ||||||
4 | (B) for a business association whose formation | ||||||
5 | requires a filing with a state, other than a | ||||||
6 | corporation, the state of its filing; | ||||||
7 | (C) for a federally chartered entity or an | ||||||
8 | investment company registered under the Investment | ||||||
9 | Company Act of 1940, the state of its home office; and | ||||||
10 | (D) for any other holder, the state of its | ||||||
11 | principal place of business. | ||||||
12 | (7) "Electronic" means relating to technology having | ||||||
13 | electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, | ||||||
14 | electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. | ||||||
15 | (8) "Electronic mail" means a communication by | ||||||
16 | electronic means which is automatically retained and | ||||||
17 | stored and may be readily accessed or retrieved. | ||||||
18 | (8.5) "Escheat fee" means any charge imposed solely by | ||||||
19 | virtue of property being reported as presumed abandoned. | ||||||
20 | (9) "Financial organization" means a bank, savings | ||||||
21 | bank, foreign bank, corporate fiduciary, currency | ||||||
22 | exchange, money transmitter, or credit union. | ||||||
23 | (10) "Game-related digital content" means digital | ||||||
24 | content that exists only in an electronic game or | ||||||
25 | electronic-game platform. The term: | ||||||
26 | (A) includes: |
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1 | (i) game-play currency such as a virtual | ||||||
2 | wallet, even if denominated in United States | ||||||
3 | currency; and | ||||||
4 | (ii) the following if for use or redemption | ||||||
5 | only within the game or platform or another | ||||||
6 | electronic game or electronic-game platform: | ||||||
7 | (I) points sometimes referred to as gems, | ||||||
8 | tokens, gold, and similar names; and | ||||||
9 | (II) digital codes; and | ||||||
10 | (B) does not include an item that the issuer: | ||||||
11 | (i) permits to be redeemed for use outside a | ||||||
12 | game or platform for: | ||||||
13 | (I) money; or | ||||||
14 | (II) goods or services that have more than | ||||||
15 | minimal value; or | ||||||
16 | (ii) otherwise monetizes for use outside a | ||||||
17 | game or platform. | ||||||
18 | (11) "Gift card" means a record evidencing a promise | ||||||
19 | made for consideration by the seller or issuer of the | ||||||
20 | record that goods, services, or money will be provided to | ||||||
21 | the owner of the record to the value or amount shown in the | ||||||
22 | record that is either: | ||||||
23 | (A) a record: | ||||||
24 | (i) issued on a prepaid basis primarily for | ||||||
25 | personal, family, or household purposes to a | ||||||
26 | consumer in a specified amount; |
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1 | (ii) the value of which does not expire; | ||||||
2 | (iii) that is not subject to a dormancy, | ||||||
3 | inactivity, or post-sale service fee; | ||||||
4 | (iv) that is redeemable upon presentation for | ||||||
5 | goods or services; and | ||||||
6 | (v) that, unless required by law, may not be | ||||||
7 | redeemed for or converted into money or otherwise | ||||||
8 | monetized by the issuer; or | ||||||
9 | (B) a prepaid commercial mobile radio service, as | ||||||
10 | defined in 47 CFR C.F.R. 20.3, as amended. | ||||||
11 | (12) "Holder" means a person obligated to hold for the | ||||||
12 | account of, or to deliver or pay to, the owner, property | ||||||
13 | subject to this Act. | ||||||
14 | (13) "Insurance company" means an association, | ||||||
15 | corporation, or fraternal or mutual-benefit organization, | ||||||
16 | whether or not for profit, engaged in the business of | ||||||
17 | providing life endowments, annuities, or insurance, | ||||||
18 | including accident, burial, casualty, credit-life, | ||||||
19 | contract-performance, dental, disability, fidelity, fire, | ||||||
20 | health, hospitalization, illness, life, malpractice, | ||||||
21 | marine, mortgage, surety, wage-protection, and | ||||||
22 | worker-compensation insurance. | ||||||
23 | (14) "Loyalty card" means a record given without | ||||||
24 | direct monetary consideration under an award, reward, | ||||||
25 | benefit, loyalty, incentive, rebate, or promotional | ||||||
26 | program which may be used or redeemed only to obtain goods |
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1 | or services or a discount on goods or services. The term | ||||||
2 | does not include a record that may be redeemed for money or | ||||||
3 | otherwise monetized by the issuer. | ||||||
4 | (15) "Mineral" means gas, oil, coal, oil shale, other | ||||||
5 | gaseous liquid or solid hydrocarbon, cement material, sand | ||||||
6 | and gravel, road material, building stone, chemical raw | ||||||
7 | material, gemstone, fissionable and nonfissionable ores, | ||||||
8 | colloidal and other clay, steam and other geothermal | ||||||
9 | resources, and any other substance defined as a mineral by | ||||||
10 | law of this State other than this Act. | ||||||
11 | (16) "Mineral proceeds" means an amount payable for | ||||||
12 | extraction, production, or sale of minerals, or, on the | ||||||
13 | abandonment of the amount, an amount that becomes payable | ||||||
14 | after abandonment. The term includes an amount payable: | ||||||
15 | (A) for the acquisition and retention of a mineral | ||||||
16 | lease, including a bonus, royalty, compensatory | ||||||
17 | royalty, shut-in royalty, minimum royalty, and delay | ||||||
18 | rental; | ||||||
19 | (B) for the extraction, production, or sale of | ||||||
20 | minerals, including a net revenue interest, royalty, | ||||||
21 | overriding royalty, extraction payment, and production | ||||||
22 | payment; and | ||||||
23 | (C) under an agreement or option, including a | ||||||
24 | joint-operating agreement, unit agreement, pooling | ||||||
25 | agreement, and farm-out agreement. | ||||||
26 | (17) "Money order" means a payment order for a |
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1 | specified amount of money. The term includes an express | ||||||
2 | money order and a personal money order on which the | ||||||
3 | remitter is the purchaser. | ||||||
4 | (18) "Municipal bond" means a bond or evidence of | ||||||
5 | indebtedness issued by a municipality or other political | ||||||
6 | subdivision of a state. | ||||||
7 | (19) "Net card value" means the original purchase | ||||||
8 | price or original issued value of a stored-value card, | ||||||
9 | plus amounts added to the original price or value, minus | ||||||
10 | amounts used and any service charge, fee, or dormancy | ||||||
11 | charge permitted by law. | ||||||
12 | (20) "Non-freely transferable security" means a | ||||||
13 | security that cannot be delivered to the administrator by | ||||||
14 | the Depository Trust Clearing Corporation or similar | ||||||
15 | custodian of securities providing post-trade clearing and | ||||||
16 | settlement services to financial markets or cannot be | ||||||
17 | delivered because there is no agent to effect transfer. | ||||||
18 | The term includes a worthless security. | ||||||
19 | (21) "Owner", unless the context otherwise requires, | ||||||
20 | means a person that has a legal, beneficial, or equitable | ||||||
21 | interest in property subject to this Act or the person's | ||||||
22 | legal representative when acting on behalf of the owner. | ||||||
23 | The term includes: | ||||||
24 | (A) a depositor, for a deposit; | ||||||
25 | (B) a beneficiary, for a trust other than a | ||||||
26 | deposit in trust; |
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1 | (C) a creditor, claimant, or payee, for other | ||||||
2 | property; and | ||||||
3 | (D) the lawful bearer of a record that may be used | ||||||
4 | to obtain money, a reward, or a thing of value. | ||||||
5 | (22) "Payroll card" means a record that evidences a | ||||||
6 | payroll-card account as defined in Regulation E, 12 CFR | ||||||
7 | Part 1005, as amended. | ||||||
8 | (23) "Person" means an individual, estate, business | ||||||
9 | association, public corporation, government or | ||||||
10 | governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or | ||||||
11 | other legal entity, whether or not for profit. | ||||||
12 | (24) "Property" means tangible property described in | ||||||
13 | Section 15-201 or a fixed and certain interest in | ||||||
14 | intangible property held, issued, or owed in the course of | ||||||
15 | a holder's business or by a government, governmental | ||||||
16 | subdivision, agency, or instrumentality. The term: | ||||||
17 | (A) includes all income from or increments to the | ||||||
18 | property; | ||||||
19 | (B) includes property referred to as or evidenced | ||||||
20 | by: | ||||||
21 | (i) money, virtual currency, interest, or a | ||||||
22 | dividend, check, draft, deposit, or payroll card; | ||||||
23 | (ii) a credit balance, customer's overpayment, | ||||||
24 | stored-value card, security deposit, refund, | ||||||
25 | credit memorandum, unpaid wage, unused ticket for | ||||||
26 | which the issuer has an obligation to provide a |
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1 | refund, mineral proceeds, or unidentified | ||||||
