Bill Amendment: IL SB3897 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

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Bill Title: IDFPR-VARIOUS LICENSES

Status: 2026-05-22 - Passed Both Houses [SB3897 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB3897-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

Filed: 3/6/2026

 

 

 

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3897
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3897 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by
changing Sections 4.37 and 4.42 as follows:
(5 ILCS 80/4.37)
Sec. 4.37. Acts and Articles repealed on January 1, 2027.
The following are repealed on January 1, 2027:
The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act.
The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987.
Articles II, III, IV, V, VI, VIIA, VIIC, XVII, XXXI, and
XXXI 1/4 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Repairer Regulation Act.
The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act.
The Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act.
The Cemetery Oversight Act.

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The Community Association Manager Licensing and
Disciplinary Act.
The Detection of Deception Examiners Act.
The Home Inspector License Act.
The Massage Licensing Act.
The Medical Practice Act of 1987.
The Petroleum Equipment Contractors Licensing Act.
The Radiation Protection Act of 1990.
The Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002.
The Registered Interior Designers Act.
The Landscape Architecture Registration Act.
The Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor's License
Act.
The Licensed Certified Professional Midwife Practice Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 6-25-21; 102-284, eff. 8-6-21;
102-437, eff. 8-20-21; 102-656, eff. 8-27-21; 102-683, eff.
10-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-371, eff. 1-1-24; 103-823,
eff. 8-9-24.)
(5 ILCS 80/4.42)
Sec. 4.42. Acts repealed on January 1, 2032. The following
Acts are repealed on January 1, 2032:
The Collateral Recovery Act.
The Cemetery Oversight Act.
The Community Association Manager Licensing and
Disciplinary Act.

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The Detection of Deception Examiners Act.
The Home Inspector License Act.
The Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002.
The Registered Interior Designers Act.
The Landscape Architecture Registration Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-371, eff. 1-1-24.)
Section 10. The Auction License Act is amended by changing
Sections 5-10, 10-1, 10-30, 10-40, 10-45, 15-15, 15-25, 20-15,
20-15.1, 20-16, 20-20, 20-30, 20-35, 20-40, 20-43, 20-55,
20-56, 25-110, and 30-7 as follows:
(225 ILCS 407/5-10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 5-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Advertisement" means any written, oral, or electronic
communication that contains a promotion, inducement, or offer
to conduct an auction or offer to provide an auction service,
including but not limited to brochures, pamphlets, radio and
television scripts, telephone and direct mail solicitations,
electronic media, Internet online, and other means of
promotion.
"Advisory Board" or "Board" means the Auctioneer Advisory
Board.
"Auction" means the sale or lease of property, real or
personal, by means of exchanges between an auctioneer and

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prospective purchasers or lessees, which consists of a series
of invitations or bids for offers made by the auctioneer to
prospective purchasers or lessees for the purpose of obtaining
an acceptable offer for the sale or lease of property. via
mail, telecommunications, or the Internet online.
"Auction contract" means a written agreement between an
auctioneer or auction firm and a seller or sellers.
"Auction firm" means any corporation, partnership, or
limited liability company that acts as an auctioneer and
provides an auction service.
"Auction school" means any educational institution, public
or private, that offers a curriculum of auctioneer education
and training approved by the Department.
"Auction service" means the service of arranging,
managing, advertising, or conducting auctions.
"Auctioneer" means a person or entity who, for another,
for a fee, compensation, commission, or any other valuable
consideration at auction or with the intention or expectation
of receiving valuable consideration by the means of or process
of an auction or sale at auction or providing an auction
service, offers, negotiates, or attempts to negotiate an
auction contract, sale, purchase, or exchange of goods,
chattels, merchandise, personal property, real property, or
any commodity that may be lawfully kept or offered for sale by
or at auction.
"Address of record" means the designated address recorded

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by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application
file or license file maintained by the Department.
"Buyer premium" means any fee or compensation paid by the
successful purchaser of property sold or leased at or by
auction, to the auctioneer, auction firms, seller, lessor, or
other party to the transaction, other than the purchase price.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
"Division" means the Division of Real Estate within the
Department.
"Email address of record" means the designated email
address recorded by the Department in the applicant's
application file or the licensee's license file maintained by
the Department's licensure maintenance unit.
"Estate sale" means a sale for liquidation of personal
property of an estate owned by one or more individuals,
families, or legal representatives of the estate that is
advertised and scheduled for a predetermined amount of time
and to which the public is invited to participate in a
negotiation or bid for the purchase of the personal property.
"Estate sale service" means the performance of an auction
service for the owners of personal property to be sold at an
estate sale, where an auctioneer undertakes the responsibility
of conducting the sale. "Estate sale service" does not include
the sale of real property.
"Goods" means chattels, movable goods, merchandise, or

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personal property or commodities of any form or type that may
be lawfully kept or offered for sale.
"Interactive computer service" means any information
service, system, or access software provider that provides or
enables computer access by multiple users to a computer
server, including specifically a service or system that
provides access to the Internet.
"Internet auction listing service" means a website on the
Internet, or other interactive computer service, that is
designed to allow or advertise as a means of allowing users to
offer personal property or services for sale or lease to a
prospective buyer or lessee through an online bid submission
process using that website or interactive computer service and
that does not examine, set the price, prepare the description
of the personal property or service to be offered, or in any
way utilize the services of a natural person as an auctioneer.
"Licensee" means any person licensed under this Act.
"Managing auctioneer" means any person licensed as an
auctioneer who manages and supervises an auction firm
licensees.
"Online auction" means an auction or auction service
conducted by an auctioneer via a website on the Internet, an
application, an interactive computer service, or other similar
media.
"Person" means an individual, association, partnership,
corporation, or limited liability company, or auction firm or

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the officers, directors, or employees of the same.
"Pre-renewal period" means the 24 months prior to the
expiration date of a license issued under this Act.
"Real estate" means real estate as defined in Section 1-10
of the Real Estate License Act of 2000 or its successor Acts.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation or the Secretary's his or her
designee.
(Source: P.A. 104-145, eff. 1-1-26.)
(225 ILCS 407/10-1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 10-1. Necessity of license; exemptions.
(a) It is unlawful for any person, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, or other entity to conduct an
auction, provide an auction service, hold oneself himself or
herself out as an auctioneer, or advertise his or her services
as an auctioneer in the State of Illinois without a license
issued by the Department under this Act, except at:
(1) an auction conducted solely by or for a
not-for-profit organization for charitable purposes in
which the individual receives no compensation;
(2) an auction conducted by the owner of the property,
real or personal;
(3) an auction for the sale or lease of real property
conducted by a licensee under the Real Estate License Act,

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or its successor Acts, in accordance with the terms of
that Act;
(4) an auction conducted by a business registered as a
market agency under the federal Packers and Stockyards Act
(7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or under the Livestock Auction
Market Law;
(5) an auction conducted by an agent, officer, or
employee of a federal agency in the conduct of the
agent's, officer's, or employee's his or her official
duties; and
(6) an auction conducted by an agent, officer, or
employee of the State government or any political
subdivision thereof performing his or her official duties.
(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to a
new or used vehicle dealer or a vehicle auctioneer licensed by
the Secretary of State of Illinois, or to any employee of the
licensee, who is a resident of the State of Illinois, while the
employee is acting in the regular scope of his or her
employment for the licensee while conducting an auction that
is not open to the public, provided that only new or used
vehicle dealers, rebuilders, automotive parts recyclers, or
scrap processors licensed by the Secretary of State or
licensed by another state or jurisdiction may buy property at
the auction, or to sales by or through the licensee.
Out-of-state salvage vehicle buyers licensed in another state
or jurisdiction may also buy property at the auction.

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(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a
person under the age of 18 from selling property under $250 in
value while under the direct supervision of a licensed
auctioneer.
(d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to a
person providing an Internet auction listing service as
defined in Section 5-10.
(e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to a
third-party reseller of personal property where owners or
representatives of an estate have transferred ownership of the
property to the reseller to be sold anonymously. A third-party
reseller may include, but is not limited to, a retail seller, a
consignment seller, or a distributor who does not conduct an
estate sale.
(f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to
any person as a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, guardian,
administrator, or executor; any such person acting under an
order of any court, under the direction of any public
authority, or pursuant to any judicial decree; or any such
person acting pursuant to a trust agreement, deed of trust, or
will.
(g) The licensing of auction firms required under this Act
does not apply to an entity whose ownership structure consists
of one licensed auctioneer operating either (i) a sole
proprietorship, a single member limited liability company, or
a single shareholder corporation, or (ii) a limited liability

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company, corporation, or partnership co-owned solely with the
auctioneer's unlicensed spouse. The auctioneer owner or
operator must be the only licensee performing auctions on the
entity's behalf and shall comply with all other provisions of
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-145, eff. 1-1-26.)
(225 ILCS 407/10-30)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 10-30. Renewal Expiration, renewal, and continuing
education.
(a) License expiration dates, renewal periods, renewal
fees, and procedures for renewal of licenses issued under this
Act shall be set by rule of the Department. The holder of a
license under this Act may renew the license within 90 days
preceding the license's expiration date by completing and
submitting to the Department a renewal application in a manner
prescribed by the Department and paying the required fees. An
entity may renew its license by paying the required fee and by
meeting the renewal requirements adopted by the Department
under this Section.
(b) All individual renewal applicants must provide proof
as determined by the Department of having met the continuing
education requirements by the deadline set forth by the
Department by rule. At a minimum, the rules shall require an
applicant for renewal licensure as an auctioneer to provide

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proof of the completion of at least 12 hours of continuing
education during the pre-renewal period established by the
Department for completion of continuing education from schools
approved by the Department, as established by rule.
(c) (Blank). The Department, in its discretion, may waive
enforcement of the continuing education requirements of this
Section and shall adopt rules defining the standards and
criteria for such waiver.
(c-5) The expiration date and renewal period for an
auction firm shall be set by rule. An auction firm whose
license under this Act has expired may renew the license for a
period of 2 years following the expiration date by complying
with the requirements of this Section and paying any late
penalties established by rule.
(d) (Blank).
(e) The Department shall not issue or renew a license if
the applicant or licensee has an unpaid fine or fee from a
disciplinary matter or from a non-disciplinary action imposed
by the Department until the fine or fee is paid to the
Department or the applicant or licensee has entered into a
payment plan and is current on the required payments.
(f) The Department shall not issue or renew a license if
the applicant or licensee has an unpaid fine or civil penalty
imposed by the Department for unlicensed practice until the
fine or civil penalty is paid to the Department or the
applicant or licensee has entered into a payment plan and is

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current on the required payments.
(Source: P.A. 102-970, eff. 5-27-22; 103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
(225 ILCS 407/10-40)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 10-40. Expiration, renewal, and restoration
Restoration.
(a) An auctioneer A licensee whose license has lapsed or
expired shall have 2 years from the expiration date to renew
the license restore licensure without examination. The expired
licensee shall complete an make application to the Department
on forms provided by the Department, provide evidence of
successful completion of all 12 hours of approved continuing
education during the period of time the license had lapsed,
and pay all fees and penalties as established by rule.
(a-5) An auctioneer whose license has lapsed or expired
for more than 2 years but less than 5 years may restore the
license without examination by (i) applying to the Department,
(ii) providing evidence of the licensee's successful
completion of all hours of approved continuing education
during the lapsed periods prior to the date of the
application, (iii) paying the required fees, and (iv)
satisfying any other requirements as established by rule. An
auctioneer whose license has been expired for more than 5
years shall be required to meet the requirements of a new
license.

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(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act to
the contrary, any auctioneer licensee whose license under this
Act has expired is eligible to renew or restore such license
without paying any lapsed fees and penalties if the license
expired while the auctioneer licensee was:
(1) on active duty with the United States Army, United
States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Air
Force, United States Coast Guard, the State Militia called
into service or training;
(2) engaged in training or education under the
supervision of the United States prior to induction into
military service; or
(3) serving as an employee of the Department, while
the employee was required to surrender the license.
An auctioneer A licensee shall also be eligible to renew
restore a license under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) without
completing the continuing education requirements for that
licensure period. For a period of 2 years following the
termination of the service or education if the termination was
by other than dishonorable discharge and the licensee
furnishes the Department with an affidavit specifying that the
licensee has been so engaged.
(c) At any time after the suspension, revocation,
placement on probationary status, or other disciplinary action
taken under this Act with reference to any license, the
Department may restore the license to the licensee without

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examination upon the order of the Secretary, if the licensee
submits a properly completed application, pays the appropriate
fees, and otherwise complies with the conditions of the order.
(d) An auctioneer who notifies the Department, in a manner
prescribed by the Department, may place a license on inactive
status for a period not to exceed 2 years and shall be excused
from the payment of renewal fees until the auctioneer notifies
the Department in writing of auctioneer's intention to resume
active practice.
(e) An auctioneer requesting that a license be changed
from inactive to active status shall be required to pay the
current renewal fee and shall also demonstrate compliance with
the continuing education requirements.
(f) No licensee with a non-renewed or inactive license
status shall provide auction services as set forth in this
Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
(225 ILCS 407/10-45)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 10-45. Nonresident auctioneer reciprocity.
(a) An individual A person holding a license to engage in
auctions issued to the individual him or her by the proper
authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United
States of America or the District of Columbia that has
licensing requirements equal to or substantially equivalent to

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the requirements of this State and that otherwise meets the
requirements of this Act may obtain a license under this Act
without examination if:
(1) the Department has entered into a valid reciprocal
agreement with the proper authority of the state,
territory, or possession of the United States of America
or the District of Columbia from which the nonresident
applicant has a valid license;
(2) the applicant provides the Department with a
certificate of good standing from the applicant's state of
licensure;
(3) the applicant completes and submits an application
as provided by the Department; and
(4) the applicant pays all applicable fees required
under this Act.
(b) A nonresident applicant shall file an irrevocable
consent with the Department that actions may be commenced
against the applicant or nonresident licensee in a court of
competent jurisdiction in this State by the service of
summons, process, or other pleading authorized by the law upon
the Secretary. The consent shall stipulate and agree that
service of the process, summons, or pleading upon the
Secretary shall be taken and held in all courts to be valid and
binding as if actual service had been made upon the applicant
in Illinois. If a summons, process, or other pleading is
served upon the Secretary, it shall be by duplicate copies,

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one of which shall be retained by the Department and the other
immediately forwarded by certified or registered mail or email
to the last known business address or email address of record
of the applicant or nonresident licensee against whom the
summons, process, or other pleading may be directed.
(Source: P.A. 101-345, eff. 8-9-19.)
(225 ILCS 407/15-15)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 15-15. Supervisory duties. The auction firm and
managing auctioneer shall have the duty and responsibility to
supervise and , manage, and control any sponsored licensee,
agent, or employee, or representative of the auction firm that
conducts auctions while conducting an auction or provides
providing an auction services service. Any violation of this
Act by a licensee, agent, or employee of an auction firm or
managing auctioneer shall be deemed to be a violation by the
auction firm or managing auctioneer as well as by the
licensee, agent, or employee.
(Source: P.A. 101-345, eff. 8-9-19.)
(225 ILCS 407/15-25)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 15-25. Auction firm. No corporation, limited
liability company, or partnership shall be licensed as an
auction firm without being managed by a licensed auctioneer.

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The auction firm and managing auctioneer of the any auction
firm shall be responsible for the actions of all licensed and
unlicensed employees, agents, and representatives of said
auction firm while the firm conducts auctions is conducting an
auction or provides providing an auction services service.
(Source: P.A. 91-603, eff. 1-1-00.)
(225 ILCS 407/20-15)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 20-15. Disciplinary actions; grounds. The Department
may refuse to issue or renew a license, may place on probation
or administrative supervision, suspend, or revoke any license
or may reprimand or take other disciplinary or
non-disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper,
including the imposition of fines not to exceed $10,000 for
each violation upon any licensee or applicant under this Act
or any person or entity who holds oneself out as an applicant
or licensee for any of the following reasons:
(1) False or fraudulent representation or material
misstatement in furnishing information to the Department
in obtaining or seeking to obtain a license.
(2) Violation of any provision of this Act or the
rules adopted under this Act.
(3) Conviction of or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere, as set forth in subsection (c) of Section
10-5, to any crime that is a felony or misdemeanor under

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the laws of the United States or any state or territory
thereof, or entry of an administrative sanction by a
governmental government agency in this State or any other
jurisdiction.
(3.5) Failing to notify the Department, within 30 days
after the occurrence, of the information required in
subsection (c) of Section 10-5.
(4) Being adjudged to be a person under legal
disability or subject to involuntary admission or to meet
the standard for judicial admission as provided in the
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
(5) Discipline of a licensee by another state, the
District of Columbia, a territory of the United States, a
foreign nation, a governmental agency, or any other entity
authorized to impose discipline if at least one of the
grounds for that discipline is the same as or equivalent
to one of the grounds for discipline set forth in this Act
or for failing to report to the Department, within 30
days, any adverse final action taken against the licensee
by any other licensing jurisdiction, governmental
government agency, law enforcement agency, or court, or
liability for conduct that would constitute grounds for
action as set forth in this Act.
(6) Engaging in the practice of auctioneering,
conducting an auction, or providing an auction service
without a license or after the license was expired,

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revoked, suspended, or terminated or while the license was
inoperative.
(7) Attempting to subvert or cheat on the auctioneer
exam or any continuing education exam, or aiding or
abetting another to do the same.
(8) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from
a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association a
fee, commission, rebate, or other form of compensation for
professional service not actually or personally rendered,
except that an auctioneer licensed under this Act may
receive a fee from another licensed auctioneer from this
State or jurisdiction for the referring of a client or
prospect for auction services to the licensed auctioneer.
(9) Making any substantial misrepresentation or
untruthful advertising.
(10) Making any false promises of a character likely
to influence, persuade, or induce.
(11) Pursuing a continued and flagrant course of
misrepresentation or the making of false promises through
a licensee, agent, employee, advertising, or otherwise.
(12) Any misleading or untruthful advertising, or
using any trade name or insignia of membership in any
auctioneer association or organization of which the
licensee is not a member.
(13) Commingling funds of others with the licensee's
own funds or failing to keep the funds of others in an

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escrow or trustee account.
(14) Failure to account for, remit, or return any
moneys, property, or documents coming into the licensee's
possession that belong to others, acquired through the
practice of auctioneering, conducting an auction, or
providing an auction service within 30 days of the written
request from the owner of said moneys, property, or
documents.
(15) Failure to maintain and deposit into a special
account, separate and apart from any personal or other
business accounts, all moneys belonging to others
entrusted to a licensee while acting as an auctioneer,
auction firm, or as a temporary custodian of the funds of
others.
(16) Failure to make available to Department personnel
during normal business hours all escrow and trustee
records and related documents maintained in connection
with the practice of auctioneering, conducting an auction,
or providing an auction service within 24 hours after a
request from Department personnel.
(17) Making or filing false records or reports in the
licensee's practice, including, but not limited to, false
records or reports filed with State agencies.
(18) Failing to voluntarily furnish copies of all
written instruments or executed documents prepared by the
auctioneer and signed by all parties to all parties at the

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time of execution.
(19) Failing to provide information within 30 days in
response to a written request made by the Department.
(20) Engaging in any act that constitutes a violation
of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(21) (Blank).
(22) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
defraud, or harm the public.
(23) Offering or advertising real estate for sale or
lease at auction without a valid broker or managing
broker's license under the Real Estate License Act of
1983, or any successor Act, unless exempt from licensure
under the terms of the Real Estate License Act of 2000, or
any successor Act, except as provided in Section 5-32 of
the Real Estate License Act of 2000.
(24) Inability to practice the profession with
reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of a
physical illness, mental illness, or disability.
(25) A pattern of practice or other behavior that
demonstrates incapacity or incompetence to practice under
this Act.
(26) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated
report by the Department of Children and Family Services
under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and
upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the

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licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or a
neglected child as defined in the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act.
(27) Inability to practice with reasonable judgment,
skill, or safety as a result of habitual or excessive use
or addiction to alcohol, narcotics, stimulants, or any
other chemical agent or drug, which may result in
significant harm to the public.
(28) (Blank). Willfully failing to report an instance
of suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
(29) Violating the terms of any order issued by the
Department.
(Source: P.A. 103-236, eff. 1-1-24; 104-417, eff. 8-15-25.)
(225 ILCS 407/20-15.1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 20-15.1. Citations.
(a) The Department may adopt rules to permit the issuance
of citations to any licensee for failure to comply with the
continuing education requirements set forth in this Act or as
established by rule. The citation shall be issued to the
licensee and shall contain the licensee's name and address,
the licensee's license number, the number of required hours of
continuing education that have not been successfully completed
on or before by the licensee's licensee within the renewal

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deadline period, and the penalty imposed, which shall not
exceed $2,000. The issuance of any such citation shall not
excuse the licensee from completing all continuing education
required for that term of licensure renewal period.
(b) Service of a citation shall be made in person,
electronically, or by mail to the licensee at the licensee's
address of record or email address of record, and must clearly
state that if the cited licensee wishes to dispute the
citation, they may make a written request, within 30 days
after the citation is served, for a hearing before the
Department. If the cited licensee does not request a hearing
within 30 days after the citation is served, then the citation
shall become a final, non-disciplinary order shall be entered,
and any fine imposed is due and payable within 30 60 days after
the entry of that final order. If the cited licensee requests a
hearing within 30 days after the citation is served, the
Department shall afford the cited licensee a hearing conducted
in the same manner as a hearing provided for in this Act for
any violation of this Act and shall determine whether the
cited licensee committed the violation as charged and whether
the fine as levied is warranted. If the violation is found, any
fine shall constitute non-public discipline and be due and
payable within 30 days after the order of the Secretary, which
shall constitute a final order of the Department. No change in
license status may be made by the Department until a final
order of the Department has been issued.

