(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Section, the basis for each additional license fee payable by a domestic corporation, except in the case of a statutory merger or consolidation, shall be the amount, expressed in dollars, of the increase in its paid-in capital over the amount thereof last reported in any document, other than an annual report, required by this Act to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
     (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Section, the basis for an additional license fee payable by the surviving or new corporation, in case of a statutory merger or consolidation of domestic corporations shall be the amount, expressed in dollars, of the increase in the paid-in capital of the surviving or new corporation immediately after the merger or consolidation over the sum of the paid-in capital of all of the merged or consolidated corporations, as last reported by them in any document, other than annual reports, required by this Act to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 805 ILCS 5/15.25

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     (c) The additional license fees referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall not be payable with respect to issuances of shares or increases in paid-in capital that occur subsequent to both December 31, 1990 and the last day of the third month immediately preceding the anniversary month of the corporation in 1991.
     (d) No basis under this Section may consist of any redeemable preference shares sold to the United States Secretary of Transportation under Sections 505 and 506 of Public Law 94-210.