2 | remittance; | ||||||
3 | (iii) a security except for: | ||||||
4 | (I) a worthless security; or | ||||||
5 | (II) a security that is subject to a lien, | ||||||
6 | legal hold, or restriction evidenced on the | ||||||
7 | records of the holder or imposed by operation | ||||||
8 | of law, if the lien, legal hold, or | ||||||
9 | restriction restricts the holder's or owner's | ||||||
10 | ability to receive, transfer, sell, or | ||||||
11 | otherwise negotiate the security; | ||||||
12 | (iv) a bond, debenture, note, or other | ||||||
13 | evidence of indebtedness; | ||||||
14 | (v) money deposited to redeem a security, make | ||||||
15 | a distribution, or pay a dividend; | ||||||
16 | (vi) an amount due and payable under an | ||||||
17 | annuity contract or insurance policy; | ||||||
18 | (vii) an amount distributable from a trust or | ||||||
19 | custodial fund established under a plan to provide | ||||||
20 | health, welfare, pension, vacation, severance, | ||||||
21 | retirement, death, stock purchase, profit-sharing, | ||||||
22 | employee-savings, supplemental-unemployment | ||||||
23 | insurance, or a similar benefit; and | ||||||
24 | (viii) any instrument on which a financial | ||||||
25 | organization or business association is directly | ||||||
26 | liable; and |
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1 | (C) does not include: | ||||||
2 | (i) game-related digital content; | ||||||
3 | (ii) a loyalty card; | ||||||
4 | (iii) a gift card; or | ||||||
5 | (iv) funds on deposit or held in trust | ||||||
6 | pursuant to Section 16 of the Illinois Pre-Need | ||||||
7 | Cemetery Sales Act. | ||||||
8 | (25) "Putative holder" means a person believed by the | ||||||
9 | administrator to be a holder, until the person pays or | ||||||
10 | delivers to the administrator property subject to this Act | ||||||
11 | or the administrator or a court makes a final | ||||||
12 | determination that the person is or is not a holder. | ||||||
13 | (26) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a | ||||||
14 | tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or | ||||||
15 | other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. The | ||||||
16 | phrase "records of the holder" includes records maintained | ||||||
17 | by a third party that has contracted with the holder. | ||||||
18 | (27) "Security" means: | ||||||
19 | (A) a security as defined in Article 8 of the | ||||||
20 | Uniform Commercial Code; | ||||||
21 | (B) a security entitlement as defined in Article 8 | ||||||
22 | of the Uniform Commercial Code, including a customer | ||||||
23 | security account held by a registered broker-dealer, | ||||||
24 | to the extent the financial assets held in the | ||||||
25 | security account are not: | ||||||
26 | (i) registered on the books of the issuer in |
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1 | the name of the person for which the broker-dealer | ||||||
2 | holds the assets; | ||||||
3 | (ii) payable to the order of the person; or | ||||||
4 | (iii) specifically indorsed to the person; or | ||||||
5 | (C) an equity interest in a business association | ||||||
6 | not included in subparagraph (A) or (B). | ||||||
7 | (28) "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate | ||||||
8 | or adopt a record: | ||||||
9 | (A) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or | ||||||
10 | (B) to attach to or logically associate with the | ||||||
11 | record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. | ||||||
12 | (29) "State" means a state of the United States, the | ||||||
13 | District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the | ||||||
14 | United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular | ||||||
15 | possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United | ||||||
16 | States. | ||||||
17 | (30) "Stored-value card" means a card, code, or other | ||||||
18 | device that is: | ||||||
19 | (A) issued on a prepaid basis primarily for | ||||||
20 | personal, family, or household purposes to a consumer | ||||||
21 | in a specified amount, whether or not that amount may | ||||||
22 | be increased or reloaded in exchange for payment; and | ||||||
23 | (B) redeemable upon presentation at multiple | ||||||
24 | unaffiliated merchants for goods or services or usable | ||||||
25 | at automated teller machines; and | ||||||
26 | "Stored-value card" does not include a gift card, |
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1 | payroll card, loyalty card, or game-related digital | ||||||
2 | content. | ||||||
3 | (31) "Utility" means a person that owns or operates | ||||||
4 | for public use a plant, equipment, real property, | ||||||
5 | franchise, or license for the following public services: | ||||||
6 | (A) transmission of communications or information; | ||||||
7 | (B) production, storage, transmission, sale, | ||||||
8 | delivery, or furnishing of electricity, water, steam, | ||||||
9 | or gas; or | ||||||
10 | (C) provision of sewage or septic services, or | ||||||
11 | trash, garbage, or recycling disposal. | ||||||
12 | (32) "Virtual currency" means any type of a digital | ||||||
13 | unit, including cryptocurrency, representation of value | ||||||
14 | used as a medium of exchange, unit of account, or a form of | ||||||
15 | digitally stored store of value, which does not have legal | ||||||
16 | tender status recognized by the United States. The term | ||||||
17 | does not include: | ||||||
18 | (A) the software or protocols governing the | ||||||
19 | transfer of the digital representation of value; | ||||||
20 | (B) game-related digital content; or | ||||||
21 | (C) a loyalty card or gift card. | ||||||
22 | (33) "Worthless security" means a security whose cost | ||||||
23 | of liquidation and delivery to the administrator would | ||||||
24 | exceed the value of the security on the date a report is | ||||||
25 | due under this Act.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; 100-566, eff. 1-1-18; |
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1 | 101-552, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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2 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-201) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 15-201. When property presumed abandoned. Subject to | ||||||
4 | Section 15-210, the following property is presumed abandoned | ||||||
5 | if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner during the period | ||||||
6 | specified below: | ||||||
7 | (1) a traveler's check, 15 years after issuance; | ||||||
8 | (2) a money order, 5 7 years after issuance; | ||||||
9 | (3) any instrument on which a financial organization | ||||||
10 | or business association is directly liable, other than a | ||||||
11 | money order, 3 years after issuance; | ||||||
12 | (4) a state or municipal bond, bearer bond, or | ||||||
13 | original-issue-discount bond, 3 years after the earliest | ||||||
14 | of the date the bond matures or is called or the obligation | ||||||
15 | to pay the principal of the bond arises; | ||||||
16 | (5) a debt of a business association, 3 years after | ||||||
17 | the obligation to pay arises; | ||||||
18 | (6) financial organization deposits as follows: | ||||||
19 | (i) a demand deposit, 3 years after the date of the | ||||||
20 | last indication of interest in the property by the | ||||||
21 | apparent owner; | ||||||
22 | (ii) a savings deposit, 3 years after the date of | ||||||
23 | last indication of interest in the property by the | ||||||
24 | apparent owner; | ||||||
25 | (iii) a time deposit for which the owner has not |
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1 | consented to automatic renewal of the time deposit, 3 | ||||||
2 | years after the date of last indication of interest in | ||||||
3 | the property by the apparent owner; | ||||||
4 | (iv) an automatically renewable time deposit for | ||||||
5 | which the owner consented to the automatic renewal in | ||||||
6 | a record on file with the holder, 3 years after the | ||||||
7 | date of last indication of interest in the property by | ||||||
8 | the apparent owner, following the completion of the | ||||||
9 | initial term of the time deposit and one automatic | ||||||
10 | renewal term of the time deposit a demand, savings, or | ||||||
11 | time deposit, 3 years after the later of maturity or | ||||||
12 | the date of the last indication of interest in the | ||||||
13 | property by the apparent owner, except for a deposit | ||||||
14 | that is automatically renewable, 3 years after its | ||||||
15 | initial date of maturity unless the apparent owner | ||||||
16 | consented in a record on file with the holder to | ||||||
17 | renewal at or about the time of the renewal ; | ||||||
18 | (6.5) virtual currency, 5 years after the last | ||||||
19 | indication of interest in the property; | ||||||
20 | (7) money or a credit owed to a customer as a result of | ||||||
21 | a retail business transaction, other than in-store credit | ||||||
22 | for returned merchandise, 3 years after the obligation | ||||||
23 | arose; | ||||||
24 | (8) an amount owed by an insurance company on a life or | ||||||
25 | endowment insurance policy or an annuity contract that has | ||||||