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(c) Payment of a fine that has been assessed pursuant to
this Section shall not constitute disciplinary action
reportable on the Department's website or elsewhere unless a
licensee has previously received 2 or more citations and been
assessed 2 or more fines.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or limit the
Department from taking further action pursuant to this Act and
rules for additional, repeated, or continuing violations.
(Source: P.A. 102-970, eff. 5-27-22.)
(225 ILCS 407/20-16)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 20-16. Illegal discrimination.
(a) When there has been an adjudication in a civil or
criminal proceeding that a licensee has illegally
discriminated while engaged in any activity for which a
license is required under this Act, the Department, following
the provision of notice to the licensee and a hearing
conducted in accordance with Section 20-43 and upon the
recommendation of the Board as to the nature and extent of the
suspension or revocation, shall, in accordance with Section
20-50, suspend or revoke the license of that licensee in a
timely manner, unless the adjudication is in the appeal
process. The finding or judgment of the civil or criminal
proceeding is a matter of record and the merits of the finding
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by the licensee.
(b) When there has been an order in an administrative
proceeding finding that a licensee has illegally discriminated
while engaged in any activity for which a license is required
under this Act, the Department, following the provision of
notice to the licensee and a hearing conducted in accordance
with Section 20-43 and upon recommendation of the Board as to
the nature and extent of the discipline, shall, in accordance
with Section 20-64, take one or more of the disciplinary
actions provided for in this Act Section 20-15 in a timely
manner, unless the administrative order is in the appeal
process. The finding of the administrative order is a matter
of record and the merits of the administrative order shall not
be challenged in a request for a hearing by the licensee.
(Source: P.A. 102-970, eff. 5-27-22.)
(225 ILCS 407/20-20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 20-20. Suspension Termination without hearing for
failure to pay taxes, or child support, or workers
compensation obligations. The Department may suspend terminate
or otherwise deny discipline any license issued under this Act
without hearing if the following appropriate administering
agency provides adequate information and proof that the
licensee has:
(1) failed to file a return, to pay the tax, penalty,

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or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any final
assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as required by
any tax act administered by the Illinois Department of
Revenue until the requirements of the tax act are
satisfied;
(2) failed to pay any court ordered child support as
determined by a court order or by referral from the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
Illinois Department of Public Aid); or
(3) (blank); or .
(4) failed to pay or secure workers compensation
obligations as determined by and based solely upon the
certification of the Department of Insurance or the
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
If a license is suspended terminated or otherwise denied
disciplined pursuant to this Section, the licensee may request
a hearing conducted pursuant to the Civil Administrative Code
of Illinois as provided by this Act within 30 days of notice of
termination or discipline. The Department may issue a license
or lift the suspension of a license if satisfactory repayment
or obligation is determined by the respective State agency.
(Source: P.A. 100-872, eff. 8-14-18.)
(225 ILCS 407/20-30)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
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concerning the conduct of hearings and recommendations for
disciplinary actions, the Department has the authority to
negotiate agreements with licensees and applicants resulting
in disciplinary consent orders. The consent orders may provide
for any form of discipline provided for in this Act. The
consent orders shall provide that they were not entered into
as a result of any coercion by the Department. Any consent
order shall be accepted by or rejected by the Secretary or
designee in a timely manner.
(Source: P.A. 95-572, eff. 6-1-08.)
(225 ILCS 407/20-35)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 20-35. Subpoenas; attendance of witnesses; oaths.
(a) The Department shall have the power to issue subpoenas
ad testificandum (subpoena for documents) and to bring before
it any persons and to take testimony, either orally or by
deposition or both, with the same fees and mileage and in the
same manner as prescribed in civil cases in the courts of this
State. The Department shall have the power to issue subpoenas
duces tecum and to bring before it any documents, papers,
files, books, and records with the same costs and in the same
manner as prescribed in civil cases in the courts of this
State.
(b) Any circuit court may, upon application of the
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person holding a certificate of licensure against whom
proceedings under this Act are pending, enter an order
compelling the enforcement of any Department subpoena issued
in connection with any hearing or investigation.
(c) The Secretary or the Secretary's his or her designee
or the Board shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses
at any hearing that the Department is authorized to conduct
and any other oaths authorized in any Act administered by the
Department.
(Source: P.A. 95-572, eff. 6-1-08.)
(225 ILCS 407/20-40)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 20-40. Hearings; record of hearings.
(a) The Department shall have the authority to conduct
hearings on proceedings to revoke, suspend, place on probation
or administrative review, reprimand, or refuse to issue or
renew any license under this Act or to impose a civil penalty
not to exceed $10,000 upon any licensee under this Act.
(b) The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a
record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case.
The notice of hearing, complaint, all other documents in the
nature of pleadings, written motions filed in the proceedings,
the transcripts of testimony, the report of the Board, and
orders of the Department shall be in the record of the
proceeding. The Department shall furnish a transcript of such

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record to any person interested in such hearing upon payment
of the fee required under Section 2105-115 of the Department
of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative
Code of Illinois (20 ILCS 2105/2105-115).
(Source: P.A. 95-572, eff. 6-1-08; 96-730, eff. 8-25-09.)
(225 ILCS 407/20-43)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 20-43. Investigations; notice and hearing. The
Department may investigate the actions or qualifications of
any person who is an applicant, unlicensed person, or person
rendering or offering to render auction services, or holding
or claiming to hold a license as a licensed auctioneer. At
least 30 days before any disciplinary hearing under this Act,
the Department shall: (i) notify the person charged in writing
of the charges made and the time and place of the hearing; (ii)
direct the person to file with the Board a written answer under
oath to the charges within 20 days of receiving service of the
notice; and (iii) inform the person that, if the person fails
to file an answer to the charges within 20 days of receiving
service of the notice, default may be entered and the license
may be suspended, revoked, placed on probationary status, or
have other disciplinary action taken with regard to the
license as the Department may consider proper, including, but
not limited to, limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the
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At the time and place of the hearing fixed in the notice,
the Department Board shall proceed to hear the charges, and
the person or person's counsel shall be accorded ample
opportunity to present any pertinent statements, testimony,
evidence, and arguments in the person's defense. The
Department Board may continue the hearing when it deems it
appropriate.
Notice of the hearing may be served by certified mail, or,
at the discretion of the Department, by an electronic means to
the person's most recent last known address or email address
of record provided to the Department or, if in the course of
the administrative proceeding the party has previously
designated a specific email address at which to accept
electronic service for that specific proceeding, by sending a
copy by email to the party's email address on record.
(Source: P.A. 103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
(225 ILCS 407/20-55)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 20-55. Appointment of a hearing officer. The
Secretary has the authority to appoint any attorney licensed
to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as the
hearing officer in any action for refusal to issue, restore,
or renew a license or to discipline a licensee. The hearing
officer has full authority to conduct the hearing. Any Board
member may attend hearings. The hearing officer shall report

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his or her findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
recommendations to the Board. The Board shall have 90 days
after the date of receipt of review the report of the hearing
officer to and present its findings of fact, conclusions of
law, and recommendations to the Secretary and to all parties
to the proceedings.
If the Secretary disagrees with the recommendations of the
Board or hearing officer, the Secretary may issue an order in
contravention of the Board's recommendations.
If the Board fails to present its findings of fact,
conclusions of law, and recommendations within the 90-day time
period, the Department may request in writing a direct appeal
to the Secretary and the Secretary may issue an order based
upon the report of the hearing officer and the record of the
proceedings or issue an order remanding the matter back to the
hearing officer for additional proceedings in accordance with
the order. If the Board fails to present its findings of fact,
conclusions of law, and recommendations within the 90-day time
period after receiving an Order of Default, the Department may
request in writing a direct appeal to the Secretary.
(Source: P.A. 95-572, eff. 6-1-08; 96-730, eff. 8-25-09.)
(225 ILCS 407/20-56)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 20-56. Board; rehearing. At the conclusion of the
hearing, a copy of the Board's report shall be served upon the

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applicant, licensee, or unlicensed person by the Department,
either personally or as provided in this Act for the service of
a notice of hearing. Within 20 days after service, the person
applicant or licensee may present to the Department a motion
in writing for a rehearing, which shall specify the particular
grounds for rehearing. If no motion for rehearing is filed,
then upon the expiration of the time specified for filing such
a motion, or if a motion for rehearing is denied, then upon
denial, the Secretary may enter an order in accordance with
recommendations of the Board. If the applicant or licensee
orders from the reporting service and pays for a transcript of
the record within the time for filing a motion for rehearing,
the 20-day period within which a motion may be filed shall
commence upon the delivery of the transcript to the applicant
or licensee.
(Source: P.A. 101-345, eff. 8-9-19.)
(225 ILCS 407/25-110)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 25-110. Licensing of auction schools.
(a) Only an auction school licensed by the Department may
provide the continuing education courses required for
licensure under this Act.
(b) An auction school may also provide the course required
to obtain the real estate auction certification in Section
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be approved by the Department upon the recommendation of the
Real Estate Administration and Disciplinary Board pursuant to
Section 25-10 of the Real Estate License Act of 2000.
(c) A person or entity seeking to be licensed as an auction
school under this Act shall provide satisfactory evidence of
the following:
(1) a sound financial base for establishing,
promoting, and delivering the necessary courses;
(2) a sufficient number of qualified instructors;
(3) adequate support personnel to assist with
administrative matters and technical assistance;
(4) a qualified school administrator, who is
responsible for the administration of the school, courses,
and the actions of the instructors;
(5) proof of good standing with the Secretary of State
and authority to conduct business in this State; and
(6) any other requirements provided by rule.
(d) All applicants for an auction school schools license
shall make initial application to the Department in a manner
prescribed by the Department and pay the appropriate fee as
provided by rule. In addition to any other information
required to be contained in the application as prescribed by
rule, every application for an original or renewed license
shall include the applicant's Taxpayer Identification Number.
The term, expiration date, and renewal of an auction school
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(e) An auction school shall provide each successful course
participant with a certificate of completion signed by the
school administrator. The format and content of the
certificate shall be specified by rule.
(f) All auction schools shall provide to the Department a
roster of all successful course participants as provided by
rule.
(Source: P.A. 103-236, eff. 1-1-24; revised 6-24-25.)
(225 ILCS 407/30-7)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 30-7. Department; powers and duties.
(a) The Department shall exercise the powers and duties
prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for
the administration of licensing acts and shall exercise such
other powers and duties as are prescribed by this Act. The
Department may contract with third parties for services
necessary for the proper administration of this Act.
(b) The Department shall have the authority to audit or
inspect any electronic or physical record, account, document,
book, form, or file required to be created or maintained by
this Act. The Department may adopt rules and establish
necessary requirements for the implementation of this
subsection (b).
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(225 ILCS 407/20-85 rep.)
Section 15. The Auction License Act is amended by
repealing Section 20-85.
Section 20. The Registered Interior Designers Act is
amended by changing Sections 3, 4, 4.5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
14, 15, 18, 19, 27, and 30 as follows:
(225 ILCS 310/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 8203)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Accredited institution" means an institution accredited
by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, an
accreditation body recognized by the United States Department
of Education, or a curriculum or transcript approved by the
Board per a registration applicant's application.
"Address of record" means the designated address recorded
by the Department in the applicant's application file or the
registrant's registration file as maintained by the
Department's licensure maintenance unit.
"Board" means the Board of Registered Interior Design
Professionals established under Section 6 of this Act.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
"Email address of record" means the designated email
address recorded by the Department in the applicant's

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application file or the registrant's registration file as
maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.
"Interior technical submissions" means the designs,
drawings, and specifications that establish the scope of the
interior design to be constructed, the standard of quality for
materials, workmanship, equipment, and construction systems,
and the studies and other technical reports and calculations
prepared in the course of the practice of registered interior
design.
"Practice of registered interior design" means the design
of interior spaces as a part of an interior alteration or
interior construction project in conformity with public
health, safety, and welfare requirements, including the
preparation of documents relating to building code
descriptions, project egress plans that require no increase
capacity of exits in the space affected, space planning,
finish materials, furnishings, fixtures, equipment, and the
preparation of documents and interior technical submissions
relating to interior construction. "Practice of registered
interior design" does not include:
(1) The practice of structural engineering as defined
in the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the
practice of professional engineering as defined in the
Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or the
practice of land surveying as defined in the Illinois
Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989.

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(2) Services that constitute the practice of
architecture as defined in the Illinois Architecture
Practice Act of 1989, except as provided in this Act.
(3) Altering or affecting the structural system of a
building, including changing the building's live or dead
load on the structural system.
(4) Changes to the building envelope, including
exterior walls, exterior wall coverings, exterior wall
openings, exterior windows and doors, architectural trim,
balconies and similar projections, bay and oriel windows,
roof assemblies and rooftop structures, and glass and
glazing for exterior use in both vertical and sloped
applications in buildings and structures.
(5) Altering or affecting the mechanical, plumbing,
heating, air conditioning, ventilation, electrical,
vertical transportation, fire sprinkler, or fire alarm
systems.
(6) Changes beyond the exit access component of a
means of egress system.
(7) Construction that materially affects life safety
systems pertaining to fire safety or the fire protection
of structural elements, or alterations to smoke evacuation
and compartmentalization systems or to fire-rated vertical
shafts in multistory structures.
(8) Changes of use to an occupancy of greater hazard
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(9) Changes to the construction classification of the
building or structure according to the International
Building Code.
"Public member" means a person who is not a registered
interior designer, educator in the field, architect,
structural engineer, or professional engineer. For purposes of
board membership, any , or a person who does not have any with a
significant financial interest in the design or construction
services service or the design or construction professions
profession is not a public member.
"Registered interior designer" means a person who has
received registration under Section 8 of this Act. A person
represents oneself himself or herself to be a "registered
interior designer" within the meaning of this Act by holding
oneself if he or she holds himself or herself out to the public
by any title incorporating the words "registered interior
designer" or any title that includes the words "registered
interior design".
"Responsible control" means the amount of control over
detailed professional knowledge of the content of interior
technical submissions during the preparation as is ordinarily
exercised by registered interior designers applying the
required professional standard of care. Merely reviewing or
reviewing and correcting an interior technical submission or
any portion thereof prepared by those not in the regular
employment of the office where the registered interior

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designer is a resident without control over the content of
such work throughout its preparation does not constitute
responsible control.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1066, eff. 1-1-23;
103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
(225 ILCS 310/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 8204)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 4. Title; application of Act.
(a) No individual shall, without a valid registration as a
registered interior designer issued by the Department, in any
manner hold oneself himself or herself out to the public as a
registered interior designer or attach the title "registered
interior designer" or any other name or designation which
would in any way imply that the person he or she is able to use
the title "registered interior designer" as defined in this
Act.
(a-5) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing
or restricting the services offered or advertised by an
interior designer who is registered under this Act.
(b) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the employment, by a
registered interior designer association, partnership, or a
corporation furnishing interior design services for
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to perform services in various capacities as needed, provided
that the persons do not represent themselves as, or use the
title of, "registered interior designer".
(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
activities and use of the title "interior designer" on the
part of a person not registered under this Act who is a
graduate of an interior design program and a full-time
employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
insofar as such person engages in public speaking, with or
without remuneration, provided that such person does not
represent oneself himself or herself to be a registered
interior designer or use the title "registered interior
designer".
(d) Nothing contained in this Act shall restrict any
person not registered under this Act from carrying out any of
the activities listed in the definition of "the profession of
interior design" in Section 3 if such person does not
represent oneself himself or herself or the person's his or
her services in any manner prohibited by this Act.
(e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing
or restricting the practice, services, or activities of any
person licensed in this State under any other law from
engaging in the profession or occupation for which that person
he or she is licensed.
(f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing
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engineers licensed under the Professional Engineering Practice
Act of 1989 or the Structural Engineering Practice Act of
1989; architects licensed pursuant to the Illinois
Architectural Practice Act of 1989; any interior decorator or
individual offering interior decorating services including,
but not limited to, the selection of surface materials, window
treatments, wall coverings, furniture, accessories, paint,
floor coverings, and lighting fixtures; or builders, home
furnishings salespersons, and similar purveyors of related
goods and services relating to homemaking.
(g) Nothing in this Act or any other Act shall prevent a
licensed architect from practicing interior design services.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring the
services of a registered interior designer for the interior
designing of a single family residence.
(h) Nothing in this Act shall authorize registered
interior designers to perform services, including life safety
services that they are prohibited from performing, or any
practice: (i) that is restricted in the Professional
Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Professional Land
Surveyor Act of 1989, of the Structural Engineering Practice
Act of 1989; (ii) that is restricted in the Illinois
Architecture Practice Act of 1989, except as provided in this
Act; or (iii) that they are not authorized to perform under the
Environmental Barriers Act, except as provided in this Act.
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interior designers to advertise services that they are
prohibited to perform, including architecture or engineering
services, nor to use the title "architect" in any form.
(j) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing
or restricting persons from engaging in professional services
limited to the design of kitchen and bath spaces or the
specification of products for kitchen and bath areas in
noncommercial settings.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1066, eff. 1-1-23.)
(225 ILCS 310/4.5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 4.5. Unregistered practice; violation; civil penalty.
(a) Any person who holds oneself himself or herself out to
be a registered interior designer without being registered
under this Act shall, in addition to any other penalty
provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department in an
amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense as determined by
the Department. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the
Department after a hearing is held in accordance with the
provisions set forth in this Act regarding the provision of a
hearing for the discipline of a registrant.
(b) The Department has the authority and power to
investigate any illegal use of the title of registered
interior designer.
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the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty.
The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and
execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from
any court of record.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 310/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 8206)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 6. Board of Registered Interior Design Professionals.
The Secretary shall appoint a Board of Registered Interior
Design Professionals consisting of 5 members who shall serve
in an advisory capacity to the Secretary. All members of the
Board shall be residents of Illinois. Four members shall (i)
hold a valid registration as an interior designer in Illinois
and have held the registration under this Act for the
preceding 10 years; and (ii) not have been disciplined within
the preceding 10 years under this Act. In addition to the 4
registered interior designer members, there shall be one
public member. The public member shall be a voting member and
shall not be licensed or registered under this Act or any other
design profession licensing Act that the Department
administers.
Board members shall serve 5-year terms and until their
successors are appointed and qualified. In appointing members
to the Board, the Secretary shall give due consideration to
recommendations by members and organizations of the interior

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design profession.
The membership of the Board should reasonably reflect
representation from the geographic areas in this State.
No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a term that
would cause his or her continuous service on the Board to be
longer than 2 consecutive 5-year terms.
Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the same
manner as original appointments for the unexpired portion of
the vacated term.
Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. A
quorum is required for Board decisions.
The Secretary may remove any member of the Board for cause
at any time. The Secretary shall be the sole arbiter of cause.
misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of duty or for reasons
prescribed by law for removal of State officials.
The Secretary may remove a member of the Board who does not
attend 2 consecutive meetings.
Notice of proposed rulemaking may be transmitted to the
Board and the Department may review the response of the Board
and any recommendations made therein. The Department may, at
any time, seek the expert advice and knowledge of the Board on
any matter relating to the administration or enforcement of
this Act.
Members of the Board are not liable for damages in any
action or proceeding as a result of activities performed as
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Members of the Board shall be reimbursed for all
legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 310/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 8207)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 7. Board recommendations. The Secretary may shall
consider the recommendations of the Board in establishing
guidelines for professional conduct, for the conduct of formal
disciplinary proceedings brought under this Act, and for
establishing guidelines for qualifications of applicants.
Notice of proposed rulemaking may be transmitted to the Board
and the Department shall review the response of the Board and
any recommendations made in their response. The Department, at
any time, may seek the expert advice and knowledge of the Board
on any matter relating to the administration or enforcement of
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 310/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 8208)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 8. Application requirements for registration.
(a) Each applicant for registration shall apply to the
Department in writing on a form or electronically as provided
by the Department. The Department may require an applicant, at
the applicant's expense, to have an evaluation of the

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applicant's education in a foreign country by a nationally
recognized evaluation service approved by the Department in
accordance with the rules adopted by the Department. Except as
otherwise provided in this Act, each applicant shall take and
pass the examination approved by the Department. Prior to
registration, the applicant shall provide substantial evidence
to the Board that the applicant has completed the education
and work experience requirements to sit for the NCIDQ
examination administered by the Council for Interior Design
Qualification, has successfully passed the NCIDQ examination
exam, has maintained an active NCIDQ certification, and:
(1) is a graduate of a 5-year interior design or
architecture program from an accredited institution and
has completed at least 2 years of full-time diversified
interior design experience;
(2) is a graduate of a 4-year interior design or
architecture program from an accredited institution and
has completed at least 2 years of full-time diversified
interior design experience;
(3) has completed at least 3 years of interior design
or architecture curriculum from an accredited institution
and has completed 3 years of full-time diversified
interior design experience; or
(4) is a graduate of a 2-year interior design or
architecture program from an accredited institution and
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design experience.
(b) (Blank). In addition to providing evidence of meeting
the requirements of subsection (a), each applicant for
registration as a registered interior designer shall provide
substantial evidence that the applicant has successfully
completed the examination administered by the Council for
Interior Design Qualification.
(b-5) Each applicant for registration shall pay to the
Department the required registration fee, which is not
refundable, at the time of filing the application.
(b-10) Each applicant for renewal or reinstatement of
registration under this Act shall have completed continuing
education as set forth by the Department by rule. The
Department shall consider the recommendations of the Board in
establishing requirements for continuing education
requirements but shall be no less than 10 hours of continuing
education in the areas of health, safety, and welfare every 2
years.
(c) Applicants have 3 years from the date of application
to complete the application process. If the process has not
been completed in 3 years, the application shall expire, the
fee shall be forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and
meet the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
An individual may apply for original registration prior to
passing the examination. The individual shall have 3 years
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examination. If evidence and documentation of passing the
examination are received by the Department later than 3 years
after the individual's filing, the application shall be denied
and the fee forfeited. The applicant may reapply at any time,
but shall meet the requirements in effect at the time of
reapplication.
(d) Upon payment of the required fee, which shall be
determined by rule, an applicant who is an architect licensed
under the laws of this State may, without examination, be
granted registration as a registered interior designer by the
Department provided the applicant submits proof of an active
architectural license in Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 102-1066, eff. 1-1-23; 103-1044, eff. 1-1-25.)
(225 ILCS 310/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 8209)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 9. Expiration; renewal; restoration.
(a) The expiration date and renewal period for each
certificate of registration issued under this Act shall be set
by rule. A registrant may renew such registration during the
month preceding its expiration date by paying the required
renewal fee.
(b) Inactive status.
(1) Any registrant who notifies the Department in
writing on forms prescribed by the Department may elect to
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on an inactive status and shall, subject to rules of the
Department, be excused from payment of renewal fees until
that person he or she notifies the Department in writing
of that person's his or her desire to resume active
status.
(2) Any registrant requesting restoration from
inactive status shall be required to pay the current
renewal fee and shall be required to restore the his or her
registration.
(3) Any registrant whose registration is on inactive
status shall not use the title "registered interior
designer" in the State of Illinois.
(4) Any registrant who uses the title "registered
interior designer" while the registrant's his or her
certificate of registration is lapsed or inactive shall be
considered to be using the title without a registration
which shall be grounds for discipline under Section 13 of
this Act.
(c) Any registrant whose registration has expired may have
the registrant's his or her certificate of registration
restored at any time within 5 years after its expiration, upon
making application to the Department and payment of the
required fee.
(d) Any registrant person whose registration has been
expired for more than 5 years may have the registrant's his or
her registration restored by making application to the

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Department and submitting filing proof acceptable to the
Department of the registrant's his or her fitness to have the
registrant's his or her registration restored, including, but
not limited to, sworn evidence certifying to active practice
in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department and
proof of completion of applicable continuing education,
including sworn evidence certifying to active lawful practice
in another jurisdiction, and by paying the required
restoration fee. A person using the title "registered interior
designer" on an expired registration is deemed to be in
violation of this Act.
(e) If a person whose certificate of registration has
expired has not maintained active status in another
jurisdiction, the Department shall determine, by an evaluation
process established by rule, that person's his or her fitness
to resume active status, including by requiring and may
require the person to complete a period of evaluated practical
experience, and also requiring may require successful
completion of an examination.
(f) Any person whose certificate of registration has
expired while that person he or she has been engaged (1) in
federal or State service active duty, or (2) in training or
education under the supervision of the United States
preliminary to induction into the military service, may have
that person's his or her registration restored without paying
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termination of such service, training or education, that
person he or she furnishes the Department with satisfactory
proof that the person he or she has been so engaged and that
the person's his or her service, training, or education has
been so terminated.
(g) An individual applying for restoration of a
registration shall have 3 years from the date of application
to complete the application process. If the process has not
been completed in 3 years, the application shall expire be
denied and the fee forfeited. The applicant may reapply at any
time.
(Source: P.A. 100-920, eff. 8-17-18.)
(225 ILCS 310/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 8210)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 10. Endorsement.
(a) Upon payment of the required fee and the filing of an
application in writing on a form or electronically as provided
by the Department, an applicant who is an interior designer
currently registered, certified, or licensed under the laws of
another state or territory of the United States or a foreign
country or province shall, without further examination, be
granted registration as an interior designer by the Department
whenever the requirements of such state or territory of the
United States or a foreign country or province were, at the
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substantially equal to or greater than the requirements then
in force in this State. The Department may adopt rules
governing recognition of education and legal practice of the
profession in another jurisdiction, requiring additional
education, and determining when an examination may be
required.
(b) If the accuracy of any submitted documentation or
relevance or sufficiency of the coursework or experience is
questioned by the Department or the Board because of a lack of
information, discrepancies, or conflicts in information given,
or a need for clarification, the applicant seeking
registration may be required to provide additional
information.
(c) Applicants have 3 years from the date of application
to complete the application process. If the process has not
been completed within the 3 years, then the application shall
expire be denied, the fee shall be forfeited, and the
applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at
the time of reapplication.
(Source: P.A. 103-1044, eff. 1-1-25.)
(225 ILCS 310/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 8211)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 11. Fees. The Department shall provide by rule for a
schedule of fees for the administration and enforcement of
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renewal, and restoration. The fees shall be nonrefundable.
All fees collected under this Act shall be deposited into
the General Professions Dedicated Fund and shall be
appropriated to the Department for the ordinary and contingent
expenses of the Department in the administration of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 310/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 8212)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 12. Returned checks; penalties. Any person who
delivers a check or other payment to the Department that is
returned to the Department unpaid by the financial institution
upon which it is drawn shall pay to the Department, in addition
to the amount already owed to the Department, a fine of $50.
The fines imposed by this Section are in addition to any other
discipline provided under this Act for prohibited use of a
title without a registration or on a nonrenewed registration.
The Department shall notify the person that payment of fees
and fines shall be paid to the Department by certified check or
money order within 30 calendar days of the notification. If,
after the expiration of 30 days from the date of the
notification, the person has failed to submit the necessary
remittance, the Department shall automatically terminate the
registration or deny the application, without hearing. If,
after termination or denial, the person seeks registration,
the person he or she shall apply to the Department for

