SB3557sam002 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Donne E. Trotter

Filed: 3/20/2014

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3557

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3557 on page 3 by replacing lines 14 through 22 with the following:

"(e) A person conducting business under an assumed name in a county with more than 4,000,000 inhabitants shall renew the certificate filed under subsection (a) every 5 years after the initial filing. Certificates on record as the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be renewed within 5 years after that effective date by a date established by the County Clerk of the county in which the certificate is filed. The County Clerk shall notify the person or persons of the renewal date at least 90 days before the renewal date. If the notice sent by the County Clerk is sent to an address set forth in the assumed name certificate, as amended, and the notice is returned as undeliverable at that address, the County Clerk may at his or her discretion cancel that certificate. Failure to renew the certificate before the renewal date shall result in the cancellation of the person's assumed name in the index maintained under Section 3. The county Clerk shall collect a fee of $25 at the time of each renewal. By ordinance of its governing board, a county with fewer than 4,000,000 inhabitants may adopt this subsection, making its provisions applicable to that county as if its population exceeded 4,000,000 inhabitants.".