Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a)
Information concerning any limited liability partnership shall be available to
the public from the Department of Business Services upon written request, or by
telephone or in person, or, if technology is available, on line through
interactive computer.
b)
Information in the form of an abstract of record concerning the limited
liability partnerships on file with the Department shall be printed from the
computer file of the Department and shall consist of the limited liability
partnership name, its date of qualification, its registered agent, the address
of the office at which the records are maintained, the foreign jurisdiction
where formed (if applicable), the date of filing with the Department, and the
file number assigned by the Department. The fee for each abstract of record
shall be $25.
c) Copies of all
documents pertaining to limited liability partnerships on file with the
Department are available:
1) upon written
request and payment of the required fee.
2) by telephone request with advance payment
using a credit card, a debit card or an electronic funds transfer.
3) in person and with payment of the required
fee at the Department's address set forth in Section
166.30.
d) Computer connections by
non-Department users:
1) Computer terminal
connections to the Secretary's computer may be provided to other State
agencies. This service may be made available at no charge so long as the
requesting agency incurs all costs and so long as the service does not
substantially increase costs or network traffic on the Secretary's
computer.
2) Computer terminal
connections may be allowed to commercial users provided that all costs are
borne by the commercial user. The allowance of computer terminal connections
shall be contingent upon the best interests of the Office of the Secretary of
State, cost-effectiveness of providing the information through computer
terminal connections as opposed to other methods, and other factors that may
impede the operations of the Office of the Secretary of State. This service
will be suspended at any time should the connection interfere with the
Secretary's internal work schedules and processing.
3) Fees for information supplied by means of
computer connections between the Secretary of State's computers and those of
any other agency, corporation, or person may be paid on an annual basis for all
information delivered during that year, as determined by the Secretary and the
agency or person to be the economically simplest way of billing. The proper fee
shall be determined by negotiation between the agency or commercial user and
the Director based upon telephone line charges, rental or purchase fees for
terminals, and any other appropriate factors, such as the statutory fees set
forth at
805
ILCS 206/108 for certificates of information, and the
requirements of this Part.
4) No
users may print any list or abstract from the computer connection. Lists of UPA
information including the names and information for all limited liability
partnerships may only be purchased pursuant to the provisions of this Part.
Computer connections are to be used only to look up information. No changes on
the Department's UPA files may be made by any computer connection
user.
e) Terms and
conditions for computer maintained UPA information:
1) The information supplied by the Department
to other agencies, commercial users, or other persons shall be in the abstract
format only, as specified in subsection (b) of this Section.
2) The fee for the entire file of current and
expired limited liability partnerships shall be determined in accordance with
the provisions of subsection (d)(3) of this Section. If the file is purchased
on computer disc or tape, the purchaser shall supply the Department with
computer disc, discs, tape or tapes, compatible with the Secretary's computer
equipment, on to which discs or tapes the information shall be
transferred.
3) All purchase
requests shall be submitted in writing to the Director. Payment shall be made
to the Department before delivery of the information to the purchaser. No
refunds will be made after the request is approved by the Director. Payment
shall be made by check or money order payable to the "Secretary of State", or
by credit or debit card.
4) All
commercial or other type purchasers shall sign a written agreement setting
forth the terms and conditions required by Illinois law, and as may be deemed
appropriate after negotiation between the Department and the
purchaser.
5) The commercial
purchaser shall not resell to any other purchaser the information obtained from
the Department in the same form or format in which it is obtained from the
Department. Resale of information in the same form or format shall result in
cancellation of access to information by the Department. The commercial
purchaser may sell the information to the subscribers of its computer or
business information services only as information specific to an individual
limited partnership, as needed by the subscriber.