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restoration or issuance of the registration and pay all fees
and fines due to the Department. The Department may establish
a fee for the processing of an application for restoration of a
certificate of registration to pay all expenses of processing
this application. The Director may waive the fines due under
this Section in individual cases where the Director finds that
the fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
(Source: P.A. 92-146, eff. 1-1-02.)
(225 ILCS 310/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 8214)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 14. Investigations; Notice of hearing. Upon the
motion of either the Department or the Board, or upon the
verified complaint in writing of any person setting forth
facts which, if proven, would constitute grounds for refusal,
suspension, or revocation of registration under this Act, the
Board shall investigate the actions of any person, hereinafter
called the "registrant", who holds or represents that the
person he holds a certificate of registration. All such
motions or complaints shall be brought to the Board.
The Director shall, before suspending, revoking, placing
on probationary status, or taking any other disciplinary
action as the Director may deem proper with regard to any
registration, at least 30 days prior to the date set for the
hearing, notify the registrant in writing of any charges made
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Board. The Board shall also direct the registrant to file a his
written answer to the charges with the Board under oath within
20 days after the service on the registrant him of such notice,
and inform the registrant him that if the registrant he fails
to file such answer, the registrant's his certificate of
registration may be suspended, revoked, placed on probationary
status or other disciplinary action may be taken with regard
thereto, as the Director may deem proper.
The written notice and any notice in such proceeding may
be served by delivery personally to the registrant, by email,
or by registered or certified mail to the address specified by
the registrant in the registrant's his last notification to
the Director.
The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of
all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case involving
the refusal to issue or renew a registration, or discipline of
a registrant. The notice of hearing, complaint, and all other
documents in the nature of pleadings and written motions filed
in the proceedings, the transcript of testimony, the report of
the Board, and the orders of the Department shall be the record
of such proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 310/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 8215)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
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(a) In case the registrant, after receiving notice, fails
to file an answer, the registrant's his registration may, in
the discretion of the Director, having first received the
recommendation of the Board, be suspended, revoked, placed on
probationary status, or the Director may take whatever
disciplinary action the Director he may deem proper, including
the imposition of a fine, without a hearing, if the act or acts
charged constitute sufficient grounds for such action under
this Act.
(b) The Director may temporarily suspend the registration
of a registrant without a hearing, simultaneous to the
institution of proceedings for a hearing under this Act, if
the Director finds that evidence in the Director's his
possession indicates that the person's continuation of use of
the title would constitute an immediate danger to the public.
In the event that the Director temporarily suspends the
registration of a registrant without a hearing, a hearing by
the Board must be held within 15 days after such suspension has
occurred and concluded without appreciable delay.
(Source: P.A. 88-650, eff. 9-16-94.)
(225 ILCS 310/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 8218)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 18. Recommendations for disciplinary action; Action
by Director. The Board may advise the Director that probation
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limitation of the use of the title, be taken, as it deems
proper. If disciplinary action other than suspension or
revocation is taken, the Board may advise the Director to
impose reasonable limitations and requirements upon the
registrant to ensure insure compliance with the terms of the
probation or other disciplinary action, including, but not
limited to, regular reporting by the registrant to the
Director of the registrant's his actions, or the registrant
placing oneself himself under the care of a qualified
physician for treatment, or limiting the registrant's his use
of the title in such manner as the Director may require.
The Board shall present to the Director a written report
of its findings and recommendations. A copy of the report
shall be served upon the registrant, by email, either
personally, or by registered or certified mail. Within 20 days
after such service, the registrant may present to the
Department the registrant's his motion in writing for a
rehearing, specifying the particular grounds for rehearing. If
the registrant orders and pays for a transcript of the record,
the time elapsing until the transcript is ready for delivery
to the registrant him shall not be counted as part of such 20
days.
At the expiration of the time allowed for filing a motion
for rehearing, the Director may take the action recommended by
the Board. Upon suspension, revocation, placement on
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action, including the limiting of the use of the title, deemed
proper by the Director with regard to the registration, the
registrant shall surrender the his certificate of registration
to the Department if ordered to do so by the Department. Upon
the registrant's his failure or refusal to do so, the
Department may seize the certificate of registration.
In all instances in which the Board has rendered a
recommendation to the Director with respect to a particular
person, the Director shall, to the extent that the Director he
disagrees with or takes action contrary to the recommendation
of the Board, file with the Board his specific written reasons
of disagreement. Such reasons shall be filed within 30 days
after the Director has taken the contrary position.
Each order of revocation, suspension, or other
disciplinary action shall contain a brief and concise
statement of the ground or grounds upon which the Department's
action is based, as well as the specific terms and conditions
of such action.
Whenever the Director is satisfied that substantial
justice has not been done either in an examination or in the
revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue a certificate of
registration, or other disciplinary action, the Director may
order a re-examination or rehearing.
(Source: P.A. 86-1404.)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 19. Hearing officer. The Director has the authority
to appoint any attorney duly licensed to practice law in the
State of Illinois to serve as the hearing officer for any
disciplinary action under this Act. The hearing officer shall
have full authority to conduct the hearing. The hearing
officer shall report the hearing officer's his findings and
recommendations to the Board and the Director. The Board shall
have 60 days from receipt of the report to review the report of
the hearing officer and present its findings of fact,
conclusions of law, and recommendations to the Director. If
the Board fails to present its report within the 60-day 60 day
period, the Director may issue an order based on the report of
the hearing officer. If the Director disagrees in any regard
with the Board's report, the Director he may issue an order in
contravention of the Board's report.
(Source: P.A. 86-1404.)
(225 ILCS 310/27) (from Ch. 111, par. 8227)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 27. Filing registration or diploma of another. Any
person filing, or attempting to file, as the person's his own
the diploma or registration of another, or a forged affidavit
of identification or qualification, is guilty of a Class 3
felony, and upon conviction is subject to such fine and
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State for the crime of forgery.
(Source: P.A. 86-1404.)
(225 ILCS 310/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 8230)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 30. Fund; appropriations; investments; audits. All of
the fees collected pursuant to this Act shall be deposited
into the Design Professionals Administration and Investigation
General Professions Dedicated Fund.
The moneys deposited into in the Design Professionals
Administration and Investigation General Professions Dedicated
Fund may be used for the expenses of the Department in the
administration of this Act.
Moneys from the Fund may also be used for direct and
allocable indirect costs related to the public purposes of the
Department of Professional Regulation. Moneys in the Fund may
be transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund as
authorized by Section 2105-300 of the Department of
Professional Regulation Law.
Upon the completion of any audit of the Department as
prescribed by the Illinois State Auditing Act that includes an
audit of the Design Professionals Administration and
Investigation General Professions Dedicated Fund, the
Department shall make the audit open to inspection by any
interested person. The copy of the audit report required to be
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copies of audit reports required to be submitted to other
State officers and agencies by Section 3-14 of the Illinois
State Auditing Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
Section 25. The Landscape Architecture Registration Act is
amended by changing Sections 10, 20, 23, 25, 30, 33, 34, 48,
50, 55, 60, 70, 80, 85, 95, and 110 as follows:
(225 ILCS 316/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 10. Definitions. For purposes of As used in this Act,
the following definitions shall have the following meanings,
except where the context requires otherwise:
"Address of record" means the designated address recorded
by the Department in the applicant's application file or
registrant's registration file as maintained by the
Department.
"Board" means the Registered Landscape Architecture
Registration Board.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
"Email address of record" means the designated email
address of record by the Department in the applicant's
application file or registrant's registration file as
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Department.
"Landscape architecture" means the art and science of
arranging land, together with the spaces and objects upon it,
for the purpose of creating a safe, efficient, healthful, and
aesthetically pleasing physical environment for human use and
enjoyment, as performed by landscape architects.
"Landscape architectural practice" or "practice of
landscape architecture" means the offering or furnishing of
professional services in connection with a landscape
architecture project that do not require the seal of an
architect, land surveyor, professional engineer, or structural
engineer. These services may include, but are not limited to,
providing preliminary studies; developing design concepts;
planning for the relationships of physical improvements and
intended uses of the site, including the preparation and
filing of sketches, drawings, plans, and specifications;
establishing form and aesthetic elements; developing those
technical details on the site that are exclusive of any
building or structure; preparing and administering
coordinating technical submissions; and conducting site
observation of a landscape architecture project.
"Registered landscape architect" means a person who, based
on education, experience, and examination in the field of
landscape architecture, is registered under this Act.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation. The Secretary may designate the

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Secretary's his or her duties under this Act to a designee of
the Secretary's his or her choice, including, but not limited
to, the Director of Professional Regulation.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21; 103-309, eff. 1-1-24.)
(225 ILCS 316/20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 20. Seal.
(a) Every registered landscape architect shall have a
reproducible seal, which may be computer generated, the
impression of which shall contain the name of the registered
landscape architect, the registered landscape architect's
registration number, and the words "Registered Landscape
Architect, State of Illinois". The registered landscape
architect shall be responsible for the registered landscape
architect's his or her seal and signature as defined by rule.
(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of this Section, an
architect, land surveyor, professional engineer, or structural
engineer licensed by the Department shall be permitted to
affix the architect's, land surveyor's, professional
engineer's, or structural engineer's his or her seal to any
plans, specifications, and reports prepared by or under his or
her supervision in connection with the incidental practice of
landscape architecture.
(c) For all plans, specifications, or other technical
submissions prepared or issued by the registered landscape

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architect and filed for public record, the registered
landscape architect shall affix the registered landscape
architect's signature, current date, date of registration
expiration, and a form of seal as prescribed by rule.
(d) The registered landscape architect's signature, date,
and seal shall be evidence of the authenticity of that to which
the signature, date, and seal are affixed. Any and all
technical submissions may be transmitted electronically and
may be signed by the registered landscape architect, dated,
and sealed electronically with said seal.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/23)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 23. Technical submissions.
(a) As used in this Act Section, "technical submissions"
includes the designs, drawings, plans, and specifications, and
reports that establish the scope of a landscape architecture
project; the standard of quality for materials, workmanship,
equipment, and systems; and the studies and other technical
reports and calculations prepared in the course of the
practice of landscape architecture.
(b) A registered landscape architect shall not exercise
authority in preparing technical submissions that require the
involvement of an architect, professional engineer, structural
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(c) The registered landscape architect who has contract
responsibility shall seal a cover sheet of the technical
submissions and those individual portions of the technical
submissions for which the registered landscape architect is
legally and professionally responsible.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/25)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 25. Display of registration. Every holder of a
registered landscape architect registration shall display the
holder's his or her certificate of registration in a
conspicuous place in the holder's his or her principal office,
place of business, or place of employment.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/30)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 30. Address of record; email address of record. All
applicants and registrants shall:
(1) provide a valid address and email address to the
Department, which shall serve as the address of record and
email address of record, respectively, at the time of
application for registration or renewal of registration;
and
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record or email address of record within 14 days after the
such change, either through the Department's website or by
contacting the Department's licensure maintenance unit
Department.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/33)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 33. Registered Landscape Architecture Registration
Board.
(a) The Secretary shall appoint a Registered Landscape
Architecture Registration Board. The Board shall consist of 5
persons who shall serve in an advisory capacity to the
Secretary. All members of the Board shall be residents of
Illinois. Four members shall be registered under this Act and
have not been disciplined within the last 10-year period under
this Act or the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989.
In addition to the 4 registered landscape architects, there
shall be one public member. The public member shall be a voting
member and shall not be registered under this Act or licensed
under any other design profession licensing Act that the
Department administers.
(b) Board members shall serve 5-year terms and until their
successors are appointed and qualified.
(c) In appointing members to the Board, the Secretary
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organizations of the landscape architecture profession.
(d) The membership of the Board should reasonably reflect
representation from the geographic areas in this State.
(e) No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a term
that would cause the member's his or her continuous service on
the Board to be longer than 2 consecutive 5-year terms.
(f) An appointment to fill a vacancy for the unexpired
portion of the vacated term shall be made in the same manner as
an initial appointment.
(g) Three members shall constitute a quorum. A quorum is
required for Board decisions.
(h) The Secretary may terminate or refuse the appointment
of any member of the Board for cause that, in the opinion of
the Secretary, reasonably justified such termination, which
may include, but is not limited to, a Board member who does not
attend 2 consecutive meetings.
(i) Members of the Board may be reimbursed for all
legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses.
(j) (Blank). The Department may at any time seek the
expert advice and knowledge of the Board on any matter
relating to the enforcement of this Act.
(k) Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in any
action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other acts
performed in good faith as members of the Board, unless the
conduct that gave rise to the suit was willful and wanton
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(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/34)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 34. Powers and duties of the Board.
(a) The Board shall meet hold at least once per one meeting
each year or as otherwise called by the Secretary, with any
such meeting conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings
Act.
(b) The Board shall annually elect a chairperson and a
vice chairperson who shall be registered landscape architects.
(c) The Department may, at any time, seek the expert
advice and knowledge of the Board on any matter relating to the
enforcement of this Act, including, but not limited to,
qualifications of applicants for registration.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/48)
Sec. 48. Endorsement.
(a) The Department may issue a registration as a landscape
architect to an applicant who submits a valid application
accompanied by the required fee and is a landscape architect
licensed, or registered, certified, or otherwise authorized
under the laws of another state, the District of Columbia, a
territory of the United States, or a foreign country if the
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authorization in that other jurisdiction were, on the date of
original licensure, registration, or certification,
substantially equivalent to the requirements then in force in
this State.
(b) An application for endorsement shall provide proof of
passage of an examination required for registration.
(c) If the accuracy of any submitted documentation or
relevance or sufficiency of the coursework or experience is
questioned by the Department or the Board because of a lack of
information, discrepancies, or conflicts in information given
or a need for clarification, the applicant seeking
registration may be required to provide additional
information.
(d) An applicant has 3 years from the date of application
to complete the application process. If the process has not
been completed in 3 years, the application shall be expired
denied, the fee forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and
meet the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
(e) (Blank). This Section is repealed on January 1, 2027.
(Source: P.A. 103-1044, eff. 1-1-25.)
(225 ILCS 316/50)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 50. Registration, renewal, and restoration.
(a) The expiration date and renewal period for each
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established by rule. A registrant may renew a certificate of
registration during the month preceding its expiration date by
paying the required fee.
(b) A registered landscape architect who has permitted the
registered landscape architect's his or her registration to
expire or has had the registered landscape architect's his or
her registration placed on inactive status may have the
registered landscape architect's his or her registration
restored by making application to the Department and filing
proof acceptable to the Department of the registered landscape
architect's his or her fitness to have the registered
landscape architect's his or her registration restored,
including, but not limited to, sworn evidence certifying
active lawful practice in another jurisdiction satisfactory to
the Department and by paying the required fee as determined by
rule.
(c) A registered landscape architect whose registration
expired while engaged (1) in federal service on active duty
with the Armed Forces of the United States or the State Militia
called into service or training or (2) in training or
education under the supervision of the United States
preliminary to induction into the military service, may have a
registration restored or reinstated without paying any lapsed
reinstatement, renewal, or restoration fees if, within 2 years
after termination, other than by dishonorable discharge, of
such service, training, or education, and the Department is

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furnished with satisfactory evidence that the registrant has
been so engaged in the practice of landscape architecture and
that such service, training, or education has been so
terminated.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/55)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 55. Prior registrations under the Illinois Landscape
Architecture Act of 1989. A person who was actively registered
under the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989 and had
renewed the person's his or her registration before January 1,
2020, may have the person's his or her registration restored
without fee upon the effective date of the rules adopted under
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/60)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 60. Inactive status.
(a) A person registered under this Act who notifies the
Department in writing on forms or electronically as prescribed
by the Department may elect to place the person's his or her
registration on inactive status and shall, subject to rules of
the Department, be excused from payment of renewal fees until
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forms or electronically as prescribed by the Department of the
person's his or her desire to resume active status.
(b) Any registrant whose registration is on inactive
status shall not use the title "registered landscape
architect" or "landscape architect" in the State of Illinois.
(c) Any registrant who uses the title "registered
landscape architect" or "landscape architect" while the
registrant's his or her registration is inactive shall be
considered to be using the title without a registration that
shall be grounds for discipline under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/70)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 70. Disposition of funds. All of the fees collected
as authorized under this Act shall be deposited into the
Design Professionals Administration and Investigation General
Professions Dedicated Fund. The moneys deposited into the
Design Professionals Administration and Investigation General
Professions Dedicated Fund may be used for the expenses of the
Department in the administration of this Act. Moneys from the
Fund may also be used for direct and allocable indirect costs
related to the public purposes of the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation. Moneys in the Fund may be
transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund as
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Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code
of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/80)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 80. Unauthorized practice; violation Violation;
injunction; cease and desist order; civil penalty.
(a) If any person violates the provisions of this Act, the
Secretary may, in the name of the People of the State of
Illinois, through the Attorney General of the State of
Illinois or the State's Attorney of any county in which the
action is brought, petition for an order enjoining such
violation and for an order enforcing compliance with this Act.
Upon the filing of a verified petition in court, the court may
issue a temporary restraining order, without notice or bond,
and may preliminarily and permanently enjoin such violation.
If it is established that such person has violated or is
violating the injunction, the Court may punish the offender
for contempt of court. Proceedings under this Section shall be
in addition to, and not in lieu of, all other remedies and
penalties provided by this Act.
(b) Whoever holds oneself himself or herself out as a
"registered landscape architect", "landscape architect", or
any other name or designation that would in any way imply that
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landscape architect" or "landscape architect" without being
registered under this Act shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor, and for each subsequent conviction shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(c) Any person who holds oneself out as a "registered
landscape architect", "landscape architect", or any other name
or designation that would in any way imply that the person is
able to use the title "registered landscape architect" or
"landscape architect" shall, in addition to any other penalty
provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department in an
amount not to exceed $10,000 for each offense, as determined
by the Department. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the
Department after a hearing is held in accordance with the
provisions set forth in this Act regarding the provision of a
hearing for the discipline of a licensee.
(d) The Department may investigate any actual, alleged, or
suspected unauthorized activity.
(e) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after
the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty.
The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and
executed thereon in the same manner as any judgment from any
court of record.
(f) Each day that a violation occurs constitutes a
separate offense. Any civil penalties imposed shall be payable
to the Department.
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(225 ILCS 316/85)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 85. Grounds for discipline.
(a) The Department may refuse to issue or to renew a
certificate of registration, or may revoke, suspend, place on
probation, reprimand, or take other disciplinary or
nondisciplinary action the Department may deem proper,
including fines not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, with
regard to any certificate of registration issued under this
Act, for any one or combination of the following reasons:
(1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to
the Department.
(2) Negligent or intentional disregard of this Act or
rules adopted under this Act.
(3) Conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere, finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of
judgment or sentencing, including, but not limited to,
convictions, preceding sentences of supervision,
conditional discharge, or first offender probation under
the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States that is
(i) a felony, (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of
which is dishonesty, or (iii) any crime that is directly
related to the practice of landscape architecture.
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(5) Professional incompetence or gross negligence in
the rendering of landscape architectural services.
(6) Aiding or assisting another person in violating
any provision of this Act or any rules and regulations
issued pursuant to this Act.
(7) Failing to provide information within 60 days in
response to a written request made by the Department.
(8) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
defraud, or harm the public.
(9) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs
defined by law as controlled substances, alcohol,
narcotics, stimulants, or any other substances that
results in the inability to practice with reasonable
judgment, skill, or safety.
(10) Discipline by another jurisdiction, if at least
one of the grounds for the discipline is the same or
substantially equivalent to those set forth in this
Section.
(11) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving
from any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or
association any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of
compensation for any professional service not actually
rendered.
(12) A finding by the Department that the registrant,
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status, has violated or failed to comply with the terms of
probation.
(13) A finding by the Department that the registrant
has failed to pay a fine imposed by the Department.
(14) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated
report by the Department of Children and Family Services
under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, and
upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the
registrant has caused a child to be an abused child or
neglected child as defined in the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act.
(15) Solicitation of professional services by using
false or misleading advertising in any manner that is
false, misleading, or deceptive.
(16) Inability to practice the profession with
reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of
physical illness, including, but not limited to,
deterioration through the aging process, loss of motor
skill, mental illness, or disability.
(17) Using or attempting to use an expired, inactive,
suspended, or revoked, canceled, nonrenewed, or otherwise
inoperative registration, using or the seal of another
registrant, or impersonating another registrant.
(18) Signing, affixing, or allowing the registered
landscape architect's seal to be affixed to any plans not
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the registered landscape architect's supervision.
(19) Practicing, attempting to practice, or
advertising under a name other than the full name as shown
on the certificate of registration or any other legally
authorized name.
(20) Performing any act or practice that is a
violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act.
(21) Treating any person differently to the person's
detriment because of the person's race, color, creed,
gender, age, religion, or national origin.
(22) Violating any final administrative order of the
Secretary.
(23) Gross and willful overcharging for professional
services, including filing false statements for the
collection of fees or moneys for which services are not
rendered.
(b) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the
registration of any person who fails to file a return, fails to
pay the tax, penalty, or interest showing in a filed return, or
fails to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or
interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the
Department of Revenue, until any such tax Act are satisfied.
(c) The determination or entry of a decree by any circuit
court establishing that any person holding a certificate of
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admission under the Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code shall operate as a suspension of that
registration. That person may resume using the title
"registered landscape architect" or "landscape architect" only
upon a finding by the Department that the person he or she has
been determined to be no longer subject to involuntary
admission by the court and meeting the requirements for
restoration as required by this Act and its rules.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/95)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 95. Record of proceedings.
(a) The Department, at its expense, shall provide a
certified shorthand reporter to take down the testimony and
preserve a record of all proceedings in which a registrant may
have their registration revoked or suspended or in which the
registrant may be placed on probationary status, reprimanded,
fined, or subjected to other disciplinary action with
reference to the registration when a disciplinary action is
authorized under this Act and rules issued pursuant to this
Act. The notice of hearing, complaint, and all other documents
in the nature of pleadings and written motions filed in the
proceedings, the transcript of the testimony, and the orders
of the Department shall be the record of the proceedings. The
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hearing upon payment of the fee required by Section 2105-115
of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(b) The Department may contract for court reporting
services, and, if it does so, the Department shall provide the
name and contact information for the certified shorthand
reporter who transcribed the testimony at a hearing to any
person interested, who may obtain a copy of the transcript of
any proceedings at a hearing upon payment of the fee specified
by the certified shorthand reporter.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
(225 ILCS 316/110)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 110. Hearing; motion for rehearing.
(a) The hearing officer appointed by the Secretary shall
hear evidence in support of the formal charges and evidence
produced by the registrant. At the conclusion of the hearing,
the hearing officer shall present to the Secretary a written
report of the hearing officer's his or her findings of fact,
conclusions of law, and recommendations.
(b) At the conclusion of the hearing, a copy of the hearing
officer's report shall be served upon the applicant or
registrant, either personally or as provided in this Act for
the service of the notice of hearing. Within 20 days after such
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Department a motion, in writing, for a rehearing which shall
specify the particular grounds for rehearing. The Department
may respond to the motion for rehearing within 20 days after
its service on the Department. If no motion for rehearing is
filed, then upon the expiration of the time specified for
filing such a motion, or upon denial of a motion for rehearing,
the Secretary may enter an order in accordance with the
recommendations of the hearing officer. If the applicant or
registrant orders from the reporting service and pays for a
transcript of the record within the time for filing a motion
for rehearing, the 20-day period within which a motion may be
filed shall commence upon delivery of the transcript to the
applicant or registrant.
(c) If the Secretary disagrees in any regard with the
report of the hearing officer, the Secretary may issue an
order contrary to the hearing officer's report.
(d) If the Secretary is not satisfied that substantial
justice has been done, the Secretary may order a hearing by the
same or another hearing officer.
(e) At any point in any investigation or disciplinary
proceeding provided for in this Act, both parties may agree to
a negotiated consent order. The consent order shall be final
upon signature of the Secretary.
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21.)
Section 30. The Community Association Manager Licensing

