103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1636

 

Introduced 2/1/2023, by Rep. Mark L. Walker

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
205 ILCS 5/48.1  from Ch. 17, par. 360
205 ILCS 205/4013  from Ch. 17, par. 7304-13
205 ILCS 305/10  from Ch. 17, par. 4411
205 ILCS 625/4  from Ch. 17, par. 2134
205 ILCS 705/10
755 ILCS 5/6-15  from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-15

    Amends the Illinois Banking Act. In provisions concerning customer financial records and confidentiality, provides that the language does not prohibit the furnishing of financial information to the executor, executrix, administrator, or other lawful representative of the estate of a customer. Amends the Savings Bank Act. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit the furnishing of financial information to the executor, executrix, administrator, or other lawful representative of the estate of a customer. Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit the furnishing of financial information to the executor, executrix, administrator, or other lawful representative of the estate of a member. Amends the Illinois Trust and Payable on Death Accounts Act. Provides that any holder of an account may elect a per stirpes distribution option to the descendants of a natural person beneficiary if the beneficiary predeceases the last surviving holder of the account. Makes other changes. Amends the Financial Institutions Electronic Documents and Digital Signature Act. In provisions concerning electronic notices, provides that consent to electronic transactions given by the customer pursuant to the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act shall satisfy applicable consent requirements. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that any person doing business or performing transactions on behalf of or at the direction of an executor or administrator with a will annexed shall be entitled to the presumption that the executor or administrator with the will annexed is lawfully authorized to conduct the business or perform the transaction without such person investigating the source of the authority and without verifying that the actions of the executor or administrator with the will annexed comply with a will or any order of the probate court, unless such person has actual knowledge to the contrary.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finances.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Banking Act is amended by changing
5Section 48.1 as follows:
 
6    (205 ILCS 5/48.1)  (from Ch. 17, par. 360)
7    Sec. 48.1. Customer financial records; confidentiality.
8    (a) For the purpose of this Section, the term "financial
9records" means any original, any copy, or any summary of:
10        (1) a document granting signature authority over a
11    deposit or account;
12        (2) a statement, ledger card or other record on any
13    deposit or account, which shows each transaction in or
14    with respect to that account;
15        (3) a check, draft or money order drawn on a bank or
16    issued and payable by a bank; or
17        (4) any other item containing information pertaining
18    to any relationship established in the ordinary course of
19    a bank's business between a bank and its customer,
20    including financial statements or other financial
21    information provided by the customer.
22    (b) This Section does not prohibit:
23        (1) The preparation, examination, handling or

 

 

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1    maintenance of any financial records by any officer,
2    employee or agent of a bank having custody of the records,
3    or the examination of the records by a certified public
4    accountant engaged by the bank to perform an independent
5    audit.
6        (2) The examination of any financial records by, or
7    the furnishing of financial records by a bank to, any
8    officer, employee or agent of (i) the Commissioner of
9    Banks and Real Estate, (ii) after May 31, 1997, a state
10    regulatory authority authorized to examine a branch of a
11    State bank located in another state, (iii) the Comptroller
12    of the Currency, (iv) the Federal Reserve Board, or (v)
13    the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for use solely
14    in the exercise of his duties as an officer, employee, or
15    agent.
16        (3) The publication of data furnished from financial
17    records relating to customers where the data cannot be
18    identified to any particular customer or account.
19        (4) The making of reports or returns required under
20    Chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
21        (5) Furnishing information concerning the dishonor of
22    any negotiable instrument permitted to be disclosed under
23    the Uniform Commercial Code.
24        (6) The exchange in the regular course of business of
25    (i) credit information between a bank and other banks or
26    financial institutions or commercial enterprises, directly

 

 

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1    or through a consumer reporting agency or (ii) financial
2    records or information derived from financial records
3    between a bank and other banks or financial institutions
4    or commercial enterprises for the purpose of conducting
5    due diligence pursuant to a purchase or sale involving the
6    bank or assets or liabilities of the bank.
7        (7) The furnishing of information to the appropriate
8    law enforcement authorities where the bank reasonably
9    believes it has been the victim of a crime.
10        (8) The furnishing of information under the Revised
11    Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
12        (9) The furnishing of information under the Illinois
13    Income Tax Act and the Illinois Estate and
14    Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.
15        (10) The furnishing of information under the federal
16    Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act Title 31,
17    United States Code, Section 1051 et seq.
18        (11) The furnishing of information under any other
19    statute that by its terms or by regulations promulgated
20    thereunder requires the disclosure of financial records
21    other than by subpoena, summons, warrant, or court order.
22        (12) The furnishing of information about the existence
23    of an account of a person to a judgment creditor of that
24    person who has made a written request for that
25    information.
26        (13) The exchange in the regular course of business of

 

 

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1    information between commonly owned banks in connection
2    with a transaction authorized under paragraph (23) of
3    Section 5 and conducted at an affiliate facility.
4        (14) The furnishing of information in accordance with
5    the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
6    Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any bank governed by this Act
7    shall enter into an agreement for data exchanges with a
8    State agency provided the State agency pays to the bank a
9    reasonable fee not to exceed its actual cost incurred. A
10    bank providing information in accordance with this item
11    shall not be liable to any account holder or other person
12    for any disclosure of information to a State agency, for
13    encumbering or surrendering any assets held by the bank in
14    response to a lien or order to withhold and deliver issued
15    by a State agency, or for any other action taken pursuant
16    to this item, including individual or mechanical errors,
17    provided the action does not constitute gross negligence
18    or willful misconduct. A bank shall have no obligation to
19    hold, encumber, or surrender assets until it has been
20    served with a subpoena, summons, warrant, court or
21    administrative order, lien, or levy.
22        (15) The exchange in the regular course of business of
23    information between a bank and any commonly owned
24    affiliate of the bank, subject to the provisions of the
25    Financial Institutions Insurance Sales Law.
26        (16) The furnishing of information to law enforcement

 

 

