Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article -
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 1
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Athlete Agents Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1030, eff. 1-1-11.)
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 10
Declaration of public policy. Practice as an athlete agent in the State of Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and well-being...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 15
Definitions. In this Act: "Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 20
Exemptions. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit practice as an athlete agent for the following: (a) Practice as an athlete agent by...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 25
Restrictions and limitations. (a) No person without a license under this Act or who is otherwise exempt from this Act shall: (i) in any manner...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 30
Practice pending licensure; void contracts. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 20 or in subsection (b) of this Section, an individual may not act...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 35
Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Department may: (1) Conduct or authorize examinations, at the discretion of...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 40
Application for original license. Applications for original licenses shall be made to the Department on forms prescribed by the Department and accompanied by the required...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 45
Qualifications for licensure. (a) A person is qualified for licensure as an athlete agent if that person: (1) is at least 21 years of age;...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 50
Licensure by endorsement. (a) The Department may, in its discretion, grant a license on submission of the required application and payment of the required non-refundable...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 55
Licenses; renewals; restoration; person in military service. (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall be set by...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 60
Fees. (a) The fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but not limited to original licensure, renewal, and restoration fees, shall be...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 65
Roster. The Department shall maintain a roster of names and addresses of all persons who hold valid licenses and all persons whose licenses have been...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 70
Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by the financial...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 75
Grounds for disciplinary action. (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other disciplinary...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 80
Required form of contract. (a) An agency contract must be in a record, signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties. (b) An agency contract must...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 85
Student-athlete's right to cancel. (a) A student-athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving notice of the cancellation to the athlete agent in a record...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 90
Notice to educational institution. (a) Within 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student-athlete...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 95
Required records. (a) An athlete agent shall retain the following records for a period of 5 years: (1) the name and address of each individual...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 100
Injunctive action; cease and desist order. (a) If any person violates the provisions of this Act, then the Secretary, in the name of the People...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 105
Investigations; notice and hearing. The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person or persons rendering or offering to render services...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 110
Record of proceedings; transcript. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case. The notice...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 115
Subpoenas; depositions; oaths. The Department has the power to subpoena documents, books, records or other materials and to bring before it any person and to...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 120
Compelling testimony. Any circuit court, upon application of the Department or designated hearing officer may enter an order requiring the attendance of witnesses and their...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 125
Findings and recommendations. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Hearing Officer shall present to the Secretary a written report of its findings of fact,...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 130
Rehearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, a copy of the Hearing Officer's report shall be served upon the applicant or licensee by the Department,...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 135
Secretary; rehearing. Whenever the Secretary believes that substantial justice has not been done in the revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue, restore, or renew a...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 140
Appointment of a hearing officer. The Secretary has the authority to appoint any attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 145
Order or certified copy; prima facie proof. An order or certified copy thereof, over the seal of the Department and purporting to be signed by...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 150
Restoration of suspended or revoked license. At any time after the successful completion of a term of suspension or revocation of a license, the Department...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 155
Surrender of license. Upon the revocation or suspension of a license, the licensee shall immediately surrender his or her license to the Department. If the...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 160
Summary suspension of a license. The Secretary may summarily suspend a license, without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a hearing provided...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 165
Administrative review; venue. (a) All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law and its rules. The...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 170
Certifications of record; costs. The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the court, to file an answer in court, or to...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 175
Criminal penalties. (a) Any person who is found to have violated any provision of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. On conviction...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 180
Civil penalties. (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this Act shall forfeit and pay a civil penalty...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 185
Civil remedies; educational institutions. (a) An educational institution has a right of action against an athlete agent or a former student-athlete for damages caused by...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 190
Consent order. At any point in the proceedings as provided in Sections 100 through 145 and Section 165, both parties may agree to a negotiated...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 195
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act; application. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is expressly adopted and incorporated in this Act as if all of the provisions of...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 200
Home rule. The regulation and licensing as an athlete agent are exclusive powers and functions of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 205
Relation to electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This Act modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce...
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 210
Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 96-1030, eff. 1-1-11.)
- Illinois Athlete Agents Act. - 225 ILCS 401, Section 215
Agent for service of process. By acting as an athlete agent in this State, a nonresident individual appoints the Department as the individual's agent for...
Last modified: February 18, 2015