Full Text of SB1882 99th General Assembly
SB1882sam002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Don Harmon Filed: 4/17/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1882
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1882 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Currency Exchange Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 3.3, 4, 4.1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, | 6 | | 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, and 29.5 and by adding Section 4.1B as | 7 | | follows:
| 8 | | (205 ILCS 405/1) (from Ch. 17, par. 4802)
| 9 | | Sec. 1. Definitions; application of Act. | 10 | | (a) For the purposes of this Act:
| 11 | | "Community currency exchange" means
any person, firm, | 12 | | association, partnership, limited liability company, or
| 13 | | corporation, except an
ambulatory currency exchange as | 14 | | hereinafter defined, banks incorporated
under the laws of this | 15 | | State and National Banks organized pursuant to the
laws of the | 16 | | United States, engaged in the business or service of, and
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| 1 | | providing facilities for, cashing checks, drafts, money orders | 2 | | or any other
evidences of money acceptable to such community | 3 | | currency exchange, for a
fee or service charge or other | 4 | | consideration, or engaged in the business of
selling or issuing | 5 | | money orders under his or their or its name, or any
other money | 6 | | orders (other than United States Post Office money orders,
| 7 | | Postal Telegraph Company money orders, or Western Union | 8 | | Telegraph Company
money orders), or engaged in both such | 9 | | businesses, or engaged in performing
any one or more of the | 10 | | foregoing services.
| 11 | | "Controlling person" means an officer, director, or person | 12 | | owning or holding power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding | 13 | | voting securities of a licensee or the power to vote the | 14 | | securities of another controlling person of the licensee. For | 15 | | the purposes of determining the percentage of a licensee | 16 | | controlled by a controlling person, the person's interest shall | 17 | | be combined with the interest of any other person controlled, | 18 | | directly or indirectly, by that person or by a spouse, parent, | 19 | | or child of that person. | 20 | | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | 21 | | Professional Regulation. | 22 | | "Director" means the Director of the Division of Financial | 23 | | Institutions of the Department of Financial and Professional | 24 | | Regulation. | 25 | | "Division of Financial Institutions" means the Division of | 26 | | Financial Institutions of the Department of Financial and |
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| 1 | | Professional Regulation. | 2 | | "Ambulatory Currency Exchange" means any person, firm, | 3 | | association,
partnership, limited liability company, or | 4 | | corporation, except banks organized under the laws of this
| 5 | | State and National Banks organized pursuant to the laws of the | 6 | | United
States, engaged in one or both of the foregoing | 7 | | businesses, or engaged in
performing any one or more of the | 8 | | foregoing services, solely on the
premises of the employer | 9 | | whose employees are being served.
| 10 | | "Licensee" means any person, firm, association, | 11 | | partnership, limited liability company, or corporation issued | 12 | | one or more licenses by the Secretary under this Act. | 13 | | "Licensed location" means the premises at which a licensee | 14 | | is authorized to operate a community currency exchange to offer | 15 | | to the public services, products, or activities under this Act. | 16 | | "Location" when used with reference to an ambulatory | 17 | | currency exchange
means the premises of the employer whose | 18 | | employees are or are to be served
by an ambulatory currency | 19 | | exchange.
| 20 | | "Principal office" means the physical business address, | 21 | | which shall not be a post office box, of a licensee at which | 22 | | the (i) Department may contact the licensee and (ii) records | 23 | | required under this Act are maintained. | 24 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and | 25 | | Professional Regulation or a person authorized by the Secretary | 26 | | or this Act to act in the Secretary's stead. All references in |
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| 1 | | this Act to the Secretary shall be deemed to include the | 2 | | Director, as a person authorized by the Secretary or this Act | 3 | | to assume responsibility for the oversight of the functions of | 4 | | the Department relative to the regulatory supervision of | 5 | | community currency exchanges and ambulatory currency exchanges | 6 | | under this Act.
| 7 | | (b) Nothing in this Act shall be held to apply to any | 8 | | person, firm,
association, partnership, limited liability | 9 | | company, or corporation who is
engaged primarily in the
| 10 | | business of transporting for hire, bullion, currency, | 11 | | securities,
negotiable or non-negotiable documents, jewels or | 12 | | other property of great
monetary value and who in the course of | 13 | | such business and only as an
incident thereto, cashes checks, | 14 | | drafts, money orders or other evidences of
money directly for, | 15 | | or for the employees of and with the funds of and at a
cost only | 16 | | to, the person, firm, association, partnership, limited | 17 | | liability
company, or corporation for
whom he or it is then | 18 | | actually transporting such bullion, currency,
securities, | 19 | | negotiable or non-negotiable documents, jewels, or other
| 20 | | property of great monetary value, pursuant to a written | 21 | | contract for such
transportation and all incidents thereof, nor | 22 | | shall it apply to any person,
firm, association, partnership, | 23 | | limited liability company, or corporation
engaged in the | 24 | | business of
selling tangible personal property at retail who, | 25 | | in the course of such
business and only as an incident thereto, | 26 | | cashes checks, drafts, money
orders or other evidences of |
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| 1 | | money.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 3 | | (205 ILCS 405/2) (from Ch. 17, par. 4803)
| 4 | | Sec. 2. License required; violation; injunction. No | 5 | | person, firm,
association, partnership, limited liability
| 6 | | company,
or corporation shall
engage in the business of a | 7 | | community currency exchange or in the business
of an ambulatory | 8 | | currency exchange without first securing a license to do
so | 9 | | from the Secretary.
| 10 | | Any licensee person, firm, association, partnership, | 11 | | limited liability company, or corporation issued a
license to | 12 | | do so by the Secretary shall have authority to operate one or | 13 | | more a
community currency exchanges exchange or an ambulatory | 14 | | currency exchanges exchange , as defined
in Section 1 of this | 15 | | Act hereof .
| 16 | | Any licensee person, firm, association, partnership, | 17 | | limited liability company, or
corporation licensed as and | 18 | | engaged in the business of a community currency
exchange shall | 19 | | at a minimum offer the service of cashing checks, or drafts,
or | 20 | | money orders, or any other evidences of money acceptable to | 21 | | such currency exchange.
| 22 | | No ambulatory currency exchange and no community currency | 23 | | exchange shall
be conducted on any street, sidewalk or highway | 24 | | used by the public, and no
license shall be issued therefor. An | 25 | | ambulatory currency exchange shall be
required to and shall |
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| 1 | | secure a license or licenses for the conduct of its
business at | 2 | | each and every location served by it, as provided in Section 4
| 3 | | hereof, whether the services at any such location are rendered | 4 | | for or
without a fee, service charge or other consideration. | 5 | | Each plant or
establishment is deemed a separate location. No | 6 | | license issued for the
conduct of its business at one location | 7 | | shall authorize the conduct of its
business at any other | 8 | | location, nor shall any license authorize the
rendering of | 9 | | services by an ambulatory currency exchange to persons other
| 10 | | than the employees of the employer named therein. If the | 11 | | employer named in
such license shall move his business from the | 12 | | address therein set forth,
such license shall thereupon expire, | 13 | | unless the Secretary has approved a
change of address for such | 14 | | location, as provided in Section 13.