26 | matured or terminated, 3 years after the obligation to pay |
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1 | arose under the terms of the policy or contract or, if a | ||||||
2 | policy or contract for which an amount is owed on proof of | ||||||
3 | death has not matured by proof of the death of the insured | ||||||
4 | or annuitant, as follows: | ||||||
5 | (A) with respect to an amount owed on a life or | ||||||
6 | endowment insurance policy, the earlier of: | ||||||
7 | (i) 3 years after the death of the insured; or | ||||||
8 | (ii) 2 years after the insured has attained, | ||||||
9 | or would have attained if living, the limiting age | ||||||
10 | under the mortality table on which the reserve for | ||||||
11 | the policy is based; and | ||||||
12 | (B) with respect to an amount owed on an annuity | ||||||
13 | contract, 3 years after the death of the annuitant. | ||||||
14 | (9) funds on deposit or held in trust pursuant to the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act, the earliest of: | ||||||
16 | (A) 2 years after the date of death of the | ||||||
17 | beneficiary; | ||||||
18 | (B) one year after the date the beneficiary has | ||||||
19 | attained, or would have attained if living, the age of | ||||||
20 | 105 where the holder does not know whether the | ||||||
21 | beneficiary is deceased; | ||||||
22 | (C) 40 years after the contract for prepayment was | ||||||
23 | executed, unless the apparent owner has indicated an | ||||||
24 | interest in the property more than 40 years after the | ||||||
25 | contract for prepayment was executed, in which case, 3 | ||||||
26 | years after the last indication of interest in the |
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1 | property by the apparent owner; | ||||||
2 | (10) property distributable by a business association | ||||||
3 | in the course of dissolution or distributions from the | ||||||
4 | termination of a retirement plan, one year after the | ||||||
5 | property becomes distributable; | ||||||
6 | (11) property held by a court, including property | ||||||
7 | received as proceeds of a class action, 3 years after the | ||||||
8 | property becomes distributable; | ||||||
9 | (12) property held by a government or governmental | ||||||
10 | subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, including | ||||||
11 | municipal bond interest and unredeemed principal under the | ||||||
12 | administration of a paying agent or indenture trustee, 3 | ||||||
13 | years after the property becomes distributable; | ||||||
14 | (13) wages, commissions, bonuses, or reimbursements to | ||||||
15 | which an employee is entitled, or other compensation for | ||||||
16 | personal services, including amounts held on a payroll | ||||||
17 | card, one year after the amount becomes payable; | ||||||
18 | (14) a deposit or refund owed to a subscriber by a | ||||||
19 | utility, one year after the deposit or refund becomes | ||||||
20 | payable, except that any capital credits or patronage | ||||||
21 | capital retired, returned, refunded or tendered to a | ||||||
22 | member of an electric cooperative, as defined in Section | ||||||
23 | 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, or a telephone or | ||||||
24 | telecommunications cooperative, as defined in Section | ||||||
25 | 13-212 of the Public Utilities Act, that has remained | ||||||
26 | unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the |
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1 | entitled cooperative for more than 2 years, shall not be | ||||||
2 | subject to, or governed by, any other provisions of this | ||||||
3 | Act, but rather shall be used by the cooperative for the | ||||||
4 | benefit of the general membership of the cooperative; and | ||||||
5 | (15) property not specified in this Section or | ||||||
6 | Sections 15-202 through 15-208, the earlier of 3 years | ||||||
7 | after the owner first has a right to demand the property or | ||||||
8 | the obligation to pay or distribute the property arises. | ||||||
9 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section | ||||||
10 | 15-201, and subject to Section 15-210, a deceased owner cannot | ||||||
11 | indicate interest in his or her property. If the owner is | ||||||
12 | deceased and the abandonment period for the owner's property | ||||||
13 | specified in this Section 15-201 is greater than 2 years, then | ||||||
14 | the property, other than an amount owed by an insurance | ||||||
15 | company on a life or endowment insurance policy or an annuity | ||||||
16 | contract that has matured or terminated, shall instead be | ||||||
17 | presumed abandoned 2 years from the date of the owner's last | ||||||
18 | indication of interest in the property.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; 100-566, eff. 1-1-18; | ||||||
20 | 101-552, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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21 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-202)
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22 | Sec. 15-202. When tax-deferred and tax-exempt retirement | ||||||
23 | accounts account presumed abandoned. | ||||||
24 | (a) Subject to Section 15-210, property held in a pension | ||||||
25 | account or retirement account that qualifies for tax deferral |
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1 | or tax exemption under the income-tax laws of the United | ||||||
2 | States is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the | ||||||
3 | apparent owner after the later of: | ||||||
4 | (1) 3 years after the following dates: | ||||||
5 | (A) except as in subparagraph (B), the date a | ||||||
6 | communication sent by the holder by first-class United | ||||||
7 | States mail to the apparent owner is returned to the | ||||||
8 | holder undelivered by the United States Postal | ||||||
9 | Service; or | ||||||
10 | (B) if such communication is re-sent within 30 | ||||||
11 | days after the date the first communication is | ||||||
12 | returned undelivered, the date the second | ||||||
13 | communication was returned undelivered by the United | ||||||
14 | States Postal Service; or | ||||||
15 | (2) the earlier of the following dates: | ||||||
16 | (A) 3 years after the date the apparent owner | ||||||
17 | becomes 72 70.5 years of age, if determinable by the | ||||||
18 | holder; or | ||||||
19 | (B) one year after the date of mandatory | ||||||
20 | distribution following death if the Internal Revenue | ||||||
21 | Code requires distribution to avoid a tax penalty and | ||||||
22 | the holder: | ||||||
23 | (i) receives confirmation of the death of the | ||||||
24 | apparent owner in the ordinary course of its | ||||||
25 | business; or | ||||||
26 | (ii) confirms the death of the apparent owner |
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1 | under subsection (b). | ||||||
2 | (b) If a holder in the ordinary course of its business | ||||||
3 | receives notice or an indication of the death of an apparent | ||||||
4 | owner and subsection (a)(2) applies, the holder shall attempt | ||||||
5 | not later than 90 days after receipt of the notice or | ||||||
6 | indication to confirm whether the apparent owner is deceased. | ||||||
7 | (c) If the holder does not send communications to the | ||||||
8 | apparent owner of an account described in subsection (a) by | ||||||
9 | first-class United States mail on at least an annual basis, | ||||||
10 | the holder shall attempt to confirm the apparent owner's | ||||||
11 | interest in the property by sending the apparent owner an | ||||||
12 | electronic-mail communication not later than 2 years after the | ||||||
13 | apparent owner's last indication of interest in the property. | ||||||
14 | However, the holder promptly shall attempt to contact the | ||||||
15 | apparent owner by first-class United States mail if: | ||||||
16 | (1) the holder does not have information needed to | ||||||
17 | send the apparent owner an electronic mail communication | ||||||
18 | or the holder believes that the apparent owner's | ||||||
19 | electronic mail address in the holder's records is not | ||||||
20 | valid; | ||||||
21 | (2) the holder receives notification that the | ||||||
22 | electronic-mail communication was not received; or | ||||||
23 | (3) the apparent owner does not respond to the | ||||||
24 | electronic-mail communication within 30 days after the | ||||||
25 | communication was sent. | ||||||
26 | (d) If first-class United States mail sent under |
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1 | subsection (c) is returned to the holder undelivered by the | ||||||
2 | United States Postal Service, the property is presumed | ||||||
3 | abandoned 3 years after the later of: | ||||||
4 | (1) except as in paragraph (2), the date a | ||||||
5 | communication to contact the apparent owner sent by | ||||||
6 | first-class United States mail is returned to the holder | ||||||
7 | undelivered; | ||||||
8 | (2) if such communication is re-sent within 30 days | ||||||
9 | after the date the first communication is returned | ||||||
10 | undelivered, the date the second communication was | ||||||
11 | returned undelivered; or | ||||||
12 | (3) the date established by subsection (a)(2).