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1    authorities, the Illinois Department on Aging and its
2    regional administrative and provider agencies, the
3    Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General,
4    or public guardians: (i) upon subpoena by the
5    investigatory entity or the guardian, or (ii) if there is
6    suspicion by the bank that a customer who is an elderly
7    person or person with a disability has been or may become
8    the victim of financial exploitation. For the purposes of
9    this item (16), the term: (i) "elderly person" means a
10    person who is 60 or more years of age, (ii) "disabled
11    person" means a person who has or reasonably appears to
12    the bank to have a physical or mental disability that
13    impairs his or her ability to seek or obtain protection
14    from or prevent financial exploitation, and (iii)
15    "financial exploitation" means tortious or illegal use of
16    the assets or resources of an elderly or disabled person,
17    and includes, without limitation, misappropriation of the
18    elderly or disabled person's assets or resources by undue
19    influence, breach of fiduciary relationship, intimidation,
20    fraud, deception, extortion, or the use of assets or
21    resources in any manner contrary to law. A bank or person
22    furnishing information pursuant to this item (16) shall be
23    entitled to the same rights and protections as a person
24    furnishing information under the Adult Protective Services
25    Act and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
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1    information as necessary to effect, administer, or enforce
2    a transaction requested or authorized by the customer, or
3    in connection with:
4            (A) servicing or processing a financial product or
5        service requested or authorized by the customer;
6            (B) maintaining or servicing a customer's account
7        with the bank; or
8            (C) a proposed or actual securitization or
9        secondary market sale (including sales of servicing
10        rights) related to a transaction of a customer.
11        Nothing in this item (17), however, authorizes the
12    sale of the financial records or information of a customer
13    without the consent of the customer.
14        (18) The disclosure of financial records or
15    information as necessary to protect against actual or
16    potential fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims, or
17    other liability.
18        (19)(A) The disclosure of financial records or
19    information related to a private label credit program
20    between a financial institution and a private label party
21    in connection with that private label credit program. Such
22    information is limited to outstanding balance, available
23    credit, payment and performance and account history,
24    product references, purchase information, and information
25    related to the identity of the customer.
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1    subsection (b) of Section 48.1, a "private label credit
2    program" means a credit program involving a financial
3    institution and a private label party that is used by a
4    customer of the financial institution and the private
5    label party primarily for payment for goods or services
6    sold, manufactured, or distributed by a private label
7    party.
8        (2) For purposes of this paragraph (19) of subsection
9    (b) of Section 48.1, a "private label party" means, with
10    respect to a private label credit program, any of the
11    following: a retailer, a merchant, a manufacturer, a trade
12    group, or any such person's affiliate, subsidiary, member,
13    agent, or service provider.
14        (20)(A) The furnishing of financial records of a
15    customer to the Department to aid the Department's initial
16    determination or subsequent re-determination of the
17    customer's eligibility for Medicaid and Medicaid long-term
18    care benefits for long-term care services, provided that
19    the bank receives the written consent and authorization of
20    the customer, which shall:
21            (1) have the customer's signature notarized;
22            (2) be signed by at least one witness who
23        certifies that he or she believes the customer to be of
24        sound mind and memory;
25            (3) be tendered to the bank at the earliest
26        practicable time following its execution,

 

 

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1        certification, and notarization;
2            (4) specifically limit the disclosure of the
3        customer's financial records to the Department; and
4            (5) be in substantially the following form:
 
5
CUSTOMER CONSENT AND AUTHORIZATION
6
FOR RELEASE OF FINANCIAL RECORDS

 
7I, ......................................., hereby authorize 
8       (Name of Customer) 
 
9............................................................. 
10(Name of Financial Institution)
 
11............................................................. 
12(Address of Financial Institution)
 
13to disclose the following financial records:
 
14any and all information concerning my deposit, savings, money
15market, certificate of deposit, individual retirement,
16retirement plan, 401(k) plan, incentive plan, employee benefit
17plan, mutual fund and loan accounts (including, but not
18limited to, any indebtedness or obligation for which I am a
19co-borrower, co-obligor, guarantor, or surety), and any and
20all other accounts in which I have an interest and any other

 

 

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1information regarding me in the possession of the Financial
2Institution,
 
3to the Illinois Department of Human Services or the Illinois
4Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or both ("the
5Department"), for the following purpose(s):
 
6to aid in the initial determination or re-determination by the
7State of Illinois of my eligibility for Medicaid long-term
8care benefits, pursuant to applicable law.
 
9I understand that this Consent and Authorization may be
10revoked by me in writing at any time before my financial
11records, as described above, are disclosed, and that this
12Consent and Authorization is valid until the Financial
13Institution receives my written revocation. This Consent and
14Authorization shall constitute valid authorization for the
15Department identified above to inspect all such financial
16records set forth above, and to request and receive copies of
17such financial records from the Financial Institution (subject
18to such records search and reproduction reimbursement policies
19as the Financial Institution may have in place). An executed
20copy of this Consent and Authorization shall be sufficient and
21as good as the original and permission is hereby granted to
22honor a photostatic or electronic copy of this Consent and
23Authorization. Disclosure is strictly limited to the

 

 

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1Department identified above and no other person or entity
2shall receive my financial records pursuant to this Consent
3and Authorization. By signing this form, I agree to indemnify
4and hold the Financial Institution harmless from any and all
5claims, demands, and losses, including reasonable attorneys
6fees and expenses, arising from or incurred in its reliance on
7this Consent and Authorization. As used herein, "Customer"
8shall mean "Member" if the Financial Institution is a credit
9union.
 
10....................... ...................... 
11(Date)                  (Signature of Customer)             
 
12                         ...................... 
13                         ...................... 
14                         (Address of Customer) 
 
15                         ...................... 
16                         (Customer's birth date) 
17                         (month/day/year) 
 
18The undersigned witness certifies that .................,
19known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed as
20the customer to the foregoing Consent and Authorization,
21appeared before me and the notary public and acknowledged
22signing and delivering the instrument as his or her free and

 

 

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1voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth. I
2believe him or her to be of sound mind and memory. The
3undersigned witness also certifies that the witness is not an
4owner, operator, or relative of an owner or operator of a
5long-term care facility in which the customer is a patient or
6resident.
 
7Dated: ................. ...................... 
8                         (Signature of Witness) 
 
9                         ...................... 
10                         (Print Name of Witness) 
 
11                         ...................... 
12                         ...................... 
13                         (Address of Witness) 
 
14State of Illinois)
15                 ) ss.
16County of .......)
 
17The undersigned, a notary public in and for the above county
18and state, certifies that .........., known to me to be the
19same person whose name is subscribed as the customer to the
20foregoing Consent and Authorization, appeared before me
21together with the witness, .........., in person and

 

 

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1acknowledged signing and delivering the instrument as the free
2and voluntary act of the customer for the uses and purposes
3therein set forth.
 
4Dated:.......................................................
5Notary Public:...............................................
6My commission expires:.......................................
 
7        (B) In no event shall the bank distribute the
8    customer's financial records to the long-term care
9    facility from which the customer seeks initial or
10    continuing residency or long-term care services.
11        (C) A bank providing financial records of a customer
12    in good faith relying on a consent and authorization
13    executed and tendered in accordance with this paragraph
14    (20) shall not be liable to the customer or any other
15    person in relation to the bank's disclosure of the
16    customer's financial records to the Department. The
17    customer signing the consent and authorization shall
18    indemnify and hold the bank harmless that relies in good
19    faith upon the consent and authorization and incurs a loss
20    because of such reliance. The bank recovering under this
21    indemnification provision shall also be entitled to
22    reasonable attorney's fees and the expenses of recovery.
23        (D) A bank shall be reimbursed by the customer for all
24    costs reasonably necessary and directly incurred in

 

 

