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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 314 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 314 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Physical Fitness Services Act is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by adding Section 7.5 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (815 ILCS 645/7.5 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 7.5. Contract requirements; lifetime memberships. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) As used in this Section, "lifetime membership | ||||||
| 9 | contract" means a membership contract advertised or | ||||||
| 10 | represented by a physical fitness center as a membership to | ||||||
| 11 | that physical fitness center for the duration of the life of | ||||||
| 12 | the customer. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) A physical fitness center that offers a lifetime | ||||||
| 14 | membership contract shall honor the terms of the lifetime | ||||||
| 15 | membership contract, including all costs charged to the | ||||||
| 16 | customer, for the duration of the life of the customer. A | ||||||
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| 1 | physical fitness center shall not increase any costs or fees | ||||||
| 2 | or diminish any benefits provided for in the lifetime | ||||||
| 3 | membership contract unless: (i) the physical fitness center is | ||||||
| 4 | sold to a person or entity that is not affiliated with or | ||||||
| 5 | controlled by the original person or entity who operated the | ||||||
| 6 | physical fitness center that entered into the lifetime | ||||||
| 7 | membership contract with the customer; or (ii) the customer | ||||||
| 8 | voluntarily agrees in writing to change the terms of the | ||||||
| 9 | lifetime membership contract. | ||||||
| 10 | (c) Any lifetime membership contract that includes | ||||||
| 11 | provisions that allow for increases in costs or fees or | ||||||
| 12 | reductions in benefits shall disclose the provisions in a | ||||||
| 13 | bold, clearly readable font that is consistent with the | ||||||
| 14 | typeface used in the contract. | ||||||
| 15 | (d) A physical fitness center shall provide a copy of the | ||||||
| 16 | lifetime membership contract to the customer upon the request | ||||||
| 17 | of the customer.". | ||||||