(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)

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Sec. 5-20. Exemptions from managing broker, broker, or residential leasing agent license requirement; Department exemption from education provider and related licenses. The requirement for holding a license under this Article 5 shall not apply to:

(1)Any person, as defined in Section 1-10, who:

(A)is the owner or lessor of real

property who performs any of the acts described in the definition of "broker" under Section 1-10 of this Act only as it relates to the owned or leased property; or

(B)is the regular employee who, in the course of the employee's duties and incidental to the management, sale, or other disposition of such property and the investment of the owned or leased property performs any of the acts described in the definition of "broker" under Section 1-10 of this Act. The exemption in this item

(1)does not apply to the person, the person's employees, or the person's agents performing licensed activity for property not owned or leased by that person.

(2)An attorney in fact acting under a duly executed and recorded power of attorney to

convey real estate from the owner or lessor or the services rendered by an attorney at law in the performance of the attorney's duty as an attorney at law.

(3)Any person acting as receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, administrator, executor, or

guardian or while acting under a court order or under the authority of a will or testamentary trust.

(4)Any person acting as a resident manager for the owner or any employee acting as the

resident manager for a broker managing an apartment building, duplex, or apartment complex, when the resident manager resides on the premises, the premises is the primary residence of the resident manager, and the resident manager is engaged in the leasing of that property.

(5)Any officer or employee of a federal agency in the conduct of official duties.

(6)Any officer or employee of the State government or any political subdivision thereof

performing official duties.

(7)Any multiple listing service or other similar information exchange that is engaged

in the collection and dissemination of information concerning real estate available for sale, purchase, lease, or exchange for the purpose of providing licensees with a system by which licensees may cooperatively share information along with which no other licensed activities, as defined in Section 1-10 of this Act, are provided.

(8)Railroads and other public utilities regulated by the State of Illinois, or the

officers or full-time employees thereof, unless the performance of any licensed activities is in connection with the sale, purchase, lease, or other disposition of real estate or investment therein that does not require the approval of the appropriate State regulatory authority.

(9)Any medium of advertising in the routine course of selling or publishing advertising

along with which no other licensed activities, as defined in Section 1-10 of this Act, are provided.

(10)Any resident lessee of a residential dwelling unit who refers for compensation to

the owner of the dwelling unit, or to the owner's agent, prospective lessees of dwelling units in the same building or complex as the resident lessee's unit, but only if the resident lessee

(i)refers no more than 3 prospective lessees in any 12-month period,

(ii)receives compensation of no more than $5,000 or the equivalent of 2 months' rent, whichever is less, in any 12-month period, and

(iii)limits activities to referring prospective lessees to the owner, or the owner's agent, and does not show a residential dwelling unit to a prospective lessee, discuss terms or conditions of leasing a dwelling unit with a prospective lessee, or otherwise participate in the negotiation of the leasing of a dwelling unit.

(11)The purchase, sale, or transfer of a timeshare or similar vacation item or

interest, vacation club membership, or other activity formerly regulated under the Real Estate Timeshare Act of 1999 (repealed).

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(13)Any person who is licensed without examination under Section 10-25 (now repealed)

of the Auction License Act is exempt from holding a managing broker's or broker's license under this Act for the limited purpose of selling or leasing real estate at auction, so long as:

(A)that person has made application for said exemption by July 1, 2000;

(B)that person verifies to the Department that the person has sold real estate at

auction for a period of 5 years prior to licensure as an auctioneer;

(C)the person has had no lapse in the licensure as an auctioneer; and

(D)the license issued under the Auction License Act has not been disciplined for

violation of those provisions of Article 20 of the Auction License Act dealing with or related to the sale or lease of real estate at auction.

(14)A person who holds a valid license under the Auction License Act and a valid real

estate auction certification and conducts auctions for the sale of real estate under Section 5-32 of this Act.

(15)A hotel operator who is registered with the Illinois Department of Revenue and pays

taxes under the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act and rents a room or rooms in a hotel as defined in the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act for a period of not more than 30 consecutive days and not more than 60 days in a calendar year or a person who participates in an online marketplace enabling persons to rent out all or part of the person's owned residence.

(16)Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, the Department and its employees

shall be exempt from education, course provider, instructor, and course license requirements and fees while acting in an official capacity on behalf of the Department. Courses offered by the Department shall be eligible for continuing education credit.