| 15 | | Any person, firm, association, partnership, limited | 16 | | liability company, or
corporation that violates
this Section | 17 | | shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, and the Attorney
| 18 | | General or the State's Attorney of the county in which the | 19 | | violation occurs
shall file a complaint in the Circuit Court of | 20 | | the county to restrain the
violation.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 22 | | (205 ILCS 405/3) (from Ch. 17, par. 4804)
| 23 | | Sec. 3. Powers of community currency exchanges. No | 24 | | community or
ambulatory currency exchange shall be
permitted to | 25 | | accept money or evidences of money as a deposit to be
returned |
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| 1 | | to the depositor or upon the depositor's order. No
community or | 2 | | ambulatory currency exchange shall be permitted to act as
| 3 | | bailee or agent for persons, firms, partnerships, limited | 4 | | liability
companies, associations or
corporations to hold | 5 | | money or evidences thereof or the proceeds
therefrom for the | 6 | | use and benefit of the owners thereof, and deliver
such money | 7 | | or proceeds of evidence of money upon request and direction
of | 8 | | such owner or owners. Nothing in this Act shall prevent a | 9 | | currency exchange from accepting any check without regard to | 10 | | the date imprinted on the check, subject to Section 4-404 of | 11 | | the Uniform Commercial Code, as long as the check is | 12 | | immediately cashed, deposited, and processed in the ordinary | 13 | | course of business. A community or ambulatory currency exchange | 14 | | is permitted to engage in, and charge a fee for, the following | 15 | | activities, either directly or as a third-party agent: (i) | 16 | | cashing of checks, drafts, money orders, or any other evidences | 17 | | of money acceptable to the currency exchange, (ii) selling or | 18 | | issuing money orders, (iii) obtaining reports, certificates, | 19 | | governmental permits, licenses, and vital statistics and the | 20 | | preparation of necessary applications to obtain the same, (iv) | 21 | | the sale and distribution of bond cards, (v) obtaining, | 22 | | distributing, providing, or selling: State vehicle | 23 | | registration renewals, title transfers and tax remittance | 24 | | forms, city vehicle licenses, and other governmental services, | 25 | | (vi) photocopying and sending and receiving facsimile | 26 | | transmissions, (vii) notary service either by the proprietor of |
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| 1 | | the currency exchange or any currency exchange employee, | 2 | | authorized by the State to act as a notary public, (viii) | 3 | | issuance of travelers checks obtained by the currency exchange | 4 | | from a banking institution under a trust receipt, (ix) | 5 | | accepting for payment utility and other companies' bills, (x) | 6 | | issuance and acceptance of any third-party debit, credit, gift, | 7 | | or stored value card and loading or unloading, (xi) on-premises | 8 | | automated cash dispensing machines, (xii) sale of rolled coin | 9 | | and paper money, (xiii) exchange of foreign currency through a | 10 | | third-party, (xiv) sale of cards, passes, or tokens for public | 11 | | transit, (xv) providing mail box service, (xvi) sale of phone | 12 | | cards and other pre-paid telecommunication services, (xvii) | 13 | | on-premises public telephone, (xviii) sale of U.S. postage, | 14 | | (xix) money transmission through a licensed third-party money | 15 | | transmitter, (xx) sale of candy, gum, other packaged foods, | 16 | | soft drinks, and other products and services by means of | 17 | | on-premises vending machines and self-service automated | 18 | | terminals , and (xxi) transmittal of documents or information | 19 | | upon the request of a consumer, (xxii) providing access to | 20 | | consumers of third-party travel reservation and ticketing | 21 | | services, and (xxiii) other products and services as may be | 22 | | approved by the Secretary. A currency exchange may offer, for | 23 | | no charge and with no required transaction, advertising upon | 24 | | and about the premises and distribution to consumers of | 25 | | advertising and other materials of any legal product or service | 26 | | that is not misleading to the public.
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| 1 | | ambulatory currency exchange may enter into
agreements with any | 2 | | utility and other companies to act as the companies'
agent for | 3 | | the acceptance of payment of utility and other
companies' bills | 4 | | without charge
to the customer and,
acting under such | 5 | | agreement, may receipt for payments in the
names of the utility | 6 | | and other companies. Any community or
ambulatory currency | 7 | | exchange may also receive payment of
utility and other | 8 | | companies' bills for remittance to companies
with which it has | 9 | | no such agency agreement and may charge a fee
for such service | 10 | | but may not, in such cases, issue a receipt for such
payment in | 11 | | the names of the utility and other companies.
However, funds | 12 | | received by currency exchanges for remittance
to utility and | 13 | | other companies with which the currency exchange
has no agency | 14 | | agreement shall be forwarded to the appropriate
utility and | 15 | | other companies by the currency exchange before the
end of the | 16 | | next business day. | 17 | | For the purpose of this Section, "utility and other | 18 | | companies" means any utility company and other company with | 19 | | which the currency exchange may or may not have a contractual | 20 | | agreement and for which the currency exchange accepts payments | 21 | | from consumers for remittance to the utility or other company | 22 | | for the payment of bills.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 24 | | (205 ILCS 405/3.3) (from Ch. 17, par. 4807)
| 25 | | Sec. 3.3. Additional public services.
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| 1 | | (a) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the Secretary from | 2 | | authorizing
a currency exchange, group of currency exchanges, | 3 | | or association of currency exchanges to render additional | 4 | | services to the public if the services
are consistent with the | 5 | | provisions of this Act, are within its meaning,
are in the best | 6 | | interest of the public, and benefit the general welfare. A | 7 | | currency exchange, group of currency exchanges, or association | 8 | | of currency exchanges must request, in writing, the Secretary's | 9 | | approval of the additional service prior to rendering such | 10 | | additional service to the public. Any approval under this | 11 | | Section shall be deemed an approval for all currency exchanges. | 12 | | Any currency exchange wishing to provide an additional service | 13 | | previously approved by the Secretary must provide written | 14 | | notice, on a form provided by the Department and available on | 15 | | its website, to the Secretary 30 days prior to offering the | 16 | | approved additional service to the public. The Secretary may | 17 | | charge an additional service investigation fee of $500 per | 18 | | application for a new additional service request. The | 19 | | additional service request shall be on a form provided by the | 20 | | Department and available on the Department's website. Within 15 | 21 | | days after receipt by the Department of an additional service | 22 | | request, the Secretary shall examine the additional service | 23 | | request for completeness and notify the requester of any | 24 | | defect. The requester must remedy the defect within 10 days | 25 | | after the mailing of the notification of the defect by the | 26 | | Secretary. Failure to remedy the defect within such time will |
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| 1 | | void the additional service request.
