(625 ILCS 5/3-905) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-905)
Sec. 3-905. Bond; fee; duration of license. Such applicant shall,
with
his application, deposit with the Secretary of State a bond as hereinafter
provided, for each location at which the applicant intends to act as a
remittance agent. The application shall be accompanied by the payment of a
license fee in the sum of $50.00 (or $25.00 if such application is filed
after July 1) for each location at which he proposes to act as a remittance
agent. If the applicant shall have complied with all of the requirements of
this Section and the Secretary of State shall find after investigation that
the applicant is financially sound and of good business integrity, he shall
issue the required license. Such license shall terminate on December 31 of
the year for which it is issued, but upon application prior to November 15
of any year for which a license is in effect may be renewed for the next
succeeding calendar year. Such application shall be accompanied by the
payment of an annual license fee of $50.00 for each location at which the
applicant proposes to act as a remittance agent and the posting of the bond
herein provided, for each such location.
The bond required by this Section shall be for the term of the
license, or renewal thereof, for which application is made, and shall
run to the People of the State of Illinois, with surety by a bonding or
insurance company authorized to do business in this State, to be
approved by the Secretary of State. It shall be conditioned upon the
proper transmittal of all remittances by the applicant as a
remittance agent and the performance of all undertakings in connection
therewith. It shall be in the minimum sum of $20,000, or in an amount
equal to the aggregate sum of money transmitted to the State by
the applicant during the highest 15 day period in the fiscal
year
immediately preceding the one for which application is made (rounded to
the nearest $1,000), whichever is the greater. However, for the purpose
of determining the bond requirements hereunder, remittances made by
applicants in the form of money orders, checks, or electronic payments which are made payable
directly to the Secretary of State or the Illinois Department of
Revenue by the remitter, shall not be
considered in the aggregate. The bond requirement of this
Section shall not
apply to banks, savings and loan associations, and credit
unions chartered by the State
of Illinois or the United States; provided that the banks, savings
and
loan associations, and credit unions provide to the
Secretary of State an affidavit stating that
the bank, savings and loan association, or credit union is
sufficiently bonded to meet the
requirements as required above. Such affidavit shall be signed by an officer
of the bank, savings and loan association, or credit union and
shall be notarized.
(Source: P.A. 99-324, eff. 1-1-16; 100-450, eff. 1-1-18.)
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