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13 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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14 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-210)
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15 | Sec. 15-210. Indication of apparent owner interest in | ||||||
16 | property. | ||||||
17 | (a) The period after which property is presumed abandoned | ||||||
18 | is measured from the later of: | ||||||
19 | (1) the date the property is presumed abandoned under | ||||||
20 | this Article; or | ||||||
21 | (2) the latest indication of interest by the apparent | ||||||
22 | owner in the property. | ||||||
23 | (b) Under this Act, an indication of an apparent owner's | ||||||
24 | interest in property includes: | ||||||
25 | (1) a record communicated by the apparent owner to the |
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1 | holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or | ||||||
2 | the account in which the property is held; | ||||||
3 | (2) an oral communication by the apparent owner to the | ||||||
4 | holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or | ||||||
5 | the account in which the property is held, if the holder or | ||||||
6 | its agent contemporaneously makes and preserves a record | ||||||
7 | of the fact of the apparent owner's communication; | ||||||
8 | (3) presentment of a check or other instrument of | ||||||
9 | payment of a dividend, interest payment, or other | ||||||
10 | distribution, or evidence of receipt of a distribution | ||||||
11 | made by electronic or similar means, with respect to an | ||||||
12 | account, underlying security, or interest in a business | ||||||
13 | association; | ||||||
14 | (4) activity directed by an apparent owner in the | ||||||
15 | account in which the property is held, including accessing | ||||||
16 | the account or information concerning the account, or a | ||||||
17 | direction by the apparent owner to increase, decrease, or | ||||||
18 | otherwise change the amount or type of property held in | ||||||
19 | the account; | ||||||
20 | (5) a deposit into or withdrawal from an account at a | ||||||
21 | financial organization, except for a recurring Automated | ||||||
22 | Clearing House (ACH) debit or credit previously authorized | ||||||
23 | by the apparent owner or an automatic reinvestment of | ||||||
24 | dividends or interest; and | ||||||
25 | (6) subject to subsection (e), payment of a premium on | ||||||
26 | an insurance policy. |
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1 | (c) An action by an agent or other representative of an | ||||||
2 | apparent owner, other than the holder acting as the apparent | ||||||
3 | owner's agent, is presumed to be an action on behalf of the | ||||||
4 | apparent owner. | ||||||
5 | (d) A communication with an apparent owner by a person | ||||||
6 | other than the holder or the holder's representative is not an | ||||||
7 | indication of interest in the property by the apparent owner | ||||||
8 | unless a record of the communication evidences the apparent | ||||||
9 | owner's knowledge of a right to the property. | ||||||
10 | (e) If the insured dies or the insured or beneficiary of an | ||||||
11 | insurance policy otherwise becomes entitled to the proceeds | ||||||
12 | before depletion of the cash surrender value of the policy by | ||||||
13 | operation of an automatic-premium-loan provision or other | ||||||
14 | nonforfeiture provision contained in the policy, the operation | ||||||
15 | does not prevent the policy from maturing or terminating. | ||||||
16 | (f) If the apparent owner has another property with the | ||||||
17 | holder to which Section 201(6) applies, then activity directed | ||||||
18 | by an apparent owner in any other accounts, including loan | ||||||
19 | accounts, at a financial organization holding an inactive | ||||||
20 | account of the apparent owner shall be an indication of | ||||||
21 | interest in all such accounts if:
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22 | (A) the apparent owner engages in one or more of | ||||||
23 | the following activities:
| ||||||
24 | (i) the apparent owner undertakes one or more | ||||||
25 | of the actions described in subsection (b) of this | ||||||
26 | Section regarding any of the other accounts the |
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1 | apparent owner has with the financial organization | ||||||
2 | account that appears on a consolidated statement | ||||||
3 | with the inactive account ;
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4 | (ii) the apparent owner increases or decreases | ||||||
5 | the amount of funds in any other account the | ||||||
6 | apparent owner has with the financial | ||||||
7 | organization; or
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8 | (iii) the apparent owner engages in any other | ||||||
9 | relationship with the financial organization, | ||||||
10 | including payment of any amounts due on a loan; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | (B) the foregoing apply so long as the mailing | ||||||
13 | address for the apparent owner in the financial | ||||||
14 | organization's books and records is the same for both | ||||||
15 | the inactive account and the active account.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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17 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-213)
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18 | Sec. 15-213. United States savings bonds. | ||||||
19 | (a) As used in this Section, "United States savings bond" | ||||||
20 | means property, tangible or intangible, in the form of a | ||||||
21 | savings bond issued by the United States Treasury, whether in | ||||||
22 | paper, electronic, or paperless form, along with all proceeds | ||||||
23 | thereof in the possession of the administrator . | ||||||
24 | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the | ||||||
25 | contrary, a United States savings bond subject to this Section |
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1 | or held or owing in this State by any person is presumed | ||||||
2 | abandoned when such bond has remained unclaimed and unredeemed | ||||||
3 | for 5 years after its date of final extended maturity. | ||||||
4 | (c) United States savings bonds that are presumed | ||||||
5 | abandoned and unclaimed under subsection (b) shall escheat to | ||||||
6 | the State of Illinois and all property rights and legal title | ||||||
7 | to and ownership of the United States savings bonds, or | ||||||
8 | proceeds from the bonds, including all rights, powers, and | ||||||
9 | privileges of survivorship of any owner, co-owner, or | ||||||
10 | beneficiary, shall vest solely in the State according to the | ||||||
11 | procedure set forth in subsections (d) through (f). | ||||||
12 | (d) Within 180 days after a United States savings bond has | ||||||
13 | been presumed abandoned, in the absence of a claim having been | ||||||
14 | filed with the administrator for the savings bond, the | ||||||
15 | administrator shall commence a civil action in the Circuit | ||||||
16 | Court of Sangamon County for a determination that the United | ||||||
17 | States savings bonds has escheated to the State. The | ||||||
18 | administrator may postpone the bringing of the action until | ||||||
19 | sufficient United States savings bonds have accumulated in the | ||||||
20 | administrator's custody to justify the expense of the | ||||||
21 | proceedings. | ||||||
22 | (e) The administrator shall make service by publication in | ||||||
23 | the civil action in accordance with Sections 2-206 and 2-207 | ||||||
24 | of the Code of Civil Procedure, which shall include the filing | ||||||
25 | with the Circuit Court of Sangamon County of the affidavit | ||||||
26 | required in Section 2-206 of that Code by an employee of the |
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1 | administrator with personal knowledge of the efforts made to | ||||||
2 | contact the owners of United States savings bonds presumed | ||||||
