Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh

Filed: 11/16/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 665

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 665 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Grain Code is amended by changing Section
5 5-30 as follows:
 
6     (240 ILCS 40/5-30)
7     Sec. 5-30. Grain Insurance Fund assessments. The Illinois
8 Grain Insurance Fund is established as a continuation of the
9 fund created under the Illinois Grain Insurance Act, now
10 repealed. Licensees, applicants for a new license, first
11 sellers of grain to grain dealers at Illinois locations, and
12 lenders to licensees shall pay assessments as set forth in this
13 Section.
14     (a) Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, a licensee
15 that is newly licensed after the effective date of this Code
16 shall pay an assessment into the Fund for 3 consecutive years.
17 These assessments are known as "newly licensed assessments".
18 Except as provided in item (6) of subsection (b) of this
19 Section, the first installment shall be paid at the time of or
20 before the issuance of a new license, the second installment
21 shall be paid on or before the first anniversary date of the
22 issuance of the new license, and the third installment shall be
23 paid on or before the second anniversary date of the issuance
24 of the new license. For a grain dealer, the payment of each of

 

 

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1 the 3 installments shall be based upon the total estimated
2 value of grain purchases by the grain dealer for the applicable
3 year with the final installment amount determined as set forth
4 in item (6) of subsection (b) of this Section. After the
5 licensee has paid or was required to pay the last 3
6 installments of the newly licensed assessments, the licensee
7 shall be subject to subsequent assessments as set forth in
8 subsection (d) of this Section.
9     (b) Grain dealer newly licensed assessments.
10         (1) The first installment for a grain dealer shall be
11     an amount equal to:
12             (A) $0.000145 multiplied by the total value of
13         grain purchases for the grain dealer's first fiscal
14         year as shown in the final financial statement for that
15         year provided to the Department under Section 5-20; and
16             (B) $0.000255 multiplied by that portion of the
17         value of grain purchases for the grain dealer's first
18         fiscal year that exceeds the adjusted equity of the
19         licensee multiplied by 20, as shown on the final
20         financial statement for the licensee's first fiscal
21         year provided to the Department under Section 5-20.
22         (2) The minimum amount for the first installment shall
23     be $500 and the maximum shall be $15,000.
24         (3) The second installment for a grain dealer shall be
25     an amount equal to:
26             (A) $0.0000725 multiplied by the total value of
27         grain purchases for the grain dealer's second fiscal
28         year as shown in the final financial statement for that
29         year provided to the Department under Section 5-20; and
30             (B) $0.0001275 multiplied by that portion of the
31         value of grain purchases for the grain dealer's second
32         fiscal year that exceeds the adjusted equity of the
33         licensee multiplied by 20, as shown on the final
34         financial statement for the licensee's second fiscal

 

 

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1         year provided to the Department under Section 5-20.
2         (4) The third installment for a grain dealer shall be
3     an amount equal to:
4             (A) $0.0000725 multiplied by the total value of
5         grain purchases for the grain dealer's third fiscal
6         year as shown in the final financial statement for that
7         year provided to the Department under Section 5-20; and
8             (B) $0.0001275 multiplied by that portion of the
9         value of grain purchases for the grain dealer's third
10         fiscal year that exceeds the adjusted equity of the
11         licensee multiplied by 20, as shown on the final
12         financial statement for the licensee's third fiscal
13         year.
14         (5) The minimum amount of the second and third
15     installments shall be $250 per year and the maximum for
16     each year shall be $7,500.
17         (6) Each of the newly licensed assessments shall be
18     adjusted up or down based upon the actual annual grain
19     purchases for each year as shown in the final financial
20     statement for that year provided to the Department under
21     Section 5-20. The adjustments shall be determined by the
22     Department within 30 days of the date of approval of
23     renewal of a license. Refunds shall be paid out of the Fund
24     within 60 days after the Department's determination.
25     Additional amounts owed for any installment shall be paid
26     within 30 days after notification by the Department.
27         (7) For the purposes of grain dealer newly licensed
28     assessments under subsection (b) of this Section, the total
29     value of grain purchases shall be the total value of first
30     time grain purchases by Illinois locations from producers.
31         (8) The second and third installments shall be paid to
32     the Department within 60 days after the date posted on the
33     written notice of assessment. The Department shall
34     immediately deposit all paid installments into the Fund.

