205 ILCS 620/1-5.14

A person who becomes a fiduciary or who becomes engaged in the trust business and thereby is required to obtain a certificate of authority from the Commissioner either by the coming into force of this amendatory Act of 1995 or by the loss of an exemption listed in or by rule authorized under Section 2-4.5 of this Act shall have 180 days to either liquidate the fiduciary or trust business or to obtain a certificate from the Commissioner. During this 180-day period the person shall not be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.