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1    searching for, reproducing, and disclosing a customer's
2    financial records required or requested to be produced
3    pursuant to any consent and authorization executed under
4    this paragraph (20). The requested financial records shall
5    be delivered to the Department within 10 days after
6    receiving a properly executed consent and authorization or
7    at the earliest practicable time thereafter if the
8    requested records cannot be delivered within 10 days, but
9    delivery may be delayed until the final reimbursement of
10    all costs is received by the bank. The bank may honor a
11    photostatic or electronic copy of a properly executed
12    consent and authorization.
13        (E) Nothing in this paragraph (20) shall impair,
14    abridge, or abrogate the right of a customer to:
15            (1) directly disclose his or her financial records
16        to the Department or any other person; or
17            (2) authorize his or her attorney or duly
18        appointed agent to request and obtain the customer's
19        financial records and disclose those financial records
20        to the Department.
21        (F) For purposes of this paragraph (20), "Department"
22    means the Department of Human Services and the Department
23    of Healthcare and Family Services or any successor
24    administrative agency of either agency.
25        (21) The furnishing of financial information to the
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1    representative of the estate of a customer.
2    (c) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, a bank may
3not disclose to any person, except to the customer or his duly
4authorized agent, any financial records or financial
5information obtained from financial records relating to that
6customer of that bank unless:
7        (1) the customer has authorized disclosure to the
8    person;
9        (2) the financial records are disclosed in response to
10    a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover
11    assets, or court order which meets the requirements of
12    subsection (d) of this Section; or
13        (3) the bank is attempting to collect an obligation
14    owed to the bank and the bank complies with the provisions
15    of Section 2I of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
16    Practices Act.
17    (d) A bank shall disclose financial records under
18paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section under a lawful
19subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or
20court order only after the bank sends a copy of the subpoena,
21summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order
22to the person establishing the relationship with the bank, if
23living, and, otherwise the person's personal representative,
24if known, at the person's last known address by first class
25mail, postage prepaid, through a third-party commercial
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1delivery, or by electronic delivery at an email address on
2file with the bank (if the person establishing the
3relationship with the bank has consented to receive electronic
4delivery and, if the person establishing the relationship with
5the bank is a consumer, the person has consented under the
6consumer consent provisions set forth in Section 7001 of Title
715 of the United States Code), unless the bank is specifically
8prohibited from notifying the person by order of court or by
9applicable State or federal law. A bank shall not mail a copy
10of a subpoena to any person pursuant to this subsection if the
11subpoena was issued by a grand jury under the Statewide Grand
12Jury Act.
13    (e) Any officer or employee of a bank who knowingly and
14willfully furnishes financial records in violation of this
15Section is guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction,
16shall be fined not more than $1,000.
17    (f) Any person who knowingly and willfully induces or
18attempts to induce any officer or employee of a bank to
19disclose financial records in violation of this Section is
20guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction, shall be
21fined not more than $1,000.
22    (g) A bank shall be reimbursed for costs that are
23reasonably necessary and that have been directly incurred in
24searching for, reproducing, or transporting books, papers,
25records, or other data required or requested to be produced
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1discover assets, or court order. The Commissioner shall
2determine the rates and conditions under which payment may be
3made.
4(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-873, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
5    Section 10. The Savings Bank Act is amended by changing
6Section 4013 as follows:
 
7    (205 ILCS 205/4013)  (from Ch. 17, par. 7304-13)
8    Sec. 4013. Access to books and records; communication with
9members and shareholders.
10    (a) Every member or shareholder shall have the right to
11inspect books and records of the savings bank that pertain to
12his accounts. Otherwise, the right of inspection and
13examination of the books and records shall be limited as
14provided in this Act, and no other person shall have access to
15the books and records nor shall be entitled to a list of the
16members or shareholders.
17    (b) For the purpose of this Section, the term "financial
18records" means any original, any copy, or any summary of (1) a
19document granting signature authority over a deposit or
20account; (2) a statement, ledger card, or other record on any
21deposit or account that shows each transaction in or with
22respect to that account; (3) a check, draft, or money order
23drawn on a savings bank or issued and payable by a savings
24bank; or (4) any other item containing information pertaining

 

 

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1to any relationship established in the ordinary course of a
2savings bank's business between a savings bank and its
3customer, including financial statements or other financial
4information provided by the member or shareholder.
5    (c) This Section does not prohibit:
6        (1) The preparation, examination, handling, or
7    maintenance of any financial records by any officer,
8    employee, or agent of a savings bank having custody of
9    records or examination of records by a certified public
10    accountant engaged by the savings bank to perform an
11    independent audit.
12        (2) The examination of any financial records by, or
13    the furnishing of financial records by a savings bank to,
14    any officer, employee, or agent of the Commissioner of
15    Banks and Real Estate or the federal depository
16    institution regulator for use solely in the exercise of
17    his duties as an officer, employee, or agent.
18        (3) The publication of data furnished from financial
19    records relating to members or holders of capital where
20    the data cannot be identified to any particular member,
21    shareholder, or account.
22        (4) The making of reports or returns required under
23    Chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
24        (5) Furnishing information concerning the dishonor of
25    any negotiable instrument permitted to be disclosed under
26    the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

 

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1        (6) The exchange in the regular course of business of
2    (i) credit information between a savings bank and other
3    savings banks or financial institutions or commercial
4    enterprises, directly or through a consumer reporting
5    agency or (ii) financial records or information derived
6    from financial records between a savings bank and other
7    savings banks or financial institutions or commercial
8    enterprises for the purpose of conducting due diligence
9    pursuant to a purchase or sale involving the savings bank
10    or assets or liabilities of the savings bank.
11        (7) The furnishing of information to the appropriate
12    law enforcement authorities where the savings bank
13    reasonably believes it has been the victim of a crime.
14        (8) The furnishing of information pursuant to the
15    Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
16        (9) The furnishing of information pursuant to the
17    Illinois Income Tax Act and the Illinois Estate and
18    Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.
19        (10) The furnishing of information pursuant to the
20    federal Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act,
21    (Title 31, United States Code, Section 1051 et seq.).
22        (11) The furnishing of information pursuant to any
23    other statute which by its terms or by regulations
24    promulgated thereunder requires the disclosure of
25    financial records other than by subpoena, summons,
26    warrant, or court order.

 

 