 

 

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1     (c) Warehouseman newly licensed assessments.
2         (1) The first assessment for a warehouseman shall be an
3     amount equal to:
4             (A) $0.00085 multiplied by the total permanent
5         storage capacity of the warehouseman at the time of
6         license issuance; and
7             (B) $0.00099 multiplied by that portion of the
8         permanent storage capacity of the warehouseman at the
9         time of license issuance that exceeds the adjusted
10         equity of the licensee multiplied by 5, all as shown on
11         the final financial statement for the licensee
12         provided to the Department under Section 5-10.
13         (2) The minimum amount for the first installment shall
14     be $500 and the maximum shall be $15,000.
15         (3) The second and third installments shall be an
16     amount equal to:
17             (A) $0.000425 multiplied by the total permanent
18         storage capacity of the warehouseman at the time of
19         license issuance; and
20             (B) $0.000495 multiplied by that portion of the
21         permanent licensed storage capacity of the
22         warehouseman at the time of license issuance that
23         exceeds the adjusted equity of the licensee multiplied
24         by 5, as shown on the final financial statement for the
25         licensee's last completed fiscal year provided to the
26         Department under Section 5-20.
27         (4) The minimum amount for the second and third
28     installments shall be $250 per installment and the maximum
29     for each installment shall be $7,500.
30         (5) Every warehouseman shall pay an assessment when
31     increasing available permanent storage capacity in an
32     amount equal to $0.001 multiplied by the total number of
33     bushels to be added to permanent storage capacity. The
34     minimum assessment on any increase in permanent storage

 

 

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1     capacity shall be $50 and the maximum assessment shall be
2     $20,000. The assessment based upon an increase in permanent
3     storage capacity shall be paid at or before the time of
4     approval of the increase in permanent storage capacity.
5     This assessment on the increased permanent storage
6     capacity does not relieve the warehouseman of any
7     assessments as set forth in subsection (d) of this Section.
8         (6) Every warehouseman shall pay an assessment of
9     $0.0005 per bushel when increasing available storage
10     capacity by use of temporary storage space. The minimum
11     assessment on temporary storage space shall be $100. The
12     assessment based upon temporary storage space shall be paid
13     at or before the time of approval of the amount of the
14     temporary storage space. This assessment on the temporary
15     storage space capacity does not relieve the warehouseman of
16     any assessments as set forth in subsection (d) of this
17     Section.
18         (7) Every warehouseman shall pay an assessment of
19     $0.001 per bushel of emergency storage space. The minimum
20     assessment on any emergency storage space shall be $100.
21     The assessment based upon emergency storage space shall be
22     paid at or before the time of approval of the amount of the
23     emergency storage space. This assessment on the emergency
24     storage space does not relieve the warehouseman of any
25     assessments as set forth in subsection (d) of this Section.
26         (8) The second and third installments shall be paid to
27     the Department within 60 days after the date posted on the
28     written notice of assessment. The Department shall
29     immediately deposit all paid installments into the Fund.
30     (d) Grain dealer subsequent assessments; warehouseman
31 subsequent assessments.
32         (1) Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection (d), if
33     on the first working day of a calendar quarter when a
34     licensee is not already subject to an assessment under this

 

 

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1     subsection (d) (the assessment determination date), if the
2     equity in the Fund is less than $6,000,000, every grain
3     dealer who has, or was required to have, already paid the
4     newly licensed assessments shall be assessed by the
5     Department in a total amount equal to:
6             (A) $0.0000725 multiplied by the total value of
7         grain purchases for the grain dealer's last completed
8         fiscal year prior to the assessment determination date
9         as shown in the final financial statement for that year
10         provided to the Department under Section 5-20; and
11             (B) $0.0001275 multiplied by that portion of the
12         value of grain purchases for the grain dealer's last
13         completed fiscal year prior to the assessment
14         determination date that exceeds the adjusted equity of
15         the licensee multiplied by 20, as shown on the final
16         financial statement for the licensee's last completed
17         fiscal year provided to the Department under Section
18         5-20.
19         The minimum total amount for the grain dealer's
20     subsequent assessment shall be $250 per 12-month period and
21     the maximum amount shall be $7,500 per 12-month period. For
22     the purposes of grain dealer assessments under this item
23     (1) of subsection (d) of this Section, the total value of
24     grain purchases shall be the total value of first time
25     grain purchases by Illinois locations from producers.
26         (2) Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection (d), if
27     on the first working day of a calendar quarter when a
28     licensee is not subject to an assessment under this
29     subsection (d) (the assessment determination date), if the
30     equity in the Fund is less than $6,000,000, every
31     warehouseman who has, or was required to have, already paid
32     the newly licensed assessments shall be assessed a
33     warehouseman subsequent assessment by the Department in a
34     total amount equal to:

