Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a)
Information concerning any limited liability company 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 companies on file with the Department shall be printed from the
computer file of the Department, and shall consist of the limited liability
company name, its date of formation, any assumed name, its registered agent,
the address of the office at which the records are maintained, the latest date
(if any) at which the limited liability company will dissolve, the foreign
jurisdiction where formed (if applicable), the date of filing with the
Department, the members' and/or managers' names and addresses and the file
number with the Department. The fee for each abstract or record shall be
$25.
c) 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 commits to pay 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,
which is based upon the volume of requests received, the 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 anytime, should the connection interfere with the Secretary's
internal work schedule 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 a monthly basis for all
information delivered during that month, as determined by the Secretary and the
agency or person to be the most economic 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 other appropriate factors, such as statutory fees for certain
types of information and the requirements of this Subpart.
4) No user may reproduce any list or abstract
from the computer connection. Lists of LLCA information including the names and
information concerning all limited liability companies 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 LLCA files may be
made by any computer connection user.
d) Terms and conditions for computer
maintained LLCA 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 liability companies, and
assumed names, shall be $1,500. The monthly update shall cost $400 per update.
The update is available through modem access only. If the file is purchased on
computer tape, the purchaser shall supply the Department with a computer tape
or tapes, compatible with the Secretary's computer equipment, on to which 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, money
order made payable to the "Secretary of State" or credit card approved by the
Secretary of State's Department of Accounting Revenue (e.g., Visa,
MasterCard).
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 to the extent that its subscribers request on an individual entity by
entity basis.