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1        (12) The furnishing of information in accordance with
2    the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
3    Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any savings bank governed by
4    this Act shall enter into an agreement for data exchanges
5    with a State agency provided the State agency pays to the
6    savings bank a reasonable fee not to exceed its actual
7    cost incurred. A savings bank providing information in
8    accordance with this item shall not be liable to any
9    account holder or other person for any disclosure of
10    information to a State agency, for encumbering or
11    surrendering any assets held by the savings bank in
12    response to a lien or order to withhold and deliver issued
13    by a State agency, or for any other action taken pursuant
14    to this item, including individual or mechanical errors,
15    provided the action does not constitute gross negligence
16    or willful misconduct. A savings bank shall have no
17    obligation to hold, encumber, or surrender assets until it
18    has been served with a subpoena, summons, warrant, court
19    or administrative order, lien, or levy.
20        (13) The furnishing of information to law enforcement
21    authorities, the Illinois Department on Aging and its
22    regional administrative and provider agencies, the
23    Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General,
24    or public guardians: (i) upon subpoena by the
25    investigatory entity or the guardian, or (ii) if there is
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1    elderly person or person with a disability has been or may
2    become the victim of financial exploitation. For the
3    purposes of this item (13), the term: (i) "elderly person"
4    means a person who is 60 or more years of age, (ii) "person
5    with a disability" means a person who has or reasonably
6    appears to the savings bank to have a physical or mental
7    disability that impairs his or her ability to seek or
8    obtain protection from or prevent financial exploitation,
9    and (iii) "financial exploitation" means tortious or
10    illegal use of the assets or resources of an elderly
11    person or person with a disability, and includes, without
12    limitation, misappropriation of the assets or resources of
13    the elderly person or person with a disability by undue
14    influence, breach of fiduciary relationship, intimidation,
15    fraud, deception, extortion, or the use of assets or
16    resources in any manner contrary to law. A savings bank or
17    person furnishing information pursuant to this item (13)
18    shall be entitled to the same rights and protections as a
19    person furnishing information under the Adult Protective
20    Services Act and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
21    1986.
22        (14) The disclosure of financial records or
23    information as necessary to effect, administer, or enforce
24    a transaction requested or authorized by the member or
25    holder of capital, or in connection with:
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1        service requested or authorized by the member or
2        holder of capital;
3            (B) maintaining or servicing an account of a
4        member or holder of capital with the savings bank; or
5            (C) a proposed or actual securitization or
6        secondary market sale (including sales of servicing
7        rights) related to a transaction of a member or holder
8        of capital.
9        Nothing in this item (14), however, authorizes the
10    sale of the financial records or information of a member
11    or holder of capital without the consent of the member or
12    holder of capital.
13        (15) The exchange in the regular course of business of
14    information between a savings bank and any commonly owned
15    affiliate of the savings bank, subject to the provisions
16    of the Financial Institutions Insurance Sales Law.
17        (16) The disclosure of financial records or
18    information as necessary to protect against or prevent
19    actual or potential fraud, unauthorized transactions,
20    claims, or other liability.
21        (17)(a) The disclosure of financial records or
22    information related to a private label credit program
23    between a financial institution and a private label party
24    in connection with that private label credit program. Such
25    information is limited to outstanding balance, available
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1    product references, purchase information, and information
2    related to the identity of the customer.
3        (b)(1) For purposes of this paragraph (17) of
4    subsection (c) of Section 4013, a "private label credit
5    program" means a credit program involving a financial
6    institution and a private label party that is used by a
7    customer of the financial institution and the private
8    label party primarily for payment for goods or services
9    sold, manufactured, or distributed by a private label
10    party.
11        (2) For purposes of this paragraph (17) of subsection
12    (c) of Section 4013, a "private label party" means, with
13    respect to a private label credit program, any of the
14    following: a retailer, a merchant, a manufacturer, a trade
15    group, or any such person's affiliate, subsidiary, member,
16    agent, or service provider.
17        (18)(a) The furnishing of financial records of a
18    customer to the Department to aid the Department's initial
19    determination or subsequent re-determination of the
20    customer's eligibility for Medicaid and Medicaid long-term
21    care benefits for long-term care services, provided that
22    the savings bank receives the written consent and
23    authorization of the customer, which shall:
24            (1) have the customer's signature notarized;
25            (2) be signed by at least one witness who
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1        sound mind and memory;
2            (3) be tendered to the savings bank at the
3        earliest practicable time following its execution,
4        certification, and notarization;
5            (4) specifically limit the disclosure of the
6        customer's financial records to the Department; and
7            (5) be in substantially the following form:
 
8
CUSTOMER CONSENT AND AUTHORIZATION
9
FOR RELEASE OF FINANCIAL RECORDS

 
10I, ......................................., hereby authorize 
11       (Name of Customer) 
 
12............................................................. 
13(Name of Financial Institution)
 
14............................................................. 
15(Address of Financial Institution)
 
16to disclose the following financial records:
 
17any and all information concerning my deposit, savings, money
18market, certificate of deposit, individual retirement,
19retirement plan, 401(k) plan, incentive plan, employee benefit
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1limited to, any indebtedness or obligation for which I am a
2co-borrower, co-obligor, guarantor, or surety), and any and
3all other accounts in which I have an interest and any other
4information regarding me in the possession of the Financial
5Institution,
 
6to the Illinois Department of Human Services or the Illinois
7Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or both ("the
8Department"), for the following purpose(s):
 
9to aid in the initial determination or re-determination by the
10State of Illinois of my eligibility for Medicaid long-term
11care benefits, pursuant to applicable law.
 
12I understand that this Consent and Authorization may be
13revoked by me in writing at any time before my financial
14records, as described above, are disclosed, and that this
15Consent and Authorization is valid until the Financial
16Institution receives my written revocation. This Consent and
17Authorization shall constitute valid authorization for the
18Department identified above to inspect all such financial
19records set forth above, and to request and receive copies of
20such financial records from the Financial Institution (subject
21to such records search and reproduction reimbursement policies
22as the Financial Institution may have in place). An executed
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1as good as the original and permission is hereby granted to
2honor a photostatic or electronic copy of this Consent and
3Authorization. Disclosure is strictly limited to the
4Department identified above and no other person or entity
5shall receive my financial records pursuant to this Consent
6and Authorization. By signing this form, I agree to indemnify
7and hold the Financial Institution harmless from any and all
8claims, demands, and losses, including reasonable attorneys
9fees and expenses, arising from or incurred in its reliance on
10this Consent and Authorization. As used herein, "Customer"
11shall mean "Member" if the Financial Institution is a credit
12union.
 
13....................... ...................... 
14(Date)                  (Signature of Customer)             
 
15                         ...................... 
16                         ...................... 
17                         (Address of Customer) 
 
18                         ...................... 
19                         (Customer's birth date) 
20                         (month/day/year) 
 
21The undersigned witness certifies that .................,
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1the customer to the foregoing Consent and Authorization,
2appeared before me and the notary public and acknowledged
3signing and delivering the instrument as his or her free and
4voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth. I
5believe him or her to be of sound mind and memory. The
6undersigned witness also certifies that the witness is not an
7owner, operator, or relative of an owner or operator of a
8long-term care facility in which the customer is a patient or
9resident.
 
10Dated: ................. ...................... 
11                         (Signature of Witness) 
 
12                         ...................... 
13                         (Print Name of Witness) 
 
14                         ...................... 
15                         ...................... 
16                         (Address of Witness) 
 
17State of Illinois)
18                 ) ss.
19County of .......)
 
20The undersigned, a notary public in and for the above county
21and state, certifies that .........., known to me to be the

 

 

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1same person whose name is subscribed as the customer to the
2foregoing Consent and Authorization, appeared before me
3together with the witness, .........., in person and
4acknowledged signing and delivering the instrument as the free
5and voluntary act of the customer for the uses and purposes
6therein set forth.
 
7Dated:.......................................................
8Notary Public:...............................................
9My commission expires:.......................................
 