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and Disciplinary Act is amended by changing Sections 10, 20,
40, 55, 60, 75, 85, 85.1, 86, 95, and 120 as follows:
(225 ILCS 427/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Address of record" means the designated street address,
which may not be a post office box, recorded by the Department
in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license
file maintained by the Department.
"Advertise" means, but is not limited to, issuing or
causing to be distributed any card, sign or device to any
person; or causing, permitting or allowing any sign or marking
on or in any building, structure, newspaper, magazine or
directory, or on radio or television; or advertising by any
other means designed to secure public attention, including,
but not limited to, print, electronic, social media, and
digital forums.
"Board" means the Community Association Manager Licensing
and Disciplinary Board.
"Community association" means an association in which
membership is a condition of ownership or shareholder interest
of a unit in a condominium, cooperative, townhouse, villa, or
other residential unit which is part of a residential
development plan and that is authorized to impose an
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unit or lot.
"Community association funds" means any assessments, fees,
fines, or other funds collected by the community association
manager from the community association, or its members, other
than the compensation paid to the community association
manager for performance of community association management
services.
"Community association management firm" means a company,
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other
entity that engages in community association management
services.
"Community association management services" means those
services listed in the definition of community association
manager in this Section.
"Community association manager" means an individual who:
(1) has an ownership interest in or is employed by a
community association management firm, or is directly
employed by or provides services as an independent
contractor to a community association; and
(2) administers for remuneration the financial,
administrative, maintenance, or other duties for the
community association, including the following services:
(A) collecting, controlling or disbursing funds of
the community association or having the authority to
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for the community association;
(C) assisting in the conduct of community
association meetings;
(D) maintaining association records;
(E) administering association contracts or
procuring goods and services in accordance with the
declaration, bylaws, proprietary lease, declaration of
covenants, or other governing document of the
community association or at the direction of the board
of managers; and
(F) coordinating financial, administrative,
maintenance, or other duties called for in the
management contract, including individuals who are
direct employees of the community association.
"Community association manager" does not mean support
staff, including, but not limited to bookkeepers,
administrative assistants, secretaries, property inspectors,
or customer service representatives.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
"Designated community association manager" means a
licensed community association manager who: (1) has an
ownership interest in or is employed by a community
association management firm to act as a controlling person;
and (2) is the authorized signatory or has delegated signing
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(3) supervises, manages, and is responsible for the firm's
community association manager activities pursuant to Section
50 of this Act.
"Email address of record" means the designated email
address recorded by the Department in the applicant's
application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained
by the Department.
"License" means the privilege conferred by the Department
to a person that has fulfilled all requirements prerequisite
to any type of licensure under this Act.
"Licensee" means any person licensed under this Act.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, or other legal entity.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation or the Secretary's designee.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-970, eff. 5-27-22.)
(225 ILCS 427/20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 20. Exemptions.
(a) The requirement for holding a license under this Act
shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Any director or officer of a community association
providing one or more of the services of a community
association manager to a community association without
compensation for such services to the association.

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(2) Any person providing one or more of the services
of a community association manager to a community
association of 10 units or less.
(3) A licensed attorney acting solely as an incident
to the practice of law.
(4) An individual acting as a receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, administrator, executor, or guardian acting
under a court order or under the authority of a court.
(5) A person licensed in this State under any other
Act who engages in practices or activities specifically
authorized by the Act pursuant to which the license was
granted.
(6) An unlicensed owner who does not perform a
licensed activity and the unlicensed owner's support
staff, including, but not limited to bookkeepers,
administrative assistants, secretaries, property
inspectors, or customer service representatives.
(b) A licensed community association manager may not
perform or engage in any activities for which a real estate
managing broker, real estate broker, or residential leasing
agent license is required under the Real Estate License Act of
2000, unless the licensee also possesses a current and valid
license under the Real Estate License Act of 2000 and is
providing those services as provided for in the Real Estate
License Act of 2000 and the applicable rules.
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(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 427/40)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 40. Qualifications for licensure as a community
association manager.
(a) No person shall be qualified for licensure as a
community association manager under this Act unless the person
has applied in writing on the prescribed forms and has paid the
required, nonrefundable fees and has met all of the following
qualifications:
(1) Is at least 18 years of age.
(1.5) Successfully completed a 4-year course of study
in a high school, secondary school, or an equivalent
course of study approved by the state in which the school
is located, or possess a State of Illinois High School
Diploma, which shall be verified under oath by the
applicant.
(2) Provided satisfactory evidence of having completed
at least 20 classroom hours in community association
management courses approved by the Board.
(3) Passed an examination authorized by the
Department.
(4) Has not committed an act or acts, in this or any
other jurisdiction, that would be a violation of this Act.
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character under this Section, the Department may take into
consideration whether the applicant has engaged in conduct
or activities that would constitute grounds for discipline
under this Act. Good moral character is a continuing
requirement of licensure. Conviction of crimes may be used
in determining moral character, but shall not constitute
an absolute bar to licensure.
(6) (Blank). Has not been declared by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be incompetent by reason of
mental or physical defect or disease, unless subsequently
declared by a court to be competent.
(7) Complies with any additional qualifications for
licensure as determined by rule of the Department.
(b) (Blank).
(c) (Blank).
(d) Applicants have 3 years from the date of application
to complete the application process. If the process has not
been completed within the 3 years, the application shall be
denied, the fee shall be forfeited, and the applicant must
reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of
re-application.
(e) The Department shall not require applicants to report
the following information and shall not consider the following
criminal history records in connection with an application for
licensure:
(1) juvenile adjudications of delinquent minors as

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defined in Section 5-105 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987
subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5-130 of
that Act;
(2) law enforcement records, court records, and
conviction records of an individual who was 17 years old
at the time of the offense and before January 1, 2014,
unless the nature of the offense required the individual
to be tried as an adult;
(3) records of arrest not followed by a charge or
conviction;
(4) records of arrest in which the charges were
dismissed unless related to the practice of the
profession; however, applicants shall not be asked to
report any arrests, and an arrest not followed by a
conviction shall not be the basis of a denial and may be
used only to assess an applicant's rehabilitation;
(5) convictions overturned by a higher court; or
(6) convictions or arrests that have been sealed or
expunged.
(f) An applicant or licensee shall report to the
Department, in a manner prescribed by the Department, and
within 30 days after the occurrence if during the term of
licensure: (i) any conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under
false pretenses, larceny, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or
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involving moral turpitude; (ii) the entry of an administrative
sanction by a governmental government agency in this State or
any other jurisdiction that has as an essential element
dishonesty or fraud or involves larceny, embezzlement, or
obtaining money, property, or credit by false pretenses; or
(iii) any conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to
a crime that subjects the licensee to compliance with the
requirements of the Sex Offender Registration Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23.)
(225 ILCS 427/55)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 55. Insurance Fidelity insurance; segregation of
accounts; records.
(a) The designated community association manager or the
community association management firm that employs the
designated community association manager shall not have access
to and disburse community association funds unless each of the
following conditions occur:
(1) There is fidelity or crime insurance in place to
insure against loss or theft of community association
funds.
(2) The fidelity or crime insurance is in the maximum
amount of coverage available to protect funds in the
custody or control of the designated community association
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service to the association.
Nothing in this Section shall require that fidelity
coverage be issued when a crime insurance policy with
equivalent or broader coverage is already in place.
(3) During the term and coverage period of the
insurance, the fidelity or crime insurance shall cover:
(A) the designated community association manager;
(B) the community association management firm;
(C) all community association managers;
(D) all partners, officers, and employees of the
community association management firm; and
(E) the community association officers, directors,
and employees.
(4) The insurance company issuing the fidelity or
crime insurance may not cancel or refuse to renew the
coverage bond without giving at least 10 days' prior
written notice.
(5) Unless an agreement between the community
association and the designated community association
manager or the community association management firm
provides to the contrary, a community association may
secure and pay for the fidelity or crime insurance
required by this Section. The designated community
association manager, all other licensees, and the
community association management firm must be named as
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policy. If the fidelity or crime insurance is not secured
and paid for by the association, the designated community
association manager or the community association
management firm that secures and pays for the insurance
shall provide a current certificate of fidelity or crime
insurance to the community association for which it
provides community association management services within
10 days of a request for such certificate by the community
association for its records.
(b) A community association management firm that provides
community association management services for more than one
community association shall maintain separate, segregated
accounts for each community association. The funds shall not,
in any event, be commingled with the funds of the community
association manager, the community association management
firm, or any other community association. The maintenance of
such accounts shall be custodial, and such accounts shall be
in the name of the respective community association.
(c) The designated community association manager or
community association management firm shall obtain the
appropriate general liability and errors and omissions
insurance, as determined by the Department, to cover any
losses or claims against a community association manager, the
designated community association manager, or the community
association management firm. The designated community
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firm shall provide a current certificate of general liability
and errors and omissions insurance to the community
association for which it provides community association
management services within 10 days of a request for such
certificate by the community association for its records.
(c-5) The Department shall have the authority to audit or
inspect any electronic or physical record, account, document,
book, form, or file required to be created or maintained by
this Act.
(d) The Department shall have authority to promulgate
additional rules regarding insurance, fidelity or crime
insurance, and all records and accounts required maintained
and to be maintained by a community association manager,
designated community association manager, or community
association management firm.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-970, eff. 5-27-22.)
(225 ILCS 427/60)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 60. Licenses; renewals; restoration; person in
military service.
(a) The expiration date, fees, and renewal period for each
license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. The
Department may promulgate rules requiring pre-license or
continuing education and set all necessary requirements for
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coursework, number of hours, and waivers of continuing
education.
(a-5) A community association manager whose license has
lapsed or expired may renew the license without examination
for a time period of up to 2 years following the expiration
date of the license. The licensee shall complete an
application to the Department, provide evidence of the
licensee's successful completion of all hours of approved
continuing education during the period of time the license had
lapsed, and pay all fees as required by rule.
(b) A community association manager whose license has been
lapsed or expired for more than 2 years but less than 5 years
following the expiration date of the license may restore the
license without examination by (i) applying to the Department,
(ii) providing evidence of the community association manager's
successful completion of all hours of approved continuing
education during the lapsed periods prior to the date of the
application, (iii) paying the required fees, and (iv)
satisfying any other requirements as established by rule. A
community association manager whose license has been expired
for more than 5 years shall be required to meet the
requirements of a new license. Any licensee who has an expired
license may have the license restored by applying to the
Department and filing proof acceptable to the Department of
fitness to have the expired license restored, which may
include sworn evidence certifying to active practice in

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another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, complying
with any continuing education requirements, and paying the
required restoration fee.
(c) Any person whose license expired while (i) in federal
service on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United
States or called into service or training with the State
Militia, (ii) in training or education under the supervision
of the United States preliminary to induction into the
military service, or (iii) serving as an employee of the
Department may have the license renewed or restored without
paying any lapsed renewal fees and without completing the
continuing education requirements for that licensure period
if, within 2 years after honorable termination of the service,
training, or education, except under condition other than
honorable, the licensee furnishes the Department with
satisfactory evidence of engagement and that the service,
training, or education has been so honorably terminated.
(d) A community association manager or community
association management firm that notifies the Department, in a
manner prescribed by the Department, may place the license on
inactive status for a period not to exceed 2 years and shall be
excused from the payment of renewal fees until the person
notifies the Department in writing of the intention to resume
active practice.
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changed from inactive to active status shall be required to
pay the current renewal fee and shall also demonstrate
compliance with the continuing education requirements.
(f) No licensee with a nonrenewed or inactive license
status or community association management firm operating
without a designated community association manager shall
provide community association management services as set forth
in this Act.
(g) Any person violating subsection (f) of this Section
shall be considered to be practicing without a license and
will be subject to the disciplinary provisions of this Act.
(h) The Department shall not issue or renew a license if
the applicant or licensee has an unpaid fine or fee from a
disciplinary matter or from a non-disciplinary action imposed
by the Department until the fine or fee is paid to the
Department or the applicant or licensee has entered into a
payment plan and is current on the required payments.
(i) The Department shall not issue or renew a license if
the applicant or licensee has an unpaid fine or civil penalty
imposed by the Department for unlicensed practice until the
fine or civil penalty is paid to the Department or the
applicant or licensee has entered into a payment plan and is
current on the required payments.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-970, eff. 5-27-22;
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(225 ILCS 427/75)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 75. Endorsement. The Department may issue a
community association manager license without the required
examination, to an applicant licensed under the laws of
another state or jurisdiction without the required
examination. if the requirements for licensure in that state
are, on the date of licensure, substantially equal to the
requirements of this Act or to a person who, at the time of
application for licensure, possessed individual qualifications
that were substantially equivalent to the requirements then in
force in this State. An applicant under this Section shall pay
all of the required fees.
An applicant under this Section shall pay all the required
fees and All applicants under this Act have 3 years from the
date of application to complete the application process. If
the process has not been completed within the 3 years, the
application shall be denied, the fee shall be forfeited, and
the applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect
at the time of reapplication.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 427/85)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 85. Grounds for discipline; refusal, revocation, or
suspension.

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(a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license,
or may place on probation, reprimand, suspend, or revoke any
license, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary
action as the Department may deem proper and impose a fine not
to exceed $10,000 for each violation upon any licensee or
applicant under this Act or any person or entity who holds
oneself out as an applicant or licensee for any one or
combination of the following causes:
(1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to
the Department.
(2) Violations of this Act or its rules.
(3) Conviction of or entry of a plea of guilty or plea
of nolo contendere, as set forth in subsection (f) of
Section 40, to (i) a felony or a misdemeanor under the laws
of the United States, any state, or any other jurisdiction
or entry of an administrative sanction by a governmental
government agency in this State or any other jurisdiction
or (ii) a crime that subjects the licensee to compliance
with the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration
Act; or the entry of an administrative sanction by a
governmental government agency in this State or any other
jurisdiction.
(4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
obtaining a license or violating any provision of this Act
or its rules.
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(6) Gross negligence.
(7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating
any provision of this Act or its rules.
(8) Failing, within 30 days, to provide information in
response to a request made by the Department.
(9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
defraud, or harm the public as defined by the rules of the
Department, or violating the rules of professional conduct
adopted by the Department.
(10) Habitual or excessive use or addiction to
alcohol, narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical
agent or drug that results in the inability to practice
with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety, and which may
result in significant harm to the public.
(11) Having been disciplined by another state, the
District of Columbia, a territory, a foreign nation, or a
governmental agency authorized to impose discipline if at
least one of the grounds for the discipline is the same or
substantially equivalent of one of the grounds for which a
licensee may be disciplined under this Act. A certified
copy of the record of the action by the other state or
jurisdiction shall be prima facie evidence thereof.
(12) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving
from any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or
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compensation for any services not actually or personally
rendered.
(13) A finding by the Department that the licensee,
after having the license placed on probationary status,
has violated the terms of probation.
(14) Willfully making or filing false records or
reports relating to a licensee's practice, including, but
not limited to, false records filed with any State or
federal agencies or departments.
(15) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated
report by the Department of Children and Family Services
under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and
upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the
licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or
neglected child as defined in the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act.
(16) Physical illness or mental illness or impairment
that results in the inability to practice the profession
with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
(17) Solicitation of professional services by using
false or misleading advertising.
(18) A finding that licensure has been applied for or
obtained by fraudulent means.
(19) Practicing or attempting to practice under a name
other than the full name as shown on the license or any
other legally authorized name unless approved by the

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Department.
(20) Gross overcharging for professional services
including, but not limited to, (i) collection of fees or
moneys for services that are not rendered; and (ii)
charging for services that are not in accordance with the
contract between the licensee and the community
association.
(21) Improper commingling of personal and client funds
in violation of this Act or any rules promulgated thereto.
(22) Failing to account for or remit any moneys or
documents coming into the licensee's possession that
belong to another person or entity.
(23) Giving differential treatment to a person that is
to that person's detriment on the basis of race, color,
sex, ancestry, age, order of protection status, marital
status, physical or mental disability, military status,
unfavorable discharge from military status, sexual
orientation, pregnancy, religion, or national origin.
(24) Performing and charging for services without
reasonable authorization to do so from the person or
entity for whom service is being provided.
(25) Failing to make available to the Department, upon
request, any books, records, or forms required by this
Act.
(26) Purporting to be a designated community
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in the firm and having been designated as such.
(27) Failing to make available to the Department at
the time of the request any indicia of licensure issued
under this Act.
(28) Failing to maintain and deposit funds belonging
to a community association in accordance with subsection
(b) of Section 55 of this Act.
(29) Violating the terms of any order issued by the
Department.
(30) Operating a community association management firm
without a designated community association manager who
holds an active community association manager license.
(31) For a designated community association manager,
failing to meet the requirements for acting as a
designated community association manager.
(32) Failing to disclose to a community association
any compensation received by a licensee from a third party
in connection with or related to a transaction entered
into by the licensee on behalf of the community
association.
(33) Failing to disclose to a community association,
at the time of making the referral, that a licensee (A) has
greater than a 1% ownership interest in a third party to
which it refers the community association; or (B) receives
or may receive dividends or other profit sharing
distributions from a third party, other than a publicly

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held or traded company, to which it refers the community
association.
(b) (Blank).
(c) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as
provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension will
terminate only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no
longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission
and the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the
patient, and upon the recommendation of the Board to the
Secretary that the licensee be allowed to resume practice as a
licensed community association manager.
(d) In accordance with subsection (g) of Section 2105-15
of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15), the
Department may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend the
license of any person who fails to file a return, to pay the
tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay
any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as required
by any tax Act administered by the Department of Revenue,
until such time as the requirements of that tax Act are
satisfied.
(e) In accordance with subdivision (a)(5) of Section
2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS

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2105/2105-15) and in cases where the Department of Healthcare
and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) has
previously determined that a licensee or a potential licensee
is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support
and has subsequently certified the delinquency to the
Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or may
revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other
disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the
certification of delinquency made by the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services.
(f) (Blank).
(g) In accordance with subsection (g-5) of Section 2105-15
of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department may refuse to
issue or renew, suspend, or revoke, without a hearing, the
license of any person or entity who fails to pay or secure
workers' compensation obligations as determined by and based
solely upon the certification of the Department of Insurance
or the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
(225 ILCS 427/85.1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 85.1. Citations.
(a) The Department may adopt rules to permit the issuance
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continuing education requirements set forth in this Act or as
established by rule. The citation shall be issued to the
licensee and a copy sent to the licensee's designated
community association manager, if any, and shall contain the
licensee's name, the licensee's address, the licensee's
license number, the number of required hours of continuing
education that have not been successfully completed on or
before by the licensee's renewal deadline, licensee within the
renewal period, and the penalty imposed, which shall not
exceed $2,000. The issuance of any such citation shall not
excuse the licensee from completing all continuing education
required for that term of licensure renewal period.
(b) Service of a citation shall be made in person,
electronically, or by mail to the licensee at the licensee's
address of record or email address of record, and the citation
must clearly state that if the cited licensee wishes to
dispute the citation, the cited licensee may make a written
request, within 30 days after the citation is served, for a
hearing before the Department. If the cited licensee does not
request a hearing within 30 days after the citation is served,
then the citation shall become a final, non-disciplinary order
shall be entered, and any fine imposed is due and payable
within 30 60 days after the entry of that final order. If the
cited licensee requests a hearing within 30 days after the
citation is served, the Department shall afford the cited
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provided for in this Act for any violation of this Act and
shall determine whether the cited licensee committed the
violation as charged and whether the fine as levied is
warranted. If the violation is found, any fine shall
constitute non-public discipline and be due and payable within
30 days after the order of the Secretary, which shall
constitute a final order of the Department. No change in
license status may be made by the Department until a final
order of the Department has been issued.
(c) Payment of a fine that has been assessed pursuant to
this Section shall not constitute disciplinary action
reportable on the Department's website or elsewhere unless a
licensee has previously received 2 or more citations and been
assessed 2 or more fines.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or limit the
Department from taking further action pursuant to this Act and
rules for additional, repeated, or continuing violations.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 427/86)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 86. Illegal discrimination.
(a) When there has been an adjudication in a civil or
criminal proceeding that a community association manager or
community association management firm has illegally
discriminated while engaged in any activity for which a

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license is required under this Act, the Department, following
the provision of notice to the licensee and a hearing
conducted in accordance with Section 95 and upon the
recommendation of the Board as to the extent of the suspension
or revocation, shall suspend or revoke the license of that
licensee in a timely manner, unless the adjudication is in the
appeal process. The finding or judgment of the civil or
criminal proceeding is a matter of record and the merits of the
finding or judgment shall not be challenged in a request for a
hearing by the licensee.
(b) When there has been an order in an administrative
proceeding finding that a licensee has illegally discriminated
while engaged in any activity for which a license is required
under this Act, the Department, following the provision of
notice to the licensee and a hearing conducted in accordance
with Section 95, and upon recommendation of the Board as to the
nature and extent of the discipline, shall take one or more of
the disciplinary actions provided for in Section 85 in a
timely manner, unless the administrative order is in the
appeal process. The finding of the administrative order is a
matter of record and the merits of the finding shall not be
challenged in a request for a hearing by the licensee.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 427/95)
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Sec. 95. Investigation; notice and hearing. The
Department may investigate the actions or qualifications of a
person, which includes an entity, applying for, holding or
claiming to hold, or holding oneself out as having a license or
rendering or offering to render services for which a license
is required by this Act. The Department shall, before Before
suspending, revoking, placing on probationary status, or
taking any other disciplinary action as the Department may
deem proper with regard to any license, at least 30 days before
the date set for the hearing: , the Department shall (i) notify
the person charged and the person's designated community
association manager, if any, in writing of any charges made
and the time and place for a hearing on the charges before the
Board, (ii) direct the person to file a written answer to the
charges with the Board under oath within 20 days after the
service on the person of such notice, and (iii) inform the
person that, if the person fails to file an answer, default
will be taken against the person and the license of the person
may be suspended, revoked, placed on probationary status, or
have other disciplinary action taken with regard to the
license, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of
the person's related practice, as the Department may deem
proper.
The Department shall serve notice under this Section by
regular or electronic mail to the person's most recent last
address of record or email address of record as provided to the

