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225 ILCS 454/5-20

    (225 ILCS 454/5-20)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-1039)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
    Sec. 5-20.

Exemptions from managing broker, broker, or residential leasing agent license
requirement; Department exemption from education provider and related licenses.

The requirement for holding a license under this Article 5 shall
not apply to:

(1) Any person, as defined in Section 1-10, that as

owner or lessor performs any of the acts described in the definition of "broker" under Section 1-10 of this Act with reference to property owned or leased by it, or to the regular employees thereof with respect to the property so owned or leased, where such acts are performed in the regular course of or as an incident to the management, sale, or other disposition of such property and the investment therein, if such regular employees do not perform any of the acts described in the definition of "broker" under Section 1-10 of this Act in connection with a vocation of selling or leasing any real estate or the improvements thereon not so owned or leased.

(2) An attorney in fact acting under a duly executed

and recorded power of attorney to convey real estate from the owner or lessor or the services rendered by an attorney at law in the performance of the attorney's duty as an attorney at law.

(3) Any person acting as receiver, trustee in

bankruptcy, administrator, executor, or guardian or while acting under a court order or under the authority of a will or testamentary trust.

(4) Any person acting as a resident manager for the

owner or any employee acting as the resident manager for a broker managing an apartment building, duplex, or apartment complex, when the resident manager resides on the premises, the premises is the primary residence of the resident manager, and the resident manager is engaged in the leasing of that property.

(5) Any officer or employee of a federal agency in

the conduct of official duties.

(6) Any officer or employee of the State government

or any political subdivision thereof performing official duties.

(7) Any multiple listing service or other similar

information exchange that is engaged in the collection and dissemination of information concerning real estate available for sale, purchase, lease, or exchange for the purpose of providing licensees with a system by which licensees may cooperatively share information along with which no other licensed activities, as defined in Section 1-10 of this Act, are provided.

(8) Railroads and other public utilities regulated by

the State of Illinois, or the officers or full-time employees thereof, unless the performance of any licensed activities is in connection with the sale, purchase, lease, or other disposition of real estate or investment therein that does not require the approval of the appropriate State regulatory authority.

(9) Any medium of advertising in the routine course

of selling or publishing advertising along with which no other licensed activities, as defined in Section 1-10 of this Act,  are provided.

(10) Any resident lessee of a residential dwelling

unit who refers for compensation to the owner of the dwelling unit, or to the owner's agent, prospective lessees of dwelling units in the same building or complex as the resident lessee's unit, but only if the resident lessee (i) refers no more than 3 prospective lessees in any 12-month period, (ii) receives compensation of no more than $5,000 or the equivalent of 2 months' rent, whichever is less, in any 12-month period, and (iii) limits activities to referring prospective lessees to the owner, or the owner's agent, and does not show a residential dwelling unit to a prospective lessee, discuss terms or conditions of leasing a dwelling unit with a prospective lessee, or otherwise participate in the negotiation of the leasing of a dwelling unit.

(11) The purchase, sale, or transfer of a timeshare

or similar vacation item or interest, vacation club membership, or other activity formerly regulated under the Real Estate Timeshare Act of 1999 (repealed).

(12) (Blank).
(13) Any person who is licensed without examination

under Section 10-25 (now repealed) of the Auction License Act is exempt from holding a managing broker's or broker's license under this Act for the limited purpose of selling or leasing real estate at auction, so long as:

(A) that person has made application for said

exemption by July 1, 2000;

(B) that person verifies to the Department that

the person has sold real estate at auction for a period of 5 years prior to licensure as an auctioneer;

(C) the person has had no lapse in the licensure

as an auctioneer; and

(D) the license issued under the Auction License

Act has not been disciplined for violation of those provisions of Article 20 of the Auction License Act dealing with or related to the sale or lease of real estate at auction.

(14) A person who holds a valid license under the

Auction License Act and a valid real estate auction certification and conducts auctions for the sale of real estate under Section 5-32 of this Act.

(15) A hotel operator who is registered with the

Illinois Department of Revenue and pays taxes under the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act and rents a room or rooms in a hotel as defined in the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for a period of not more than 30 consecutive days and not more than 60 days in a calendar year or a person who participates in an online marketplace enabling persons to rent out all or part of the person's owned residence.

(16) Notwithstanding any provisions to the

contrary, the Department and its employees shall be exempt from education, course provider, instructor, and course license requirements and fees while acting in an official capacity on behalf of the Department.  Courses offered by the Department shall be eligible for continuing education credit.

(Source: P.A. 103-236, eff. 1-1-24.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-1039)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
    Sec. 5-20.

Exemptions from managing broker, broker, or residential leasing agent license requirement; Department exemption from education provider and related licenses.

The requirement for holding a license under this Article 5 shall not apply to:
(1) Any person, as defined in Section 1-10, who: (A)

is the owner or lessor of real property who performs any of the acts described in the definition of "broker" under Section 1-10 of this Act only as it relates to the owned or leased property; or (B) is the regular employee who, in the course of the employee's duties and incidental to the management, sale, or other disposition of such property and the investment of the owned or leased property performs any of the acts described in the definition of "broker" under Section 1-10 of this Act. The exemption in this item (1) does not apply to the person, the person's employees, or the person's agents performing licensed activity for property not owned or leased by that person.