 

 

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1             (A) $0.000425 multiplied by the total licensed
2         storage capacity of the warehouseman as of the first
3         day of September that immediately precedes the
4         assessment determination date; and
5             (B) $0.000495 multiplied by that portion of the
6         licensed storage capacity of the warehouseman as of the
7         first day of September that immediately precedes the
8         assessment determination date that exceeds the
9         adjusted equity of the licensee multiplied by 5, as
10         shown on the final financial statement for the
11         licensee's last completed fiscal year provided to the
12         Department under Section 5-20.
13         The minimum total amount for a warehouseman subsequent
14     assessment shall be $250 per 12-month period and the
15     maximum amount shall be $7,500 per 12-month period.
16         (3) Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection (d), if
17     the equity in the Fund is below $6,000,000 on the first
18     working day of a calendar quarter when a licensee is not
19     already subject to an assessment under this subsection (d)
20     (the assessment determination date), every incidental
21     grain dealer who has, or was required to have, already paid
22     all 3 installments of the newly licensed assessments shall
23     be assessed by the Department in a total amount equal to
24     $100. It shall be paid to the Department within 60 days
25     after the date posted on the written notification by the
26     Department, which shall be sent after the first day of the
27     calendar quarter immediately following the assessment
28     determination date.
29         (4) Following the payment of the final quarterly
30     installment by grain dealers and warehousemen, the next
31     assessment determination date can be no sooner than the
32     first working day of the sixth full calendar month
33     following the payment.
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1     this subsection (d) shall be effective as of the first day
2     of the calendar quarter immediately following the
3     assessment determination date and shall be paid to the
4     Department by licensees in 4 equal installments by the
5     twentieth day of each consecutive calendar quarter
6     following notice by the Department of the assessment. The
7     Department shall give written notice to all licensees of
8     when the assessment is effective, and the rate of the
9     assessment, by mail within 20 days after the assessment
10     determination date.
11         (6) After an assessment under paragraph (1) and (2) of
12     this subsection (d) is instituted, the amount of any unpaid
13     installments for the assessment shall not be adjusted based
14     upon any change in the financial statements or licensed
15     storage capacity of a licensee.
16         (7) If the due date for the payment by a licensee of
17     the third assessment under subsections (b) and (c) of this
18     Section 5-30 is after the assessment determination date,
19     that licensee shall not be subject to any of the 4
20     installments of an assessment under paragraphs (1) and (2)
21     of this subsection (d).
22         (8) The Department shall immediately deposit all paid
23     assessments into the Fund.
24     (e) Newly licensed; exemptions.
25         (1) For the purpose of assessing fees for the Fund
26     under subsection (a) of this Section, and subject to the
27     provisions of item (e)(2) of this Section, the Department
28     shall consider the following to be newly licensed:
29             (A) A person that becomes a licensee for the first
30         time after the effective date of this Code.
31             (B) A licensee who has a lapse in licensing of more
32         than 30 days. A license shall not be considered to be
33         lapsed after its revocation or termination if an
34         administrative or judicial action is pending or if an

 

 

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1         order from an administrative or judicial body
2         continues an existing license.
3             (C) A grain dealer that is a general partnership in
4         which there is a change in partnership interests and
5         that change is greater than 50% during the
6         partnership's fiscal year.
7             (D) A grain dealer that is a limited partnership in
8         which there is a change in the controlling interest of
9         a general partner and that change is greater than 50%
10         of the total controlling interest during the limited
11         partnership's fiscal year.
12             (E) A grain dealer that is a limited liability
13         company in which there is a change in membership
14         interests and that change is greater than 50% during
15         the limited liability company's fiscal year.
16             (F) A grain dealer that is the result of a
17         statutory consolidation if that person has adjusted
18         equity of less than 90% of the combined adjusted equity
19         of the predecessor persons who consolidated. For the
20         purposes of this paragraph, the adjusted equity of the
21         resulting person shall be determined from the approved
22         or certified financial statement submitted to the
23         Department for the first fiscal year of the resulting
24         person. For the purpose of this paragraph, the combined
25         adjusted equity of the predecessor persons shall be
26         determined by combining the adjusted equity of each
27         predecessor person as set forth in the most recent
28         approved or certified financial statement of each
29         predecessor person submitted to the Department.
30             (G) A grain dealer that is the result of a
31         statutory merger if that person has adjusted equity of
32         less than 90% of the combined adjusted equity of the
33         predecessor persons who merged. For the purposes of
34         this paragraph, the adjusted equity of the resulting