If the Secretary | 2 | | determines that the additional service request is complete, the | 3 | | Secretary shall have 60 business days to approve or deny the | 4 | | additional service request. If the additional service request | 5 | | is denied, the Secretary shall send by United States mail | 6 | | notice of the denial to the requester at the address set forth | 7 | | in the additional service request , together with the reasons | 8 | | therefor stated with particularity that the additional service | 9 | | is not consistent with the provisions of this Act or in the | 10 | | best interest of the public and does not benefit the general | 11 | | welfare . If an additional service request is denied, the | 12 | | requester may, within 10 days after receipt of the denial, make | 13 | | a written request to the Secretary for a hearing on the | 14 | | additional service request denial. The hearing shall be set for | 15 | | a date after the receipt by the Secretary of the request for a | 16 | | hearing, and written notice of the time and place of the | 17 | | hearing shall be mailed to the requester no later than 15 days | 18 | | before the date of the hearing. The hearing shall be scheduled | 19 | | for a date within 56 days after the date of the receipt of the | 20 | | request for a hearing. The requester shall pay the actual cost | 21 | | of making the transcript of the hearing prior to the | 22 | | Secretary's issuing his or her decision following the hearing. | 23 | | If the Secretary denies the request for a new additional | 24 | | service, a currency exchange shall not offer the new additional | 25 | | service until a final administrative order has been entered | 26 | | permitting a currency exchange to offer the service.
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| 1 | | Secretary's
decision may be subject to review as provided in | 2 | | Section 22.01
of this Act.
If the Secretary revokes a | 3 | | previously approved authorization for an additional service | 4 | | request, the Secretary shall provide written notice to all | 5 | | affected currency exchange licensees , together with the | 6 | | reasons therefor stated with particularity, that the | 7 | | additional service is no longer consistent with the provisions | 8 | | of this Act or in the best interest of the public and does not | 9 | | benefit the general welfare . Upon receipt of the revocation | 10 | | notice, a currency exchange licensee, group of currency | 11 | | exchange licensees, or association of currency exchanges shall | 12 | | have 10 days to make a written request to the Secretary for a | 13 | | hearing, and the Department shall have 30 business days to | 14 | | schedule a future hearing. Written notice of the time and place | 15 | | of the hearing shall be mailed to the licensee no later than 10 | 16 | | business days before the date of the hearing. The licensee | 17 | | shall pay the actual cost of making the transcript prior to the | 18 | | Secretary's issuing his or her decision following the hearing.
| 19 | | The Secretary's decision
is subject to review as provided in | 20 | | Section 22.01 of this
Act.
| 21 | | (b) (Blank). | 22 | | (c) If the Secretary revokes authorization for a previously | 23 | | approved additional service, the currency exchange may | 24 | | continue to offer the additional service until a
final | 25 | | administrative order has been entered revoking the licensee's | 26 | | previously approved authorization.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1111, eff. 8-27-12.)
| 2 | | (205 ILCS 405/4) (from Ch. 17, par. 4808)
| 3 | | Sec. 4. License application; contents; fees. A licensee | 4 | | shall obtain a separate license for each licensed location. | 5 | | Application for such
license shall be in writing under oath and | 6 | | in
the form prescribed and furnished by the Secretary. Each | 7 | | application shall
contain the following:
| 8 | | (a) The applicant's full name and address (both of | 9 | | residence and place of business) if the applicant is a | 10 | | natural person,
of the applicant, and if the applicant is a | 11 | | partnership, limited liability
company, or association, of
| 12 | | every member thereof, and the name and principal office | 13 | | business address if the applicant is
a corporation;
| 14 | | (b) The county and municipality, with street and | 15 | | number, if any, where
the community currency exchange is to | 16 | | be conducted, if the application is
for a community | 17 | | currency exchange license;
| 18 | | (c) If the application is for an ambulatory currency | 19 | | exchange license,
the name and address of the employer at | 20 | | each location to be served by it;
and
| 21 | | (d) In the case of a licensee's initial license | 22 | | application, the The applicant's occupation or profession; | 23 | | a detailed statement of the applicant's
business | 24 | | experience for the 10 years immediately preceding the
| 25 | | application; a detailed statement of the applicant's |
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| 1 | | finances; the applicant's present or previous
connection | 2 | | with any other currency exchange; whether the applicant has | 3 | | ever been
involved in any civil or criminal litigation, and | 4 | | the material facts
pertaining thereto; whether the | 5 | | applicant has ever been committed to any penal
institution | 6 | | or admitted to an institution for the care and treatment of
| 7 | | mentally ill persons; and the nature of applicant's | 8 | | occupancy of the
premises to be licensed where the | 9 | | application is for a community currency
exchange license. | 10 | | If the applicant is a partnership, the information
| 11 | | specified herein shall be required of each partner. If the | 12 | | applicant is a
corporation or limited liability company , | 13 | | the said information shall be required of each controlling | 14 | | person officer,
director and stockholder thereof along | 15 | | with disclosure of their ownership
interests.
If the | 16 | | applicant is a limited liability company, the information | 17 | | required by
this Section shall be provided with respect to | 18 | | each member and manager along
with disclosure of their | 19 | | ownership interests.
| 20 | | A licensee's initial community currency exchange license | 21 | | application shall be
accompanied by a fee of $500, prior to | 22 | | January 1, 2012. After January 1, 2012 the fee shall be $750. | 23 | | After January 1, 2014 the fee shall be $1,000 for the cost of | 24 | | investigating the applicant. A licensee's application for | 25 | | licenses for additional licensed locations shall be | 26 | | accompanied by a fee of $1,000 for each additional license. If |
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| 1 | | the ownership of a
licensee or licensed location changes, in | 2 | | whole or in part, a new application must be filed pursuant
to | 3 | | this Section along with a $500 fee if the licensee's ownership | 4 | | interests
have been transferred
or sold to a new person or | 5 | | entity or a fee of $300 if the licensee's
ownership interests | 6 | | have been transferred or sold to a current holder or
holders of | 7 | | the licensee's ownership interests.
When the application for a
| 8 | | community currency exchange license has been approved by the | 9 | | Secretary and
the applicant so advised, an additional sum of
| 10 | | $400 as an annual license
fee for a period terminating on the | 11 | | last day of the current calendar year
shall be paid to the | 12 | | Secretary by the applicant; provided, that the license
fee for | 13 | | an applicant applying for such a license after July 1st of any | 14 | | year
shall be $200 for the balance of such year. Upon receipt
| 15 | | of a community currency exchange license application, the
| 16 | | Secretary shall examine the application for completeness and
| 17 | | notify the applicant in writing of any defect within 20 days | 18 | | after
receipt. The applicant must remedy the defect within 10 | 19 | | days after the mailing of the notification of the defect by the | 20 | | Secretary. Failure to timely remedy the defect will void the | 21 | | application. Once the Secretary determines that the | 22 | | application is complete, the Secretary shall have 90 business | 23 | | days to approve or deny the application.
If
the application is | 24 | | denied, the Secretary shall send by United
States mail notice | 25 | | of the denial to the applicant at the
address set forth in the | 26 | | application. If an application is
denied, the applicant may, |
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| 1 | | within 10 days after the date of the
notice of denial, make a | 2 | | written request to the Secretary for a
hearing on the | 3 | | application. The hearing shall be set for a date after the | 4 | | receipt by the Secretary of the request for a hearing, and | 5 | | written notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be | 6 | | mailed to the applicant no later than 15 days before the date | 7 | | of the hearing. The hearing shall be scheduled for a date | 8 | | within 56 days after the date of the receipt of the request for | 9 | | a hearing. The applicant shall pay the actual cost of
making | 10 | | the transcript of the hearing prior to the Secretary's
issuing | 11 | | his or her decision. The Secretary's decision is subject to | 12 | | review as
provided in Section 22.01 of this Act.
| 13 | | An application for an ambulatory currency exchange license | 14 | | shall be
accompanied by a fee of $100, which fee shall be for | 15 | | the cost of
investigating the applicant. An approved applicant | 16 | | shall not be required
to pay the initial investigation fee of | 17 | | $100 more than once.
