Illinois 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3236 Enrolled / Bill

Filed 05/18/2023

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1  AN ACT concerning regulation.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Sales Finance Agency Act is amended by
5  changing Section 10.6 as follows:
6  (205 ILCS 660/10.6)
7  Sec. 10.6. Companion animals.
8  (a) No sales finance agency shall purchase:
9  (1) a retail installment contract for the sale of a
10  canine or feline;
11  (2) a retail charge agreement for the sale of a canine
12  or feline; or
13  (3) the outstanding balance under a retail installment
14  contract or a retail charge agreement for the sale of a
15  canine or feline.
16  (b) No sales finance agency shall make a loan secured by:
17  (1) a retail installment contract for the sale of a
18  canine or feline;
19  (2) a retail charge agreement for the sale of a canine
20  or feline; or
21  (3) the outstanding balance under a retail installment
22  contract or a retail charge agreements for the sale of a
23  canine or feline.

 

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1  (c) Any sales finance agency that purchases a contract or
2  agreement subject to subsection (a) or makes a loan subject to
3  subsection (b) has no right to collect, receive, or retain any
4  principal, interest, or charges related to the contract,
5  agreement, or loan, and any such loan is null and void.
6  (d) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
7  Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall apply prospectively
8  and shall not apply retroactively. This Section shall not
9  impair or affect the obligation of any retail installment
10  transaction or secured loan entered into before the effective
11  date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly A
12  licensee shall not finance, enter into a retail installment
13  contract, or make a loan for the purchase of a canine or
14  feline. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if a
15  lender violates this Section, the financing, retail
16  installment contract, or loan shall be null and void and the
17  licensee shall have no right to collect, receive, or retain
18  any principal, interest, or charges related to the loan,
19  retail installment contract, or financing.
20  (Source: P.A. 102-128, eff. 1-1-22.)
21  Section 10. The Predatory Loan Prevention Act is amended
22  by adding Section 15-5-16 as follows:
23  (815 ILCS 123/15-5-16 new)
24  Sec. 15-5-16. Prohibition on secured loans for canines and

 

 

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1  felines. No person or entity shall make a secured loan for the
2  purchase of a canine or feline. Any secured loan made for the
3  purchase of a canine or feline is null and void. This Section
4  shall apply prospectively and shall not apply retroactively.
5  This Section shall not impair or affect the obligation of any
6  lawful secured loan entered into before the effective date of
7  this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
8  Section 15. The Retail Installment Sales Act is amended by
9  adding Section 29.5 as follows:
10  (815 ILCS 405/29.5 new)
11  Sec. 29.5. Prohibition on retail installment transactions
12  for canines and felines. No retail seller shall enter into a
13  retail installment transaction for the purchase of a canine or
14  feline. Any retail seller, including his or her assignee or
15  successor in interest, who enters into a retail installment
16  transaction for a canine or feline has no right to collect,
17  receive, or retain any principal, interest, or charges related
18  to the retail installment transaction and the retail
19  installment transaction is null and void. This Section shall
20  apply prospectively and shall not apply retroactively. This
21  Section shall not impair or affect the obligation of any
22  retail installment transaction entered into before the
23  effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
24  Assembly.

 

 

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