 

 

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1         person shall be determined from the approved or
2         certified financial statement submitted to the
3         Department for the first fiscal year of the resulting
4         person ending after the merger. For the purposes of
5         this paragraph, the combined adjusted equity of the
6         predecessor persons shall be determined by combining
7         the adjusted equity of each predecessor person as set
8         forth in the most recent approved or certified
9         financial statement submitted to the Department for
10         the last fiscal year of each predecessor person ending
11         on the date of or before the merger.
12             (H) A grain dealer that is a general partnership in
13         which there is a change in partnership interests and
14         that change is 50% or less during the partnership's
15         fiscal year if the adjusted equity of the partnership
16         after the change is less than 90% of the adjusted
17         equity of the partnership before the change. For the
18         purpose of this paragraph, the adjusted equity of the
19         partnership after the change shall be determined from
20         the approved or certified financial statement
21         submitted to the Department for the first fiscal year
22         ending after the change. For the purposes of this
23         paragraph, the adjusted equity of the partnership
24         before the change shall be determined from the approved
25         or certified financial statement submitted to the
26         Department for the last fiscal year of the partnership
27         ending on the date of or before the change.
28             (I) A grain dealer that is a limited partnership in
29         which there is a change in the controlling interest of
30         a general partner and that change is 50% or less of the
31         total controlling interest during the partnership's
32         fiscal year if the adjusted equity of the partnership
33         after the change is less than 90% of the adjusted
34         equity of the partnership before the change. For the

 

 

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1         purposes of this paragraph, the adjusted equity of the
2         partnership after the change shall be determined from
3         the approved or certified financial statement
4         submitted to the Department for the first fiscal year
5         ending after the change. For the purposes of this
6         paragraph, the adjusted equity of the partnership
7         before the change shall be determined from the approved
8         or certified financial statement submitted to the
9         Department for the last fiscal year of the partnership
10         ending on the date of or before the change.
11             (J) A grain dealer that is a limited liability
12         company in which there is a change in membership
13         interests and that change is 50% or less of the total
14         membership interests during the limited liability
15         company's fiscal year if the adjusted equity of the
16         limited liability company after the change is less than
17         90% of the adjusted equity of the limited liability
18         company before the change. For the purposes of this
19         paragraph, the adjusted equity of the limited
20         liability company after the change shall be determined
21         from the approved or certified financial statement
22         submitted to the Department for the first fiscal year
23         ending after the change. For the purposes of this
24         paragraph, the adjusted equity of the limited
25         liability company before the change shall be
26         determined from the approved or certified financial
27         statement submitted to the Department for the last
28         fiscal year of the limited liability company ending on
29         the date of or before the change.
30             (K) A grain dealer that is the result of a
31         statutory consolidation or merger if one or more of the
32         predecessor persons that consolidated or merged into
33         the resulting grain dealer was not a licensee under
34         this Code at the time of the consolidation or merger.

 

 

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1         (2) For the purpose of assessing fees for the Fund as
2     set forth in subsection (a) of this Section, the Department
3     shall consider the following as not being newly licensed
4     and, therefore, exempt from further assessment unless an
5     assessment is required by subsection (d) of this Section:
6             (A) A person resulting solely from a name change of
7         a licensee.
8             (B) A warehouseman changing from a Class I
9         warehouseman to a Class II warehouseman or from a Class
10         II warehouseman to a Class I warehouseman under this
11         Code.
12             (C) A licensee that becomes a wholly owned
13         subsidiary of another licensee.
14             (D) Subject to item (e)(1)(K) of this Section, a
15         person that is the result of a statutory consolidation
16         if that person has adjusted equity greater than or
17         equal to 90% of the combined adjusted equity of the
18         predecessor persons who consolidated. For the purposes
19         of this paragraph, the adjusted equity of the resulting
20         person shall be determined from the approved or
21         certified financial statement submitted to the
22         Department for the first fiscal year of the resulting
23         person. For the purpose of this paragraph, the combined
24         adjusted equity of the predecessor persons shall be
25         determined by combining the adjusted equity of each
26         predecessor person as set forth in the most recent
27         approved or certified financial statement of each
28         predecessor person submitted to the Department.
29             (E) Subject to item (e)(1)(K) of this Section, a
30         person that is the result of a statutory merger if that
31         person has adjusted equity greater than or equal to 90%
32         of the combined adjusted equity of the predecessor
33         persons who merged. For the purposes of this paragraph,
34         the adjusted equity of the resulting person shall be

