COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGER

Amends the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Act. Provides that all applicants and licensees under the Act shall provide a valid address and email address to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which shall serve as the address of record and email address of record. Provides that except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Act, nothing in the Act shall be construed to grant to any person a private right of action for damages or to enforce the provisions of the Act or the rules adopted under the Act. Creates provisions concerning qualifications for licensure as a community association management firm; citations; illegal discrimination; and statute of limitations. Makes changes in provisions concerning license requirements; exemptions; the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Board; powers and duties of the Department; qualifications for licensure as a community association manager; examinations; fidelity insurance and segregation of accounts; license renewals; the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Fund; penalties for insufficient payments; endorsement; grounds for discipline; injunctions and cease and desist orders; unlicensed practice; investigation, notice, and hearings; appointment of a hearing officer; summary suspension, judicial review; violations and penalties; and home rule. Repeals provisions concerning qualifications for licensure as a supervising community association manager; roster; license surrender; and enforcement. Makes other changes. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Act to January 1, 2032. Effective January 1, 2022, except provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act take effect immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Removes a provision exempting persons holding a real estate managing broker or real estate broker license in good standing issued under the Real Estate License Act of 2000 from education requirements. Provides that the designated community association manager shall supervise and manage all independent contractors providing community association management services on behalf of the community association management firm. Makes changes to provisions concerning an applicant's or licensee's address of record and email address of record; license requirement; fidelity insurance, segregation of accounts; qualifications for licensure as a community association manager; grounds for discipline, refusal, revocation, or suspension; and violations and penalties. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.41 new Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.37 In provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act, provides for the repeal of the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Act on January 1, 2027 (rather than on January 1, 2032). Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.32 5 ILCS 80/4.37 225 ILCS 427/10 225 ILCS 427/12 new 225 ILCS 427/15 225 ILCS 427/20 225 ILCS 427/25 225 ILCS 427/27 225 ILCS 427/30 225 ILCS 427/40 225 ILCS 427/41 new 225 ILCS 427/45 225 ILCS 427/50 225 ILCS 427/55 225 ILCS 427/60 225 ILCS 427/65 225 ILCS 427/70 225 ILCS 427/75 225 ILCS 427/85 225 ILCS 427/85.1 new 225 ILCS 427/86 new 225 ILCS 427/90 225 ILCS 427/92 225 ILCS 427/95 225 ILCS 427/115 225 ILCS 427/120 225 ILCS 427/140 225 ILCS 427/145 225 ILCS 427/155 225 ILCS 427/161 new 225 ILCS 427/162 new 225 ILCS 427/165 225 ILCS 427/42 rep. 225 ILCS 427/80 rep. 225 ILCS 427/135 rep. 225 ILCS 427/170 rep. Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 427/1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 427/1 Adds reference to: 50 ILCS 45/30 65 ILCS 5/8-11-2.5 220 ILCS 5/9-224.1 new 220 ILCS 5/16-122 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Local Government Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act. Provides that, for utility taxes, no notice of determination of tax due or assessment may be issued more than 7 years (currently, 4 years) after the end of the calendar year for which the return for the period was filed or the end of the calendar year in which the return for the period was due, whichever occurs later. Provides that a municipality may annually (currently, every 2 years) request certain information from a utility that the municipality reasonably requires in order to perform an audit. Provides that the utility may provide certain premises-specific information to the municipality but may not provide customer-specific information. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall not consider (i) certain court costs, attorney's fees, penalties, or interest to be an expense of any public utility company when determining a rate or charge. Makes other changes.