When the application for an ambulatory | 18 | | currency exchange license has
been approved by the Secretary, | 19 | | and such applicant so advised, such
applicant shall pay an | 20 | | annual license fee of $25 for each and every
location to be | 21 | | served by such applicant; provided that such license fee for
an | 22 | | approved applicant applying for such a license after July 1st | 23 | | of any
year shall be $12 for the balance of such year for each | 24 | | and every location
to be served by such applicant. Such an
| 25 | | approved applicant for an ambulatory currency exchange | 26 | | license, when
applying for a license with respect to a |
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| 1 | | particular location, shall file
with the Secretary, at the time | 2 | | of filing an application, a letter of
memorandum, which shall | 3 | | be in writing and under oath, signed by the owner
or authorized | 4 | | representative of the business whose employees are to be
| 5 | | served; such letter or memorandum shall contain a statement | 6 | | that such
service is desired, and that the person signing the | 7 | | same is authorized so
to do. The Secretary shall thereupon | 8 | | verify the authenticity of the letter
or memorandum and the | 9 | | authority of the person who executed it, to do
so. | 10 | | The Department shall have 45 business days to approve or | 11 | | deny a currency exchange licensee's request to purchase another | 12 | | currency exchange.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1111, eff. 8-27-12.)
| 14 | | (205 ILCS 405/4.1) (from Ch. 17, par. 4809)
| 15 | | Sec. 4.1. Application; investigation; community need. | 16 | | (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that community | 17 | | currency
exchanges provide important and vital services to | 18 | | Illinois citizens, that
the number of community currency | 19 | | exchanges should be limited in accordance
with the needs of the | 20 | | communities they are to serve, and that it is in the
public | 21 | | interest to promote and foster the community currency exchange | 22 | | business
and to insure the financial stability thereof. | 23 | | (b) Upon receipt of an application
for a license for a | 24 | | community
currency exchange, the Secretary shall cause an | 25 | | investigation to determine:
of |
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| 1 | | (1) the need of the community
for the establishment of | 2 | | a community currency exchange at the location
specified in | 3 | | the application ; and | 4 | | (2) the effect that granting the license
will have on | 5 | | the financial stability of other community currency | 6 | | exchanges
that may be serving the community in which the | 7 | | business of the applicant
is proposed to be conducted.
| 8 | | (c) "Community", as used in this Act, means a locality | 9 | | where there may or
can be available to the people thereof the | 10 | | services of a community currency
exchange reasonably | 11 | | accessible to them. | 12 | | (d) If the issuance of a license to
engage in the community | 13 | | currency exchange business at the location
specified will not | 14 | | promote the needs and the convenience and advantage
of the | 15 | | community in which the business of the applicant is proposed to | 16 | | be
conducted, then the application shall be denied.
| 17 | | (e) As a part of the investigation, the Secretary shall, | 18 | | within 15 business days after receipt of an application, notify | 19 | | in writing all currency exchanges as described in paragraph (2) | 20 | | of subsection (b) of this Section of the application and the | 21 | | proposed location. Within 15 business days after the notice, | 22 | | any currency exchange as described in paragraph (2) of | 23 | | subsection (b) of this Section may notify the Secretary it | 24 | | intends to protest the application. If the currency exchange | 25 | | intends to protest the application, then the currency exchange | 26 | | shall, within 30 days after notifying the Secretary, provide |
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| 1 | | the Secretary with any information requested to substantiate | 2 | | that granting the license would have a material and negative | 3 | | effect upon the financial stability of the existing currency | 4 | | exchange or would not promote the needs and the convenience and | 5 | | advantage of the community. Once the investigation is | 6 | | completed, the Secretary shall, within 15 business days | 7 | | thereafter, notify any currency exchange as described in | 8 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section of the | 9 | | determination to approve or deny the application. The | 10 | | determination shall sufficiently detail the facts that led to | 11 | | the determination. The protesting currency exchange, if | 12 | | located within a one-half mile radius of the proposed new | 13 | | currency exchange in any municipality with a population of | 14 | | 500,000 or more or within a one-mile radius of any existing | 15 | | licensee located in any municipality with a population less | 16 | | than 500,000, may appeal the granting of the application under | 17 | | the Administrative Procedure Act. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 19 | | (205 ILCS 405/4.1B new) | 20 | | Sec. 4.1B. Anti-money laundering requirements. | 21 | | (a) Every licensee shall comply with all State and federal | 22 | | laws, rules, and regulations relating to the detection and | 23 | | prevention of money laundering, including, as applicable, 31 | 24 | | C.F.R. 103.20, 103.22, 103.23, 103.27, 103.28, 103.29, 103.33, | 25 | | 103.37, and 103.41. |
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| 1 | | (b) Every licensee shall maintain an anti-money laundering | 2 | | program in accordance with 31 C.F.R. 103.125. The program shall | 3 | | be reviewed and updated as necessary to ensure that the program | 4 | | continues to be effective in detecting and deterring money | 5 | | laundering activities. | 6 | | (205 ILCS 405/5) (from Ch. 17, par. 4812)
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Bond; condition; amount.
| 8 | | (a) Before any license shall be issued
to a licensee to | 9 | | operate a community
currency exchange the applicant shall file | 10 | | annually with and
have approved by the Secretary a surety bond, | 11 | | issued by a bonding
company authorized to do business in this | 12 | | State in the principal sum
of $25,000 for each licensed | 13 | | location, up to a maximum aggregate principal sum of $350,000 | 14 | | for each licensee regardless of the number of licenses held . | 15 | | Such bond shall run to the Secretary and shall
be for the | 16 | | benefit of any creditors of such licensee currency exchange
for | 17 | | any liability incurred by the licensee currency exchange on any
| 18 | | money orders, including any fees and penalties incurred by the | 19 | | remitter should the money order be returned unpaid, issued or | 20 | | sold by the licensee in the ordinary course of its business | 21 | | currency exchange and for
any liability incurred by the | 22 | | licensee currency exchange for any sum or
sums due to any payee | 23 | | or endorsee of any check, draft or money
order left with the | 24 | | licensee in the ordinary course of its business currency | 25 | | exchange for collection, and for
any liability to the public |
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| 1 | | incurred by the licensee in the ordinary course of its business | 2 | | currency exchange in connection
with the rendering of any of | 3 | | the services referred to in
Section 3 of this Act.
| 4 | | To protect the public and allow for the effective | 5 | | underwriting of bonds, the surety bond shall not cover money | 6 | | orders issued and other liabilities incurred by a currency | 7 | | exchange for its own account or that of its controlling | 8 | | persons, including money orders issued or liabilities incurred | 9 | | by the currency exchange to obtain cash for its own operations, | 10 | | to pay for the currency exchange's own bills or liabilities or | 11 | | that of its controlling persons, or to obtain things of value | 12 | | for the currency exchange
or its controlling persons, | 13 | | regardless of whether such things of value are used in the | 14 | | currency exchange's operations or sold by the currency | 15 | | exchange. | 16 | | From time to time the Secretary may determine the amount of | 17 | | liabilities
as described herein and shall require the licensee | 18 | | to file a bond in an
additional sum if the same is determined | 19 | | to be necessary in accordance with
the requirements of this | 20 | | Section. In no case shall the bond be less than
the initial | 21 | | $25,000, nor more than the outstanding liabilities.