3 | abandoned under this Section. In addition to the diligent | ||||||
4 | inquiries made pursuant to Section 2-206 of the Code of Civil | ||||||
5 | Procedure, the administrator may also utilize additional | ||||||
6 | discretionary means to attempt to provide notice to persons | ||||||
7 | who may own a United States savings bond registered to a person | ||||||
8 | with a last known address in the State of Illinois subject to a | ||||||
9 | civil action pursuant to subsection (d). | ||||||
10 | (f) The owner of a United States savings bond registered | ||||||
11 | to a person with a last known address in the State of Illinois | ||||||
12 | subject to a civil action pursuant to subsection (d) may file a | ||||||
13 | claim for such United States savings bond with either the | ||||||
14 | administrator or by filing a claim in the civil action in the | ||||||
15 | Circuit Court of Sangamon County in which the savings bond | ||||||
16 | registered to that person is at issue prior to the entry of a | ||||||
17 | final judgment by the Circuit Court pursuant to this | ||||||
18 | subsection, and unless the Circuit Court determines that such | ||||||
19 | United States savings bond is not owned by the claimant, then | ||||||
20 | such United States savings bond shall no longer be presumed | ||||||
21 | abandoned. If no person files a claim or appears at the hearing | ||||||
22 | to substantiate a disputed claim or if the court determines | ||||||
23 | that a claimant is not entitled to the property claimed by the | ||||||
24 | claimant, then the court, if satisfied by evidence that the | ||||||
25 | administrator has substantially complied with the laws of this | ||||||
26 | State, shall enter a judgment that the United States savings |
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1 | bonds have escheated to this State, and all property rights | ||||||
2 | and legal title to and ownership of such United States savings | ||||||
3 | bonds or proceeds from such bonds, including all rights, | ||||||
4 | powers, and privileges of survivorship of any owner, co-owner, | ||||||
5 | or beneficiary, shall vest in this State. | ||||||
6 | (g) The administrator shall redeem from the Bureau of the | ||||||
7 | Fiscal Service of the United States Treasury the United States | ||||||
8 | savings bonds escheated to the State and deposit the proceeds | ||||||
9 | from the redemption of United States savings bonds into the | ||||||
10 | Unclaimed Property Trust Fund. | ||||||
11 | (h) Any person making a claim for the United States | ||||||
12 | savings bonds escheated to the State under this subsection, or | ||||||
13 | for the proceeds from such bonds, may file a claim with the | ||||||
14 | administrator. Upon providing sufficient proof of the validity | ||||||
15 | of such person's claim, the administrator may, in his or her | ||||||
16 | sole discretion, pay such claim. If payment has been made to | ||||||
17 | any claimant, no action thereafter may be maintained by any | ||||||
18 | other claimant against the State or any officer thereof for or | ||||||
19 | on account of such funds.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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21 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-401)
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22 | Sec. 15-401. Report required by holder. | ||||||
23 | (a) A holder of property presumed abandoned and subject to | ||||||
24 | the custody of the administrator shall report in a record to | ||||||
25 | the administrator concerning the property. A holder shall |
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1 | report via the internet in a format approved by the | ||||||
2 | administrator, unless the administrator gives a holder | ||||||
3 | specific permission to file a paper report. | ||||||
4 | (b) A holder may contract with a third party to make the | ||||||
5 | report required under subsection (a). | ||||||
6 | (c) Whether or not a holder contracts with a third party | ||||||
7 | under subsection (b), the holder is responsible: | ||||||
8 | (1) to the administrator for the complete, accurate, | ||||||
9 | and timely reporting of property presumed abandoned; and | ||||||
10 | (2) for paying or delivering to the administrator | ||||||
11 | property described in the report.
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12 | (d) A business association who has no reportable property | ||||||
13 | shall so report to the administrator on forms via the Internet | ||||||
14 | in a format approved by the administrator if the business | ||||||
15 | association has: | ||||||
16 | (1) annual sales of more than $1,000,000; | ||||||
17 | (2) securities that are publicly traded; | ||||||
18 | (3) a net worth of more than $10,000,000; or | ||||||
19 | (4) more than 100 employees. | ||||||
20 | The administrator may increase one or more of the | ||||||
21 | thresholds for filing a negative report by administrative | ||||||
22 | rule. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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24 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-503)
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25 | Sec. 15-503. Notice by administrator. |
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1 | (a) The administrator shall give notice to an apparent | ||||||
2 | owner that property presumed abandoned and appears to be owned | ||||||
3 | by the apparent owner is held by the administrator under this | ||||||
4 | Act. | ||||||
5 | (b) In providing notice under subsection (a), the | ||||||
6 | administrator shall: | ||||||
7 | (1) except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), | ||||||
8 | send written notice by first-class United States mail to | ||||||
9 | each apparent owner of property valued at $100 or more | ||||||
10 | held by the administrator, unless the administrator | ||||||
11 | determines that a mailing by first-class United States | ||||||
12 | mail would not be received by the apparent owner, and, in | ||||||
13 | the case of a security held in an account for which the | ||||||
14 | apparent owner had consented to receiving electronic mail | ||||||
15 | from the holder, send notice by electronic mail if the | ||||||
16 | electronic-mail address of the apparent owner is known to | ||||||
17 | the administrator instead of by first-class United States | ||||||
18 | mail; or | ||||||
19 | (2) send the notice to the apparent owner's | ||||||
20 | electronic-mail address if the administrator does not have | ||||||
21 | a valid United States mail address for an apparent owner, | ||||||
22 | but has an electronic-mail address that the administrator | ||||||
23 | does not know to be invalid. | ||||||
24 | (c) In addition to the notice under subsection (b), the | ||||||
25 | administrator shall: | ||||||
26 | (1) publish every 6 months in at least one English |
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1 | language newspaper of general circulation in each county | ||||||
2 | in this State notice of property held by the administrator | ||||||
3 | which must include: | ||||||
4 | (A) the total value of property received by the | ||||||
5 | administrator during the preceding 6-month period, | ||||||
6 | taken from the reports under Section 15-401; | ||||||
7 | (B) the total value of claims paid by the | ||||||
8 | administrator during the preceding 6-month period; | ||||||
9 | (C) the Internet web address of the unclaimed | ||||||
10 | property website maintained by the administrator; | ||||||
11 | (D) an a telephone number and electronic-mail | ||||||
12 | address to contact the administrator to inquire about | ||||||
13 | or claim property; and | ||||||
14 | (E) a statement that a person may access the | ||||||
15 | Internet by a computer to search for unclaimed | ||||||
16 | property and a computer may be available as a service | ||||||
17 | to the public at a local public library. | ||||||
18 | (2) The administrator shall maintain a website | ||||||
19 | accessible by the public and electronically searchable | ||||||
20 | which contains the names reported to the administrator of | ||||||
