Exhibit 3.17 - ------------------------- FORM LP 201 (Rev. Jan. 1999) Filing Fee $75 SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE! File# Assigned by Secretary of State Return to: Department of Business Services Limited Partnership Division Room 357, Howlett Building Springfield, IL 62756 Telephone: (217) 785-8960 http://www.sos.state.il.us. JESSE WHITE All correspondence regarding SECRETARY OF STATE this filing will be sent to the STATE OF ILLINOIS registered agent of the limited partnership unless a self- CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP addressed envelope with pre- (Illinois limited partnership) paid postage is included. (Please type or print clearly) - ------------------------- 1. Limited partnership's name: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. The address, including county, of the office at which the records required by Section 104 are to be kept is: (P.O. Box alone and c/o are unacceptable) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 3. Federal Employer Identification Number (F.E.I.N.): __________________________________________________________________________. 4. This certificate of limited partnership is effective on: (Check one) a) _______ the filing date, or b) another date later than but not more than 60 days subsequent to the filing date: ________________________________. 5. The limited partnership's registered agent's name and registered agent's name and registered office address is: Registered agent: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ First name Middle name Last name Registered Office: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ (P.O. Box alone and Number Street Suite # c/o/ are unacceptable) ________________________________________________________________________________________________. City County ZIP Code 6. The limited partnership's purpose(s) is: ____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. IRS Business Code Number is: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Dissolution date is: [ ] Perpetual or ________________________________________________________________________________ (month, day, year) FORM LP 201 (Rev. Jan. 1999) 8. The total aggregate dollar amount of cash, property and services contributed by all partners is _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. A brief statement of the partners' membership termination and distribution rights: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NAME(S) BUSINESS ADDRESS(ES) OF GENERAL PARTNER(S) The undersigned affirms, under penalties of perjury, that the facts stated herein are true. All general partners are required to sign the certificate of limited partnership. SIGNATURE AND NAME BUSINESS ADDRESS 1. Signature ___________________________________________ Number/Street _____________________________________________ Type or print name and title _________________________________ City/town _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Name of General Partner if a corporation or other entity _________________________________________________ State ____________________________ ZIP Code _______________ 2. Signature ___________________________________________ Number/Street _____________________________________________ Type or print name and title _________________________________ City/town _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Name of General Partner if a corporation or other entity _________________________________________________ State ____________________________ ZIP Code _______________ 3. Signature ___________________________________________ Number/Street _____________________________________________ Type or print name and title _________________________________ City/town _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Name of General Partner if a corporation or other entity _________________________________________________ State ____________________________ ZIP Code _______________ (Signatures must be BLACK INK on an original document. Carbon copy, photocopy or rubber stamp signatures may only be used on conformed copies.) FORMS OF PAYMENT: Payment must be made by certified check, cashier's check. Illinois attorney's check, Illinois C.P.A.'s check or money order, payable to "Secretary of State." DO NOT SEND CASH!