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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 243    </title>
<shortdesc>ABANDONED PROP-MORTGAGE ESCROW</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Dan Brady</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/9/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>205 ILCS 635/3-9</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 17, par. 2323-9</aliasreference><reference>765 ILCS 1025/2</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 141, par. 102</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987. Provides that the Commissioner shall provide for the transfer of any real estate escrow funds that are determined to be abandoned under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act to the State Treasurer. Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that any real estate escrow funds that are held by a third party, individual, or entity charged with the fiduciary obligation for holding escrow funds on a residential or commercial real estate contract pending payout of those funds in accordance with the terms of the contract, that have been unclaimed by the contracting parties for more than 5 years from the date on which the funds were deposited into the real estate escrow account shall be presumed abandoned.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>Fiscal Note (Office of the Treasurer)</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>The fiscal impact on operations will be negligible, but the Office of the Treasurer has no way to calculate how much increased compliance in reporting this type of property would result from House Bill 243.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>1/14/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady</action>
<statusdate>1/19/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/19/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/26/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/2/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Re-assigned to Executive Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/3/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Fiscal Note Filed</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2005</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/9/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</actions>
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