Bill Text: IL HB2156 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice to offer to consumers at retail a rebate made on a rebate card that charges dormancy fees or other post-issuance fees. Defines "rebate card".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0462 [HB2156 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2156-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice to offer to consumers at retail a rebate made on a rebate card that charges dormancy fees or other post-issuance fees. Defines "rebate card".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0462 [HB2156 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2156-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2LLL as follows:
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6 | (815 ILCS 505/2LLL) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2LLL. Retail rebates. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) In this Section, "rebate card" means a card, code, or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | other device that is issued both (i) to a consumer in | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | connection with the consumer's purchase of a product or service | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | and the consumer's completion of the rebate submission process | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | as part of a rebate program operated or administered by a | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | merchant or product manufacturer and (ii) on a prepaid basis | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | primarily for personal, family, or household purposes to a | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | consumer in a specified amount, whether or not that amount may | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | be increased or reloaded, and is redeemable upon presentation | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | at multiple unaffiliated merchants for goods or services or | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | usable at automated teller machines. "Rebate card" does not | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | include (i) a payroll card as defined in the Illinois Wage | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Payment and Collection Act, (ii) a gift card as defined in the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, (iii) a stored-value | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | card, as defined in the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | that is not issued to a consumer in connection with (1) the |
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1 | consumer's purchase of a product or service and (2) the | ||||||
2 | consumer's completion of the rebate submission process as part | ||||||
3 | of a rebate program operated or administered by a merchant or | ||||||
4 | product manufacturer, or (iv) in-store credit for returned | ||||||
5 | merchandise redeemable for merchandise, goods, or services | ||||||
6 | upon presentation at a single merchant or an affiliated group | ||||||
7 | of merchants. | ||||||
8 | (b) Any person who offers a rebate to consumers at retail | ||||||
9 | on any merchandise must conspicuously display and clearly | ||||||
10 | disclose to the consumer the type of rebate being offered, | ||||||
11 | whether additional fees may apply on the rebate offered, and | ||||||
12 | the form of remittance that will be provided to the consumer. | ||||||
13 | (c) It is an unlawful practice within the meaning of this | ||||||
14 | Act for any person to offer to consumers at retail a rebate | ||||||
15 | when the rebate is made on a rebate card that charges dormancy | ||||||
16 | fees or other post-issuance fees, except fees for card | ||||||
17 | replacement. | ||||||
18 | (d) Any person who violates this Section commits an | ||||||
19 | unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 97-308, eff. 1-1-12.)
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