| 22 | | (b) In lieu of the surety bond requirements of subsection | 23 | | (a), a community
currency exchange licensee may submit evidence | 24 | | satisfactory to the Secretary
that the community currency | 25 | | exchange licensee is covered by a blanket bond that
covers | 26 | | multiple licensees who are members of a statewide association |
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| 1 | | of
community currency exchanges or licensees . Such a blanket | 2 | | bond must be issued by a bonding
company authorized to do | 3 | | business in this State and in a principal aggregate
sum of not | 4 | | less than $3,000,000 as of May 1, 2012, and not less than | 5 | | $4,000,000 as of May 1, 2014.
| 6 | | (c) An ambulatory currency exchange may sell or issue money | 7 | | orders
at any location with regard to which it
is issued a | 8 | | license pursuant to this Act, including existing
licensed | 9 | | locations, without the necessity of a further
application or | 10 | | hearing and without regard to any exceptions
contained in | 11 | | existing licenses, upon the filing with
the Secretary of a | 12 | | surety bond approved by the Secretary and issued by a bonding
| 13 | | company
or insurance company authorized to do business in | 14 | | Illinois,
in the principal sum of $100,000. Such bond may be a | 15 | | blanket
bond covering all locations at which the ambulatory | 16 | | currency
exchange may sell or issue money orders,
and shall run | 17 | | to the Secretary for the
use and benefit of any creditors of | 18 | | such ambulatory currency
exchange for any liability incurred by | 19 | | the ambulatory currency
exchange on any money orders issued or | 20 | | sold by it to the public in the ordinary course of its | 21 | | business .
Such bond shall be renewed annually. If after
the | 22 | | expiration of one year from the date of approval of such
bond | 23 | | by the Secretary, it shall appear that the average amount
of | 24 | | such liability during the year has exceeded $100,000,
the | 25 | | Secretary shall require the licensee to furnish a bond for
the | 26 | | ensuing year, to be approved by the Secretary,
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| 1 | | additional principal sum of $1,000 for each $1,000 of
such | 2 | | liability or fraction thereof in excess of the original
| 3 | | $100,000, except that the maximum amount of such bond shall not | 4 | | be required to
exceed $250,000.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 6 | | (205 ILCS 405/6) (from Ch. 17, par. 4813)
| 7 | | Sec. 6. Insurance against loss. | 8 | | (a) Every applicant for a license hereunder
shall, after | 9 | | his
application for a license has been approved, file with and | 10 | | have approved
by the Secretary, a policy or policies of | 11 | | insurance issued by an
insurance company or indemnity company | 12 | | authorized to do business under
the law of this State, which | 13 | | shall insure the applicant against loss by
theft, burglary, | 14 | | robbery or forgery in a principal sum as hereinafter
provided; | 15 | | if the average amount of cash and liquid funds to be kept on
| 16 | | hand at the licensed location in the office of the community | 17 | | currency exchange during the year
will not be in excess of | 18 | | $10,000 the policy or policies shall be in the
principal sum of | 19 | | $10,000. If such average amount will be in excess of
$10,000, | 20 | | the policy or policies shall be for an additional principal sum
| 21 | | of $500 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of such excess over | 22 | | the
original $10,000. From time to
time, the Secretary may | 23 | | determine the amount of cash and liquid funds on
hand at the | 24 | | licensed location in the office of any community currency | 25 | | exchange and shall require
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| 1 | | policies if the same are determined to
be necessary in | 2 | | accordance with the requirements of this Section. | 3 | | However, any licensee community currency exchange licensed | 4 | | under this Act may meet the insurance requirements of this | 5 | | subsection (a) by submitting evidence satisfactory to the | 6 | | Secretary that the licensee is covered by a blanket insurance | 7 | | policy that covers multiple licensees. The blanket insurance | 8 | | policy: (i) shall insure the licensee against loss by theft, | 9 | | robbery, or forgery; (ii) shall be issued by an insurance | 10 | | company authorized to do business in this State; and (iii) | 11 | | shall be in the principal sum of an amount equal to the maximum | 12 | | amount required under this Section for any one licensee covered | 13 | | by the insurance policy.
| 14 | | Any such policy or policies, with respect to forgery, may | 15 | | carry a
condition that the community currency exchange assumes | 16 | | the first $1,000 of
each claim thereunder.
| 17 | | (b) Before an ambulatory currency exchange shall sell or
| 18 | | issue money orders,
it shall file with and
have approved by the | 19 | | Secretary, a policy or policies of
insurance issued by an | 20 | | insurance company or indemnity company
authorized to do | 21 | | business under the laws of this State, which
shall insure such | 22 | | ambulatory currency exchange against loss
by theft, burglary, | 23 | | robbery, forgery or embezzlement in the
principal sum of not | 24 | | less than $500,000. If the average amount
of cash and liquid | 25 | | funds to be kept on hand during the year
will exceed $500,000, | 26 | | the policy or policies shall be for an
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| 1 | | of $500 for each $1,000 or fraction
thereof in excess of | 2 | | $500,000. From time to time the Secretary may determine
the | 3 | | amount of cash and liquid funds kept on hand by an ambulatory
| 4 | | currency exchange and shall require it to submit such | 5 | | additional
policies as are determined to be required within the | 6 | | limits of
this Section. No ambulatory currency exchange subject | 7 | | to
this Section shall be required to furnish more than one | 8 | | policy
of insurance if the policy furnished insures it against | 9 | | the
foregoing losses at all locations served by it.
| 10 | | Any such policy may contain a condition that the insured
| 11 | | assumes a portion of the loss, provided the insured shall file
| 12 | | with such policy a sworn financial statement indicating its
| 13 | | ability to act as self-insurer in the amount of such deductible
| 14 | | portion of the policy without prejudice to the safety of any
| 15 | | funds belonging to its customers. If the Secretary is not
| 16 | | satisfied as to the financial ability of the ambulatory | 17 | | currency
exchange, he may require it to deposit cash or United | 18 | | States Government
Bonds in the amount of part or
all of the | 19 | | deductible portion of the policy.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 21 | | (205 ILCS 405/7) (from Ch. 17, par. 4814)
| 22 | | Sec. 7. Available funds; minimum amount. Each licensee | 23 | | community currency
exchange shall have, at all times, a
minimum | 24 | | of $5,000 for each currency exchange license it holds of its | 25 | | own cash funds available for the uses and
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| 1 | | currency exchange business and said minimum sum shall be | 2 | | exclusive of and
in addition to funds received for exchange or | 3 | | transfer; and in addition
thereto each such licensee shall at | 4 | | all times have on hand an amount of
liquid funds sufficient to | 5 | | pay on demand all outstanding money orders
issued by it. | 6 | | Whenever a licensee holds more than one community currency | 7 | | exchange license, the aggregate of the minimum liquid funds | 8 | | required under this Section 7 for all of such licensee's | 9 | | licensed locations may be held by the licensee in a single | 10 | | account in the licensee's name, provided that the total liquid | 11 | | funds equals a minimum of $5,000 multiplied by the number of | 12 | | licenses held by that licensee.
