Public Act 93-0460

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    AN ACT in relation to the regulation of professions.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  Regulatory  Sunset  Act  is amended by
changing Sections 4.14 and 4.24 as follows:

    (5 ILCS 80/4.14) (from Ch. 127, par. 1904.14)
    Sec. 4.14.  Acts repealed.
    (a)  The following Acts are repealed December 31, 2003:
         The Private Detective, Private  Alarm,  and  Private
    Security Act of 1993.
         The Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act.
    (b)  The  following  Act  is Acts are repealed January 1,
2004:
         The Illinois Certified Shorthand  Reporters  Act  of
    1984.
         The  Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of
    1994.
(Source: P.A. 92-457, eff 8-21-01.)

    (5 ILCS 80/4.24)
    Sec.  4.24.  Acts  repealed  on  January  1,  2014.   The
following Acts are repealed on January 1, 2014:
    The Electrologist Licensing Act.
    The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984.
    The Illinois Public Accounting Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-457, eff. 8-21-01; 92-750, eff. 1-1-03.)

    Section 10.  The Illinois Certified  Shorthand  Reporters
Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 17 as follows:

    (225 ILCS 415/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 6217)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2004)
    Sec.  17.  Fees;  returned  checks;  expiration  while in
military.
    (a)  The fees for the administration and  enforcement  of
this   Act,   including   but   not   limited   to,  original
certification, renewal and restoration, shall be set by rule.
    (b)  Beginning July 1, 2003, all of the  fees  and  fines
collected  under this Act shall be deposited into the General
Professions Dedicated Fund.
    (c)  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  prohibiting  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 30 days from the date of the notification, the person  has
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,  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 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.
    However,  any  person  whose license has expired while he
has been engaged (l) 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 his license renewed, reinstated or restored
without paying any lapsed renewal and  restoration  fees,  if
within 2 years after termination of such service, training or
education  other than by dishonorable discharge, he furnishes
the Department with satisfactory proof that he  has  been  so
engaged  and that his service, training or education has been
so terminated.
(Source: P.A. 92-146, eff. 1-1-02.)

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