Public Act 103-0066
 
SB0247 EnrolledLRB103 27780 SPS 54158 b


  
    AN ACT concerning business.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 
1986 is amended  by changing Section 103.05 as follows:
 



    (805 ILCS 105/103.05)  (from Ch. 32, par. 103.05)



    Sec. 103.05. Purposes and authority of corporations;

particular purposes; exemptions. 

    (a) Not-for-profit corporations may be organized under 
this Act for any
one or more of the following or similar 
purposes:

        (1) Charitable.

        (2) Benevolent.

        (3) Eleemosynary.

        (4) Educational.

        (5) Civic.

        (6) Patriotic.

        (7) Political.

        (8) Religious.

        (9) Social.

        (10) Literary.

        (11) Athletic.

        (12) Scientific.

        (13) Research.

        (14) Agricultural.

        (15) Horticultural.

        (16) Soil improvement.

        (17) Crop improvement.

        (18) Livestock or poultry improvement.

        (19) Professional, commercial, industrial, or trade 
    association.

        (20) Promoting the development, establishment, or 
    expansion
of industries.

        (21) Electrification on a cooperative basis.

        (22) Telephone service on a mutual or cooperative 
    basis.

        (23) Ownership and operation of water supply 
    facilities for
drinking and general domestic use on a 
    mutual or cooperative basis.

        (24) Ownership or administration of residential 
    property on a
cooperative basis.

        (25) Administration and operation of property owned on 
    a
condominium basis or by a homeowner association.

        (26) Administration and operation of an organization 
    on a
cooperative basis producing or furnishing goods, 
    services,
or facilities primarily for the benefit of its 
    members who
are consumers of those goods, services, or 
    facilities.

        (27) Operation of a community mental health board or 
    center
organized pursuant to the Community Mental Health 
    Act for the purpose of
providing direct patient services.

        (28) Provision of debt management services as 
    authorized by the Debt
Management Service Act.

        (29) Promotion, operation, and administration of a

    ridesharing arrangement as defined in Section 1-176.1 of

    the Illinois Vehicle Code.

        (30) The administration and operation of an 
    organization for the
purpose of assisting low-income 
    consumers in the acquisition of utility and
telephone 
    services.

        (31) Any purpose permitted to be exempt from taxation 
    under
Sections 501(c) or 501(d)
of the United States 
    Internal Revenue Code,
as now in
or hereafter amended.

        (32) Any purpose that would qualify for tax-deductible 
    gifts under the
Section 170(c) of the United States 
    Internal Revenue Code, as now
or hereafter amended.  Any 
    such purpose is deemed to be charitable
under subsection 
    (a)(1) of this Section.

        (33) Furnishing of natural gas on a cooperative basis.

        (34) Ownership and operation of agriculture-based 
    biogas (anaerobic digester) systems on a cooperative basis 
    including the marketing and sale of products produced from 
    these, including but not limited to methane gas, 
    electricity, and compost. 
        (35) Ownership and operation of a hemophilia program, 
    including comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic treatment 
    centers, under Section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security 
    Act. The hemophilia program may employ physicians, other 
    health care professionals, and staff. The program and the 
    corporate board may not exercise control over, direct, or 
    interfere with a physician's exercise and execution of his 
    or her professional judgment in the provision of care or 
    treatment. 
        (36) Engineering for conservation services associated 
    with wetland restoration or mitigation, flood mitigation, 
    groundwater recharge, and natural infrastructure.  
    Non-profit engineering for conservation services may not 
    be procured by qualifications based selection criteria for 
    contracts with the Department of Transportation, Illinois 
    State Toll Highway Authority, or Cook County, except as a 
    subcontractor or subconsultant. 
    (b) A corporation may be organized hereunder to serve in 
an
area that adjoins or borders (except for any intervening

natural watercourse) an area located in an adjoining state

intended to be similarly served, and the corporation may
join 
any corporation created by the adjoining state having
an 
identical purpose and organized as a not-for-profit

corporation.  Whenever any corporation organized under this
Act 
so joins with a foreign corporation having an identical

purpose, the corporation shall be permitted to do business
in 
Illinois as one corporation; provided (1) that the name,
bylaw 
provisions, officers, and directors of each
corporation are 
identical, (2) that the foreign corporation
complies with the 
provisions of this Act relating to the
admission of foreign 
corporation, and (3) that the Illinois
corporation files a 
statement with the Secretary of State
indicating that it has 
joined with a foreign corporation
setting forth the name 
thereof and the state of its incorporation.

(Source: P.A. 101-57, eff. 7-12-19.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.