| 13 | | In the event a receiver is appointed in accordance with | 14 | | Section 15.1
of this Act, and the Secretary determines that the | 15 | | business of the
currency exchange should be liquidated, and if | 16 | | it shall appear that the
said minimum sum was not on hand or | 17 | | available at the time of the
appointment of the receiver, then | 18 | | the receiver shall have the right to
recover in any court of | 19 | | competent jurisdiction from the owner or owners
of such | 20 | | currency exchange, or from the stockholders and directors
| 21 | | thereof if such currency exchange was operated by a | 22 | | corporation, or from the
members if the currency exchange was | 23 | | operated as a limited liability company,
said
sum or that part | 24 | | thereof which was not on hand or available at the time
of the | 25 | | appointment of such receiver. Nothing contained in this Section
| 26 | | shall limit or impair the liability of any bonding or insurance |
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| 1 | | company
on any bond or insurance policy relating to such | 2 | | community currency
exchange issued pursuant to the | 3 | | requirements of this Act, nor shall
anything contained herein | 4 | | limit or impair such other rights or remedies
as the receiver | 5 | | may otherwise have.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 7 | | (205 ILCS 405/9) (from Ch. 17, par. 4816)
| 8 | | Sec. 9.
No community or ambulatory currency exchange shall | 9 | | issue
tokens to be used in lieu of money for the purchase of | 10 | | goods or services
from any enterprise , except that currency | 11 | | exchanges may engage in
the distribution of food stamps as | 12 | | authorized by Section 3.2 .
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 80-439.)
| 14 | | (205 ILCS 405/10) (from Ch. 17, par. 4817)
| 15 | | Sec. 10. Qualifications of applicant; denial of license; | 16 | | review. The
applicant or , and its controlling persons | 17 | | officers, directors and
stockholders, if a corporation,
and its | 18 | | managers and members, if a liability company, shall be vouched | 19 | | for
by 2 reputable citizens of this State setting forth
that | 20 | | the individual mentioned is (a) personally known to them to be
| 21 | | trustworthy and reputable, (b) that he has business experience | 22 | | qualifying
him to competently conduct, operate, own or become | 23 | | associated with a
currency exchange, (c) that he has a good | 24 | | business reputation and is worthy
of a license. Thereafter, the |
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| 1 | | Secretary shall, upon approval of the
application filed with | 2 | | him, issue to the applicant, qualifying under this
Act, a | 3 | | license to operate a currency exchange. If it is a license for | 4 | | a
community currency exchange, the same shall be valid only at | 5 | | the place of
business specified in the application. If it is a | 6 | | license for an ambulatory
currency exchange, it shall entitle | 7 | | the applicant to operate only at the
location or locations | 8 | | specified in the application, provided the applicant
shall | 9 | | secure separate and additional licenses for each of such | 10 | | locations.
Such licenses shall remain in full force and effect, | 11 | | until they are
surrendered by the licensee, or revoked, or | 12 | | expire, as herein provided. If
the Secretary shall not so | 13 | | approve, he shall not issue such license or
licenses and shall | 14 | | notify the applicant of such denial, retaining the full
| 15 | | investigation fee to cover the cost of investigating the | 16 | | community
currency exchange applicant. The
Secretary shall | 17 | | approve or deny every application hereunder within 90 days
from | 18 | | the filing of a complete application; except that in respect to | 19 | | an application by an
approved ambulatory currency exchange for | 20 | | a license with regard to a
particular location to be served by | 21 | | it, the same shall be approved or
denied within 20 days from | 22 | | the filing thereof. If the application is
denied, the Secretary | 23 | | shall send by United States mail notice of such denial
to the | 24 | | applicant at the address set forth in the application.
| 25 | | If an application is denied, the applicant may, within 10 | 26 | | days from the
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| 1 | | request to the Secretary for a
hearing on the application, and | 2 | | the Secretary shall set a time and place for
the hearing. The | 3 | | hearing shall be set for a date after the receipt by the
| 4 | | Secretary of the request for hearing, and written notice of the | 5 | | time and
place of the hearing shall be mailed to the applicant | 6 | | at least 15 days
before the date of the hearing. The applicant | 7 | | shall pay the actual cost of
making the transcript of the | 8 | | hearing prior to the Secretary's issuing his
decision following | 9 | | the hearing. If, following the hearing, the application
is | 10 | | denied, the Secretary shall, within 20 days thereafter prepare | 11 | | and keep
on file in his office a written order of denial | 12 | | thereof, which shall
contain his findings with respect thereto | 13 | | and the reasons supporting the
denial, and shall send by United | 14 | | States Mail a copy thereof to the
applicant at the address set | 15 | | forth in the application, within 5 days after
the filing of | 16 | | such order. A review of any such decision may be had as
| 17 | | provided in Section 22.01 of this Act.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 19 | | (205 ILCS 405/11) (from Ch. 17, par. 4819)
| 20 | | Sec. 11.
Such license, if issued for a community currency | 21 | | exchange, shall
state the name of the licensee and the address | 22 | | of at which the licensed location business is to
be conducted . | 23 | | Such license, or and its annual renewal, shall be kept | 24 | | conspicuously posted in the licensed location place
of business | 25 | | of the licensee and shall not be transferable or assignable. If
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| 1 | | issued for an ambulatory currency exchange, it shall so state, | 2 | | and shall
state the name and principal office office address of | 3 | | the licensee, and the name and address
of the location or | 4 | | locations to be served by the licensee, and shall not be
| 5 | | transferable and assignable.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 7 | | (205 ILCS 405/13) (from Ch. 17, par. 4821)
| 8 | | Sec. 13.
No more than one place of business shall be | 9 | | maintained under
the same community currency exchange license, | 10 | | but the Secretary may issue
more than one license to the same | 11 | | licensee upon compliance with the
provisions of this Act | 12 | | governing an original issuance of a license, for
each new | 13 | | license.
| 14 | | Whenever a community currency exchange or an ambulatory | 15 | | currency
exchange shall wish to change its name in its license, | 16 | | it shall file an
application for approval thereof with the | 17 | | Secretary, and if the change is
approved by the Secretary he | 18 | | shall attach to the license, in writing, a
rider stating the | 19 | | licensee's new name.
| 20 | | If an ambulatory currency exchange has serviced a licensed | 21 | | location for
2 years or longer and the employer whose employees | 22 | | are served at that location
has moved his place of business, | 23 | | the currency exchange may continue its
service to the employees | 24 | | of that employer at the new address of that employer's
place of | 25 | | business by filing a notice of the change of address with the |
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| 1 | | Secretary
and by relinquishing its license to conduct its | 2 | | business at the employer's
old address upon receipt of a | 3 | | license to conduct its business at the employer's
new address. | 4 | | Nothing in this Act shall preclude or prevent an ambulatory
| 5 | | currency exchange from filing an application to conduct its | 6 | | business at
the old address of an employer who moved his place | 7 | | of business after the
ambulatory currency exchange receives a | 8 | | license to conduct its business
at the employer's new address | 9 | | through the filing of a notice of its change
of address with | 10 | | the Secretary and the relinquishing of its license to conduct
| 11 | | its business at the employer's old address.
| 12 | | Whenever a currency exchange wishes to make any other | 13 | | change in the address
set forth in any of its licenses, it | 14 | | shall apply to the Secretary for approval
of such change of | 15 | | address.