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Department. If the person fails to file an answer after
receiving notice, the license may, in the discretion of the
Department, be suspended, revoked, or placed on probationary
status, or the Department may take whatever disciplinary
action deemed proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or
extent of the person's practice or the imposition of a fine,
without a hearing, if the act or acts charged constitute
sufficient grounds for such action under this Act. The answer
shall be served by regular mail or electronic mail to the
Department. At the time and place fixed in the notice, the
Department shall proceed to hear the charges and the parties
or their counsel shall be accorded ample opportunity to
present such statements, testimony, evidence, and argument as
may be pertinent to the charges or to the defense thereto. The
Department may continue such hearing from time to time. If the
person fails to file an answer after receiving notice, the
license may, in the discretion of the Department, be
suspended, revoked, or placed on probationary status or the
Department may take whatever disciplinary action deemed
proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the
person's practice or the imposition of a fine, without a
hearing, if the act or acts charged constitute sufficient
grounds for such action under this Act.
At the discretion of the Secretary after having first
received the recommendation of the Board, the person's license
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the Department may take whatever disciplinary action
considered proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or
extent of the person's practice or the imposition of a fine if
the act or acts charged constitute sufficient grounds for that
action under this Act. A copy of the Department's final
disciplinary order shall be delivered to the person's
designated community association manager or may be sent to the
community association that directly employs the person.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
(225 ILCS 427/120)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 120. Appointment of a hearing officer. The Secretary
has the authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed to
practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing
officer in any action for refusal to issue or renew a license,
or to discipline a licensee. The hearing officer has full
authority to conduct the hearing. The hearing officer shall
report the findings and recommendations to the Board and the
Secretary. At its next meeting following receipt of the
report, the Board shall review the report of the hearing
officer and present its findings of fact, conclusions of law,
and recommendations to the Secretary.
The Board shall have 90 days from receipt of the hearing
officer's report to review the report of the hearing officer
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and recommendations to the Secretary. If the Board fails to
present its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
recommendations within the 90-day time period, the Department
may request in writing a direct appeal to the Secretary and the
Secretary may issue an order based upon the report of the
hearing officer and the record of the proceedings or issue an
order remanding the matter back to the hearing officer for
additional proceedings in accordance with the order. If the
Board fails to present its findings of fact, conclusions of
law, and recommendations within a 90-day time period after
receiving an Order of Default, the Department may request in
writing a direct appeal to the Secretary to issue a final
order.
If the Board fails to present its report within 30
calendar days following its next meeting after receiving the
report, the respondent may request in writing a direct appeal
to the Secretary, in which case the Secretary shall, within 7
calendar days after the request, issue an order directing the
Board to issue its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
recommendations to the Secretary within 30 calendar days after
such order.
If the Board fails to issue its findings of fact,
conclusions of law, and recommendations within that time frame
to the Secretary after the entry of such order, the Secretary
shall, within 30 calendar days thereafter, issue an order
based upon the report of the hearing officer and the record of

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the proceedings or issue an order remanding the matter back to
the hearing officer for additional proceedings in accordance
with the order.
If (i) a direct appeal is requested, (ii) the Board fails
to issue its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
recommendations within the 30-day mandate from the Secretary
or the Secretary fails to order the Board to do so, and (iii)
the Secretary fails to issue an order within 30 calendar days
thereafter, then the hearing officer's report is deemed
accepted and a final decision of the Secretary.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, if
the Secretary, upon review, determines that substantial
justice has not been done in the revocation, suspension, or
refusal to issue or renew a license or other disciplinary
action taken as the result of the entry of the hearing
officer's report, the Secretary may order a rehearing by the
same or other examiners. If the Secretary disagrees in any
regard with the recommendation of the Board or the hearing
officer, the Secretary may issue an order in contravention of
either recommendation.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
Section 35. The Detection of Deception Examiners Act is
amended by changing Sections 3, 8, 8.5, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19,
26.1, and 30 as follows:

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(225 ILCS 430/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 2403)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 3. Every examiner shall use an instrument which
records permanently and simultaneously the subject's
cardiovascular, respiratory and galvanic skin response
patterns as minimum standards and shall base the his or her
evaluation upon changes in such patterns. Such an instrument
may record additional physiological patterns pertinent to the
detection of deception. The examiner may also consider changes
in such additional patterns in making the his or her
evaluations. An examiner shall, upon written request of a
person examined, make known the results of such test to the
person examined within 5 days of receipt of the written
request.
(Source: P.A. 97-168, eff. 7-22-11.)
(225 ILCS 430/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 2409)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 8. Applications for original licenses shall be made
to the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the
Department and shall be accompanied by the required fee, which
shall not be returnable. Any such application shall require
such information as in the judgment of the Department will
enable the Department to pass on the qualifications of the
applicant for a license.
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or refuses to take the next available examination for a
license under this Act, the fee paid by the applicant shall be
forfeited and the application denied. If an applicant fails to
pass an examination for a license under this Act within 3 years
after filing an his or her application, the application shall
be denied. However, such applicant may thereafter make a new
application for examination, accompanied by the required fee.
(Source: P.A. 97-168, eff. 7-22-11.)
(225 ILCS 430/8.5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 8.5. Social Security Number or individual tax
identification number on license application. In addition to
any other information required to be contained in the
application, every application for an original license under
this Act shall include the applicant's Social Security Number
or individual taxpayer identification number, which shall be
retained in the agency's records pertaining to the license. As
soon as practical, the Department shall assign a customer's
identification number to each applicant for a license.
Every application for a renewal, reinstated, or restored
license shall require the applicant's customer identification
number.
(Source: P.A. 97-400, eff. 1-1-12.)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 11. Qualifications for licensure as an examiner. A
person is qualified to receive a license as an examiner:
A. Who establishes that the person he or she is a
person of good moral character; and
B. Who has passed an examination approved by the
Department to determine the person's his or her competency
to obtain a license to practice as an examiner; and
C. Who has been had conferred upon him or her an
academic degree, at the baccalaureate level, from an
accredited college or university; and
D. Who has satisfactorily completed 6 months of study
in detection of deception, as prescribed by rule, which
shall include, but not be limited to, course content,
trainer qualifications, and specialized instructor
qualifications.
In determining good moral character, the Department may
take into consideration conviction of any crime under the laws
of the United States or any state or territory thereof that is
a felony or a misdemeanor or any crime that is directly related
to the practice of the profession.
(Source: P.A. 97-168, eff. 7-22-11.)
(225 ILCS 430/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 2414)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 13. The expiration date and renewal period for each

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license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. An examiner
whose license has expired may reinstate the his or her license
at any time within 5 years after the expiration thereof, by
making a renewal application therefore and by paying the
required fee. However, any examiner whose license expired
while the examiner he or she was (1) in Federal Service on
active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States, or the
State Militia called into service or training, or (2) in
training or education under the supervision of the United
States preliminary to induction into the military service, may
have the his or her license renewed, reinstated or restored
without paying any lapsed renewal and restoration fees if
within 2 years after honorable termination of such service,
training, or education except under conditions other than
honorable, the examiner he or she furnishes the Department
with satisfactory evidence to the effect that the examiner he
or she has been so engaged and that the examiner his or her
service, training, or education has been so terminated.
A license or duplicate license must be prominently
displayed at the principal place of business of every
examiner.
Notice in writing shall be given to the Department by such
license holder of any change of principal business location
whereupon, the Department shall issue a new license for the
unexpired period upon payment of the required fee. A change of
business location without notification to the Department and

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without the issuance by it of a new license shall
automatically suspend the license theretofore issued.
(Source: P.A. 97-168, eff. 7-22-11.)
(225 ILCS 430/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 2415)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 14. (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew or
may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take
other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the
Department may deem appropriate, including imposing fines not
to exceed $10,000 for each violation, with regard to any
license for any one or a combination of the following:
(1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to
the Department.
(2) Violations of this Act, or of the rules adopted
under this Act.
(3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere,
finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by
sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to,
convictions, preceding sentences of supervision,
conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under
the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i)
that is a felony or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an
essential element of which is dishonesty, or that is
directly related to the practice of the profession.
(4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of

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obtaining licensure or violating any provision of this Act
or the rules adopted under this Act pertaining to
advertising.
(5) Professional incompetence.
(6) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used
by an unlicensed person in violation of this Act.
(7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating
this Act or any rule adopted under this Act.
(8) Where the license holder has been adjudged
mentally ill, mentally deficient or subject to involuntary
admission as provided in the Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities Code.
(9) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in
response to a written request made by the Department.
(10) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
defraud, or harm the public.
(11) Inability to practice with reasonable judgment,
skill, or safety as a result of habitual or excessive use
or addiction to alcohol, narcotics, stimulants, or any
other chemical agent or drug.
(12) Discipline by another state, District of
Columbia, territory, or foreign nation, if at least one of
the grounds for the discipline is the same or
substantially equivalent to those set forth in this
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(13) A finding by the Department that the licensee,
after having his or her license placed on probationary
status, has violated the terms of probation.
(14) Willfully making or filing false records or
reports in his or her practice, including, but not limited
to, false records filed with State agencies or
departments.
(15) Inability to practice the profession with
reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of a
physical illness, including, but not limited to,
deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor
skill, or a mental illness or disability.
(16) Charging for professional services not rendered,
including filing false statements for the collection of
fees for which services are not rendered.
(17) Practicing under a false or, except as provided
by law, an assumed name.
(18) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or
procuring, a license under this Act or in connection with
applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
(19) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the
licensing examination administered under this Act.
All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within
60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the
fine.
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without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil
Procedure, the license of any person who fails to file a
return, or pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed
return, or pay any final assessment of the tax, penalty, or
interest as required by any tax Act administered by the
Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the
requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance
with subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(c) (Blank).
(d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential
licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of
child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency
to the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew
or may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take
other disciplinary action against that person based solely
upon the certification of delinquency made by the Department
of Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with item (5)
of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(e) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as
provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension will
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longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission
and the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the
patient.
(f) In enforcing this Act, the Department, upon a showing
of a possible violation, may compel an individual licensed to
practice under this Act, or who has applied for licensure
under this Act, to submit to a mental or physical examination,
or both, as required by and at the expense of the Department.
The Department may order the examining physician to present
testimony concerning the mental or physical examination of the
licensee or applicant. No information shall be excluded by
reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to
communications between the licensee or applicant and the
examining physician. The examining physicians shall be
specifically designated by the Department. The individual to
be examined may have, at the individual's his or her own
personal expense, another physician of the individual's his or
her choice present during all aspects of this examination. The
examination shall be performed by a physician licensed to
practice medicine in all its branches. Failure of an
individual to submit to a mental or physical examination, when
directed, shall result in an automatic suspension without
hearing.
A person holding a license under this Act or who has
applied for a license under this Act who, because of a physical
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to, deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor
skill, is unable to practice the profession with reasonable
judgment, skill, or safety, may be required by the Department
to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians
approved or designated by the Department as a condition, term,
or restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure
to practice. Submission to care, counseling, or treatment as
required by the Department shall not be considered discipline
of a license. If the licensee refuses to enter into a care,
counseling, or treatment agreement or fails to abide by the
terms of the agreement, the Department may file a complaint to
revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the license of the
individual. The Secretary may order the license suspended
immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. Fines shall
not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving physical or
mental illness or impairment.
In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a
person's license under this Section, a hearing on that
person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
days after the suspension and completed without appreciable
delay. The Department shall have the authority to review the
subject individual's record of treatment and counseling
regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by applicable
federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the
confidentiality of medical records.
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this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate
to the Department that he or she can resume practice may resume
in compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under
the provisions of the his or her license.
(Source: P.A. 100-872, eff. 8-14-18.)
(225 ILCS 430/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 2418)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 17. Investigations; notice and hearing. The
Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or any
person or persons rendering or offering to render detection of
deception services or any person holding or claiming to hold a
license as a licensed examiner. The Department shall, before
refusing to issue or renew a license or to discipline a
licensee under Section 14, at least 30 days prior to the date
set for the hearing, (i) notify the accused in writing of the
charges made and the time and place for the hearing on the
charges, (ii) direct the accused him or her to file a written
answer with the Department under oath within 20 days after the
service of the notice, and (iii) inform the accused applicant
or licensee that failure to file an answer will result in
default. being taken against the applicant or licensee. At the
time and place fixed in the notice, the Department shall
proceed to hear the charges and the parties or their counsel
shall be accorded ample opportunity to present any pertinent
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may continue the hearing from time to time. In case the accused
person, after receiving the notice, fails to file an answer,
the his or her license, may, in the discretion of the
Department, be revoked, suspended, placed on probationary
status, or the Department may take whatever disciplinary
action considered proper, including limiting the scope,
nature, or extent of the accused's person's practice or the
imposition of a fine, without a hearing, if the act or acts
charged constitute sufficient grounds for that action under
the Act. The written notice may be served by email, by personal
delivery, or by mail to the accused's address of record.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 430/19) (from Ch. 111, par. 2420)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 19. Subpoenas; depositions; oaths.
(a) The Department may subpoena and bring before it any
person to take the oral or written testimony or compel the
production of any books, papers, records, or any other
documents that the Secretary or Secretary's his or her
designee deems relevant or material to any investigation or
hearing conducted by the Department with the same fees and in
the same manner as prescribed in civil cases in the courts of
this State.
(b) Any circuit court, upon the application of the
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testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant
documents, files, records, books, and papers in connection
with any hearing or investigation. The circuit court may
compel obedience to its order by proceedings for contempt.
(c) The Secretary, the hearing officer, any member of the
Board, or a certified shorthand court reporter may administer
oaths at any hearing the Department conducts. Notwithstanding
any other statute or Department rule to the contrary, all
requests for testimony, production of documents, or records
shall be in accordance with this Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-168, eff. 7-22-11.)
(225 ILCS 430/26.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 2427.1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 26.1. Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers
a check or other payment to the Department that is returned to
the Department unpaid by the financial institution upon which
it is drawn shall pay to the Department, in addition to the
amount already owed to the Department, a fine of $50. The fines
imposed by this Section are in addition to any other
discipline provided under this Act for unlicensed practice or
practice on a nonrenewed license. The Department shall notify
the person that payment of fees and fines shall be paid to the
Department by certified check or money order within 30
calendar days of the notification. If, after the expiration of
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failed to submit the necessary remittance, the Department
shall automatically terminate the license or certificate or
deny the application, without hearing. If, after termination
or denial, the person seeks a license or certificate, the
person he or she shall apply to the Department for restoration
or issuance of the license or certificate and pay all fees and
fines due to the Department. The Department may establish a
fee for the processing of an application for restoration of a
license or certificate to pay all expenses of processing this
application. The Secretary may waive the fines due under this
Section in individual cases where the Secretary finds that the
fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
(Source: P.A. 97-168, eff. 7-22-11.)
(225 ILCS 430/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 2431)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 30. An applicant who is an Examiner, licensed under
the laws of another state or territory of the United States, or
an examiner who has been trained under the training standards
determined by the federal government, may be issued a license
by the Department, in its discretion, upon payment of a fee as
set by rule, and the production of:
(a) satisfactory proof that he or she is of good moral
character; and
(b) satisfactory proof that the requirements for the
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territory of the United States were, at the date of
licensing, substantially equivalent to the requirements
then in force in this State; or
(c) certification, if applicable, that the applicant
has successfully completed the Defense Academy for
Credibility Assessment course, or its predecessor or
successor course.
(Source: P.A. 97-168, eff. 7-22-11.)
Section 40. The Home Inspector License Act is amended by
changing Sections 1-10, 5-5, 5-12, 5-16, 5-20, 15-10, 15-10.1,
15-11, and 15-15 as follows:
(225 ILCS 441/1-10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
"Address of record" means the designated street address,
which may not be a post office box, recorded by the Department
in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license
file as maintained by the Department.
"Applicant" means a person who applies to the Department
for a license under this Act.
"Client" means a person who engages or seeks to engage the
services of a home inspector for an inspection assignment.
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Professional Regulation.
"Email address of record" means the designated email
address recorded by the Department in the applicant's
application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained
by the Department.
"Home inspection" means the examination and evaluation of
the exterior and interior components of residential real
property, which includes the inspection of any 2 or more of the
following components of residential real property in
connection with or to facilitate the sale, lease, or other
conveyance of, or the proposed sale, lease or other conveyance
of, residential real property:
(1) heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system;
(2) plumbing system;
(3) electrical system;
(4) structural composition;
(5) foundation;
(6) roof;
(7) masonry structure; or
(8) any other residential real property component as
established by rule.
"Home inspector" means a person or entity who, for another
and for compensation either direct or indirect, performs home
inspections.
"Home inspector entity" means any corporation,
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inspection services.
"Home inspection report" or "inspection report" means a
written evaluation prepared and issued by a home inspector
upon completion of a home inspection, which meets the
standards of practice as established by the Department.
"Inspection assignment" means an engagement for which a
home inspector is employed or retained to conduct a home
inspection and prepare a home inspection report.
"License" means the privilege conferred by the Department
to a person who has fulfilled all requirements prerequisite to
any type of licensure under this Act.
"Licensee" means any person licensed under this Act.
"Person" means individuals, entities, corporations,
limited liability companies, registered limited liability
partnerships, and partnerships, foreign or domestic, except
that when the context otherwise requires, the term may refer
to a single individual or other described entity.
"Residential real property" means real property that is
used or intended to be used as a residence by one or more
individuals.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation or the Secretary's designee.
"Standards of practice" means recognized standards to be
used in a home inspection, as determined by the Department and
established by rule.
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(225 ILCS 441/5-5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 5-5. Necessity of license; use of title; exemptions.
(a) It is unlawful for any person, including any entity,
to act or assume to act as a home inspector, to engage in the
business of home inspection, to develop a home inspection
report, to practice as a home inspector, or to advertise or
hold oneself out to be a home inspector without a home
inspector license issued under this Act. A person who violates
this subsection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the
first offense and a Class 4 felony for the second and any
subsequent offenses.
(b) It is unlawful for any person, other than a person who
holds a valid home inspector license issued pursuant to this
Act, to use the title "home inspector" or any other title,
designation, or abbreviation likely to create the impression
that the person is licensed as a home inspector pursuant to
this Act. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
(c) The licensing requirements of this Article do not
apply to:
(1) any person who is employed as a code enforcement
official by the State of Illinois or any unit of local
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(2) any person licensed in this State by any other law
who is engaging in the profession or occupation for which
the person is licensed; or
(3) any person engaged by the owner or lessor of
residential real property for the purpose of preparing a
bid or estimate as to the work necessary or the costs
associated with performing home construction, home
remodeling, or home repair work on the residential real
property, provided such person does not advertise or hold
oneself out as engaged in business as a home inspector.
(d) The licensing of home inspector entities required
under this Act does not apply to an entity whose ownership
structure is one licensed home inspector operating either (1)
a sole proprietorship, a single member limited liability
company, or a single shareholder corporation, or (2) a limited
liability company, corporation, or partnership co-owned solely
with the home inspector's unlicensed spouse. and that The home
inspector owner or operator shall be is the only licensee
licensed home inspector performing inspections on the entity's
behalf and the . The licensed home inspector who is the sole
proprietor, sole shareholder, or single member of the company
or entity shall comply with all other provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
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Sec. 5-12. Application for home inspector license; entity.
Every entity that is not a natural person that desires to
obtain a home inspector license shall apply to the Department
in a manner prescribed by the Department and accompanied by
the required fee.
Applicants have 3 years after the date of the application
to complete the application process. If the process has not
been completed within 3 years, the application shall be
denied, the fee forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and
meet the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
A corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or
entity shall, as a condition of licensure, designate a
managing licensed home inspector. The home inspector entity
and the designated managing home inspector of that any home
inspector entity shall be responsible for the actions of all
licensed and unlicensed employees, agents, and representatives
of that home inspector entity that provides while it is
providing a home inspection or home inspection service. All
other requirements for home inspector entities shall be
established by rule.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 441/5-16)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 5-16. Renewal of license.
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inspector license issued under this Act shall be set by rule.
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of
this Section, the holder of a license may renew the license
within 90 days preceding the expiration date by:
(1) completing and submitting to the Department a
renewal application in a manner prescribed by the
Department;
(2) paying the required fees; and
(3) providing evidence of successful completion of the
continuing education requirements through courses approved
by the Department given by education providers licensed by
the Department, as established by rule.
(b) A home inspector whose license under this Act has
expired may renew the license for a period of 2 years following
the expiration date by complying with the requirements of
subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) of this
Section and paying any late fees penalties established by
rule.
(b-5) A home inspector whose license has been lapsed or
expired for more than 2 years but less than 5 years may restore
the license without examination by (i) applying to the
Department, (ii) providing evidence of the successful
completion of all hours of approved continuing education
during the lapsed time periods prior to the date of the
application, (iii) paying the required fees, and (iv)
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home inspector whose license has been expired for more than 5
years shall be required to meet the requirements of a new
license.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a home inspector whose
license under this Act has expired may renew or restore the
license without paying any lapsed renewal fees or late
penalties and without completing the continuing education
requirements for that licensure period if the license expired
while the home inspector was (i) in federal service on active
duty with the Armed Forces of the United States or called into
service or training with the State Militia, (ii) in training
or education under the supervision of the United States
preliminary to induction into the military service, or (iii)
serving as an employee of the Department and within 2 years
after the termination of the service, training, or education,
the licensee furnishes the Department with satisfactory
evidence of service, training, or education and was terminated
under honorable conditions.
(d) The Department shall provide reasonable care and due
diligence to ensure that each licensee under this Act is
provided a renewal application at least 90 days prior to the
expiration date, but it is the responsibility of each licensee
to renew the license prior to its expiration date.
(e) The Department shall not issue or renew a license if
the applicant or licensee has an unpaid fine or fee from a
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by the Department until the fine or fee is paid to the
Department or the applicant or licensee has entered into a
payment plan and is current on the required payments.
(f) The Department shall not issue or renew a license if
the applicant or licensee has an unpaid fine or civil penalty
imposed by the Department for unlicensed practice until the
fine or civil penalty is paid to the Department or the
applicant or licensee has entered into a payment plan and is
current on the required payments.
(g) A home inspector who notifies the Department, in a
manner prescribed by the Department, may place the license on
inactive status for a period not to exceed 2 years and shall be
excused from the payment of renewal fees until the person
notifies the Department in writing of the intention to resume
active practice.
(h) A home inspector requesting that the license be
changed from inactive to active status shall be required to
pay the current renewal fee and shall also demonstrate
compliance with the continuing education requirements.
(i) No licensee with a nonrenewed or inactive license
status shall provide home inspection services as set forth in
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-970, eff. 5-27-22;
103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 5-20. Endorsement. The Department may, in its
discretion, license as a home inspector, by endorsement, on
payment of the required fee, and without the required
examination, an applicant who is a home inspector licensed
under the laws of another state or territory, if (i) the
requirements for licensure in the state or territory in which
the applicant was licensed were, at the date of licensure,
substantially equivalent to the requirements in force in this
State on that date. or (ii) there were no requirements in force
in this State on the date of licensure and the applicant
possessed individual qualifications on that date that are
substantially similar to the requirements under this Act. The
Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement this
Section.
Applicants have 3 years after the date of application to
complete the application process. If the process has not been
completed within 3 years, the application shall be denied, the
fee forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and meet the
requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 441/15-10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 15-10. Grounds for disciplinary action.
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revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other
disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may
deem appropriate, including imposing fines not to exceed
$25,000 for each violation upon any licensee or applicant
under this Act or any person or entity who holds oneself out as
an applicant or licensee, for any one or combination of the
following:
(1) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or
procuring a license under this Act or in connection with
applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
(2) Failing to meet the minimum qualifications for
licensure as a home inspector established by this Act.
(3) Paying money, other than for the fees provided for
by this Act, or anything of value to an employee of the
Department to procure licensure under this Act.
(4) Conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere, or finding as enumerated in subsection (c) of
Section 5-10, under the laws of any jurisdiction of the
United States: (i) that is a felony, misdemeanor, or
administrative sanction, or (ii) that is a crime that
subjects the licensee to compliance with the requirements
of the Sex Offender Registration Act.
(5) Committing an act or omission involving
dishonesty, fraud, or misrepresentation with the intent to
substantially benefit the licensee or another person or
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(6) Violating a provision or standard for the
development or communication of home inspections as
provided in Section 10-5 of this Act or as defined in the
rules.
(7) Failing or refusing to exercise reasonable
diligence in the development, reporting, or communication
of a home inspection report, as defined by this Act or the
rules.
(8) Violating a provision of this Act or the rules.
(9) Having been disciplined by another state, the
District of Columbia, a territory, a foreign nation, a
governmental agency, or any other entity authorized to
impose discipline if at least one of the grounds for that
discipline is the same as or substantially equivalent to
one of the grounds for which a licensee may be disciplined
under this Act.
(10) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
defraud, or harm the public.
(11) Accepting an inspection assignment when the
employment itself is contingent upon the home inspector
reporting a predetermined analysis or opinion, or when the
fee to be paid is contingent upon the analysis, opinion,
or conclusion reached or upon the consequences resulting
from the home inspection assignment.
(12) Developing home inspection opinions or

