205 ILCS 731/1-20

(205 ILCS 731/1-20)

Sec. 1-20. Funds.

(a) All moneys collected or received by the Department under this Act shall be deposited into the Consumer Protection Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the State treasury. The amounts deposited into the Consumer Protection Fund shall be used for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department in administering this Act and other financial laws; nothing in this Act shall prevent the continuation of the practice of paying expenses involving salaries, retirement, social security, and State-paid insurance of State officers and employees by appropriation from the General Revenue Fund or any other fund. Moneys deposited into the Consumer Protection Fund may be transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund or any other Department fund.

(b) The expenses of administering this Act, including investigations and examinations provided for in this Act, shall be borne by and assessed against persons regulated by this Act. The Department may establish fees by rule, including in the following categories:

(1) investigation of registrants and registration applicant fees;

(2) examination fees;

(3) contingent fees; and

(4) such other categories as may be required to administer this Act.

(c) The Department shall charge and collect fees from covered persons, which shall be nonrefundable unless otherwise indicated, for the expenses of administering this Act as follows:

(1) Each covered person shall pay $150 for each hour or part of an hour for each examiner or staff assigned to the supervision of the covered person plus actual travel costs for any examination of digital asset business activity pursuant to the Act.

(2) Each covered person shall pay to the Department its pro rata share of the cost for administration of this Act that exceeds other fees listed in this Act, as estimated by the Department, for the current year and any deficit actually incurred in the administration of the Act in prior years. The total annual assessment for all registrants shall initially be divided into a transaction-based assessment and a custody-based assessment, each equal to approximately half the cost for administration of this Act. Each registrant's pro rata share of the transaction-based assessment shall be the percentage that the total volume of digital asset transactions conducted on behalf of residents by the registrant bears to the total volume of digital asset transactions by all registrants in Illinois. Each registrant's pro rata share of the custody-based assessment shall be the percentage that the total United States dollar value of digital assets held in custody or controlled by the registrant for residents bears to the total United States dollar value held in custody or controlled by all registrants in Illinois for residents.

(3) Beginning one year after the effective date of this Act, the Department may, by rule, amend the fees set forth in this subsection in accordance with this Act. The Department is authorized to consider setting fees for digital asset business activity based on the value of digital assets transacted by covered persons, volume of digital assets transacted by covered persons, the value of digital assets held in custody by covered person, and the volume of digital assets held in custody by covered persons.

(Source: P.A. 104-428, eff. 8-18-25.)