(760 ILCS 75/0.01) (from Ch. 17, par. 2050) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Securities in Fiduciary Accounts Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(760 ILCS 75/1) (from Ch. 17, par. 2051) Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Fiduciary" means a corporation qualified to administer trusts in this State under "An Act to provide for and regulate the administration of trusts by trust companies", approved June 15, 1887, as amended, or under "An Act authorizing foreign corporations, including banks, and national banking associations domiciled in other states, to act in a fiduciary capacity in this State upon certain conditions herein set forth", approved July 13, 1953, as amended, when acting either alone or as a co-fiduciary with others in any of the following capacities, namely: testamentary trustee, trustee appointed by any court, trustee under any written agreement, declaration or instrument of trust, executor, administrator, administrator to collect, guardian, agent, custodian, depositary, or any like fiduciary capacity. (b) "Security" means stocks, bonds, debentures, notes or other security of a corporation, and all other instruments of a type commonly dealt in upon securities exchanges or markets or commonly recognized in any area in which it is issued or dealt in as a medium for investment. (c) "Clearing corporation" means a corporation as defined in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code which is authorized to accept and execute trusts. (Source: P.A. 84-1004.)

(760 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 17, par. 2052) Sec. 2. In addition to all other powers granted corporations authorized to accept and execute trusts in Illinois, such a corporation, when acting as a fiduciary or co-fiduciary, may, unless otherwise provided by the agreement, will, deed, court order or other instrument: (a) Cause securities to be registered in the name of a nominee without mention of its fiduciary capacity in any instrument or record constituting or evidencing title thereto, and may cause certificates representing securities, including those held in bearer form, of the same class of the same issuer and from time to time constituting assets of particular fiduciary accounts, to be held in bulk with certificates of the same class of the same issuer and from time to time constituting assets of other fiduciary accounts, without certification as to ownership attached, including the merging of certificates from time to time constituting assets of various fiduciary accounts into one or more certificates; or (b) Deposit or arrange for the deposit of securities with a clearing corporation, a Federal Reserve Bank or another fiduciary. When such securities are so deposited, certificates representing securities, including those held in bearer form, of the same class of the same issuer and from time to time constituting assets of particular fiduciary accounts may be registered in the name of the nominee of the clearing corporation, Federal Reserve Bank or other fiduciary without mention of the fiduciary capacity in any instrument or record constituting or evidencing title thereto, and may be held in bulk in the name of said nominee with certificates of the same class of the same issuer and with any other securities authorized to be deposited in such clearing corporation, Federal Reserve Bank or other fiduciary by any authorized person regardless of the ownership of any such securities, including the merging of certificates from time to time constituting assets of various fiduciary accounts into one or more certificates. (Source: P.A. 84-519.)

(760 ILCS 75/3) (from Ch. 17, par. 2053) Sec. 3. The fiduciary shall be liable for the acts of its nominee or the nominee of the clearing corporation, Federal Reserve Bank or other fiduciary, as the case may be, with respect to any security so registered or deposited and shall be liable to the fiduciary account or accounts for its acts and the acts of the clearing corporation, Federal Reserve Bank or other fiduciary with respect to the holding of securities in bulk. The records of said fiduciary shall at all times show the ownership of the security by each of the fiduciary accounts and the securities, unless on deposit as authorized by this Act, shall be in the possession and control of said fiduciary in its various fiduciary capacities, and be kept separate and apart from assets which are the individual property of said fiduciary. (Source: P.A. 84-519.)

(760 ILCS 75/4) (from Ch. 17, par. 2054) Sec. 4. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all trusts, estates and other fiduciary accounts, including those heretofore at any time created or established, as well as those created or established on and after the effective date of this Act, and whether the security involved was acquired by the fiduciary on, before or after the effective date of this Act. (Source: P.A. 77-2754.)