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conclusions based on the race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, family
status, physical or mental disability, military status,
unfavorable discharge from military status, sexual
orientation, order of protection status, pregnancy, or any
other protected class as defined under the Illinois Human
Rights Act, of the prospective or present owners or
occupants of the area or property under home inspection.
(13) Being adjudicated liable in a civil proceeding on
grounds of fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit. In a
disciplinary proceeding based upon a finding of civil
liability, the home inspector shall be afforded an
opportunity to present mitigating and extenuating
circumstances, but may not collaterally attack the civil
adjudication.
(14) Being adjudicated liable in a civil proceeding
for violation of a State or federal fair housing law.
(15) Engaging in misleading or untruthful advertising
or using a trade name or insignia of membership in a home
inspection organization of which the licensee is not a
member.
(16) Failing, within 30 days, to provide information
in response to a written request made by the Department.
(17) Failing to include within the home inspection
report the home inspector's license number and the date of
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who conducted the home inspection; and (ii) all persons
who prepared the subsequent written evaluation or any part
thereof must be disclosed in the report. It is a violation
of this Act for a home inspector to sign a home inspection
report knowing that the names of all such persons have not
been disclosed in the home inspection report.
(18) Advising a client as to whether the client should
or should not engage in a transaction regarding the
residential real property that is the subject of the home
inspection.
(19) Performing a home inspection in a manner that
damages or alters the residential real property that is
the subject of the home inspection without the consent of
the owner.
(20) Performing a home inspection when the home
inspector is providing or may also provide other services
in connection with the residential real property or
transaction, or has an interest in the residential real
property, without providing prior written notice of the
potential or actual conflict and obtaining the prior
consent of the client as provided by rule.
(21) Aiding or assisting another person in violating
any provision of this Act or rules adopted under this Act.
(22) Inability to practice with reasonable judgment,
skill, or safety as a result of habitual or excessive use
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other chemical agent or drug, which may result in
significant harm to the public.
(23) A finding by the Department that the licensee,
after having the license placed on probationary status,
has violated the terms of probation.
(24) Willfully making or filing false records or
reports related to the practice of home inspection,
including, but not limited to, false records filed with
State agencies or departments.
(25) Charging for professional services not rendered,
including filing false statements for the collection of
fees for which services are not rendered.
(26) Practicing under a false or, except as provided
by law, an assumed name.
(27) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the
licensing examination administered under this Act.
(28) Engaging in any of the following prohibited
fraudulent, false, deceptive, or misleading advertising
practices:
(i) advertising as a home inspector or operating a
home inspection business entity unless there is a duly
licensed home inspector responsible for all inspection
activities and all inspections;
(ii) advertising that contains a misrepresentation
of facts or false statements regarding the licensee's
professional achievements, degrees, training, skills,

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or qualifications in the home inspection profession or
any other profession requiring licensure;
(iii) advertising that makes only a partial
disclosure of relevant facts related to pricing or
home inspection services; and
(iv) advertising that claims this State or any of
its political subdivisions endorse the home inspection
report or its contents.
(29) Disclosing, except as otherwise required by law,
inspection results or client information obtained without
the client's written consent. A home inspector shall not
deliver a home inspection report to any person other than
the client of the home inspector without the client's
written consent.
(30) Providing fees, gifts, waivers of liability, or
other forms of compensation or gratuities to persons
licensed under any real estate professional licensing Act
act in this State as consideration or inducement for the
referral of business.
(31) Violating the terms of any order issued by the
Department.
(b) The Department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue
or renew an education provider's license, may reprimand, place
on probation, or otherwise discipline an education provider
licensee, and may suspend or revoke the course approval of any
course offered by an education provider, for any of the

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following:
(1) Procuring or attempting to procure licensure by
knowingly making a false statement, submitting false
information, making any form of fraud or
misrepresentation, or refusing to provide complete
information in response to a question in an application
for licensure.
(2) Failing to comply with the covenants certified to
on the application for licensure as an education provider.
(3) Committing an act or omission involving
dishonesty, fraud, or misrepresentation or allowing any
such act or omission by any employee or contractor under
the control of the education provider.
(4) Engaging in misleading or untruthful advertising.
(5) Failing to retain competent instructors in
accordance with rules adopted under this Act.
(6) Failing to meet the topic or time requirements for
course approval as the provider of a pre-license
curriculum course or a continuing education course.
(7) Failing to administer an approved course using the
course materials, syllabus, and examinations submitted as
the basis of the course approval.
(8) Failing to provide an appropriate classroom
environment for presentation of courses, with
consideration for student comfort, acoustics, lighting,
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(9) Failing to maintain student records in compliance
with the rules adopted under this Act.
(10) Failing to provide a certificate, transcript, or
other student record to the Department or to a student as
may be required by rule.
(11) Failing to fully cooperate with a Department
investigation by knowingly making a false statement,
submitting false or misleading information, or refusing to
provide complete information in response to written
interrogatories or a written request for documentation
within 30 days of the request.
(c) (Blank).
(d) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend
without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil
Procedure, the license of any person who fails to file a tax
return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed
tax return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or
interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the
Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the
requirements of the tax Act are satisfied in accordance with
subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative
Code of Illinois.
(e) (Blank).
(f) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services has previously determined that a licensee or a
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payment of child support and has subsequently certified the
delinquency to the Department, the Department may refuse to
issue or renew or may revoke or suspend that person's license
or may take other disciplinary action against that person
based solely upon the certification of delinquency made by the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services in accordance
with item (5) of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(g) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as
provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension will
end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no
longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission
and the issuance of a court order so finding and discharging
the patient.
(h) (Blank).
(j) In accordance with subsection (g-5) of Section 2105-15
of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department
may refuse to issue, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke,
without a hearing, the license of any person or entity who
fails to pay, perform, or secure workers' compensation
obligations as determined by and based solely upon the
certification of the Department of Insurance or the Illinois
Workers' Compensation Commission.
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revised 6-25-25.)
(225 ILCS 441/15-10.1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 15-10.1. Citations.
(a) The Department may adopt rules to permit the issuance
of citations to any licensee for failure to comply with the
continuing education requirements set forth in this Act or as
established by rule. The citation shall be issued to the
licensee and shall contain the licensee's name, the licensee's
address, the licensee's license number, the number of required
hours of continuing education that have not been successfully
completed by the licensee's licensee within the renewal
deadline period, and the penalty imposed, which shall not
exceed $2,000. The issuance of a citation shall not excuse the
licensee from completing all continuing education required for
that renewal period.
(b) Service of a citation shall be made in person,
electronically, or by mail to the licensee at the licensee's
address of record or email address of record, and the citation
must clearly state that if the cited licensee wishes to
dispute the citation, the cited licensee may make a written
request, within 30 days after the citation is served, for a
hearing before the Department. If the cited licensee does not
request a hearing within 30 days after the citation is served,
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shall be entered, and any fine imposed is due and payable
within 30 60 days after the entry of that final order. If the
cited licensee requests a hearing within 30 days after the
citation is served, the Department shall afford the cited
licensee a hearing conducted in the same manner as a hearing
provided for in this Act for any violation of this Act and
shall determine whether the cited licensee committed the
violation as charged and whether the fine as levied is
warranted. If the violation is found, any fine shall
constitute non-public discipline and be due and payable within
30 days after the order of the Secretary, which shall
constitute a final order of the Department. No change in
license status may be made by the Department until a final
order of the Department has been issued.
(c) Payment of a fine that has been assessed pursuant to
this Section shall not constitute disciplinary action
reportable on the Department's website or elsewhere unless a
licensee has previously received 2 or more citations and been
assessed 2 or more fines.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or limit the
Department from taking further action pursuant to this Act and
rules for additional, repeated, or continuing violations.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 441/15-11)
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Sec. 15-11. Illegal discrimination.
(a) When there has been an adjudication in a civil or
criminal proceeding that a licensee has illegally
discriminated while engaged in any activity for which a
license is required under this Act, the Department, following
the provision of notice to the licensee and a hearing
conducted in accordance with Section 15-15 and upon the
determination by the Secretary as to the extent of the
suspension or revocation, shall suspend or revoke the license
of that licensee in a timely manner, unless the adjudication
is in the appeal process. The finding or judgment of the civil
or criminal proceeding is a matter of record and the merits of
the finding or judgment shall not be challenged in a request
for a hearing by the licensee.
(b) When there has been an order in an administrative
proceeding finding that a licensee has illegally discriminated
while engaged in any activity for which a license is required
under this Act, the Department, following the provision of
notice to the licensee and a hearing conducted in accordance
with Section 15-15 and upon the determination by the Secretary
as to the nature and extent of the discipline, shall take one
or more of the disciplinary actions provided for in Section
15-10 of this Act in a timely manner, unless the
administrative order is in the appeal process. The finding of
the administrative order is a matter of record and the merits
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hearing by the licensee.
(Source: P.A. 102-970, eff. 5-27-22; 103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
(225 ILCS 441/15-15)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 15-15. Investigation; notice; hearing. The Department
may investigate the actions of any person who is an applicant,
licensee, person or persons rendering or offering to render
home inspection services, or any person holding or claiming to
hold a license as a home inspector. The Department shall,
before refusing to issue or renew a license or to discipline a
person pursuant to Section 15-10, at least 30 days prior to the
date set for the hearing, (i) notify the person charged in
writing and the person's managing licensed home inspector, if
any, of the charges made and the time and place for the hearing
on the charges, (ii) direct the person to file a written answer
with the Department under oath within 20 days after the
service of the notice, and (iii) inform the person that
failure to file an answer will result in a default entered
against the person. At the time and place fixed in the notice,
the Department shall proceed to hear the charges and the
parties of their counsel shall be accorded ample opportunity
to present any pertinent statements, testimony, evidence, and
arguments. The Department may continue the hearing from time
to time. In case the person, after receiving the notice, fails
to file an answer, the license, may, in the discretion of the

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Department, be revoked, suspended, placed on probationary
status, or the Department may take whatever disciplinary
actions considered proper, including limiting the scope,
nature, or extent of the person's practice or the imposition
of a fine, without a hearing, if the act or acts charged
constitute sufficient grounds for that action under the Act.
The notice may be served by mail, or, at the discretion of the
Department, by electronic means to the address of record or
email address of record specified by the person as last
updated with the Department.
A copy of the hearing officer's report or any Order of
Default, along with a copy of the original or amended
complaint giving rise to the action, shall be served upon the
person by the Department in the manner provided in this Act for
the service of a notice of hearing. Within 20 days after
service, the person may present to the Department a motion in
writing for a rehearing, which shall specify the particular
grounds for rehearing. If the person orders from the reporting
service and pays for a transcript of the record within the time
for filing a motion for rehearing, then the 20-day period
during which a motion may be filed shall commence upon the
delivery of the transcript to the applicant or licensee. The
Department may respond to the motion, or if a motion for
rehearing is denied, then upon denial, the Secretary may enter
an order in accordance with the recommendations of the hearing
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report of the hearing officer, the Secretary may issue an
order in contravention thereof. A copy of the Department's
final disciplinary order shall be delivered to the person and
the person's managing home inspector, if any.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
Section 45. The Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of
2002 is amended by changing Sections 1-10, 5-5, 5-25, 5-30,
15-10, 15-10.1, 15-11, 15-15, and 25-10 as follows:
(225 ILCS 458/1-10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
"Accredited college or university, junior college, or
community college" means a college or university, junior
college, or community college that is approved or accredited
by the Board of Higher Education, a regional or national
accreditation association, or by an accrediting agency that is
recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
"Address of record" means the designated street address,
which may not be a post office box, recorded by the Department
in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license
file as maintained by the Department.
"Applicant" means a person who applies to the Department
for a license under this Act.

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"Appraisal" means (noun) the act or process of developing
an opinion of value; an opinion of value (adjective) of or
pertaining to appraising and related functions, such as
appraisal practice or appraisal services.
"Appraisal assignment" means a valuation service provided
pursuant to an agreement between an appraiser and a client.
"Appraisal firm" means an appraisal entity that is 100%
owned and controlled by a person or persons licensed in
Illinois as a certified general real estate appraiser or a
certified residential real estate appraiser. "Appraisal firm"
does not include an appraisal management company.
"Appraisal management company" means any corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship,
subsidiary, unit, or other business entity that directly or
indirectly: (1) provides appraisal management services to
creditors or secondary mortgage market participants, including
affiliates; (2) provides appraisal management services in
connection with valuing the consumer's principal dwelling as
security for a consumer credit transaction (including consumer
credit transactions incorporated into securitizations); and
(3) any appraisal management company that, within a given
12-month period, oversees an appraiser panel of 16 or more
State-certified appraisers in Illinois or 25 or more
State-certified or State-licensed appraisers in 2 or more
jurisdictions. "Appraisal management company" includes a
hybrid entity.

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"Appraisal practice" means valuation services performed by
an individual acting as an appraiser, including, but not
limited to, appraisal or appraisal review.
"Appraisal qualification board (AQB)" means the
independent board of the Appraisal Foundation, which, under
the provisions of Title XI of the Financial Institutions
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, establishes the
minimum education, experience, and examination requirements
for real property appraisers to obtain a state certification
or license.
"Appraisal report" means any communication, written or
oral, of an appraisal or appraisal review that is transmitted
to a client upon completion of an assignment.
"Appraisal review" means the act or process of developing
and communicating an opinion about the quality of another
appraiser's work that was performed as part of an appraisal,
appraisal review, or appraisal assignment.
"Appraisal Subcommittee" means the Appraisal Subcommittee
of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council as
established by Title XI.
"Appraiser" means a person who performs real estate or
real property appraisals competently and in a manner that is
independent, impartial, and objective.
"Appraiser panel" means a network, list, or roster of
licensed or certified appraisers approved by the appraisal
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appraisals as independent contractors for the appraisal
management company. "Appraiser panel" includes both appraisers
accepted by an appraisal management company for consideration
for future appraisal assignments and appraisers engaged by an
appraisal management company to perform one or more
appraisals. For the purposes of determining the size of an
appraiser panel, only independent contractors of hybrid
entities shall be counted towards the appraiser panel.
"Associate real estate trainee appraiser" means an
entry-level appraiser who holds a license of this
classification under this Act with restrictions as to the
scope of practice in accordance with this Act.
"Automated valuation model" means an automated system that
is used to derive a property value through the use of available
property records and various analytic methodologies such as
comparable sales prices, home characteristics, and price
changes.
"Board" means the Real Estate Appraisal Administration and
Disciplinary Board.
"Broker price opinion" means an estimate or analysis of
the probable selling price of a particular interest in real
estate, which may provide a varying level of detail about the
property's condition, market, and neighborhood and information
on comparable sales. The activities of a real estate broker or
managing broker engaging in the ordinary course of business as
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broker price opinion if no compensation is paid to the broker
or managing broker, other than compensation based upon the
sale or rental of real estate.
"Classroom hour" means 50 minutes of instruction out of
each 60-minute segment of coursework.
"Client" means the party or parties who engage an
appraiser by employment or contract in a specific appraisal
assignment.
"Comparative market analysis" is an analysis or opinion
regarding pricing, marketing, or financial aspects relating to
a specified interest or interests in real estate that may be
based upon an analysis of comparative market data, the
expertise of the real estate broker or managing broker, and
such other factors as the broker or managing broker may deem
appropriate in developing or preparing such analysis or
opinion. The activities of a real estate broker or managing
broker engaging in the ordinary course of business as a
broker, as defined in this Section, shall not be considered a
comparative market analysis if no compensation is paid to the
broker or managing broker, other than compensation based upon
the sale or rental of real estate.
"Coordinator" means the Real Estate Appraisal Coordinator
created in Section 25-15.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
"Email address of record" means the designated email

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address recorded by the Department in the applicant's
application file or the licensee's license file maintained by
the Department.
"Evaluation" means a valuation permitted by the appraisal
regulations of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination
Council and its federal agencies for transactions that qualify
for the appraisal threshold exemption, business loan
exemption, or subsequent transaction exemption.
"Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies" means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, the Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau, and the National Credit Union Administration.
"Federally related transaction" means any real
estate-related financial transaction in which a federal
financial institutions regulatory agency engages in, contracts
for, or regulates and requires the services of an appraiser.
"Financial institution" means any bank, savings bank,
savings and loan association, credit union, mortgage broker,
mortgage banker, licensee under the Consumer Installment Loan
Act or the Sales Finance Agency Act, or a corporate fiduciary,
subsidiary, affiliate, parent company, or holding company of
any such licensee, or any institution involved in real estate
financing that is regulated by state or federal law.
"Hybrid entity" means an appraisal management company that
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engages an independent contractor to perform an appraisal.
"License" means the privilege conferred by the Department
to a person that has fulfilled all requirements prerequisite
to any type of licensure under this Act.
"Licensee" means any person licensed under this Act.
"Multi-state licensing system" means a web-based platform
that allows an applicant to submit the application or license
renewal application to the Department online.
"Person" means an individual, entity, sole proprietorship,
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, and joint
venture, foreign or domestic, except that when the context
otherwise requires, the term may refer to more than one
individual or other described entity.
"Real estate" means an identified parcel or tract of land,
including any improvements.
"Real estate related financial transaction" means any
transaction involving:
(1) the sale, lease, purchase, investment in, or
exchange of real property, including interests in property
or the financing thereof;
(2) the refinancing of real property or interests in
real property; and
(3) the use of real property or interest in property
as security for a loan or investment, including mortgage
backed securities.
"Real property" means the interests, benefits, and rights

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inherent in the ownership of real estate.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation or the Secretary's designee.
"State certified general real estate appraiser" means an
appraiser who holds a license of this classification under
this Act and such classification applies to the appraisal of
all types of real property without restrictions as to the
scope of practice.
"State certified residential real estate appraiser" means
an appraiser who holds a license of this classification under
this Act and such classification applies to the appraisal of
one to 4 units of residential real property without regard to
transaction value or complexity, but with restrictions as to
the scope of practice in a federally related transaction in
accordance with Title XI, the provisions of USPAP, criteria
established by the AQB, and further defined by rule.
"Supervising appraiser" means either (i) an appraiser who
holds a valid license under this Act as either a State
certified general real estate appraiser or a State certified
residential real estate appraiser, who co-signs an appraisal
report for an associate real estate trainee appraiser or (ii)
a State certified general real estate appraiser who holds a
valid license under this Act who co-signs an appraisal report
for a State certified residential real estate appraiser on
properties other than one to 4 units of residential real
property without regard to transaction value or complexity.

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"Title XI" means Title XI of the federal Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
"USPAP" means the Uniform Standards of Professional
Appraisal Practice as promulgated by the Appraisal Standards
Board pursuant to Title XI and by rule.
"Valuation services" means services pertaining to aspects
of property value.
"Waiver valuation" means a valuation prepared pursuant to
the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, or prepared
pursuant to the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally-Assisted
Programs regulations under 49 CFR Part 24 that is not an
appraisal or represented as an appraisal.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
102-970, eff. 5-27-22; 103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
(225 ILCS 458/5-5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 5-5. Necessity of license; use of title; exemptions.
(a) It is unlawful for a person to (i) act, offer services,
or advertise services as a State certified general real estate
appraiser, State certified residential real estate appraiser,
or associate real estate trainee appraiser, (ii) develop a
real estate appraisal, (iii) practice as a real estate
appraiser, or (iv) advertise as a real estate appraiser

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without a license issued under this Act. A person who violates
this subsection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first
offense and a Class 4 felony for any subsequent offense.
(a-5) It is unlawful for a person, unless registered as an
appraisal management company, to solicit clients or enter into
an appraisal engagement with clients without either a
certified residential real estate appraiser license or a
certified general real estate appraiser license issued under
this Act. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony
for any subsequent offense.
(b) It is unlawful for a person, other than a person who
holds a valid license issued pursuant to this Act as a State
certified general real estate appraiser, a State certified
residential real estate appraiser, or an associate real estate
trainee appraiser to use these titles or any other title,
designation, or abbreviation likely to create the impression
that the person is licensed as a real estate appraiser
pursuant to this Act. A person who violates this subsection is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class
4 felony for any subsequent offense.
(c) This Act does not apply to a person who holds a valid
license as a real estate broker or managing broker pursuant to
the Real Estate License Act of 2000 who prepares or provides a
broker price opinion or comparative market analysis in
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of 2000.
(d) Nothing in this Act shall preclude a State certified
general real estate appraiser, a State certified residential
real estate appraiser, or an associate real estate trainee
appraiser from rendering appraisals for or on behalf of a
partnership, association, corporation, firm, or group.
However, no State appraisal license or certification shall be
issued under this Act to a partnership, association,
corporation, firm, or group.
(e) This Act does not apply to a county assessor, township
assessor, multi-township assessor, county supervisor of
assessments, or any deputy or employee of any county assessor,
township assessor, multi-township assessor, or county
supervisor of assessments in performance of respective duties
in accordance with the provisions of the Property Tax Code.
(e-5) For the purposes of this Act, waiver valuations
valuation waivers may be prepared by a licensed appraiser
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, and the
following types of valuations are not appraisals and may not
be represented to be appraisals, and a license or
certification is not required under this Act to perform such
valuations if the valuations are created in one of the
following manners: performed by (1) an employee of the
Illinois Department of Transportation who has completed a
minimum of 45 hours of course work in real estate appraisal,
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of partial acquisitions, easement valuation, reviewing
appraisals in eminent domain, appraisal for federal aid
highway programs, and appraisal review for federal aid highway
programs and has at least 2 years' experience in a field
closely related to real estate; (2) a county engineer who is a
registered professional engineer under the Professional
Engineering Practice Act of 1989; (3) an employee of a
municipality who has (i) completed a minimum of 45 hours of
coursework in real estate appraisal, including the principles
of real estate appraisals, appraisal of partial acquisitions,
easement valuation, reviewing appraisals in eminent domain,
appraisal for federal aid highway programs, and appraisal
review for federal aid highway programs and (ii) has either 2
years' experience in a field clearly related to real estate or
has completed 20 hours of additional coursework that is
sufficient for a person to complete waiver valuations as
approved by the Federal Highway Administration; or (4) a
municipal engineer who has completed coursework that is
sufficient for waiver valuations to be approved by the Federal
Highway Administration and who is a registered professional
engineer under the Professional Engineering Act of 1989, under
the following circumstances:
(A) a waiver valuation waiver in an amount not to
exceed $35,000 that $20,000 prepared pursuant to the
federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, or prepared pursuant to

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the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally-Assisted
Programs regulations and which is performed by :
(1) an employee of the Illinois Department of
Transportation who is a registered professional
engineer under the Professional Engineering Practice
Act of 1989 or an employee of the Illinois Department
of Transportation that is and co-signed, with a
license number affixed, by another employee of the
Illinois Department of Transportation who is a
registered professional engineer under the
Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, with a
license number affixed;
(2) an employee of the Illinois Department of
Transportation or an employee of a consultant or
subconsultant under contract to provide land
acquisition services to the Illinois Department of
Transportation who has at least 2 years of experience
in a field closely related to real estate and who has
completed a minimum of 45 hours of course work in real
estate appraisal, including the principles of real
estate appraisals, appraisal of partial acquisitions,
easement valuation, reviewing appraisals in eminent
domain, appraisal for federal aid highway programs, or
appraisal review for federal aid highway programs;
(3) a county or municipal engineer who is a

