Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a)
Information concerning any limited partnership or limited liability limited
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 partnerships or limited liability limited
partnerships on file with the Department shall be printed from the computer
file of the Department, and shall consist of the limited partnership or limited
liability limited partnership name, its date of formation, any assumed name,
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 requested on a routine basis shall be $25. If
expedited service is requested pursuant to Section 1308 of the ULPA, an
additional $20 will be required.
c)
Copies and fees:
1) Copies of all documents
pertaining to limited partnerships or limited liability limited partnerships on
file with the Department are available:
A)
upon written request and payment of the required fee;
B) by telephone request with advance payment
using a credit card, a debit card or an electronic funds transfer;
C) in person and with payment of the required
fee at the Department's address as set forth in Section
171.35.
2) The fee for copies and
certification of any documents is established in Section 1302 of the ULPA, and
the expedited fee, if applicable, for copies is established in Section 1308 of
the ULPA.
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
connection 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 Sections 1302 and 1308 of the ULPA, for certificates of information
and requirements of this Part.
4)
No users may print any list or abstract from the computer connection. Lists of
ULPA information including the names and information concerning all limited
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 ULPA files may be made by any computer connection
user.
e) Terms and
conditions for computer maintained ULPA 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
dissolved limited partnerships and assumed names 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 discs or tapes compatible with the Secretary's
computer equipment on to which 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. 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 on the basis of each limited partnership as needed by the
subscriber.