21 | apparent owners for whom property is being held by the | ||||||
22 | administrator. The administrator need not list property on | ||||||
23 | such website when: no owner name was reported, a claim has | ||||||
24 | been initiated or is pending for the property, the | ||||||
25 | administrator has made direct contact with the apparent | ||||||
26 | owner of the property, and in other instances where the |
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1 | administrator reasonably believes exclusion of the | ||||||
2 | property is in the best interests of both the State and the | ||||||
3 | owner of the property. | ||||||
4 | (d) The website or database maintained under subsection | ||||||
5 | (c)(2) must include instructions for filing with the | ||||||
6 | administrator a claim to property and an online claim form | ||||||
7 | with instructions. The website may also provide a printable | ||||||
8 | claim form with instructions for its use. | ||||||
9 | (e) Tax return identification of apparent owners of | ||||||
10 | abandoned property. | ||||||
11 | (1) At least annually the administrator shall notify | ||||||
12 | the Department of Revenue of the names of persons | ||||||
13 | appearing to be owners of abandoned property under this | ||||||
14 | Section. The administrator shall also provide to the | ||||||
15 | Department of Revenue the social security numbers of the | ||||||
16 | persons, if available. | ||||||
17 | (2) The Department of Revenue shall notify the | ||||||
18 | administrator if any person under subsection (e)(1) has | ||||||
19 | filed an Illinois income tax return and shall provide the | ||||||
20 | administrator with the last known address of the person as | ||||||
21 | it appears in Department of Revenue records, except as | ||||||
22 | prohibited by federal law. The Department of Revenue may | ||||||
23 | also provide additional addresses for the same taxpayer | ||||||
24 | from the records of the Department, except as prohibited | ||||||
25 | by federal law. | ||||||
26 | (3) In order to facilitate the return of property |
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1 | under this subsection, the administrator and the | ||||||
2 | Department of Revenue may enter into an interagency | ||||||
3 | agreement concerning protection of confidential | ||||||
4 | information, data match rules, and other issues. | ||||||
5 | (4) The administrator may deliver, as provided under | ||||||
6 | Section 15-904 of this Act, property or pay the amount | ||||||
7 | owing to a person matched under this Section without the | ||||||
8 | person filing a claim under Section 15-903 of this Act if | ||||||
9 | the following conditions are met: | ||||||
10 | (A) the value of the property that is owed the | ||||||
11 | person is $2,000 or less; | ||||||
12 | (B) the property is not either tangible property | ||||||
13 | or securities; | ||||||
14 | (C) the last known address for the person | ||||||
15 | according to the Department of Revenue records is less | ||||||
16 | than 12 months old; and | ||||||
17 | (D) the administrator has evidence sufficient to | ||||||
18 | establish that the person who appears in Department of | ||||||
19 | Revenue records is the owner of the property and the | ||||||
20 | owner currently resides at the last known address from | ||||||
21 | the Department of Revenue. | ||||||
22 | (5) If the value of the property that is owed the | ||||||
23 | person is greater than $2,000, or is tangible property or | ||||||
24 | securities the administrator shall provide notice to the | ||||||
25 | person, informing the person that he or she is the owner of | ||||||
26 | abandoned property held by the State and may file a claim |
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1 | with the administrator for return of the property. | ||||||
2 | (6) The administrator does not need to notify the | ||||||
3 | Department of Revenue of the names or social security | ||||||
4 | numbers of apparent owners of abandoned property if the | ||||||
5 | administrator reasonably believes that the Department of | ||||||
6 | Revenue will be unable to provide information that would | ||||||
7 | provide sufficient evidence to establish that the person | ||||||
8 | in the Department of Revenue's records is the apparent | ||||||
9 | owner of unclaimed property in the custody of the | ||||||
10 | administrator. | ||||||
11 | (f) The administrator may use additional databases to | ||||||
12 | verify the identity of the person and that the person | ||||||
13 | currently resides at the last known address. The administrator | ||||||
14 | may utilize publicly and commercially available databases to | ||||||
15 | find and update or add information for apparent owners of | ||||||
16 | property held by the administrator. | ||||||
17 | (g) In addition to giving notice under subsection (b), | ||||||
18 | publishing the information under subsection (c)(1) and | ||||||
19 | maintaining the website or database under subsection (c)(2), | ||||||
20 | the administrator may use other printed publication, | ||||||
21 | telecommunication, the Internet, or other media to inform the | ||||||
22 | public of the existence of unclaimed property held by the | ||||||
23 | administrator.
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24 | (h) Identification of apparent owners of abandoned | ||||||
25 | property using other State databases. | ||||||
26 | (1) The administrator may enter into interagency |
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1 | agreements with the Secretary of State and the Illinois State | ||||||
2 | Board of Elections to identify persons appearing to be owners | ||||||
3 | of abandoned property with databases under the control of the | ||||||
4 | Secretary of State and the Illinois State Board of Elections. | ||||||
5 | Such interagency agreements shall include protection of | ||||||
6 | confidential information, data match rules, and other | ||||||
7 | necessary and proper issues. | ||||||
8 | (2) Except as prohibited by federal law, after January 1, | ||||||
9 | 2022 the administrator may provide the Secretary of State with | ||||||
10 | names and other identifying information of persons appearing | ||||||
11 | to be owners of abandoned property. The Secretary of State may | ||||||
12 | provide the administrator with the last known address as it | ||||||
13 | appears in its respective records of any person reasonably | ||||||
14 | believed to be the apparent owner of abandoned property. | ||||||
15 | (3) The Illinois State Board of Elections shall, upon | ||||||
16 | request, annually provide the administrator with electronic | ||||||
17 | data or compilations of voter registration information. The | ||||||
18 | administrator may use such electronic data or compilations of | ||||||
19 | voter registration information to identify persons appearing | ||||||
20 | to be owners of abandoned property. | ||||||
21 | (4) The administrator may deliver, as provided under | ||||||
22 | Section 15-904, property or pay the amount owing to a person | ||||||
23 | matched under this Section without the person filing a claim | ||||||
24 | under Section 15-903 if: | ||||||
25 | (i) the value of the property that is owed the person | ||||||
26 | is $2,000 or less; |
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1 | (ii) the property is not either tangible property or | ||||||
2 | securities; | ||||||
3 | (iii) the last known address for the person according | ||||||
4 | to the records of the Secretary of State or Illinois State | ||||||
5 | Board of Elections is less than 12 months old; and | ||||||
6 | (iv) the administrator has evidence sufficient to | ||||||
7 | establish that the person who appears in the records of | ||||||
8 | the Secretary of State or Illinois State Board of | ||||||
9 | Elections is the owner of the property and the owner | ||||||
10 | currently resides at the last known address from the | ||||||
11 | Secretary of State or the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
12 | Elections. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; 100-566, eff. 1-1-18.)