10        (b) In no event shall the savings bank distribute the
11    customer's financial records to the long-term care
12    facility from which the customer seeks initial or
13    continuing residency or long-term care services.
14        (c) A savings bank providing financial records of a
15    customer in good faith relying on a consent and
16    authorization executed and tendered in accordance with
17    this paragraph (18) shall not be liable to the customer or
18    any other person in relation to the savings bank's
19    disclosure of the customer's financial records to the
20    Department. The customer signing the consent and
21    authorization shall indemnify and hold the savings bank
22    harmless that relies in good faith upon the consent and
23    authorization and incurs a loss because of such reliance.
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1    provision shall also be entitled to reasonable attorney's
2    fees and the expenses of recovery.
3        (d) A savings bank shall be reimbursed by the customer
4    for all costs reasonably necessary and directly incurred
5    in searching for, reproducing, and disclosing a customer's
6    financial records required or requested to be produced
7    pursuant to any consent and authorization executed under
8    this paragraph (18). The requested financial records shall
9    be delivered to the Department within 10 days after
10    receiving a properly executed consent and authorization or
11    at the earliest practicable time thereafter if the
12    requested records cannot be delivered within 10 days, but
13    delivery may be delayed until the final reimbursement of
14    all costs is received by the savings bank. The savings
15    bank may honor a photostatic or electronic copy of a
16    properly executed consent and authorization.
17        (e) Nothing in this paragraph (18) shall impair,
18    abridge, or abrogate the right of a customer to:
19            (1) directly disclose his or her financial records
20        to the Department or any other person; or
21            (2) authorize his or her attorney or duly
22        appointed agent to request and obtain the customer's
23        financial records and disclose those financial records
24        to the Department.
25        (f) For purposes of this paragraph (18), "Department"
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1    of Healthcare and Family Services or any successor
2    administrative agency of either agency.
3        (19) The furnishing of financial information to the
4    executor, executrix, administrator, or other lawful
5    representative of the estate of a customer.
6    (d) A savings bank may not disclose to any person, except
7to the member or holder of capital or his duly authorized
8agent, any financial records relating to that member or
9shareholder of the savings bank unless:
10        (1) the member or shareholder has authorized
11    disclosure to the person; or
12        (2) the financial records are disclosed in response to
13    a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover
14    assets, or court order that meets the requirements of
15    subsection (e) of this Section.
16    (e) A savings bank shall disclose financial records under
17subsection (d) of this Section pursuant to a lawful subpoena,
18summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order
19only after the savings bank sends a copy of the subpoena,
20summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order
21to the person establishing the relationship with the savings
22bank, if living, and otherwise, the person's personal
23representative, if known, at the person's last known address
24by first class mail, postage prepaid, through a third-party
25commercial carrier or courier with delivery charge fully
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1email address on file with the savings bank (if the person
2establishing the relationship with the savings bank has
3consented to receive electronic delivery and, if the person
4establishing the relationship with the savings bank is a
5consumer, the person has consented under the consumer consent
6provisions set forth in Section 7001 of Title 15 of the United
7States Code), unless the savings bank is specifically
8prohibited from notifying the person by order of court.
9    (f) Any officer or employee of a savings bank who
10knowingly and willfully furnishes financial records in
11violation of this Section is guilty of a business offense and,
12upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000.
13    (g) Any person who knowingly and willfully induces or
14attempts to induce any officer or employee of a savings bank to
15disclose financial records in violation of this Section is
16guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction, shall be
17fined not more than $1,000.
18    (h) If any member or shareholder desires to communicate
19with the other members or shareholders of the savings bank
20with reference to any question pending or to be presented at an
21annual or special meeting, the savings bank shall give that
22person, upon request, a statement of the approximate number of
23members or shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting and an
24estimate of the cost of preparing and mailing the
25communication. The requesting member shall submit the
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1appropriate and truthful, shall direct that it be prepared and
2mailed to the members upon the requesting member's or
3shareholder's payment or adequate provision for payment of the
4expenses of preparation and mailing.
5    (i) A savings bank shall be reimbursed for costs that are
6necessary and that have been directly incurred in searching
7for, reproducing, or transporting books, papers, records, or
8other data of a customer required to be reproduced pursuant to
9a lawful subpoena, warrant, citation to discover assets, or
10court order.
11    (j) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a
12savings bank may sell or otherwise make use of lists of
13customers' names and addresses. All other information
14regarding a customer's account is subject to the disclosure
15provisions of this Section. At the request of any customer,
16that customer's name and address shall be deleted from any
17list that is to be sold or used in any other manner beyond
18identification of the customer's accounts.
19(Source: P.A. 102-873, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
20    Section 15. The Illinois Credit Union Act is amended by
21changing Section 10 as follows:
 
