Public Act 101-0462
 
HB2156 EnrolledLRB101 05071 TAE 50081 b


  
    AN ACT concerning business.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
    Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business 
Practices Act is amended  by changing Section 2LLL as follows:
 
    (815 ILCS 505/2LLL)
    Sec. 2LLL. Retail rebates.  
    (a) In this Section, "rebate card" means a card, code, or 
other device that is issued both (i) to a consumer in 
connection with the consumer's purchase of a product or service 
and the consumer's completion of the rebate submission process 
as part of a rebate program operated or administered by a 
merchant or product manufacturer and (ii) on a prepaid basis 
primarily for personal, family, or household purposes to a 
consumer in a specified amount, whether or not that amount may 
be increased or reloaded, and is redeemable upon presentation 
at multiple unaffiliated merchants for goods or services or 
usable at automated teller machines. "Rebate card" does not 
include (i) a payroll card as defined in the Illinois Wage 
Payment and Collection Act, (ii) a gift card as defined in the 
Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, (iii) a stored-value 
card, as defined in the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, 
that is not issued to a consumer in connection with (1)   the 
consumer's purchase of a product or service and (2) the 
consumer's completion of the rebate submission process as part 
of a rebate program operated or administered by a merchant or 
product manufacturer, or (iv) in-store credit for returned 
merchandise redeemable for merchandise, goods, or services 
upon presentation at a single merchant or an affiliated group 
of merchants.
    (b) Any person who offers a rebate to consumers at retail 
on any merchandise must conspicuously display and clearly 
disclose to the consumer the type of rebate being offered, 
whether additional fees may apply on the rebate offered, and 
the form of remittance that will be provided to the consumer.
    (c) It is an unlawful practice within the meaning of this 
Act for any person to offer to consumers at retail a rebate 
when the rebate is made on a rebate card that charges dormancy 
fees or other post-issuance fees to the consumer, except fees 
for card replacement.
    (d) Any person who violates this Section commits an 
unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-308, eff. 1-1-12.)