SB3258 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 19972 JLS 44371 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3258

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

810 ILCS 5/2A-106

from Ch. 26, par. 2A-106

Amends the Leases Article of the Uniform Commercial Code in relation to choice of judicial forum. Provides that if the forum chosen otherwise would not have jurisdiction over the lessee, the jurisdiction shall be that in which the lessee resides at the time the lease agreement becomes enforceable.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Uniform Commercial Code is amended by changing Section 2A-106 as follows:

(810 ILCS 5/2A-106) (from Ch. 26, par. 2A-106)

Sec. 2A-106. Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum.

(1) If the law chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is that of a jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction in which the lessee resides at the time the lease agreement becomes enforceable or within 30 days thereafter or in which the goods are to be used, the choice is not enforceable.

(2) If the judicial forum chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is a forum that would not otherwise have jurisdiction over the lessee, the choice is not enforceable and the jurisdiction shall be that in which the lessee resides at the time the lease agreement becomes enforceable.

(Source: P.A. 87-493.)