103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3233

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
205 ILCS 405/26 new
205 ILCS 657/94 new

    Amends the Currency Exchange Act. Provides that a customer who uses a service of a licensee to send money, money orders, or other evidences of money to a destination in a foreign country shall be offered an option to voluntarily donate a portion of those payments to the Illinois DREAM Fund by rounding the amount of the transaction up to the nearest dollar. Provides that the option to donate to the Illinois DREAM Fund must be presented to the customer before the completion of that transaction. Provides that the licensee shall ensure that the donated amount that is equal to the increase in amount by rounding up to the nearest dollar is provided to the Illinois DREAM Fund. Amends the Transmitters of Money Act. Provides that a customer who uses a service of a licensee to sell or issue payment instruments, transmit money, or exchange payment instruments or money of the United States government or a foreign government to or from money of another government shall be offered an option to voluntarily donate a portion of those payments to the Illinois DREAM Fund by rounding the amount of the transaction up to the nearest dollar. Provides that the option to donate to the Illinois DREAM Fund must be presented to the customer before the completion of that transaction. Provides that the licensee shall ensure that the donated amount that is equal to the increase in amount by rounding up to the nearest dollar is provided to the Illinois DREAM Fund.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Currency Exchange Act is amended by adding
5Section 26 as follows:
 
6    (205 ILCS 405/26 new)
7    Sec. 26. Donations; Illinois DREAM Fund. A customer who
8uses a service of a licensee to send money, money orders, or
9other evidences of money to a destination in a foreign country
10shall be offered an option to voluntarily donate a portion of
11the money, money order, or other evidence of money to the
12Illinois DREAM Fund by rounding the amount of the transaction
13up to the nearest dollar. The option to donate to the Illinois
14DREAM Fund must be presented to the customer before the
15completion of that transaction. The licensee shall ensure that
16the donated amount that is equal to the increase in amount by
17rounding up to the nearest dollar is provided to the Illinois
18DREAM Fund.
 
19    Section 10. The Transmitters of Money Act is amended by
20adding Section 94 as follows:
 
21    (205 ILCS 657/94 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 94. Donations; Illinois DREAM Fund. A customer who
2uses a service of a licensee to sell or issue payment
3instruments, transmit money, or exchange payment instruments
4or money of the United States government or a foreign
5government to or from money of another government shall be
6offered an option to voluntarily donate a portion of the
7payment instrument or money to the Illinois DREAM Fund by
8rounding the amount of the transaction up to the nearest
9dollar. The option to donate to the Illinois DREAM Fund must be
10presented to the customer before the completion of that
11transaction. The licensee shall ensure that the donated amount
12that is equal to the increase in amount by rounding up to the
13nearest dollar is provided to the Illinois DREAM Fund.