22    (205 ILCS 305/10)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4411)
23    Sec. 10. Credit union records; member financial records.
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1records, accounting systems and procedures which accurately
2reflect its operations and which enable the Department to
3readily ascertain the true financial condition of the credit
4union and whether it is complying with this Act.
5    (2) A photostatic or photographic reproduction of any
6credit union records shall be admissible as evidence of
7transactions with the credit union.
8    (3)(a) For the purpose of this Section, the term
9"financial records" means any original, any copy, or any
10summary of (1) a document granting signature authority over an
11account, (2) a statement, ledger card or other record on any
12account which shows each transaction in or with respect to
13that account, (3) a check, draft or money order drawn on a
14financial institution or other entity or issued and payable by
15or through a financial institution or other entity, or (4) any
16other item containing information pertaining to any
17relationship established in the ordinary course of business
18between a credit union and its member, including financial
19statements or other financial information provided by the
20member.
21    (b) This Section does not prohibit:
22        (1) The preparation, examination, handling or
23    maintenance of any financial records by any officer,
24    employee or agent of a credit union having custody of such
25    records, or the examination of such records by a certified
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1    an independent audit.
2        (2) The examination of any financial records by or the
3    furnishing of financial records by a credit union to any
4    officer, employee or agent of the Department, the National
5    Credit Union Administration, Federal Reserve board or any
6    insurer of share accounts for use solely in the exercise
7    of his duties as an officer, employee or agent.
8        (3) The publication of data furnished from financial
9    records relating to members where the data cannot be
10    identified to any particular customer of account.
11        (4) The making of reports or returns required under
12    Chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
13        (5) Furnishing information concerning the dishonor of
14    any negotiable instrument permitted to be disclosed under
15    the Uniform Commercial Code.
16        (6) The exchange in the regular course of business of
17    (i) credit information between a credit union and other
18    credit unions or financial institutions or commercial
19    enterprises, directly or through a consumer reporting
20    agency or (ii) financial records or information derived
21    from financial records between a credit union and other
22    credit unions or financial institutions or commercial
23    enterprises for the purpose of conducting due diligence
24    pursuant to a merger or a purchase or sale of assets or
25    liabilities of the credit union.
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1    law enforcement authorities where the credit union
2    reasonably believes it has been the victim of a crime.
3        (8) The furnishing of information pursuant to the
4    Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
5        (9) The furnishing of information pursuant to the
6    Illinois Income Tax Act and the Illinois Estate and
7    Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.
8        (10) The furnishing of information pursuant to the
9    federal Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act,
10    Title 31, United States Code, Section 1051 et sequentia.
11        (11) The furnishing of information pursuant to any
12    other statute which by its terms or by regulations
13    promulgated thereunder requires the disclosure of
14    financial records other than by subpoena, summons, warrant
15    or court order.
16        (12) The furnishing of information in accordance with
17    the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
18    Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any credit union governed by
19    this Act shall enter into an agreement for data exchanges
20    with a State agency provided the State agency pays to the
21    credit union a reasonable fee not to exceed its actual
22    cost incurred. A credit union providing information in
23    accordance with this item shall not be liable to any
24    account holder or other person for any disclosure of
25    information to a State agency, for encumbering or
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1    response to a lien or order to withhold and deliver issued
2    by a State agency, or for any other action taken pursuant
3    to this item, including individual or mechanical errors,
4    provided the action does not constitute gross negligence
5    or willful misconduct. A credit union shall have no
6    obligation to hold, encumber, or surrender assets until it
7    has been served with a subpoena, summons, warrant, court
8    or administrative order, lien, or levy.
9        (13) The furnishing of information to law enforcement
10    authorities, the Illinois Department on Aging and its
11    regional administrative and provider agencies, the
12    Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General,
13    or public guardians: (i) upon subpoena by the
14    investigatory entity or the guardian, or (ii) if there is
15    suspicion by the credit union that a member who is an
16    elderly person or person with a disability has been or may
17    become the victim of financial exploitation. For the
18    purposes of this item (13), the term: (i) "elderly person"
19    means a person who is 60 or more years of age, (ii) "person
20    with a disability" means a person who has or reasonably
21    appears to the credit union to have a physical or mental
22    disability that impairs his or her ability to seek or
23    obtain protection from or prevent financial exploitation,
24    and (iii) "financial exploitation" means tortious or
25    illegal use of the assets or resources of an elderly
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1    limitation, misappropriation of the elderly or disabled
2    person's assets or resources by undue influence, breach of
3    fiduciary relationship, intimidation, fraud, deception,
4    extortion, or the use of assets or resources in any manner
5    contrary to law. A credit union or person furnishing
6    information pursuant to this item (13) shall be entitled
7    to the same rights and protections as a person furnishing
8    information under the Adult Protective Services Act and
9    the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
10        (14) The disclosure of financial records or
11    information as necessary to effect, administer, or enforce
12    a transaction requested or authorized by the member, or in
13    connection with:
14            (A) servicing or processing a financial product or
15        service requested or authorized by the member;
16            (B) maintaining or servicing a member's account
17        with the credit union; or
18            (C) a proposed or actual securitization or
19        secondary market sale (including sales of servicing
20        rights) related to a transaction of a member.
21        Nothing in this item (14), however, authorizes the
22    sale of the financial records or information of a member
23    without the consent of the member.
24        (15) The disclosure of financial records or
25    information as necessary to protect against or prevent
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1    claims, or other liability.
2        (16)(a) The disclosure of financial records or
3    information related to a private label credit program
4    between a financial institution and a private label party
5    in connection with that private label credit program. Such
6    information is limited to outstanding balance, available
7    credit, payment and performance and account history,
8    product references, purchase information, and information
9    related to the identity of the customer.
10        (b)(1) For purposes of this item (16), "private label
11    credit program" means a credit program involving a
12    financial institution and a private label party that is
13    used by a customer of the financial institution and the
14    private label party primarily for payment for goods or
15    services sold, manufactured, or distributed by a private
16    label party.
17        (2) For purposes of this item (16), "private label
18    party" means, with respect to a private label credit
19    program, any of the following: a retailer, a merchant, a
20    manufacturer, a trade group, or any such person's
21    affiliate, subsidiary, member, agent, or service provider.
22        (17)(a) The furnishing of financial records of a
23    member to the Department to aid the Department's initial
24    determination or subsequent re-determination of the
25    member's eligibility for Medicaid and Medicaid long-term
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1    the credit union receives the written consent and
2    authorization of the member, which shall:
3            (1) have the member's signature notarized;
4            (2) be signed by at least one witness who
5        certifies that he or she believes the member to be of
6        sound mind and memory;
7            (3) be tendered to the credit union at the
8        earliest practicable time following its execution,
9        certification, and notarization;
10            (4) specifically limit the disclosure of the
11        member's financial records to the Department; and
12            (5) be in substantially the following form:
 
13
CUSTOMER CONSENT AND AUTHORIZATION
14
FOR RELEASE OF FINANCIAL RECORDS

 
15I, ......................................., hereby authorize 
16       (Name of Customer) 
 
17............................................................. 
18(Name of Financial Institution)
 
19............................................................. 
20(Address of Financial Institution)
 
21to disclose the following financial records:
 

 

 

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1any and all information concerning my deposit, savings, money
2market, certificate of deposit, individual retirement,
3retirement plan, 401(k) plan, incentive plan, employee benefit
4plan, mutual fund and loan accounts (including, but not
5limited to, any indebtedness or obligation for which I am a
6co-borrower, co-obligor, guarantor, or surety), and any and
7all other accounts in which I have an interest and any other
8information regarding me in the possession of the Financial
9Institution,
 
10to the Illinois Department of Human Services or the Illinois
11Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or both ("the
12Department"), for the following purpose(s):
 
13to aid in the initial determination or re-determination by the
14State of Illinois of my eligibility for Medicaid long-term
15care benefits, pursuant to applicable law.
 
16I understand that this Consent and Authorization may be
17revoked by me in writing at any time before my financial
18records, as described above, are disclosed, and that this
19Consent and Authorization is valid until the Financial
20Institution receives my written revocation. This Consent and
21Authorization shall constitute valid authorization for the
22Department identified above to inspect all such financial

 

 

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1records set forth above, and to request and receive copies of
2such financial records from the Financial Institution (subject
3to such records search and reproduction reimbursement policies
4as the Financial Institution may have in place). An executed
5copy of this Consent and Authorization shall be sufficient and
6as good as the original and permission is hereby granted to
7honor a photostatic or electronic copy of this Consent and
8Authorization. Disclosure is strictly limited to the
9Department identified above and no other person or entity
10shall receive my financial records pursuant to this Consent
11and Authorization. By signing this form, I agree to indemnify
12and hold the Financial Institution harmless from any and all
13claims, demands, and losses, including reasonable attorneys
14fees and expenses, arising from or incurred in its reliance on
15this Consent and Authorization. As used herein, "Customer"
16shall mean "Member" if the Financial Institution is a credit
17union.
 
18....................... ...................... 
19(Date)                  (Signature of Customer)             
 
20                         ...................... 
21                         ...................... 
22                         (Address of Customer) 
 
23                         ...................... 

 

 

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1                         (Customer's birth date) 
2                         (month/day/year) 
 
3The undersigned witness certifies that .................,
4known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed as
5the customer to the foregoing Consent and Authorization,
6appeared before me and the notary public and acknowledged
7signing and delivering the instrument as his or her free and
8voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth. I
9believe him or her to be of sound mind and memory. The
10undersigned witness also certifies that the witness is not an
11owner, operator, or relative of an owner or operator of a
12long-term care facility in which the customer is a patient or
13resident.
 
14Dated: ................. ...................... 
15                         (Signature of Witness) 
 
16                         ...................... 
17                         (Print Name of Witness) 
 
18                         ...................... 
19                         ...................... 
20                         (Address of Witness) 
 
21State of Illinois)

 

 

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1                 ) ss.
2County of .......)
 
3The undersigned, a notary public in and for the above county
4and state, certifies that .........., known to me to be the
5same person whose name is subscribed as the customer to the
6foregoing Consent and Authorization, appeared before me
7together with the witness, .........., in person and
8acknowledged signing and delivering the instrument as the free
9and voluntary act of the customer for the uses and purposes
10therein set forth.
 
