Illinois 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1628 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/01/2023

                    103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1628 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  765 ILCS 705/4 new  Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a landlord shall not require a tenant or prospective tenant to remit any amount due to the landlord under a residential lease, renewal, or extension agreement by means of an electronic funds transfer, including, but not limited to, an electronic funds transfer system that automatically transfers funds on a regular, periodic, and recurring basis. Provides that, beginning 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a violation is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Applies to leases or agreements executed after the effective date of the amendatory Act.  LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b   A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1628 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  765 ILCS 705/4 new 765 ILCS 705/4 new  Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a landlord shall not require a tenant or prospective tenant to remit any amount due to the landlord under a residential lease, renewal, or extension agreement by means of an electronic funds transfer, including, but not limited to, an electronic funds transfer system that automatically transfers funds on a regular, periodic, and recurring basis. Provides that, beginning 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a violation is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Applies to leases or agreements executed after the effective date of the amendatory Act.  LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b     LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b   A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1628 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
765 ILCS 705/4 new 765 ILCS 705/4 new
765 ILCS 705/4 new
Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a landlord shall not require a tenant or prospective tenant to remit any amount due to the landlord under a residential lease, renewal, or extension agreement by means of an electronic funds transfer, including, but not limited to, an electronic funds transfer system that automatically transfers funds on a regular, periodic, and recurring basis. Provides that, beginning 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a violation is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Applies to leases or agreements executed after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
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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 Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by
5  adding Section 4 as follows:
6  (765 ILCS 705/4 new)
7  Sec. 4. Payment by electronic funds transfer.
8  (a) As used in this Section, "electronic funds transfer"
9  means a transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated
10  by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is
11  initiated through an electronic terminal, telephone, computer,
12  or magnetic tape for the purpose of ordering, instructing, or
13  authorizing a financial institution to debit or credit a
14  consumer's account, including, but not limited to, through the
15  use of an automated clearing house system.
16  (b) A landlord shall not require a tenant or prospective
17  tenant to remit any amount due to the landlord under a
18  residential lease, renewal, or extension agreement by means of
19  an electronic funds transfer, including, but not limited to,
20  an electronic funds transfer system that automatically
21  transfers funds on a regular, periodic, and recurring basis.
22  (c) Beginning 90 days after the effective date of this
23  amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, a landlord who

 

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1628 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
765 ILCS 705/4 new 765 ILCS 705/4 new
765 ILCS 705/4 new
Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a landlord shall not require a tenant or prospective tenant to remit any amount due to the landlord under a residential lease, renewal, or extension agreement by means of an electronic funds transfer, including, but not limited to, an electronic funds transfer system that automatically transfers funds on a regular, periodic, and recurring basis. Provides that, beginning 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a violation is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Applies to leases or agreements executed after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
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1  violates this Section is guilty of an unlawful practice under
2  the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
3  (d) This Section applies to leases or agreements executed
4  after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd
5  General Assembly.

 

 

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