Every application for approval of a change of address | 16 | | shall be treated by
the Secretary in the same manner as is | 17 | | otherwise provided in this Act for
the treatment of proposed | 18 | | places of business or locations as contained in
new | 19 | | applications for licenses; and if any fact or condition then | 20 | | exists
with respect to the application for change of address, | 21 | | which fact or condition
would otherwise authorize denial of a | 22 | | new application for a license because
of the address of the | 23 | | proposed location or place of business, then such
application | 24 | | for change of address shall not be approved. Whenever a
| 25 | | community currency exchange wishes to sell its physical assets, | 26 | | it may do
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| 1 | | intention of continuing the
operation of a community currency | 2 | | exchange, the purchaser or purchasers
must first make | 3 | | application to the Secretary for licensure in accordance
with | 4 | | Section Sections 4 and 10 of this Act. If the Secretary shall | 5 | | not so approve,
he shall not issue such license and shall | 6 | | notify the applicant or
applicants of such denial. The | 7 | | investigation fee for a change of location
is $500.
| 8 | | The provisions of Sections 4.1A and Section 10 of this Act | 9 | | with reference to notice, hearing and review
apply to | 10 | | applications filed pursuant to this Section.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 12 | | (205 ILCS 405/14) (from Ch. 17, par. 4823)
| 13 | | Sec. 14.
Every licensee, shall, on or before November 15, | 14 | | pay to the
Secretary the annual license fee or fees for the | 15 | | next succeeding calendar
year and shall at the same time file | 16 | | with the Secretary the annual report
required by Section 16 of | 17 | | this Act, and the annual bond or bonds, and the
insurance | 18 | | policy or policies as and if required by this Act. The annual
| 19 | | license fee for each community currency exchange is $200, prior | 20 | | to January 1, 2012. After January 1, 2012 the fee shall be | 21 | | $300. After January 1, 2014 the fee shall be $400 for each | 22 | | licensee and $400 for each additional licensed location . The | 23 | | annual
license fee for each location served by an ambulatory | 24 | | currency exchange
shall be $25.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
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| 1 | | (205 ILCS 405/15) (from Ch. 17, par. 4824)
| 2 | | Sec. 15. Fines; suspension; revocation. The Secretary may, | 3 | | after 15 business days' days notice by registered or certified | 4 | | mail to the licensee at the address set forth in the license , | 5 | | or by email or facsimile transmission if such other method is | 6 | | previously designated by the licensee, stating the | 7 | | contemplated action and in general the grounds therefore, fine | 8 | | the licensee an amount not exceeding $1,000 per violation or | 9 | | revoke or suspend any license issued if he or she finds that:
| 10 | | (a) the licensee has failed to pay the annual license | 11 | | fee or to
maintain in effect the required bond or bonds or | 12 | | insurance policy or
policies; or
| 13 | | (b) the licensee has failed to comply with any | 14 | | provision of this Act or any order, decision, finding, | 15 | | rule, regulation, or direction of the Secretary lawfully | 16 | | made under the authority of this Act; or | 17 | | (c) the licensee has violated any provision of this Act | 18 | | or any
regulation or direction made by the Secretary under | 19 | | this Act; or
| 20 | | (d) any fact or condition exists which, if it had | 21 | | existed at the
time of the original application for such | 22 | | license, would have warranted
the Secretary in refusing the | 23 | | issuance of the license; or
| 24 | | (e) the licensee has not operated the currency exchange | 25 | | or at the
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licensee was prevented from operating | 2 | | during such period by reason of
events or acts beyond the | 3 | | licensee's control.
| 4 | | The notice required to fine a licensee or suspend or revoke | 5 | | a license under this Section shall state (i) the specific | 6 | | nature and a clear and concise description of the violation; | 7 | | (ii) the Sections of this Act or rules that have been violated; | 8 | | (iii) the contemplated fine or action; (iv) that the licensee | 9 | | may, within 15 business days from the date of the notice, | 10 | | request a hearing pursuant to Section 22.01 of this Act; (v) | 11 | | that the licensee may, within 15 business days after the | 12 | | notice, take corrective action to mitigate any fine or | 13 | | contemplated action; and (vi) the specific corrective action to | 14 | | be taken. | 15 | | Consistent with the provisions of this Act, the Secretary | 16 | | may, after weighing any harm to the public, the seriousness of | 17 | | the offense, and the history of the licensee, fine a licensee | 18 | | an amount graduated up to $1,000 per violation. | 19 | | No license shall be revoked until the licensee has had | 20 | | notice of a hearing on the proposed revocation and an | 21 | | opportunity to be heard. The Secretary shall send a copy of the | 22 | | order, finding, or decision of revocation by United States | 23 | | mail, or by email or facsimile transmission, if such other | 24 | | method is previously designated by the licensee, to the | 25 | | licensee at the address set forth in the license or to such | 26 | | other email address or facsimile transmission phone number |
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| 1 | | previously designated by the licensee, within 5 days after the | 2 | | order or decision is entered. A review of any such order, | 3 | | finding, or decision is available under Section 22.01 of this | 4 | | Act. | 5 | | The Secretary may fine, suspend or revoke only the | 6 | | particular license or licenses for
particular places of | 7 | | business or locations with respect to which grounds
for | 8 | | revocation may occur or exist; except that if he shall find | 9 | | that
such grounds for revocation are of general application to | 10 | | all places of
business or locations, or that such grounds for | 11 | | fines, suspension or revocation
have occurred
or exist with | 12 | | respect to a substantial number of places of business or
| 13 | | locations, he may fine, suspend or revoke all of the licenses | 14 | | issued to such licensee. | 15 | | An order assessing a fine, an order revoking or suspending | 16 | | a license, or an order denying renewal of a license shall take | 17 | | effect on service of the order unless the licensee requests a | 18 | | hearing pursuant to this Section , in writing, within 15 days | 19 | | after the date of service. In the event a hearing is requested, | 20 | | the order shall be stayed until a final administrative order is | 21 | | entered . If the licensee requests a hearing, the Secretary | 22 | | shall schedule a hearing within 30 days after the request for a | 23 | | hearing unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The hearing | 24 | | shall be held at the time and place designated by the | 25 | | Secretary. | 26 | | The Secretary and any administrative law judge designated |
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| 1 | | by him or her shall have the power to administer oaths and | 2 | | affirmations, subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, | 3 | | take evidence, and require the production of books, papers, | 4 | | correspondence, and other records or information that he or she | 5 | | considers relevant or material to the inquiry. | 6 | | In case of contumacy or refusal of a witness to obey a | 7 | | subpoena, any circuit court of this State whose jurisdiction | 8 | | encompasses where the hearing is located may issue an order | 9 | | requiring such witness to appear before the Secretary or the | 10 | | hearing officer, to produce documentary evidence, or to give | 11 | | testimony touching the matter in question; and the court may | 12 | | punish any failures to obey such orders of the court as | 13 | | contempt.
