Bill Text: IL HB3808 | 2017-2018 | 100th 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 for a merchant to impose a surcharge, transaction charge, or other additional fee upon a transaction involving the use of a credit card when the amount of the transaction before the imposition of taxes and any other fee is less than $5.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3808 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3808-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3808 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
815 ILCS 505/2TTT new
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a merchant to impose a surcharge, transaction charge, or other additional fee upon a transaction involving the use of a credit card when the amount of the transaction before the imposition of taxes and any other fee is less than $5.
LRB100 11043 JLS 21282 b
A BILL FOR
HB3808 LRB100 11043 JLS 21282 b
AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2TTT new as follows:
(815 ILCS 505/2TTT new)
Sec. 2TTT new. Limitation on credit card transactions fees.
(a) In this Section:
"Credit card" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2NN
of this Act.
"Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2JJ of
this Act.
(b) It is an unlawful practice for a merchant to impose a
surcharge, transaction charge, or other additional fee upon a
transaction involving the use of a credit card when the amount
of the transaction before the imposition of taxes and any other
fee is less than $5.