11Dated:.......................................................
12Notary Public:...............................................
13My commission expires:.......................................
 
14        (b) In no event shall the credit union distribute the
15    member's financial records to the long-term care facility
16    from which the member seeks initial or continuing
17    residency or long-term care services.
18        (c) A credit union providing financial records of a
19    member in good faith relying on a consent and
20    authorization executed and tendered in accordance with
21    this item (17) shall not be liable to the member or any
22    other person in relation to the credit union's disclosure
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1    member signing the consent and authorization shall
2    indemnify and hold the credit union harmless that relies
3    in good faith upon the consent and authorization and
4    incurs a loss because of such reliance. The credit union
5    recovering under this indemnification provision shall also
6    be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and the expenses
7    of recovery.
8        (d) A credit union shall be reimbursed by the member
9    for all costs reasonably necessary and directly incurred
10    in searching for, reproducing, and disclosing a member's
11    financial records required or requested to be produced
12    pursuant to any consent and authorization executed under
13    this item (17). The requested financial records shall be
14    delivered to the Department within 10 days after receiving
15    a properly executed consent and authorization or at the
16    earliest practicable time thereafter if the requested
17    records cannot be delivered within 10 days, but delivery
18    may be delayed until the final reimbursement of all costs
19    is received by the credit union. The credit union may
20    honor a photostatic or electronic copy of a properly
21    executed consent and authorization.
22        (e) Nothing in this item (17) shall impair, abridge,
23    or abrogate the right of a member to:
24            (1) directly disclose his or her financial records
25        to the Department or any other person; or
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1        appointed agent to request and obtain the member's
2        financial records and disclose those financial records
3        to the Department.
4        (f) For purposes of this item (17), "Department" means
5    the Department of Human Services and the Department of
6    Healthcare and Family Services or any successor
7    administrative agency of either agency.
8        (18) The furnishing of the financial records of a
9    member to an appropriate law enforcement authority,
10    without prior notice to or consent of the member, upon
11    written request of the law enforcement authority, when
12    reasonable suspicion of an imminent threat to the personal
13    security and safety of the member exists that necessitates
14    an expedited release of the member's financial records, as
15    determined by the law enforcement authority. The law
16    enforcement authority shall include a brief explanation of
17    the imminent threat to the member in its written request
18    to the credit union. The written request shall reflect
19    that it has been authorized by a supervisory or managerial
20    official of the law enforcement authority. The decision to
21    furnish the financial records of a member to a law
22    enforcement authority shall be made by a supervisory or
23    managerial official of the credit union. A credit union
24    providing information in accordance with this item (18)
25    shall not be liable to the member or any other person for
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1    authority.
2        (19) The furnishing of financial information to the
3    executor, executrix, administrator, or other lawful
4    representative of the estate of a member.
5    (c) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, a credit
6union may not disclose to any person, except to the member or
7his duly authorized agent, any financial records relating to
8that member of the credit union unless:
9        (1) the member has authorized disclosure to the
10    person;
11        (2) the financial records are disclosed in response to
12    a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover
13    assets, or court order that meets the requirements of
14    subparagraph (3)(d) of this Section; or
15        (3) the credit union is attempting to collect an
16    obligation owed to the credit union and the credit union
17    complies with the provisions of Section 2I of the Consumer
18    Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
19    (d) A credit union shall disclose financial records under
20item (3)(c)(2) of this Section pursuant to a lawful subpoena,
21summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order
22only after the credit union sends a copy of the subpoena,
23summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order
24to the person establishing the relationship with the credit
25union, if living, and otherwise the person's personal
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1by first class mail, postage prepaid, through a third-party
2commercial carrier or courier with delivery charge fully
3prepaid, by hand delivery, or by electronic delivery at an
4email address on file with the credit union (if the person
5establishing the relationship with the credit union has
6consented to receive electronic delivery and, if the person
7establishing the relationship with the credit union is a
8consumer, the person has consented under the consumer consent
9provisions set forth in Section 7001 of Title 15 of the United
10States Code), unless the credit union is specifically
11prohibited from notifying the person by order of court or by
12applicable State or federal law. In the case of a grand jury
13subpoena, a credit union shall not mail a copy of a subpoena to
14any person pursuant to this subsection if the subpoena was
15issued by a grand jury under the Statewide Grand Jury Act or
16notifying the person would constitute a violation of the
17federal Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978.
18    (e)(1) Any officer or employee of a credit union who
19knowingly and willfully furnishes financial records in
20violation of this Section is guilty of a business offense and
21upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000.
22    (2) Any person who knowingly and willfully induces or
23attempts to induce any officer or employee of a credit union to
24disclose financial records in violation of this Section is
25guilty of a business offense and upon conviction thereof shall
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1    (f) A credit union shall be reimbursed for costs which are
2reasonably necessary and which have been directly incurred in
3searching for, reproducing or transporting books, papers,
4records or other data of a member required or requested to be
5produced pursuant to a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant,
6citation to discover assets, or court order. The Secretary and
7the Director may determine, by rule, the rates and conditions
8under which payment shall be made. Delivery of requested
9documents may be delayed until final reimbursement of all
10costs is received.
11(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-873, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
12    Section 20. The Illinois Trust and Payable on Death
13Accounts Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
14    (205 ILCS 625/4)  (from Ch. 17, par. 2134)
15    Sec. 4. Payable on Death Account Incidents. If one or more
16persons opening or holding an account sign an agreement with
17the institution providing that on the death of the last
18surviving person designated as holder the account shall be
19paid to or held by one or more designated beneficiaries, the
20account, and any balance therein which exists from time to
21time, shall be held as a payment on death account and unless
22otherwise agreed in writing between the person or persons
23opening or holding the account and the institution:
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1the designated beneficiaries to own the account at the death
2of the last surviving holder without the knowledge or consent
3of any other holder or the designated beneficiaries by a
4written instrument accepted by the institution;
5    (b) Any holder may make additional deposits to and
6withdraw any part or all of the account at any time without the
7knowledge or consent of any other holder or the designated
8beneficiaries to own the account at the death of the last
9surviving holder, subject to the bylaws and regulations of the
10institution, and all withdrawals shall constitute a revocation
11of the agreement as to the amount withdrawn; and
12    (c) Upon the death of the last surviving holder of the
13account, the beneficiary designated to be the owner of the
14account (i) who is then living, if the beneficiary is a natural
15person, or (ii) that maintains a lawful existence under the
16state or federal authority pursuant to which it was organized,
17if the beneficiary is not a natural person, shall be the sole
18owner of the account. If , unless more than one beneficiary is
19so designated and then living or in existence, then in which
20case those beneficiaries shall hold the account in equal
21shares as tenants in common with no right of survivorship as
22between those beneficiaries; and .
23    (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection
24(c), any holder of the account may elect a per stirpes
25distribution option to the descendants of a natural person
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1holder of the account. The institution may rely on the account
2holder's written representation of the identity of the
3descendants of each beneficiary living at the time of the
4beneficiary designation. The institution may also rely on an
5affidavit executed by a natural person beneficiary or
6descendant of a natural person beneficiary of the last
7surviving holder of the account upon or after the death of the
8account holder that identifies the descendants of any
9predeceased natural person beneficiary. The total percentage
10of the account to be distributed to all beneficiaries upon the
11death of the last surviving holder of the account must equal
12100%. If no beneficiary designated as the owner of the account
13on the death of the last surviving holder is then living or in
14existence, or if no descendant of a natural person beneficiary
15is then living and a per stirpes distribution has been
16selected, then the proceeds shall vest in the estate of the
17last surviving holder of the account.
18(Source: P.A. 96-1151, eff. 7-21-10.)
 