| 14 | | A licensee may surrender any license by delivering to the | 15 | | Secretary
written notice that he, they or it thereby surrenders | 16 | | such license, but
such surrender shall not affect such | 17 | | licensee's civil or criminal
liability for acts committed prior | 18 | | to such surrender, or affect the
liability on his, their or its | 19 | | bond or bonds, or his, their or its
policy or policies of | 20 | | insurance, required by this Act, or entitle such
licensee to a | 21 | | return of any part of the annual license fee or fees.
| 22 | | Every license issued hereunder shall remain in force until | 23 | | the same
shall expire, or shall have been surrendered, | 24 | | suspended or revoked in accordance
with this Act, but the | 25 | | Secretary may on his own motion, issue new
licenses to a | 26 | | licensee whose license or licenses shall have been revoked
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| 1 | | no fact or condition then exists which clearly would have | 2 | | warranted
the Secretary in refusing originally the issuance of | 3 | | such license under
this Act.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 5 | | (205 ILCS 405/17) (from Ch. 17, par. 4833)
| 6 | | Sec. 17. Every licensee shall keep and use in his business | 7 | | such books,
accounts and records as will enable the Secretary | 8 | | to determine whether such
licensee is complying with the | 9 | | provisions of this Act and with the rules,
regulations and | 10 | | directions made by the Secretary hereunder.
| 11 | | Each licensee shall record or cause to be recorded the | 12 | | following
information with respect to each money order it sells | 13 | | or issues: (1) The
amount; (2) the month and year of sale or | 14 | | issuance; and (3) the serial
number.
| 15 | | Each licensee shall preserve the record required by this | 16 | | subsection for
at least 7 years or until the money order to | 17 | | which it pertains is returned
to the licensee. Each money order | 18 | | returned to the licensee shall be
preserved for not less than 3 | 19 | | years from the month and year of sale or
issuance by the | 20 | | licensee. The licensee shall keep the record, or an
authentic | 21 | | microfilm copy thereof, required to be preserved by this
| 22 | | subsection within this state at its principal office or other a | 23 | | place readily accessible to the Secretary
and his | 24 | | representatives. If a licensee sells or transfers his business | 25 | | at a
location or an address, his obligations under this |
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| 1 | | paragraph devolve upon
the successor licensee and subsequent | 2 | | successor licensees, if any, at such
location or address. If a | 3 | | licensee ceases to do business in this state, he
shall deposit | 4 | | the records and money orders he is required to preserve, with
| 5 | | the Secretary.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 7 | | (205 ILCS 405/18) (from Ch. 17, par. 4834)
| 8 | | Sec. 18. Proof of address. The applicant for a community | 9 | | currency exchange license shall have
a permanent address as | 10 | | evidenced by a lease of at least 6 six months duration
or other | 11 | | suitable evidence of permanency, and the license issued, | 12 | | pursuant
to the application shall be valid only at that address | 13 | | in the application or any new address
approved by the | 14 | | Secretary. A letter of intent for a lease shall suffice for | 15 | | inclusion with the application, and evidence of an executed | 16 | | lease shall be considered ministerial in nature, to be | 17 | | furnished once the investigation is completed and the approval | 18 | | is final and prior to the issuance of the license.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 20 | | (205 ILCS 405/19) (from Ch. 17, par. 4835)
| 21 | | Sec. 19.
The Department may make and enforce such | 22 | | reasonable rules, directions, orders, decisions and findings | 23 | | as the execution and enforcement of the provisions of this Act | 24 | | require, and as are not inconsistent within this Act. All such |
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| 1 | | rules, directions, orders, decisions and
findings shall be | 2 | | filed and entered by the Secretary in an indexed permanent
book | 3 | | or record, or electronic record, with the effective date | 4 | | thereof suitably indicated, and
such book or record shall be a | 5 | | public document. All rules and
directions, which are of a | 6 | | general character, shall be made available in electronic form | 7 | | to all licensees within 10 days after filing and all licensees | 8 | | shall receive by mail notice of any changes.
Copies of all | 9 | | findings, orders and decisions shall be mailed to the parties
| 10 | | affected thereby by United States mail within 5 days of such | 11 | | filing.
| 12 | | The Department shall adopt rules concerning continuing | 13 | | violations of this Act and factors in mitigation of violations | 14 | | and establishing classes of violations by seriousness and | 15 | | adverse impact on the public. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 17 | | (205 ILCS 405/21) (from Ch. 17, par. 4841)
| 18 | | Sec. 21.
Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, | 19 | | whenever the
Secretary is required to give notice to any | 20 | | applicant or licensee, such
requirement shall be complied with | 21 | | if, within the time fixed herein, such
notice shall be enclosed | 22 | | in an envelope plainly addressed to such applicant
or licensee, | 23 | | as the case may be, at the address set forth in the
application | 24 | | or licensee's principal office license , as the case may be, | 25 | | United States postage fully
prepaid, and deposited, registered |
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| 1 | | or certified, in the United States mail.
| 2 | | Notice may also be provided to an applicant or licensee by | 3 | | telephone facsimile to the person or electronically via email | 4 | | to the telephone number or email address designated by an | 5 | | applicant or licensee in writing. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 7 | | (205 ILCS 405/29.5) | 8 | | Sec. 29.5. Cease and desist. The Secretary may issue a | 9 | | cease and desist order to any currency exchange or other person | 10 | | doing business without the required license, when in the | 11 | | opinion of the Secretary, the currency exchange or other person | 12 | | is violating or is about to violate any provision of this Act | 13 | | or any rule or requirement imposed in writing by the | 14 | | Department. The cease and desist order shall specify the | 15 | | activity or activities that the Department is seeking the | 16 | | currency exchange or other person doing business without the | 17 | | required license to cease and desist. | 18 | | The cease and desist order permitted by this Section may be | 19 | | issued prior to a hearing. | 20 | | The Secretary shall serve notice of his or her action, | 21 | | including, but not limited to, a statement of reasons for the | 22 | | action, either personally or by certified mail, return receipt | 23 | | requested. Service by certified mail shall be deemed completed | 24 | | (i) when the notice is deposited in the U.S. mail , received, or | 25 | | delivery is refused, or (ii) one business day after the United |
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| 1 | | States Postal Service has attempted delivery, whichever is | 2 | | earlier . | 3 | | Within 10 days after service of a cease and desist order, | 4 | | the licensee or other person may request, in writing, a | 5 | | hearing. The Secretary shall schedule a hearing within 30 days | 6 | | after the request for a hearing unless otherwise agreed to by | 7 | | the parties. | 8 | | If it is determined that the Secretary has the authority to | 9 | | issue the cease and desist order, he or she may issue such | 10 | | orders as reasonably necessary to correct, eliminate, or remedy | 11 | | such conduct. | 12 | | The powers vested in the Secretary by this Section are | 13 | | additional to any and all other powers and remedies vested in | 14 | | the Secretary by law, and nothing in this Section shall be | 15 | | construed as requiring that the Secretary shall employ the | 16 | | power conferred in this Section instead of or as a condition | 17 | | precedent to the exercise of any other power or remedy vested | 18 | | in the Secretary. | 19 | | The currency exchange, or other person doing business | 20 | | without the required license, shall pay the actual costs of the | 21 | | hearing.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 24 | | 1, 2016.".
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