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14 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-603)
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15 | Sec. 15-603. Payment or delivery of property to | ||||||
16 | administrator. | ||||||
17 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, on | ||||||
18 | filing a report under Section 15-401, the holder shall pay or | ||||||
19 | deliver to the administrator the property described in the | ||||||
20 | report. | ||||||
21 | (b) If property in a report under Section 15-401 is an | ||||||
22 | automatically renewable time deposit and the holder determines | ||||||
23 | that a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would | ||||||
24 | result from paying the deposit to the administrator at the | ||||||
25 | time of the report, the date for reporting and delivering |
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1 | payment of the property to the administrator is extended until | ||||||
2 | a penalty or forfeiture no longer would result from delivery | ||||||
3 | of the property to the administrator. The holder shall report | ||||||
4 | and deliver the property on the next regular date prescribed | ||||||
5 | for reporting by the holder under this Act after this extended | ||||||
6 | date, and the holder shall indicate in its report to the | ||||||
7 | administrator that the property is being reported on an | ||||||
8 | extended date pursuant to this subsection (b) payment, if the | ||||||
9 | holder informs the administrator of the extended date . | ||||||
10 | (c) Tangible property in a safe-deposit box may not be | ||||||
11 | delivered to the administrator until a mutually agreed upon | ||||||
12 | date that is no sooner than 60 days after filing the report | ||||||
13 | under Section 15-401. | ||||||
14 | (d) If property reported to the administrator under | ||||||
15 | Section 15-401 is a security, the administrator may: | ||||||
16 | (1) make an endorsement, instruction, or entitlement | ||||||
17 | order on behalf of the apparent owner to invoke the duty of | ||||||
18 | the issuer, its transfer agent, or the securities | ||||||
19 | intermediary to transfer the security; or | ||||||
20 | (2) dispose of the security under Section 15-702. | ||||||
21 | (e) If the holder of property reported to the | ||||||
22 | administrator under Section 15-401 is the issuer of a | ||||||
23 | certificated security, the administrator may obtain a | ||||||
24 | replacement certificate in physical or book-entry form under | ||||||
25 | Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code. An indemnity | ||||||
26 | bond is not required. |
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1 | (f) The administrator shall establish procedures for the | ||||||
2 | registration, issuance, method of delivery, transfer, and | ||||||
3 | maintenance of securities delivered to the administrator by a | ||||||
4 | holder. | ||||||
5 | (g) An issuer, holder, and transfer agent or other person | ||||||
6 | acting in good faith under this Section under instructions of | ||||||
7 | and on behalf of the issuer or holder is not liable to the | ||||||
8 | apparent owner for a claim arising with respect to property | ||||||
9 | after the property has been delivered to the administrator. | ||||||
10 | (h) A holder is not required to deliver to the | ||||||
11 | administrator a security identified by the holder as a | ||||||
12 | non-freely transferable security in a report filed under | ||||||
13 | Section 15-401. If the administrator or holder determines that | ||||||
14 | a security is no longer a non-freely transferable security, | ||||||
15 | the holder shall report and deliver the security on the next | ||||||
16 | regular date prescribed for delivery of securities by the | ||||||
17 | holder under this Act. The holder shall make a determination | ||||||
18 | annually whether a security identified in a report filed under | ||||||
19 | Section 15-401 as a non-freely transferable security is no | ||||||
20 | longer a non-freely transferable security.
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21 | (i) If property reported to the administrator is virtual | ||||||
22 | currency, the holder shall liquidate the virtual currency and | ||||||
23 | remit the proceeds to the administrator. The liquidation shall | ||||||
24 | occur anytime within 30 days prior to the filing of the report | ||||||
25 | under Section 15-401. The owner shall not have recourse | ||||||
26 | against the holder or the administrator to recover any gain in |
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1 | value that occurs after the liquidation of the virtual | ||||||
2 | currency under this subsection. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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4 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-607)
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5 | Sec. 15-607. Crediting income or gain to owner's account. | ||||||
6 | (a) If property other than money is delivered to the | ||||||
7 | administrator, the owner is entitled to receive from the | ||||||
8 | administrator income or gain realized or accrued on the | ||||||
9 | property before the property is sold. | ||||||
10 | (b) Before August 22, 2017 Except as provided in | ||||||
11 | subsection (c) , interest on money is not payable to an owner | ||||||
12 | for periods where the property is in the possession of the | ||||||
13 | administrator.
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14 | (c) Beginning on August 22, 2017, If an interest-bearing | ||||||
15 | demand, savings, or time deposit is paid or delivered to the | ||||||
16 | administrator on or after July 1, 2018, then the administrator | ||||||
17 | shall pay interest to the owner of property in the form of | ||||||
18 | money at the greater lesser of: (i) the percentage increase, | ||||||
19 | if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for | ||||||
20 | all items published by the United States Department of Labor | ||||||
21 | (CPI-U); or (ii) the actual rate of return the State Treasurer | ||||||
22 | earned on the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund property earned | ||||||
23 | while in the possession of the holder and reported to the | ||||||
24 | administrator . Interest begins to accrue when the property in | ||||||
25 | the form of money is delivered to the administrator or when the |
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1 | administrator converts property to money pursuant to Article 7 | ||||||
2 | and ends on the earlier of the expiration of 10 years after the | ||||||
3 | property begins to accrue interest its delivery or the date on | ||||||
4 | which payment is made to the owner. The administrator may | ||||||
5 | establish by administrative rule more detailed methodologies | ||||||
6 | for calculating the amount of interest to be paid to an owner | ||||||
7 | under this Section using CPI-U or the rate the property earned | ||||||
8 | while in the possession of the holder . | ||||||
9 | (d) When paying interest to an owner pursuant to | ||||||
10 | subsection (c), the administrator shall charge a one-time | ||||||
11 | administrative fee of $5, deductible only from interest. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; 100-566, eff. 1-1-18.)
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13 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-905)
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14 | Sec. 15-905. Allowance of claim for property. | ||||||
15 | (a) The administrator shall pay or deliver to the owner | ||||||
16 | the property or pay to the owner the net proceeds of a sale of | ||||||
17 | the property, together with income or gain to which the owner | ||||||
18 | is entitled under Section 15-607. On request of the owner, the | ||||||
19 | administrator may sell or liquidate property and pay the net | ||||||
20 | proceeds to the owner, even if the property had been held by | ||||||
21 | the administrator for less than 3 years or the administrator | ||||||
22 | has not complied with the notice requirements under Section | ||||||
23 | 15-503. | ||||||
24 | (b) Property held under this Act by the administrator is | ||||||
25 | subject to offset under Section 10.05 of the State Comptroller |
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1 | Act. | ||||||
2 | (c) Any warrants issued by the Comptroller pursuant to a | ||||||
3 | voucher from the administrator to pay an owner under this Act | ||||||
4 | that are not presented to the Treasurer within 12 months of the | ||||||
5 | date of issuance shall be void pursuant to Section 10.07 of the | ||||||
6 | State Comptroller Act, but the funds shall not escheat to the | ||||||
7 | State and shall instead be redeposited in the Unclaimed | ||||||
8 | Property Trust Fund. | ||||||
9 | (d) The administrator shall be responsible for any tax | ||||||
10 | reporting required by federal law related to payments made | ||||||
11 | pursuant to this Act. The administrator may contract with a | ||||||
12 | vendor to assist with the tax reporting duties required by | ||||||
13 | this subsection.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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15 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-906)
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16 | Sec. 15-906. Action by person whose claim is denied. Not | ||||||
17 | later than one year after filing a claim under subsection (a) | ||||||
18 | of Section 15-903, the claimant may commence a contested case | ||||||
19 | pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to | ||||||
20 | establish a claim by the preponderance of the evidence after | ||||||
21 | either receiving notice under subsection (b) of Section 15-904 | ||||||
22 | 15-903 or the claim is deemed denied under subsection (b) (d) | ||||||
23 | of Section 15-904 15-903 .
