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. LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b A BILL FOR HB1628LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b HB1628 LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b HB1628 LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b 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. LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b A BILL FOR 765 ILCS 705/4 new LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b HB1628 LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b HB1628- 2 -LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b HB1628 - 2 - LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b HB1628 - 2 - LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b 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. HB1628 - 2 - LRB103 26210 LNS 52569 b