Bill Text: IL HB3257 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Payday Loan Reform Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of any provision of Section 670 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, Public Law 109-364, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto shall be deemed to be a violation of the Payday Loan Reform Act. Strikes language regarding limiting collection efforts of payday loan lenders against consumers who are members of the military.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0413 [HB3257 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3257-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB3257 Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
815 ILCS 122/2-51 new
815 ILCS 122/4-5
815 ILCS 122/2-50 rep.
Amends the Payday Loan Reform Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of any provision of Section 670 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, Public Law 109-364, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto shall be deemed to be a violation of the Payday Loan Reform Act. Strikes language regarding limiting collection efforts of payday loan lenders against consumers who are members of the military.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Payday Loan Reform Act is amended by
changing Section 4-5 and by adding Section 2-51 as follows:
(815 ILCS 122/2-51 new)
Sec. 2-51. Violation of Federal law constitutes a violation
of this Act with respect to practices concerning members of the
military and their dependents. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a violation of any provision of Section 670
of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2007, Public Law 109-364, or any regulation adopted
pursuant thereto shall be deemed to be a violation of this Act.
(815 ILCS 122/4-5)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-936)
Sec. 4-5. Prohibited acts. A licensee or unlicensed person
or entity making payday loans may not commit, or have committed
on behalf of the licensee or unlicensed person or entity, any
of the following acts:
(1) Threatening to use or using the criminal process in
this or any other state to collect on the loan.
(2) Using any device or agreement that would have the

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effect of charging or collecting more fees or charges than
allowed by this Act, including, but not limited to,
entering into a different type of transaction with the
consumer.
(3) Engaging in unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent
practices in the making or collecting of a payday loan.
(4) Using or attempting to use the check provided by
the consumer in a payday loan as collateral for a
transaction not related to a payday loan.
(5) Knowingly accepting payment in whole or in part of
a payday loan through the proceeds of another payday loan
provided by any licensee, except as provided in subsection
(c) of Section 2.5.
(6) Knowingly accepting any security, other than that
specified in the definition of payday loan in Section 1-10,
for a payday loan.
(7) Charging any fees or charges other than those
specifically authorized by this Act.
(8) Threatening to take any action against a consumer
that is prohibited by this Act or making any misleading or
deceptive statements regarding the payday loan or any
consequences thereof.
(9) Making a misrepresentation of a material fact by an
applicant for licensure in obtaining or attempting to
obtain a license.
(10) Including any of the following provisions in loan

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documents required by subsection (b) of Section 2-20:
(A) a confession of judgment clause;
(B) a waiver of the right to a jury trial, if
applicable, in any action brought by or against a
consumer, unless the waiver is included in an
arbitration clause allowed under subparagraph (C) of
this paragraph (11);
(C) a mandatory arbitration clause that is
oppressive, unfair, unconscionable, or substantially
in derogation of the rights of consumers; or
(D) a provision in which the consumer agrees not to
assert any claim or defense arising out of the
contract.
(11) Selling any insurance of any kind whether or not
sold in connection with the making or collecting of a
payday loan.
(12) Taking any power of attorney.
(13) Taking any security interest in real estate.
(14) Collecting a delinquency or collection charge on
any installment regardless of the period in which it
remains in default.
(15) Collecting treble damages on an amount owing from
a payday loan.
(16) Refusing, or intentionally delaying or
inhibiting, the consumer's right to enter into a repayment
plan pursuant to this Act.

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(17) Charging for, or attempting to collect,
attorney's fees, court costs, or arbitration costs
incurred in connection with the collection of a payday
loan.
(18) (Blank). Making a loan in violation of this Act.
(19) (Blank). Garnishing the wages or salaries of a
consumer who is a member of the military.
(20) (Blank). Failing to suspend or defer collection
activity against a consumer who is a member of the military
and who has been deployed to a combat or combat-support
posting.
(Blank). (21) Contacting the military chain of command
of a consumer who is a member of the military in an effort
to collect on a payday loan.
(22) Making or offering to make any loan other than a
payday loan or a title-secured loan, provided however, that
to make or offer to make a title-secured loan, a licensee
must obtain a license under the Consumer Installment Loan
Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-936, eff. 3-21-11.)
(815 ILCS 122/2-50 rep.)
Section 10. The Payday Loan Reform Act is amended by
repealing Section 2-50.