<tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><p> </p> </td></tr></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">HB1763 Engrossed</td><td class="xsl" align="center"></td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 08484 SPS 18536 b</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>AN ACT concerning business.</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><b><code>Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, </code></b></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><b><code>represented in the General Assembly:</code></b> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>Section 5. </code><code>The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2HHHH as follows:</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>(815 ILCS 505/2HHHH new)</code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><u><code>Sec. 2HHHH. </code></u><u><code>Social clubs; delinquent members.</code></u><code> </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><u><code>(a) As used in this Section, "social club" means a private </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>establishment that is the premises of a formal organization of </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>members for pleasure, recreation, and other purposes. "Social </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>club" does not include a fitness center or a community pool.</code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><u><code>(b) A social club shall not charge a member who is </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>delinquent or in poor standing with the club for the time the </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>member is not allowed in the club or is unable to access the </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>club's services. A contract that violates this subsection is </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>void and unenforceable.</code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><u><code>(c) This Section applies to all contracts that are entered </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>into, amended, renewed, or extended on or after the effective </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.</code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">20</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><u><code>(d) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">21</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>practice within the meaning of this Act.</code></u> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">22</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>Section 99. </code><code>Effective date. </code><code>This Act takes effect upon </code></td></tr></table><table class="xsl" width="650"><tr><td class="lineNum" colspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">HB1763 Engrossed</td><td class="xsl" align="center">- 2 -</td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 08484 SPS 18536 b</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>becoming law.</code>