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registered professional engineer under the
Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, with
engineer's signature and license number affixed;
(4) a municipal engineer who has completed
coursework that is sufficient for waiver valuations to
be approved by the Federal Highway Administration and
who is a registered professional engineer under the
Professional Engineering Act of 1989;
(5) or (2) an employee of a county or municipality
who is and co-signed with a license number affixed by
the applicable a county or municipal engineer who is a
registered professional engineer under the
Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, with a
license number affixed;
(6) an employee of a municipality who has
(A) completed a minimum of 45 hours of
coursework in real estate appraisal, including the
principles of real estate appraisals, appraisal of
partial acquisitions, easement valuation,
reviewing appraisals in eminent domain, appraisal
for federal aid highway programs, and appraisal
review for federal aid highway programs; and
(B) has either 2 years of experience in a
field clearly related to real estate or has
completed 20 hours of additional coursework that
is sufficient for the employee to complete waiver

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valuations as approved by the Federal Highway
Administration; or
(7) a nonresident appraiser licensed in another
jurisdiction who does not represent themselves to be
an Illinois-licensed appraiser; or and
(B) a waiver valuation waiver in an amount not to
exceed $50,000 that (i) is performed by a licensed
certified general real estate appraiser, a licensed
certified residential real estate appraiser, or an
associate real estate trainee appraiser employed by the
Illinois Department of Transportation, (ii) includes the
signature and licensee numbers of the appraiser or the
trainee and their supervising appraiser, and (iii) is
co-signed by an employee of the Illinois Department of
Transportation who is a registered professional engineer
under the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989,
with a license number affixed $20,000 prepared pursuant to
the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, or prepared
pursuant to the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and
Real Property Acquisition for Federal and
Federally-Assisted Programs regulations and which is
performed by a county or municipal engineer who is
employed by a county or municipality and is a registered
professional engineer under the Professional Engineering
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county or municipal engineer's signature and license
number.
Nothing in this subsection (e-5) shall be construed to
allow the State of Illinois, a political subdivision thereof,
or any public body to acquire real estate by eminent domain in
any manner other than provided for in the Eminent Domain Act.
(f) A State real estate appraisal certification or license
is not required under this Act for any person, partnership,
association, or corporation that performs appraisals of
property owned by that person, partnership, association, or
corporation for the sole use of that person, partnership,
association, or corporation.
Any person who is certified or licensed under this Act and
who performs any of the activities set forth in this
subsection (f) must comply with the provisions of this Act. A
person who violates this subsection (f) is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for any
subsequent offense.
(g) This Act does not apply to an employee, officer,
director, or member of a credit or loan committee of a
financial institution or any other person engaged by a
financial institution when performing an evaluation of real
property for the sole use of the financial institution in a
transaction for which the financial institution would not be
required to use the services of a State licensed or State
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under Title XI of the federal Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
(h) This Act does not apply to the procurement of an
automated valuation model.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 458/5-25)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 5-25. Renewal of license.
(a) The expiration date and renewal period for a State
certified general real estate appraiser license or a State
certified residential real estate appraiser license issued
under this Act shall be set by rule. Except as otherwise
provided in subsections (b) and (f) of this Section, the
holder of a license may renew the license within 90 days
preceding the expiration date by:
(1) completing and submitting to the Department, or
through a multi-state licensing system as designated by
the Secretary, a renewal application form as provided by
the Department;
(2) paying the required fees; and
(3) providing evidence to the Department, or through a
multi-state licensing system as designated by the
Secretary, of successful completion of the continuing
education requirements through courses approved by the
Department from education providers licensed by the

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Department, as established by the AQB and by rule.
(b) A State certified general real estate appraiser or
State certified residential real estate appraiser whose
license under this Act has expired may renew the license for a
period of 2 years following the expiration date by complying
with the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
subsection (a) of this Section and paying any late penalties
established by rule.
(c) (Blank).
(d) The expiration date and renewal period for an
associate real estate trainee appraiser license issued under
this Act shall be set by rule. Except as otherwise provided in
subsections (e) and (f) of this Section, the holder of an
associate real estate trainee appraiser license may renew the
license within 90 days preceding the expiration date by:
(1) completing and submitting to the Department, or
through a multi-state licensing system as designated by
the Secretary, a renewal application form as provided by
the Department;
(2) paying the required fees; and
(3) providing evidence to the Department, or through a
multi-state licensing system as designated by the
Secretary, of successful completion of the continuing
education requirements through courses approved by the
Department from education providers approved by the
Department, as established by rule.

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(e) Any associate real estate trainee appraiser whose
license under this Act has expired may renew the license for a
period of 2 years following the expiration date by complying
with the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
subsection (d) of this Section and paying any late penalties
as established by rule.
(f) Notwithstanding subsections (b) (c) and (e), an
appraiser whose license under this Act has expired may renew
or convert the license without paying any lapsed renewal fees
or late penalties if the license expired while the appraiser
was:
(1) on active duty with the United States Armed
Services;
(2) serving as the Coordinator or an employee of the
Department who was required to surrender the license
during the term of employment.
Application for renewal must be made within 2 years
following the termination of the military service or related
education, training, or employment and shall include an
affidavit from the licensee of engagement.
(g) The Department shall provide reasonable care and due
diligence to ensure that each licensee under this Act is
provided with a renewal application at least 90 days prior to
the expiration date, but timely renewal or conversion of the
license prior to its expiration date is the responsibility of
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(h) The Department shall not issue or renew a license if
the applicant or licensee has an unpaid fine or fee from a
disciplinary matter or from a non-disciplinary action imposed
by the Department until the fine or fee is paid to the
Department or the applicant or licensee has entered into a
payment plan and is current on the required payments.
(i) The Department shall not issue or renew a license if
the applicant or licensee has an unpaid fine or civil penalty
imposed by the Department for unlicensed practice until the
fine or civil penalty is paid to the Department or the
applicant or licensee has entered into a payment plan and is
current on the required payments.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-970, eff. 5-27-22;
103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
(225 ILCS 458/5-30)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 5-30. Endorsement. The Department may issue an
appraiser license, without the required examination, to an
applicant licensed by another state, territory, possession of
the United States, or the District of Columbia, if (i) the
licensing requirements of that licensing authority are, on the
date of licensure, substantially equal to the requirements set
forth under this Act or to a person who, at the time of the
application, possessed individual qualifications that were
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or (ii) the applicant provides the Department with evidence of
good standing from the Appraisal Subcommittee National
Registry report and a criminal history records check in
accordance with Section 5-22. An applicant under this Section
shall pay all of the required fees.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 458/15-10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 15-10. Grounds for disciplinary action.
(a) The Department may suspend, revoke, refuse to issue,
renew, or restore a license and may reprimand, place on
probation or administrative supervision, or take any
disciplinary or non-disciplinary action, including imposing
conditions limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the real
estate appraisal practice of a licensee or reducing the
appraisal rank of a licensee, and may impose an administrative
fine not to exceed $25,000 for each violation upon a licensee
or applicant under this Act or any person who holds oneself out
as an applicant or licensee for any one or combination of the
following:
(1) Procuring or attempting to procure a license by
knowingly making a false statement, submitting false
information, engaging in any form of fraud or
misrepresentation, or refusing to provide complete
information in response to a question in an application

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for licensure.
(2) Failing to meet the minimum qualifications for
licensure as an appraiser established by this Act.
(3) Paying money, other than for the fees provided for
by this Act, or anything of value to a member or employee
of the Board or the Department to procure licensure under
this Act.
(4) Conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere, as enumerated in subsection (e) of Section
5-22, under the laws of any jurisdiction of the United
States to: (i) that is a felony, misdemeanor, or
administrative sanction or (ii) that is a crime that
subjects the licensee to compliance with the requirements
of the Sex Offender Registration Act.
(5) Committing an act or omission involving
dishonesty, fraud, or misrepresentation with the intent to
substantially benefit the licensee or another person or
with intent to substantially injure another person as
defined by rule.
(6) Violating a provision or standard for the
development or communication of real estate appraisals as
provided in Section 10-10 of this Act or as defined by
rule.
(7) Failing or refusing without good cause to exercise
reasonable diligence in developing, reporting, or
communicating an appraisal, as defined by this Act or by

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rule.
(8) Violating a provision of this Act or the rules
adopted pursuant to this Act.
(9) Having been disciplined by another state, the
District of Columbia, a territory, a foreign nation, a
governmental agency, or any other entity authorized to
impose discipline if at least one of the grounds for that
discipline is the same as or the equivalent of one of the
grounds for which a licensee may be disciplined under this
Act.
(10) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
defraud, or harm the public.
(11) Accepting an appraisal assignment when the
employment itself is contingent upon the appraiser
reporting a predetermined estimate, analysis, or opinion
or when the fee to be paid is contingent upon the opinion,
conclusion, or valuation reached or upon the consequences
resulting from the appraisal assignment.
(12) Developing valuation conclusions based on the
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry,
age, marital status, family status, physical or mental
disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, order of
protection status, military status, unfavorable military
discharge, source of income, or any other protected class,
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prospective or present owners or occupants of the area or
property under appraisal.
(13) Violating the confidential nature of government
records to which the licensee gained access through
employment or engagement as an appraiser by a governmental
government agency.
(14) Being adjudicated liable in a civil proceeding on
grounds of fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit. In a
disciplinary proceeding based upon a finding of civil
liability, the appraiser shall be afforded an opportunity
to present mitigating and extenuating circumstances, but
may not collaterally attack the civil adjudication.
(15) Being adjudicated liable in a civil proceeding
for violation of a state or federal fair housing law.
(16) Engaging in misleading or untruthful advertising
or using a trade name or insignia of membership in a real
estate appraisal or real estate organization of which the
licensee is not a member.
(17) Failing to fully cooperate with a Department
investigation by knowingly making a false statement,
submitting false or misleading information, or refusing to
provide complete information in response to written
interrogatories or a written request for documentation
within 30 days of the request.
(18) Failing to include within the certificate of
appraisal for all written appraisal reports the

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appraiser's license number and licensure title. All
appraisers providing significant contribution to the
development and reporting of an appraisal must be
disclosed in the appraisal report. It is a violation of
this Act for an appraiser to sign a report, transmittal
letter, or appraisal certification knowing that a person
providing a significant contribution to the report has not
been disclosed in the appraisal report.
(19) Violating the terms of a disciplinary order or
Consent consent to Administrative Supervision
administrative supervision order.
(20) Habitual or excessive use or addiction to
alcohol, narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical
agent or drug that results in a licensee's inability to
practice with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety that
may result in significant harm to the public.
(21) A physical or mental illness or disability which
results in the inability to practice under this Act with
reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
(22) Gross negligence in developing an appraisal or in
communicating an appraisal or failing to observe one or
more of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
Practice.
(23) A pattern of practice or other behavior that
demonstrates incapacity or incompetence to practice under
this Act.

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(24) Using or attempting to use the seal, certificate,
or license of another as one's own; falsely impersonating
any duly licensed appraiser; using or attempting to use an
inactive, expired, suspended, or revoked license; or
aiding or abetting any of the foregoing.
(25) Solicitation of professional services by using
false, misleading, or deceptive advertising.
(26) Making a material misstatement in furnishing
information to the Department.
(27) Failure to furnish information to the Department
upon written request.
(b) The Department may reprimand suspend, revoke, or
refuse to issue or renew an education provider's license, may
reprimand, place on probation, or otherwise discipline an
education provider, and may suspend or revoke the course
approval of any course offered by an education provider and
may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $25,000 upon
an education provider, for any of the following:
(1) Procuring or attempting to procure licensure by
knowingly making a false statement, submitting false
information, engaging in any form of fraud or
misrepresentation, or refusing to provide complete
information in response to a question in an application
for licensure.
(2) Failing to comply with the covenants certified to
on the application for licensure as an education provider.

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(3) Committing an act or omission involving
dishonesty, fraud, or misrepresentation or allowing any
such act or omission by any employee or contractor under
the control of the provider.
(4) Engaging in misleading or untruthful advertising.
(5) Failing to retain competent instructors in
accordance with rules adopted under this Act.
(6) Failing to meet the topic or time requirements for
course approval as the provider of a qualifying curriculum
course or a continuing education course.
(7) Failing to administer an approved course using the
course materials, syllabus, and examinations submitted as
the basis of the course approval.
(8) Failing to provide an appropriate classroom
environment for presentation of courses, with
consideration for student comfort, acoustics, lighting,
seating, workspace, and visual aid material.
(9) Failing to maintain student records in compliance
with the rules adopted under this Act.
(10) Failing to provide a certificate, transcript, or
other student record to the Department or to a student as
may be required by rule.
(11) Failing to fully cooperate with an investigation
by the Department by knowingly making a false statement,
submitting false or misleading information, or refusing to
provide complete information in response to written

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interrogatories or a written request for documentation
within 30 days of the request.
(c) In appropriate cases, the Department may resolve a
complaint against a licensee through the issuance of a Consent
to Administrative Supervision order. A licensee subject to a
Consent to Administrative Supervision order shall be
considered by the Department as an active licensee in good
standing. This order shall not be reported or considered by
the Department to be a discipline of the licensee. The records
regarding an investigation and a Consent to Administrative
Supervision order shall be considered confidential and shall
not be released by the Department except as mandated by law.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 103-236, eff. 1-1-24;
revised 6-24-25.)
(225 ILCS 458/15-10.1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 15-10.1. Citations.
(a) The Department may adopt rules to permit the issuance
of citations to any licensee for failure to comply with the
continuing education requirements set forth in this Act or as
established by rule. The citation shall be issued to the
licensee. For associate real estate trainee appraisers, a copy
shall also be sent to the licensee's supervising appraiser of
record. The citation shall contain the licensee's name, the
licensee's address, the licensee's license number, the number

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of required hours of continuing education that have not been
successfully completed by the licensee's licensee within the
renewal deadline period, and the penalty imposed, which shall
not exceed $2,000. The issuance of a citation shall not excuse
the licensee from completing all continuing education required
for that renewal period.
(b) Service of a citation shall be made in person,
electronically, or by mail to the licensee at the licensee's
address of record or email address of record and . Service of a
citation must clearly state that if the cited licensee wishes
to dispute the citation, the cited licensee may make a written
request, within 30 days after the citation is served, for a
hearing before the Department. If the cited licensee does not
request a hearing within 30 days after the citation is served,
then the citation shall become a final, non-disciplinary order
shall be entered, and any fine imposed is due and payable
within 30 60 days after the entry of that final order. If the
cited licensee requests a hearing within 30 days after the
citation is served, the Department shall afford the cited
licensee a hearing conducted in the same manner as a hearing
provided for in this Act for any violation of this Act and
shall determine whether the cited licensee committed the
violation as charged and whether the fine as levied is
warranted. If the violation is found, any fine shall
constitute non-public discipline and be due and payable within
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constitute a final order of the Department. No change in
license status may be made by the Department until a final
order of the Department has been issued.
(c) Payment of a fine that has been assessed pursuant to
this Section shall not constitute disciplinary action
reportable on the Department's website or elsewhere unless a
licensee has previously received 2 or more citations and been
assessed 2 or more fines.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or limit the
Department from taking further action pursuant to this Act and
rules for additional, repeated, or continuing violations.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 458/15-11)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 15-11. Illegal discrimination.
(a) When there has been an adjudication in a civil or
criminal proceeding that a licensee has illegally
discriminated while engaged in any activity for which a
license is required under this Act, the Department, following
notice to the licensee and a hearing in accordance with
Section 15-15 and upon the recommendation of the Board as to
the extent of the suspension or revocation, shall suspend or
revoke the license of that licensee in a timely manner, unless
the adjudication is in the appeal process. The finding or
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record, the merits of which shall not be challenged in a
request for a hearing by the licensee.
(b) When there has been an order in an administrative
proceeding finding that a licensee has illegally discriminated
while engaged in any activity for which a license is required
under this Act, the Department, following notice to the
licensee and a hearing in accordance with Section 15-15, and
upon recommendation of the Board as to the nature and extent of
the discipline, shall take one or more of the disciplinary
actions provided for in Section 15-10 in a timely manner,
unless the administrative order is in the appeal process. The
finding of the administrative order is a matter of record, the
merits of which shall not be challenged in a request for a
hearing by the licensee.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 458/15-15)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 15-15. Investigation; notice; hearing.
(a) Upon the motion of the Department or the Board or upon
a complaint in writing of a person setting forth facts that, if
proven, would constitute grounds for suspension, revocation,
or other disciplinary action, the Department shall investigate
the actions or qualifications of any person who is a licensee,
applicant for licensure, unlicensed person, person rendering
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claiming to hold a license under this Act. If, upon
investigation, the Department believes that there may be cause
for suspension, revocation, or other disciplinary action, the
Department may shall use the services of a State certified
general real estate appraiser, a State certified residential
real estate appraiser, or the Coordinator to assist in
determining whether grounds for disciplinary action exist
prior to commencing formal disciplinary proceedings.
(b) Formal disciplinary proceedings shall commence upon
the issuance of a written complaint describing the charges
that are the basis of the disciplinary action and delivery of
the detailed complaint to the most recent address of record or
email address of record of the person charged as provided to
the Department. For an associate real estate trainee
appraiser, a copy shall also be sent to the licensee's
supervising appraiser of record at the supervising appraiser's
most recent address of record or email address of record as
provided to the Department. The Department shall notify the
person to file a verified written answer within 20 days after
the service of the notice and complaint. The notification
shall inform the person of the right to be heard in person or
by legal counsel; that the hearing will be afforded not sooner
than 20 days after service of the complaint; that failure to
file an answer after service of notice will result in a default
being entered against the person; that the license may be
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the Department may take whatever other disciplinary action may
be taken pursuant to this Act, including limiting the scope,
nature, or extent of the licensee's practice without a
hearing. If the person fails to file an answer after service of
notice, the respective license may, at the discretion of the
Department, be suspended, revoked, or placed on probationary
status and the Department may take whatever disciplinary
action it deems proper, including limiting the scope, nature,
or extent of the person's practice, without a hearing.
(c) At the time and place fixed in the notice, the
Department Board shall conduct a hearing of the charges,
providing both the person charged and the complainant ample
opportunity to present in person or by counsel such
statements, testimony, evidence, and argument as may be
pertinent to the charges or to a defense thereto. If the person
fails to file an answer after service of notice, the
respective license may, at the discretion of the Department,
be suspended, revoked, or placed on probationary status and
the Department may take whatever disciplinary action it deems
proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the
person's practice, without a hearing.
(c-5) The Secretary shall have the authority to appoint an
attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of
Illinois to serve as the hearing officer in any action to
suspend, revoke, or otherwise discipline any license issued by
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to conduct the hearing.
There may be present one or more members of the Board at
any such hearing. The hearing officer shall report the hearing
officer's findings and recommendations to the Board and the
Secretary. The Board shall have 60 days from receipt of the
report to review the report of the hearing officer and present
its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations
to the Secretary. If the Board fails to present its findings of
fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations within the
60-day period, the Department may request in writing a direct
appeal to the Secretary, in which case the Secretary may issue
an order based upon the report of the hearing officer and the
record of the proceedings or issue an order remanding the
matter back to the hearing officer for additional proceedings
in accordance with the order. If the Board fails to present its
findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations
within a 60-day period after receiving an Order of Default,
the Department may request in writing a direct appeal to the
Secretary.
(d) The Board shall present to the Secretary a written
report of its findings of fact and recommendations. A copy of
the report shall be served upon the person either by mail or,
at the discretion of the Department, by electronic means. For
associate real estate trainee appraisers, a copy shall also be
sent to the licensee's supervising appraiser of record. Within
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Department Secretary with a motion in writing for a rehearing
that specifies and shall specify the particular grounds for
the request. If the person orders a transcript of the record
from the applicable reporting service and pays for the
transcript within the 20-day period for filing a motion for
rehearing, the 20-day period shall restart upon the delivery
of the transcript.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, if
the Secretary, upon review, determines that substantial
justice has not been done in the revocation, suspension, or
refusal to issue or renew a license or any other disciplinary
action taken as a result of the entry of the hearing officer's
report, the Secretary may order a rehearing by the Board or
other special committee appointed by the Secretary or may
remand the matter to the Board for its reconsideration of the
matter based on the pleadings and evidence presented to the
Board. If the Secretary disagrees in any regard with the
report of the Board or the hearing officer, the Secretary may
issue an order in contravention of the Board or the hearing
officer. If the person orders a transcript of the record as
provided in this Act, the time elapsing thereafter and before
the transcript is ready for delivery to the person shall not be
counted as part of the 20 days. If the Secretary is not
satisfied that substantial justice has been done, the
Secretary may order a rehearing by the Board or other special
committee appointed by the Secretary, may remand the matter to

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the Board for its reconsideration of the matter based on the
pleadings and evidence presented to the Board, or may enter a
final order in contravention of the Board's recommendation.
Notwithstanding a person's failure to file a motion for
rehearing, the Secretary shall have the right to take any of
the actions specified in this subsection (d). Upon the
suspension or revocation of a license, the licensee shall be
required to surrender the respective license to the
Department, and upon failure or refusal to do so, the
Department shall have the right to seize the license.
(e) The Department has the power to issue subpoenas and
subpoenas duces tecum to bring before it any person in this
State, to take testimony, or to require production of any
records relevant to an inquiry or hearing by the Board in the
same manner as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in
the courts of this State. In a case of refusal of a witness to
attend, testify, or to produce books or papers concerning a
matter upon which the witness might be lawfully examined, the
circuit court of the county where the hearing is held, upon
application of the Department or any party to the proceeding,
may compel obedience by proceedings as for contempt.
(f) Any license that is revoked may not be restored for a
minimum period of 3 years.
(g) In addition to the provisions of this Section
concerning the conduct of hearings and the recommendations for
discipline, the Department has the authority to negotiate

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disciplinary and non-disciplinary settlement agreements
concerning any license issued under this Act. All such
agreements shall be recorded as Consent Orders or Consent to
Administrative Supervision Orders.
(h) (Blank). The Secretary shall have the authority to
appoint an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State
of Illinois to serve as the hearing officer in any action to
suspend, revoke, or otherwise discipline any license issued by
the Department. The Hearing Officer shall have full authority
to conduct the hearing.
(i) The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a
record of all formal hearings of any contested case involving
the discipline of a license. At all hearings or pre-hearing
conferences, the Department and the licensee shall be entitled
to have the proceedings transcribed by a certified shorthand
reporter. A copy of the transcribed proceedings shall be made
available to the licensee by the certified shorthand reporter
upon payment of the prevailing contract copy rate.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-970, eff. 5-27-22;
103-236, eff. 1-1-24; revised 6-24-25.)
(225 ILCS 458/25-10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 25-10. Real Estate Appraisal Administration and
Disciplinary Board; appointment.
(a) There is hereby created the Real Estate Appraisal