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24 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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1 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-1002.1)
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2 | Sec. 15-1002.1. Examination of State-regulated financial | ||||||
3 | organizations. | ||||||
4 | (a) Notwithstanding Section 15-1002 of this Act, for any | ||||||
5 | financial organization for which the Department of Financial | ||||||
6 | and Professional Regulation is the primary prudential | ||||||
7 | regulator, the administrator shall not examine such financial | ||||||
8 | institution unless the administrator has consulted with the | ||||||
9 | Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation and the | ||||||
10 | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has not | ||||||
11 | examined such financial organization for compliance with this | ||||||
12 | Act within the past 5 years. The Secretary of Financial and | ||||||
13 | Professional Regulation may waive in writing the provisions of | ||||||
14 | this subsection (a) in order to permit the administrator to | ||||||
15 | examine a financial organization or group of financial | ||||||
16 | organizations for compliance with this Act. | ||||||
17 | (b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit | ||||||
18 | the administrator from examining a financial organization for | ||||||
19 | which the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation | ||||||
20 | is not the primary prudential regulator. Further, nothing in | ||||||
21 | this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the | ||||||
22 | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to examine | ||||||
23 | financial organizations.
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24 | (c) Notwithstanding Section 15-1002, the administrator | ||||||
25 | may, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice: | ||||||
26 | (1) examine the records of a financial organization |
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1 | that is a federally chartered bank, savings bank, or | ||||||
2 | credit union if the administrator has reason to believe | ||||||
3 | that the financial organization has failed to comply with | ||||||
4 | this Act; | ||||||
5 | (2) issue an administrative subpoena requiring the | ||||||
6 | financial organization or an agent of the financial | ||||||
7 | organization to make records available for examination; | ||||||
8 | and | ||||||
9 | (3) bring an action seeking judicial enforcement of | ||||||
10 | the subpoena. | ||||||
11 | The administrator may adopt administrative rules that | ||||||
12 | specify conditions under which the administrator has a reason | ||||||
13 | to believe that a financial organization is not in compliance | ||||||
14 | with this Act. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; 100-566, eff. 1-1-18; | ||||||
16 | 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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17 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-1004)
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18 | Sec. 15-1004. Records obtained in examination. Records | ||||||
19 | obtained and records, including work papers, compiled by the | ||||||
20 | administrator or administrator's agent in the course of | ||||||
21 | conducting an examination under Section 15-1002 or Section | ||||||
22 | 15-1002.1 : | ||||||
23 | (1) are subject to the confidentiality and security | ||||||
24 | provisions of Article 14 and are exempt from disclosure | ||||||
25 | under the Freedom of Information Act; |
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1 | (2) may be used by the administrator in an action to | ||||||
2 | collect property or otherwise enforce this Act; | ||||||
3 | (3) may be used in a joint examination conducted with | ||||||
4 | another state, the United States, a foreign country or | ||||||
5 | subordinate unit of a foreign country, or any other | ||||||
6 | governmental entity if the governmental entity conducting | ||||||
7 | the examination is legally bound to maintain the | ||||||
8 | confidentiality and security of information obtained from | ||||||
9 | a person subject to examination in a manner substantially | ||||||
10 | equivalent to Article 14; | ||||||
11 | (4) may be disclosed, on request, to the person that | ||||||
12 | administers the unclaimed property law of another state | ||||||
13 | for that state's use in circumstances equivalent to | ||||||
14 | circumstances described in this Article, if the other | ||||||
15 | state is required to maintain the confidentiality and | ||||||
16 | security of information obtained in a manner substantially | ||||||
17 | equivalent to Article 14; | ||||||
18 | (5) must be produced by the administrator under an | ||||||
19 | administrative or judicial subpoena or administrative or | ||||||
20 | court order; and | ||||||
21 | (6) must be produced by the administrator on request | ||||||
22 | of the person subject to the examination in an | ||||||
23 | administrative or judicial proceeding relating to the | ||||||
24 | property.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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1 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-1401)
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2 | Sec. 15-1401. Confidential information. | ||||||
3 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, | ||||||
4 | information that is confidential under law of this State other | ||||||
5 | than this Act, another state, or the United States, including | ||||||
6 | "private information" as defined in the Freedom of Information | ||||||
7 | Act and "personal information" as defined in the Personal | ||||||
8 | Information Protection Act, continues to be confidential when | ||||||
9 | disclosed or delivered under this Act to the administrator or | ||||||
10 | administrator's agent. | ||||||
11 | (b) Information provided in reports filed pursuant to | ||||||
12 | Section 15-401, information obtained in the course of an | ||||||
13 | examination pursuant to Section 15-1002 or Section 15-1002.1 , | ||||||
14 | and the database required by Section 15-503 is exempt from | ||||||
15 | disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. | ||||||
16 | (c) If reasonably necessary to enforce or implement this | ||||||
17 | Act, the administrator or the administrator's agent may | ||||||
18 | disclose confidential information concerning property held by | ||||||
19 | the administrator or the administrator's agent to: | ||||||
20 | (1) an apparent owner or the apparent owner's | ||||||
21 | representative under the Probate Act of 1975, attorney, | ||||||
22 | other legal representative, or relative; | ||||||
23 | (2) the representative under the Probate Act of 1975, | ||||||
24 | other legal representative, relative of a deceased | ||||||
25 | apparent owner, or a person entitled to inherit from the | ||||||
26 | deceased apparent owner; |
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1 | (3) another department or agency of this State or the | ||||||
2 | United States; | ||||||
3 | (4) the person that administers the unclaimed property | ||||||
4 | law of another state, if the other state accords | ||||||
5 | substantially reciprocal privileges to the administrator | ||||||
6 | of this State if the other state is required to maintain | ||||||
7 | the confidentiality and security of information obtained | ||||||
8 | in a manner substantially equivalent to Article 14; | ||||||
9 | (5) a person subject to an examination as required by | ||||||
10 | Section 15-1004; and | ||||||
11 | (6) an agent of the administrator. | ||||||
12 | (d) The administrator may include on the website or in the | ||||||
13 | database the names and addresses of apparent owners of | ||||||
14 | property held by the administrator as provided in Section | ||||||
15 | 15-503. The administrator may include in published notices, | ||||||
16 | printed publications, telecommunications, the Internet, or | ||||||
17 | other media and on the website or in the database additional | ||||||
18 | information concerning the apparent owner's property if the | ||||||
19 | administrator believes the information will assist in | ||||||
20 | identifying and returning property to the owner and does not | ||||||
21 | disclose personal information as defined in the Personal | ||||||
22 | Information Protection Act. | ||||||
23 | (e) The administrator and the administrator's agent may | ||||||
24 | not use confidential information provided to them or in their | ||||||
25 | possession except as expressly authorized by this Act or | ||||||
26 | required by law other than this Act.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; 100-566, eff. 1-1-18.)
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2 | (765 ILCS 1026/15-1402)
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3 | Sec. 15-1402. Confidentiality agreement. A person to be | ||||||
4 | examined under Section 15-1002 or Section 15-1002.1 may | ||||||
5 | require, as a condition of disclosure of the records of the | ||||||
6 | person to be examined, that the administrator or the | ||||||
7 | administrator's agent execute and deliver to the person to be | ||||||
8 | examined a confidentiality agreement that: | ||||||
9 | (1) is in a form that is reasonably satisfactory to | ||||||
10 | the administrator; and | ||||||
11 | (2) requires the person having access to the records | ||||||
12 | to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable | ||||||
13 | to the person.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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15 | (15 ILCS 505/0.04 rep.)
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16 | (15 ILCS 505/0.05 rep.)
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17 | Section 15. The State Treasurer Act is amended by | ||||||
18 | repealing Sections 0.04 and 0.05.
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.".
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