 

 

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1         determined from the approved or certified financial
2         statement submitted to the Department for the first
3         fiscal year of the resulting person ending after the
4         merger. For the purposes of this paragraph, the
5         combined adjusted equity of the predecessor persons
6         shall be determined by combining the adjusted equity of
7         each predecessor person as set forth in the most recent
8         approved or certified financial statement, submitted
9         to the Department for the last fiscal year of each
10         predecessor person ending on the date of or before the
11         merger.
12             (F) A general partnership in which there is a
13         change in partnership interests and that change is 50%
14         or less during the partnership's fiscal year and the
15         adjusted equity of the partnership after the change is
16         greater than or equal to 90% of the adjusted equity of
17         the partnership before the change. For the purposes of
18         this paragraph, the adjusted equity of the partnership
19         after the change shall be determined from the approved
20         or certified financial statement submitted to the
21         Department for the first fiscal year ending after the
22         change. For the purposes of this paragraph, the
23         adjusted equity of the partnership before the change
24         shall be determined from the approved or certified
25         financial statement submitted to the Department for
26         the last fiscal year of the partnership ending on the
27         date of or before the change.
28             (G) A limited partnership in which there is a
29         change in the controlling interest of a general partner
30         and that change is 50% or less of the total controlling
31         interest during the partnership's fiscal year and the
32         adjusted equity of the partnership after the change is
33         greater than or equal to 90% of the adjusted equity of
34         the partnership before the change. For the purposes of

 

 

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1         this paragraph, the adjusted equity of the partnership
2         after the change shall be determined from the approved
3         or certified financial statement submitted to the
4         Department for the first fiscal year ending after the
5         change. For the purposes of this paragraph, the
6         adjusted equity of the partnership before the change
7         shall be determined from the approved or certified
8         financial statement submitted to the Department for
9         the last fiscal year of the partnership ending on the
10         date of or before the change.
11             (H) A limited liability company in which there is a
12         change in membership interests and that change is 50%
13         or less of the total membership interests during the
14         limited liability company's fiscal year if the
15         adjusted equity of the limited liability company after
16         the change is greater than or equal to 90% of the
17         adjusted equity of the limited liability company
18         before the change. For the purposes of this paragraph,
19         the adjusted equity of the limited liability company
20         after the change shall be determined from the approved
21         or certified financial statement submitted to the
22         Department for the first fiscal year ending after the
23         change. For the purposes of this paragraph, the
24         adjusted equity of the limited liability company
25         before the change shall be determined from the approved
26         or certified financial statement submitted to the
27         Department for the last fiscal year of the limited
28         liability company ending on the date of or before the
29         change.
30             (I) A licensed warehouseman that is the result of a
31         statutory merger or consolidation to the extent the
32         combined storage capacity of the resulting
33         warehouseman has been assessed under this Code before
34         the statutory merger or consolidation, except that any

 

 

