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1		AN ACT concerning civil law.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Installment Sales Contract Act is amended by
5		changing Section 5 as follows:
6		(765 ILCS 67/5)
7		Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
8		context otherwise requires:
9		"Amortization schedule" means a written schedule which
10		sets forth the date of each periodic payment, the amount of
11		each periodic payment that will be applied to the principal
12		balance and the resulting principal balance, and the amount of
13		each periodic payment that will be applied to any interest
14		charged, if applicable, pursuant to the contract.
15		"Balloon payment" means a payment, other than the initial
16		down payment, in which more than the ordinary periodic payment
17		is charged during the contract.
18		"Business day" means any calendar day except Saturday,
19		Sunday, or a State or federal holiday.
20		"Buyer" means the person who is seeking to obtain title to
21		a property by an installment sales contract or is obligated to
22		make payments to the seller pursuant to the contract.
23		"Date of sale" means the date that both the seller and

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1		buyer have signed the written contract.
2		"Dwelling structure" means any private home or residence or
3		any building or structure intended for residential use with not
4		less than one nor more than 4 residential dwelling units.
5		"Installment sales contract" or "contract" means any
6		contract or agreement, including a contract for deed, bond for
7		deed, or any other sale or legal device whereby a seller agrees
8		to sell and the buyer agrees to buy a residential real estate,
9		in which the consideration for the sale is payable in
10		installments for a period of at least one year after the date
11		of sale, and the seller continues to have an interest or
12		security for the purchase price or otherwise in the property.
13		"Installment sales contract" does not include a financing
14		arrangement that for religious or cultural reasons does not
15		allow the imposition or collection of interest and that is
16		offered by a person, partnership, association, limited
17		liability company, or corporation doing business under and as
18		permitted by any law of this State or the United States
19		relating to banks, savings and loan associations, savings
20		banks, or credit unions.
21		"Residential real estate" means real estate with a dwelling
22		structure, excluding property that is sold as a part of a tract
23		of land consisting of 4 acres or more zoned for agricultural
24		purposes.
25		"Seller" means an individual or legal entity that possesses
26		a legal or beneficial interest in real estate and that enters

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1		into an installment sales contract more than 3 times during a
2		12-month period to sell residential real estate. Any individual
3		or legal entity that has a legal or beneficial interest in real
4		estate under the name of more than one legal entity shall be
5		considered the same seller.
6		(Source: P.A. 100-416, eff. 1-1-18.)
7		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8		becoming law.