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Administration and Disciplinary Board. The Board shall be
composed of the Coordinator and 10 persons appointed by the
Governor. Members shall be appointed to the Board subject to
the following conditions:
(1) All appointed members shall have been residents
and citizens of this State for at least 5 years prior to
the date of appointment.
(2) The appointed membership of the Board should
reasonably reflect the geographic distribution of the
population of the State.
(3) Four appointed members shall have been actively
engaged and currently licensed as State certified general
real estate appraisers for a period of not less than 5
years.
(4) Three appointed members shall have been actively
engaged and currently licensed as State certified
residential real estate appraisers for a period of not
less than 5 years.
(5) One appointed member shall hold a valid license as
a real estate broker for at least 3 years prior to the date
of the appointment and shall hold either a valid State
certified general real estate appraiser license or a valid
State certified residential appraiser license issued under
this Act or a predecessor Act for a period of at least 5
years prior to the appointment.
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a financial institution, as evidenced by proof of
employment with a financial institution.
(7) One appointed member shall represent the interests
of the general public. This member or the member's spouse
shall not be licensed under this Act nor be employed by or
have any financial interest in an appraisal business,
appraisal management company, real estate brokerage
business, or a financial institution.
In making appointments as provided in paragraphs (3) and
(4) of this subsection, the Governor shall give due
consideration to recommendations by members and organizations
representing the profession.
In making the appointments as provided in paragraph (5) of
this subsection, the Governor shall give due consideration to
the recommendations by members and organizations representing
the real estate industry.
In making the appointment as provided in paragraph (6) of
this subsection, the Governor shall give due consideration to
the recommendations by members and organizations representing
financial institutions.
(b) The members' terms shall be for 4 years or until a
successor is appointed. No member shall be reappointed to the
Board for a term that would cause the member's cumulative
service to the Board to exceed 12 years. Appointments to fill
vacancies shall be for the unexpired portion of the term.
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for cause that, in the opinion of the Governor, reasonably
justifies the termination. Cause for termination may include,
without limitation, misconduct, incapacity, neglect of duty,
or missing 4 Board meetings during any one fiscal year.
(d) A majority of the Board members shall constitute a
quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the Board shall not
impair the right of a quorum to exercise all of the rights and
perform all of the duties of the Board.
(e) The Board shall meet at least monthly and may be
convened by the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, or 3 members of
the Board upon 10 days written notice.
(f) The Board shall, annually at the first meeting of the
fiscal year, elect a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson from its
members. The Chairperson shall preside over the meetings and
shall coordinate with the Coordinator in developing and
distributing an agenda for each meeting. In the absence of the
Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson shall preside over the
meeting.
(g) The Coordinator shall serve as a member of the Board
without vote.
(h) The Board shall advise and make recommendations to the
Department on the education and experience qualifications of
any applicant for initial licensure as a State certified
general real estate appraiser or a State certified residential
real estate appraiser. The Department shall not make any
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an applicant for initial licensure as a State certified
general real estate appraiser or a State certified residential
real estate appraiser without having first received the advice
and recommendation of the Board and shall give due
consideration to all such advice and recommendations; however,
if the Board does not render advice or make a recommendation
within a reasonable amount of time, then the Department may
render a decision.
(i) Except as provided in Section 15-17 of this Act, the
Board shall hear and make recommendations to the Secretary on
disciplinary matters that require a formal evidentiary
hearing. The Secretary shall give due consideration to the
recommendations of the Board involving discipline and
questions involving standards of professional conduct of
licensees.
(j) The Department shall seek and the Board shall provide
recommendations to the Department consistent with the
provisions of this Act and for the administration and
enforcement of all rules adopted pursuant to this Act. The
Department shall give due consideration to such
recommendations prior to adopting rules.
(k) The Department shall seek and the Board shall provide
recommendations to the Department on the approval of all
courses submitted to the Department pursuant to this Act and
the rules adopted pursuant to this Act. The Department shall
not approve any courses without having first received the

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recommendation of the Board and shall give due consideration
to such recommendations prior to approving and licensing
courses; however, if the Board does not make a recommendation
within a reasonable amount of time, then the Department may
approve courses.
(l) Each voting member of the Board may receive a per diem
stipend in an amount to be determined by the Secretary. While
engaged in the performance of duties, each member shall be
reimbursed for necessary expenses.
(m) Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in an
action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other acts
performed in good faith as members of the Board.
(n) If the Department disagrees with any advice or
recommendation provided by the Board under this Section to the
Secretary or the Department, then notice of such disagreement
must be provided to the Board by the Department.
(o) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-970, eff. 5-27-22;
103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
Section 50. The Appraisal Management Company Registration
Act is amended by changing Sections 10, 15, 20, 43, and 45, 60,
65, 75, 105, 110, 125, 165 as follows:
(225 ILCS 459/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:

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"Address of record" means the principal address recorded
by the Department in the applicant's or registrant's
application file or registration file maintained by the
Department's registration maintenance unit.
"Applicant" means a person or entity who applies to the
Department for a registration under this Act.
"Appraisal" means (noun) the act or process of developing
an opinion of value; an opinion of value (adjective) of or
pertaining to appraising and related functions.
"Appraisal firm" means an appraisal entity that is 100%
owned and controlled by a person or persons licensed in
Illinois as a certified general real estate appraiser or a
certified residential real estate appraiser. An appraisal firm
does not include an appraisal management company.
"Appraisal management company" means any corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship,
subsidiary, unit, or other business entity that directly or
indirectly: (1) provides appraisal management services to
creditors or secondary mortgage market participants, including
affiliates; (2) provides appraisal management services in
connection with valuing the consumer's principal dwelling as
security for a consumer credit transaction (including consumer
credit transactions incorporated into securitizations); and
(3) any appraisal management company that, within a given
12-month period, oversees an appraiser panel of 16 or more
State-certified appraisers in Illinois or 25 or more

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State-certified or State-licensed appraisers in 2 or more
jurisdictions. "Appraisal management company" includes a
hybrid entity.
"Appraisal management company national registry fee" means
the fee implemented pursuant to Title XI of the federal
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act
of 1989 for an appraiser management company's national
registry.
"Appraisal management services" means one or more of the
following:
(1) recruiting, selecting, and retaining appraisers;
(2) contracting with State-certified or State-licensed
appraisers to perform appraisal assignments;
(3) managing the process of having an appraisal
performed, including providing administrative services
such as receiving appraisal orders and appraisal reports;
submitting completed appraisal reports to creditors and
secondary market participants; collecting compensation
from creditors, underwriters, or secondary market
participants for services provided; and or paying
appraisers for services performed; and or
(4) reviewing and verifying the work of appraisers.
"Appraiser panel" means a network, list, or roster of
licensed or certified appraisers approved by the appraisal
management company or by the end-user client to perform
appraisals as independent contractors for the appraisal

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management company. "Appraiser panel" includes both appraisers
accepted by an appraisal management company for consideration
for future appraisal assignments and appraisers engaged by an
appraisal management company to perform one or more
appraisals. For the purposes of determining the size of an
appraiser panel, only independent contractors of hybrid
entities shall be counted towards the appraiser panel.
"Appraiser panel fee" means the amount collected from a
registrant that, where applicable, includes an appraisal
management company's national registry fee.
"Appraisal report" means a written appraisal by an
appraiser to a client.
"Appraisal practice service" means valuation services
performed by an individual acting as an appraiser, including,
but not limited to, appraisal or appraisal review.
"Appraisal subcommittee" means the appraisal subcommittee
of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council as
established by Title XI.
"Appraiser" means a person who performs real estate or
real property appraisals.
"Assignment result" means an appraiser's opinions and
conclusions developed specific to an assignment.
"Audit" includes, but is not limited to, an annual or
special audit, visit, or review necessary under this Act or
required by the Secretary or the Secretary's authorized
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under this Act.
"Client" means the party or parties who engage an
appraiser by employment or contract in a specific appraisal
assignment.
"Controlling person" means:
(1) an owner, officer, or director of an entity
seeking to offer appraisal management services;
(2) an individual employed, appointed, or authorized
by an appraisal management company who has the authority
to:
(A) enter into a contractual relationship with a
client for the performance of an appraisal management
service or appraisal practice service; and
(B) enter into an agreement with an appraiser for
the performance of a real estate appraisal activity;
(3) an individual who possesses, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of
the management or policies of an appraisal management
company; or
(4) an individual who will act as the sole compliance
officer with regard to this Act and any rules adopted
under this Act.
"Covered transaction" means a consumer credit transaction
secured by a consumer's principal dwelling.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.

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"Email address of record" means the designated email
address recorded by the Department in the applicant's
application file or the registrant's registration file
maintained by the Department's registration maintenance unit.
"Entity" means a corporation, a limited liability company,
partnership, a sole proprietorship, or other entity providing
services or holding itself out to provide services as an
appraisal management company or an appraisal management
service.
"End-user client" means any person who utilizes or engages
the services of an appraiser through an appraisal management
company.
"Federally regulated appraisal management company" means
an appraisal management company that is owned and controlled
by an insured depository institution, as defined in 12 U.S.C.
1813, or an insured credit union, as defined in 12 U.S.C. 1752,
and regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, the Federal Reserve Board, the National Credit Union
Association, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
"Financial institution" means any bank, savings bank,
savings and loan association, credit union, mortgage broker,
mortgage banker, registrant under the Consumer Installment
Loan Act or the Sales Finance Agency Act, or a corporate
fiduciary, subsidiary, affiliate, parent company, or holding
company of any registrant, or any institution involved in real
estate financing that is regulated by State or federal law.

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"Foreign appraisal management company" means any appraisal
management company organized under the laws of any other state
of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other
jurisdiction of the United States.
"Hybrid entity" means an appraisal management company that
hires an appraiser as an employee to perform an appraisal and
engages an independent contractor to perform an appraisal.
"Multi-state licensing system" means a web-based platform
that allows an applicant to submit the application or
registration renewal to the Department online.
"Person" means individuals, entities, sole
proprietorships, corporations, limited liability companies,
and alien, foreign, or domestic partnerships, except that when
the context otherwise requires, the term may refer to a single
individual or other described entity.
"Principal dwelling" means a residential structure that
contains one to 4 units, whether or not that structure is
attached to real property. "Principal dwelling" includes an
individual condominium unit, cooperative unit, manufactured
home, mobile home, and trailer, if it is used as a residence.
"Principal office" means the actual, physical business
address, which shall not be a post office box or a virtual
business address, of a registrant, at which (i) the Department
may contact the registrant and (ii) records required under
this Act are maintained.
"Qualified to transact business in this State" means being

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in compliance with the requirements of the Business
Corporation Act of 1983.
"Quality control review" means a review of an appraisal
report for compliance and completeness, including grammatical,
typographical, or other similar errors, unrelated to
developing an opinion of value.
"Real estate" means an identified parcel or tract of land,
including any improvements.
"Real estate related financial transaction" means any
transaction involving:
(1) the sale, lease, purchase, investment in, or
exchange of real property, including interests in property
or the financing thereof;
(2) the refinancing of real property or interests in
real property; and
(3) the use of real property or interest in property
as security for a loan or investment, including mortgage
backed securities.
"Real property" means the interests, benefits, and rights
inherent in the ownership of real estate.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
"USPAP" means the Uniform Standards of Professional
Appraisal Practice as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board
under Title XI.
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property in connection with a creditor's decision to provide
credit, including those values developed under a policy of a
government sponsored enterprise or by an automated valuation
model or other methodology or mechanism.
"Written notice" means a communication transmitted by mail
or by electronic means that can be verified between an
appraisal management company and a licensed or certified real
estate appraiser.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
(225 ILCS 459/15)
Sec. 15. Exemptions.
(a) Nothing in this Act shall apply to any of the
following:
(1) an agency of the federal, State, county, or
municipal government or an officer or employee of a
governmental government agency, or person, described in
this Section when acting within the scope of employment of
the officer or employee;
(2) a corporate relocation company when the appraisal
is not used for mortgage purposes and the end user client
is an employer company;
(3) any person licensed in this State under any other
Act while engaged in the activities or practice for which
the person he or she is licensed;
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who is working with or on behalf of a client of that person
in connection with one or more appraisals for that client;
(5) an appraiser that enters into an agreement,
whether written or otherwise, with another appraiser for
the performance of an appraisal, and upon the completion
of the appraisal, the report of the appraiser performing
the appraisal is signed by both the appraiser who
completed the appraisal and the appraiser who requested
the completion of the appraisal, except that an appraisal
management company may not avoid the requirement of
registration under this Act by requiring an employee of
the appraisal management company who is an appraiser to
sign an appraisal that was completed by another appraiser
who is part of the appraisal panel of the appraisal
management company;
(6) any person acting as an agent of the Illinois
Department of Transportation in the acquisition or
relinquishment of land for transportation issues to the
extent of their contract scope;
(7) a design professional entity when the appraisal is
not used for mortgage purposes and the end user client is
an agency of State government or a unit of local
government;
(8) an appraiser firm whose ownership is appropriately
certified under the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of
2002;

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(9) an appraisal management company solely engaged in
non-residential appraisal management services; or
(10) a department or division of an entity that
provides appraisal management services only to that
entity.
(b) A federally regulated appraisal management company
shall register with the Department for the sole purpose of
collecting required information for, and to pay all fees
associated with, the State of Illinois' obligation to register
the federally regulated appraisal management company with the
Appraisal Management Companies National Registry, but the
federally regulated appraisal management company is otherwise
exempt from all other provisions in this Act.
(c) In the event that the Final Interim Rule of the federal
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
provides that an appraisal management company is a subsidiary
owned and controlled by a financial institution regulated by a
federal financial institution's regulatory agency and is
exempt from State appraisal management company registration
requirements, the Department, shall, by rule, provide for the
implementation of such an exemption.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(225 ILCS 459/20)
Sec. 20. Restrictions and limitations. Beginning January
1, 2012, it is unlawful for a person or entity to act or assume

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to act as an appraisal management company as defined in this
Act, to engage in the business of appraisal management
service, or to advertise or hold oneself himself or herself
out to be a registered appraisal management company without
first obtaining a registration issued by the Department under
this Act. A person or entity that violates this Section is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a
Class 4 felony for second and subsequent offenses.
(Source: P.A. 100-604, eff. 7-13-18.)
(225 ILCS 459/43)
Sec. 43. Application denial. If an application is denied,
the applicant may, within 20 days after the date of the notice
of denial, make a written request to the Secretary for a
hearing on the application, and the Secretary shall set a time
and place for the hearing. The hearing shall be set for a date
after the receipt by the Secretary of the request for hearing,
and notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be
communicated to the applicant at least 10 days before the date
of the hearing. The applicant shall pay the actual cost of
making the transcript of the hearing before the Secretary
issues a his or her decision following the hearing. If,
following the hearing, the application is denied, the
Secretary shall prepare and keep on file in his or her office a
written order of denial thereof that shall contain the his or
her findings and the reasons supporting the denial and shall

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communicate a copy to the applicant in a manner prescribed by
the Department. A decision may be reviewed as provided in
Section 135.
(Source: P.A. 100-604, eff. 7-13-18.)
(225 ILCS 459/45)
Sec. 45. Expiration and renewal of registration. The
expiration date and renewal period for each registration shall
be set by rule. A registrant whose registration has expired
may reinstate the his or her registration at any time within 5
years after the expiration thereof, by making a renewal
application and by paying the required fee.
Any registrant whose registration has expired for more
than 5 years may have it restored by making application to the
Department, paying the required fee, and filing acceptable
proof of fitness to have the registration restored as set by
rule.
(Source: P.A. 97-602, eff. 8-26-11.)
(225 ILCS 459/60)
Sec. 60. Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers
a check or other payment to the Department that is returned to
the Department unpaid by the financial institution upon which
it is drawn shall pay to the Department, in addition to the
amount already owed to the Department, a fine of $50. The fines
imposed by this Section are in addition to any other

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discipline provided under this Act for unregistered practice
or practice on a nonrenewed registration. The Department shall
notify the person that payment of fees and fines shall be paid
to the Department by certified check or money order within 30
calendar days of the notification. If, after the expiration of
30 days after the date of the notification, the person has
failed to submit the necessary remittance, the Department
shall automatically terminate the registration or deny the
application, without hearing. If, after termination or denial,
the person seeks a registration, the person he or she shall
apply to the Department for restoration or issuance of the
registration and pay all fees and fines due to the Department.
The Department may establish a fee for the processing of an
application for restoration of a registration to pay all
expenses of processing this application. The Secretary may
waive the fines due under this Section in individual cases
where the Secretary finds that the fines would be unreasonable
or unnecessarily burdensome.
(Source: P.A. 97-602, eff. 8-26-11.)
(225 ILCS 459/65)
Sec. 65. Disciplinary actions.
(a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may
revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other
disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may
deem appropriate, including imposing fines not to exceed

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$25,000 for each violation upon any registrant or applicant
under this Act or entity who holds oneself or itself out as an
applicant or registrant, for any one or combination of the
following:
(1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to
the Department.
(2) Violations of this Act, or of the rules adopted
under this Act.
(3) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to any crime that is a felony under the laws of
the United States or any state or territory thereof or
that is a misdemeanor of which an essential element is
dishonesty, or any crime that is directly related to the
practice of the profession.
(4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
obtaining registration or violating any provision of this
Act or the rules adopted under this Act pertaining to
advertising.
(5) Professional incompetence.
(6) Gross malpractice.
(7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating
any provision of this Act, the Illinois Real Estate
Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002, or the or rules adopted
under either this Act.
(8) Failing, within 30 days after requested, to
provide information in response to a written request made

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by the Department.
(9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
defraud, or harm the public.
(10) Discipline by another state, the District of
Columbia, a territory, or a foreign nation, if at least
one of the grounds for the discipline is the same or
substantially equivalent to those set forth in this
Section.
(11) A finding by the Department that the registrant,
after having the registrant's registration placed on
probationary status, has violated the terms of probation.
(12) Willfully making or filing false records or
reports in the registrant's practice, including, but not
limited to, false records filed with State agencies or
departments.
(13) Filing false statements for collection of fees
for which services are not rendered.
(14) Practicing under a false or, except as provided
by law, an assumed name.
(15) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or
procuring, a registration under this Act or in connection
with applying for renewal of a registration under this
Act.
(16) Being adjudicated liable in a civil proceeding
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(17) (Blank). Failure to obtain or maintain the bond
required under Section 50 of this Act.
(18) Failure to pay appraiser panel fees or appraisal
management company national registry fees.
(19) Violating the terms of any order issued by the
Department.
(b) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend
without hearing as provided for in the Department of
Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code
of Illinois the registration of any person who fails to file a
return, or to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a
filed return, or to pay any final assessment of the tax,
penalty, or interest as required by any tax Act administered
by the Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the
requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied.
(b-5) The Department may refuse to issue or renew or may
suspend without hearing as provided for in the Department of
Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code
of Illinois the registration of any person who fails to pay or
secure workers' compensation obligations as determined by and
based solely upon the certification of the Department of
Insurance or the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
(c) An appraisal management company shall not be
registered or included on the national registry if the
company, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, is owned
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refused, denied, canceled, surrendered in lieu of revocation,
or revoked under the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of
2002 or the rules adopted under that Act, or similar
discipline by another state, the District of Columbia, a
territory, a foreign nation, a governmental agency, or an
entity authorized to impose discipline if at least one of the
grounds for that discipline is the same as or the equivalent of
one of the grounds for which a licensee may be disciplined as
set forth under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 103-236, eff. 1-1-24; revised 6-24-25.)
(225 ILCS 459/75)
Sec. 75. Investigations; notice and hearing. The
Department may investigate the actions of any person who is an
applicant or of any person or persons rendering or offering to
render any services requiring registration under this Act or
any person holding or claiming to hold a registration as an
appraisal management company. The Department shall, before
revoking, suspending, placing on probation, reprimanding, or
taking any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action under
Section 65 or Section 165 of this Act, at least 30 days before
the date set for the hearing, (i) notify the person charged in
writing of the charges made and the time and place for the
hearing on the charges, (ii) direct the person to file a
written answer to the charges with the Department under oath
within 20 days after service of the notice, and (iii) inform

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the person that, if the person fails to answer, default will be
entered or that the person's registration may be suspended,
revoked, placed on probationary status, or other disciplinary
action taken with regard to the registration, including
limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the person's
practice, as the Department may consider proper. At the time
and place fixed in the notice, the Department shall proceed to
hear the charges and the parties or their counsel shall be
accorded ample opportunity to present any pertinent
statements, testimony, evidence, and arguments. The Department
may continue the hearing from time to time. In case the person,
after receiving the notice, fails to file an answer, the
person's registration may, in the discretion of the
Department, be suspended, revoked, placed on probationary
status, or the Department may take whatever disciplinary
action considered proper, including limiting the scope,
nature, or extent of the person's practice or the imposition
of a fine, without a hearing, if the act or acts charged
constitute sufficient grounds for that action under this Act.
The written notice may be served by certified mail or
electronic mail to the last address of record or email address
of record as provided to the Department or, if in the course of
the administrative proceeding the party has previously
designated a specific email address at which to accept
electronic service for that specific proceeding, by sending a
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(Source: P.A. 103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)
(225 ILCS 459/105)
Sec. 105. Secretary; rehearing. Whenever the Secretary
believes that substantial justice has not been done in the
revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue, restore, or renew
a registration, or other discipline of an applicant or
registrant, the Secretary he or she may order a rehearing by
the same or other hearing officers.
(Source: P.A. 97-602, eff. 8-26-11.)
(225 ILCS 459/110)
Sec. 110. Appointment of a hearing officer. The Secretary
has the authority to appoint any attorney licensed to practice
law in the State to serve as the hearing officer in any action
for refusal to issue, restore, or renew a registration or to
discipline a registrant. The hearing officer has full
authority to conduct the hearing. The hearing officer shall
report the his or her findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
recommendations to the Secretary. If the Secretary disagrees
with the recommendation of the hearing officer, the Secretary
may issue an order in contravention of the recommendation.
(Source: P.A. 97-602, eff. 8-26-11.)
(225 ILCS 459/125)
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or suspension of a registration, the registrant shall
immediately surrender the his or her registration to the
Department. If the registrant fails to do so, the Department
has the right to seize the registration.
(Source: P.A. 97-602, eff. 8-26-11.)
(225 ILCS 459/165)
Sec. 165. Prohibited activities.
(a) No person or entity acting in the capacity of an
appraisal management company shall improperly influence or
attempt to improperly influence the development, reporting,
result, or review of any appraisal by engaging, without
limitation, in any of the following:
(1) Withholding or threatening to withhold timely
payment for a completed appraisal, except where addressed
in a mutually agreed upon contract.
(2) Withholding or threatening to withhold, either
expressed or by implication, future business from, or
demoting, or terminating, or threatening to demote or
terminate an Illinois licensed or certified appraiser.
(3) Expressly or impliedly promising future business,
promotions, or increased compensation for an independent
appraiser.
(4) Conditioning an assignment for an appraisal
service or the payment of an appraisal fee or salary or
bonus on the opinion, conclusion, or valuation to be

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reached in an appraisal report.
(5) Requesting that an appraiser provide an estimated,
predetermined, or desired valuation in an appraisal report
or provide estimated values or sales at any time prior to
the appraiser's completion of an appraisal report.
(6) Allowing or directing the removal of an appraiser
from an appraisal panel without prior written notice to
the appraiser.
(7) Requiring an appraiser to sign a non-compete
clause when not an employee of the entity.
(8) Requiring an appraiser to sign any sort of
indemnification agreement that would require the appraiser
to defend and hold harmless the appraisal management
company or any of its agents, employees, or independent
contractors for any liability, damage, losses, or claims
arising out of the services performed by the appraisal
management company or its agents, employees, or
independent contractors and not the services performed by
the appraiser.
(9) Prohibiting or attempting to prohibit the
appraiser from including or referencing the appraisal fee,
the appraisal management company name or identity, or the
client's or lender's name or identity within the body of
the appraisal report.
(10) Require an appraiser to collect a fee from the
borrower or occupant of the property to be appraised.

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(11) Knowingly withholding any end-user client
guidelines, policies, requirements, standards, assignment
conditions, and special instructions from an appraiser
prior to the acceptance of an appraisal assignment.
(b) A person or entity may not structure an appraisal
assignment or a contract with an independent appraiser for the
purpose of evading the provisions of this Act.
(c) No registrant or other person or entity may alter,
modify, or otherwise change a completed appraisal report
submitted by an independent appraiser, including without
limitation, by doing either of the following:
(1) permanently or temporarily removing the
appraiser's signature or seal; or
(2) adding information to, or removing information
from, the appraisal report with an intent to change the
value conclusion or the condition of the property.
(d) No appraisal management company may require an
appraiser to provide it with the appraiser's digital signature
or seal. However, nothing in this Act shall be deemed to
prohibit an appraiser from voluntarily providing the
appraiser's his or her digital signature or seal to another
person on an assignment-by-assignment basis, in accordance
with USPAP.
(e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit an appraisal
management company from requesting that an appraiser:
(1) consider additional appropriate property

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information, including the consideration of additional
comparable properties to make or support an appraisal;
(2) provide further detail, substantiation, or
explanation for the appraiser's value conclusion; or
(3) correct factual errors in the appraisal report.
(Source: P.A. 97-602, eff. 8-26-11.)
(225 ILCS 459/50 rep.)
Section 55. The Appraisal Management Company Registration
Act is amended by repealing Section 50.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".