Illinois Code § 313.1

§ 313.1.

Licensing of producers. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, producers of societies shall be subject to the provisions of Article XXXI of this Code. (b) No examination or license shall be required of any regular salaried officer, employee or member of a licensed society who devotes substantially all of his or her services to activities other than the solicitation of fraternal benefit contracts from the public and who receives for the solicitation of such contracts no commission or other compensation directly dependent upon the amount of business obtained. (c) Any producer, representative or member of a society who devotes or intends to devote less than 50% of such person's time to the solicitation and procurement of benefit contracts for such society shall be exempt from the requirements of subsection (a). Any person who in the preceding calendar year has solicited and procured life insurance contracts on behalf of any society in an amount of insurance in excess of $100,000 or, in the case of any other kind or kinds of insurance which the society might write, on the persons of more than 25 individuals and who has received or will receive a commission or other compensation therefor shall be presumed to be devoting, or intending to devote, 50% of time to the solicitation or procurement of benefit contracts for such society. (Source: P.A. 84- 303.)