HB 2458 — CONS INST LOAN PRACTICES

093_HB2458HB2458 Engrossed LRB093 03676 JLS 11081 b AN ACT concerningin deferredrelation depositto lendingfinancial practices.regulation.

The Consumer Installment Loan actAct is amended by changing Section 15d26 and adding Sections 1.5, 8.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, and 22.1 as follows:

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5419)5432) Sec.

15d.26.

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exceptions.This Act ------b------------ may be cited as the Consumer Installment Loan Act.

No amount in addition to the charges authorized by this Act shall be directly or indirectly charged, contracted for, or received, except (1) lawful fees paid to any public officer or agency to record, file or release security;

(2) (i) costs and disbursements actually incurred in connection with a real estate loan, for any title insurance, title examination, abstract of title, survey, or appraisal, or paid to a trustee in connection with a trust deed, and (ii) in connection with a real estate loan those charges authorized by Section 4.1a of the Interest Act, whether called "points" or otherwise, which charges are imposed as a condition for making the loan and are not refundable in the event of prepayment of the loan;

(3) costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred in legal proceedings to collect a loan or to realize on a security after default;

(4) an amount not exceeding $25, plus any actual expenses incurred in connection with a check or draft that is not honored because of insufficient or uncollected funds or because no such account exists,____________t______________________h_____________ _____i_____________________u______________________t_____________ _____e_____________________c______________________r____;

--- (5) a document preparation fee not to exceed $25 for obtaining and reviewing credit reports and preparation of other documents;_________________r______________________n_____________ _____o_____________________t_______________________l____________ _____o______________________$_____________________p_____________ _____l_____________________a______________________a_____________ _______m___________________o______________________r_____________ _____d_____________________a______________________e_____________ _____r_____________________r______________________s_____________ -5- LRB093 03676 JLS 11081 b _____o_____________________a______________________d_____________ ______u____________________n______________________n_____________ _____o_____________________u______________________r_____________ _____r_____________________u______________________s_____________ _____f____________________.

This Section does not prohibit the receipt of a commission, dividend, charge, or other benefit by the licensee or by an employee, affiliate, or associate of the licensee from the insurance permitted by Sections 15a and 15b of this Act or from insurance in lieu of perfecting a security interest provided that the premiums for such insurance do not exceed the fees that otherwise could be contracted for by the licensee under this Section.

Obtaining any of the items referred to in clause (i) of item (2) of this Section through the licensee or from any person specified by the licensee shall not be a condition precedent to the granting of the loan.

P.A.Laws 1963, p.

89-400,3526.) eff.

8-20-95;

90-437, eff.

1-1-98.) 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The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 17-1a as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/17-1a) (from Ch.

38, par.

17-1a) Sec.

17-1a.

Civil liability for deceptive practices.

A person who issues a check or order to a payee in violation of Section 17-1(B) (d) and who fails to pay the amount of the check or order to the payee within 30 days following either delivery and acceptance by the addressee of a written demand by both certified mail and by first class mail to the person's last know address;

or attempted delivery of a written demand sent by both certified mail and by first class mail to the person's last known address and the demand by certified mail is returned to the sender with a notation that delivery was refused or unclaimed, shall be liable to the payee or a person subrogated to the rights of the payee for, in addition to the amount owing upon such check or order, damages of treble the amount so owing, but in no case less than $100 nor more than $1,500, plus attorney fees and court costs,_____________________f_______________________a____________ _____f_____________________o______________________a_____________ _____s______________________t______________________t____________ _____t_____________________e_______________.

A cause of action under this Section may be brought in small claims court or in any other appropriate court.

As part of the written demand required by this Section, the plaintiff shall provide written notice to the defendant of the fact that prior to the hearing of any action under this Section, the defendant may tender to the plaintiff and the plaintiff shall accept as satisfaction of the claim, an amount of money equal to the sum of the amount of the check and the incurred court costs, and service and attorney fees.

-10- LRB093 03676 JLS 11081 b (Source:

P.A.

89-378, eff.

8-18-95;

90-227, eff.

1-1-98;

90-721, eff.

1-1-99.) Section 97.

Severability.

The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

Section 99.