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1         storage capacity of the resulting warehouseman that
2         has not previously been assessed under this Code shall
3         be assessed as provided in items (c)(5), (c)(6), and
4         (c)(7) of this Section.
5             (J) A federal warehouseman who participated in the
6         Fund under Section 30-10 and who subsequently received
7         an Illinois license to the extent the storage capacity
8         of the warehouseman was assessed under this Code prior
9         to Illinois licensing.
10     (f) Grain seller initial assessments and regular
11 assessments. Assessments under this subsection (f) apply only
12 to the first sale of grain to a grain dealer at an Illinois
13 location.
14         (1) The grain seller initial assessment period is that
15     period of time beginning on the effective date of this
16     amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and ending on
17     the first assessment determination date thereafter when
18     the equity in the fund is at least $6,000,000.
19         (2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection (f) (i)
20     if during the grain seller initial assessment period the
21     equity in the Fund is less than $3,000,000 or (ii) if at
22     any time after the grain seller initial assessment period
23     the equity in the Fund is less than $2,000,000, on the
24     first working day of a calendar quarter when a grain seller
25     is not already subject to an assessment under this
26     subsection (f) (the assessment determination date), each
27     person who settles for grain (sold to a grain dealer at an
28     Illinois location) during the 12-month period commencing
29     on the first day of the succeeding calendar quarter (the
30     assessment period) shall pay an assessment equal to $0.0004
31     multiplied by the net market value of grain settled for
32     (payment received for grain sold).
33         (3) The next assessment determination date can be no
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1     calendar month following the end of the assessment period.
2         (4) "Net market value" of grain means the gross sales
3     price of that grain adjusted by application of the grain
4     dealer's discount schedule in effect at the time of sale
5     and after deduction of any statutory commodity check-offs.
6     Other charges such as storage charges, drying charges, and
7     transportation costs shall not be deducted in arriving at
8     the net market value of grain sold to a grain dealer. The
9     net market value of grain shall be determined from the
10     settlement sheet or other applicable written evidence of
11     the sale of grain to the grain dealer.
12         (5) All assessments under this subsection (f) shall
13     commence on the first day of the calendar quarter
14     immediately following the assessment determination date
15     and shall continue for a period of 12 consecutive calendar
16     months. The assessments shall be collected by licensees at
17     the time of settlement during the assessment period, and
18     shall be remitted by licensees to the Department by the
19     twentieth day of each calendar quarter, commencing with the
20     second calendar quarter following the assessment
21     determination date. The Department shall give written
22     notice to all licensees of when an assessment under this
23     subsection (f) is to begin and end, and the appropriate
24     level of the assessment, by mail within 20 days after the
25     assessment determination date.
26         (6) Assessments under this subsection (f) apply only to
27     grain for which settlement is made during the assessment
28     period, without regard to the date the grain was sold to
29     the licensee.
30         (7) The collection and remittance of assessments from
31     first sellers of grain under this subsection (f) is the
32     sole responsibility of the licensees to whom the grain is
33     sold. Sellers of grain shall not be penalized by reason of
34     any licensee's failure to comply with this subsection (f).

 

 