19    Section 25. The Financial Institutions Electronic
20Documents and Digital Signature Act is amended by changing
21Section 10 as follows:
 
22    (205 ILCS 705/10)
23    Sec. 10. Electronic documents; digital signatures;
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1    (a) Electronic documents. If in the regular course of
2business, a financial institution possesses, records, or
3generates any document, representation, image, substitute
4check, reproduction, or combination thereof, of any agreement,
5transaction, act, occurrence, or event by any electronic or
6computer-generated process that accurately reproduces,
7comprises, or records the agreement, transaction, act,
8occurrence, or event, the recording, comprising, or
9reproduction shall have the same force and effect under the
10laws of this State as one comprised, recorded, or created on
11paper or other tangible form by writing, typing, printing, or
12similar means.
13    (b) Digital signatures. In any communication,
14acknowledgement, agreement, or contract between a financial
15institution and its customer, in which a signature is required
16or used, any party to the communication, acknowledgement,
17agreement, or contract may affix a signature by use of a
18digital signature, and the digital signature, when lawfully
19used by the person whose signature it purports to be, shall
20have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature
21if it is unique to the person using it, is capable of
22verification, is under the sole control of the person using
23it, and is linked to data in such a manner that if the data are
24changed, the digital signature is invalidated. Nothing in this
25Section shall require any financial institution or customer to
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1    (c) Electronic notices.
2        (1) Consent to electronic records. If a statute,
3    regulation, or other rule of law requires that information
4    relating to a transaction or transactions in or affecting
5    intrastate commerce in this State be provided or made
6    available by a financial institution to a consumer in
7    writing, the use of an electronic record to provide or
8    make available that information satisfies the requirement
9    that the information be in writing if:
10            (A) the consumer has affirmatively consented to
11        the use of an electronic record to provide or make
12        available that information and has not withdrawn
13        consent;
14            (B) the consumer, prior to consenting, is provided
15        with a clear and conspicuous statement:
16                (i) informing the consumer of:
17                    (I) any right or option of the consumer to
18                have the record provided or made available on
19                paper or in nonelectronic form, and
20                    (II) the right of the consumer to withdraw
21                the consent to have the record provided or
22                made available in an electronic form and of
23                any conditions, consequences (which may
24                include termination of the parties'
25                relationship), or fees in the event of a
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1                (ii) informing the consumer of whether the
2            consent applies:
3                    (I) only to the particular transaction
4                that gave rise to the obligation to provide
5                the record, or
6                    (II) to identified categories of records
7                that may be provided or made available during
8                the course of the parties' relationship;
9                (iii) describing the procedures the consumer
10            must use to withdraw consent, as provided in
11            clause (i), and to update information needed to
12            contact the consumer electronically; and
13                (iv) informing the consumer:
14                    (I) how, after the consent, the consumer
15                may, upon request, obtain a paper copy of an
16                electronic record, and
17                    (II) whether any fee will be charged for a
18                paper copy;
19            (C) the consumer:
20                (i) prior to consenting, is provided with a
21            statement of the hardware and software
22            requirements for access to and retention of the
23            electronic records; and
24                (ii) consents electronically, or confirms his
25            or her consent electronically, in a manner that
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1            access information in the electronic form that
2            will be used to provide the information that is
3            the subject of the consent; and
4            (D) after the consent of a consumer in accordance
5        with subparagraph (A), if a change in the hardware or
6        software requirements needed to access or retain
7        electronic records creates a material risk that the
8        consumer will not be able to access or retain a
9        subsequent electronic record that was the subject of
10        the consent, the person providing the electronic
11        record:
12                (i) provides the consumer with a statement of:
13                    (I) the revised hardware and software
14                requirements for access to and retention of
15                the electronic records, and
16                    (II) the right to withdraw consent without
17                the imposition of any fees for the withdrawal
18                and without the imposition of any condition or
19                consequence that was not disclosed under
20                subparagraph (B)(i); and
21                (ii) again complies with subparagraph (C).
22        (2) Other rights.
23            (A) Preservation of consumer protections. Nothing
24        in this subsection (c) affects the content or timing
25        of any disclosure or other record required to be
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1        statute, regulation, or other rule of law.
2            (B) Verification or acknowledgment. If a law that
3        was enacted prior to this amendatory Act of the 95th
4        General Assembly expressly requires a record to be
5        provided or made available by a specified method that
6        requires verification or acknowledgment of receipt,
7        the record may be provided or made available
8        electronically only if the method used provides the
9        required verification or acknowledgment of receipt.
10        (2.5) Consent to electronic transactions given by the
11    customer pursuant to the federal Electronic Signatures in
12    Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. 7001, shall
13    satisfy the consent requirements of this Act.
14        (3) Effect of failure to obtain electronic consent or
15    confirmation of consent. The legal effectiveness,
16    validity, or enforceability of any contract executed by a
17    consumer shall not be denied solely because of the failure
18    to obtain electronic consent or confirmation of consent by
19    that consumer in accordance with paragraph (1)(C)(ii).
20        (4) Prospective effect. Withdrawal of consent by a
21    consumer shall not affect the legal effectiveness,
22    validity, or enforceability of electronic records provided
23    or made available to that consumer in accordance with
24    paragraph (1) prior to implementation of the consumer's
25    withdrawal of consent. A consumer's withdrawal of consent
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1    after receipt of the withdrawal by the provider of the
2    record. Failure to comply with paragraph (1)(D) may, at
3    the election of the consumer, be treated as a withdrawal
4    of consent for purposes of this paragraph.
5        (5) Prior consent. This subsection does not apply to
6    any records that are provided or made available to a
7    consumer who has consented prior to the effective date of
8    this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly to
9    receive the records in electronic form as permitted by any
10    statute, regulation, or other rule of law.
11        (6) Oral communications. An oral communication or a
12    recording of an oral communication shall not qualify as an
13    electronic record for purposes of this subsection (c),
14    except as otherwise provided under applicable law.
15(Source: P.A. 94-458, eff. 8-4-05; 95-77, eff. 8-13-07.)
 
16    Section 30. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by changing
17Section 6-15 as follows:
 
18    (755 ILCS 5/6-15)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-15)
19    Sec. 6-15. Executor to administer all estate of decedent.)
20    (a) The executor or the administrator with the will
21annexed shall administer all the testate and intestate estate
22of the decedent.
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1administrator with the will annexed shall be entitled to the
2presumption that the executor or administrator with the will
3annexed is lawfully authorized to conduct the business or
4perform the transaction without such person investigating the
5source of the authority and without verifying that the actions
6of the executor or administrator with the will annexed comply
7with a will or any order of the probate court, unless such
8person has actual knowledge to the contrary.
9(Source: P.A. 79-328.)