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1     Failure of a licensee to collect any assessment shall not
2     relieve the grain seller from paying the assessment, and
3     the grain seller shall promptly remit the uncollected
4     assessments upon demand by the licensee, which may be
5     accounted for in settlement of grain subsequently sold to
6     that licensee. Licensees who do not collect assessments as
7     required by this subsection (f), or who do not remit those
8     assessments to the Department within the time deadlines
9     required by this subsection (f), shall remit the amount of
10     the assessments that should have been remitted to the
11     Department and in addition shall be subject to a monetary
12     penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000.
13         (8) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
14     subsection (f), no assessment shall be levied against grain
15     sold by the Department as a result of a failure.
16     (g) Lender assessments.
17         (1) Subject to the provisions of this subsection (g),
18     if on the first working day of a calendar quarter when a
19     person is not already subject to an assessment under this
20     subsection (g) the equity in the Fund is less than
21     $6,000,000, each person holding warehouse receipts issued
22     from an Illinois location on grain owned or stored by a
23     licensee to secure a loan to that licensee shall be
24     assessed a quarterly lender assessment for each of 4
25     consecutive calendar quarters beginning with the calendar
26     quarter next succeeding the assessment determination date.
27         (2) Each quarterly lender assessment shall be at the
28     rate of $0.00000055 per bushel per day for bushels covered
29     by a warehouse receipt held as security for the loan during
30     that calendar quarter times the applicable commodity price
31     times the lender assessment multiplier, if any, determined
32     by the Department in accordance with paragraph (3) of this
33     subsection (g). With respect to each calendar quarter
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1     price" shall be the closing price paid by the licensee on
2     the last working day of that calendar quarter for the base
3     commodity for which the warehouse receipt was issued.
4         (3) With respect to the second assessment period
5     beginning after June 30, 2003, the Department shall
6     determine and apply a lender assessment multiplier equal to
7     250,000 divided by the aggregate dollar amount of lender
8     assessments imposed under this subsection (g) under the
9     first assessment period beginning after June 30, 2003. With
10     respect to the third assessment period beginning after June
11     30, 2003, the Department shall determine and apply a lender
12     assessment multiplier equal to 250,000 divided by the
13     average of aggregate dollar amounts of lender assessments
14     imposed under this subsection (g) under the first 2
15     assessment periods beginning after June 30, 2003. With
16     respect to assessment periods thereafter, the Department
17     shall determine and apply a lender assessment multiplier
18     equal to 250,000 divided by the average of the 3 most
19     recent aggregate dollar amounts of lender assessments
20     imposed under this subsection (g).
21         (4) The next assessment determination date can be no
22     sooner than the first working day of the fourth full
23     calendar month following the end of the assessment period.
24         (5) The Department shall give written notice by mail
25     within 20 days after the assessment determination date to
26     all licensees of when assessments under this subsection (g)
27     are to begin and end, the rate of the lender assessment,
28     and the lender assessment multiplier, if any, that shall
29     apply.
30         (6) It is the responsibility of a licensee to inform
31     each of its lenders and other persons by virtue of whose
32     relationship with the licensee this subsection (g) will
33     apply as to the onset of an assessment for which that
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1     multiplier, if any. The notification must be in writing
2     and, as to persons subject to assessment under this
3     subsection (g) on the assessment determination date, must
4     be sent no later than 20 days after the licensee receives
5     notice of an assessment from the Department. As to persons
6     not subject to assessment under this subsection (g) as of
7     the assessment determination date, the notice shall be sent
8     or given no later than the closing of any transaction
9     subsequent to the assessment determination date involving
10     the licensee and by virtue of which transaction the person
11     is made subject to assessment under this subsection (g).
12         (7) Within 20 days after the end of each calendar
13     quarter within the assessment period, each licensee shall
14     send to each lender with which it has been associated
15     during that calendar quarter and to the Department a
16     written notice of quarterly assessment together with the
17     information needed to determine the amount of the quarterly
18     assessment owing with respect to loans from that lender.
19     This information shall include the number of bushels
20     covered by each warehouse receipt, organized by commodity,
21     held as security for the loan owing to that lender, the
22     number of days each of those warehouse receipts was
23     outstanding during that calendar quarter, the applicable
24     commodity price, the applicable lender assessment
25     multiplier, the amount of the resulting quarterly lender
26     assessment, and the due date of the quarterly assessment.
27         (8) Each quarterly assessment shall be due and paid by
28     the lender or its designee to the Department within 20 days
29     after the end of the calendar quarter to which the
30     assessment pertains.
31         (9) Lenders shall not be penalized by reason of any
32     licensee's failure to comply with this subsection (g).
33     Failure of a licensee to comply with this subsection (g)
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1     and the lender shall promptly remit the uncollected
2     assessments by the due date as set forth in the notice from
3     the licensee.
4         (10) This subsection (g) applies to any person who
5     holds a grain warehouse receipt issued by a licensee from
6     an Illinois location pursuant to any transaction,
7     regardless of its form, that creates a security interest in
8     the grain including, without limitation, the advancing of
9     money or other value to or for the benefit of a licensee
10     upon the licensee's issuance or negotiation of a grain
11     warehouse receipt and pursuant to or in connection with an
12     agreement between the licensee and a counter-party for the
13     repurchase of the grain by the licensee or designee of the
14     licensee. For purposes of this subsection (g), any such
15     transaction shall be treated as one in which grain is held
16     as security for a loan outstanding to a licensee within the
17     meaning of this subsection (g), and such a person shall be
18     treated as a lender.
19         (11) The Department shall immediately deposit all paid
20     assessments under this subsection (g) into the Fund.
21     (h) Equity in the Fund shall exclude moneys owing to the
22 State or the Reserve Fund as a result of transfers to the Fund
23 from the General Revenue Fund or the Reserve Fund under
24 subsection (h) of Section 25-20. Notwithstanding the
25 foregoing, for purposes of calculating equity in the Fund
26 during the grain seller initial assessment period and assessing
27 grain sellers, it shall be presumed that the State is owed,
28 prior to repayment, only $2,000,000 and the Reserve Fund
29 contains a balance of $2,000,000. Under no circumstances,
30 however, shall there be more than 2 consecutive grain seller
31 assessments during the initial assessment period, unless there
32 is a failure that reduces the equity in the Fund to below
33 $3,000,000.
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1 (f)(3), and (g)(4) of this Section or any other law to the
2 contrary, until the equity in the Fund reaches a level of
3 $6,000,000 for the first time, assessment periods shall
4 continue without interruption, subject to the termination of
5 assessments on grain sellers provided in subsections (f)(2) and
6 (h) of this Section.
7 (Source: P.A. 93-225, eff. 7-21-03.)
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.".