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| | 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6909 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Fairness in Lending Act. Provides that no financial institution or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real estate-related transactions may discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction, or in the terms or conditions of such a transaction, on the basis that the person is pregnant.
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| | HB6909 | | LRB096 23616 RPM 42987 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning business.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Fairness in Lending Act is amended |
| 5 | | by adding Section 7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 120/7 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 7. Familial status; residential real estate-related |
| 8 | | transactions. No financial institution or other entity whose |
| 9 | | business includes engaging in residential real estate-related |
| 10 | | transactions may discriminate against any person in making |
| 11 | | available such a transaction, or in the terms or conditions of |
| 12 | | such a transaction, on the basis that the person is pregnant. |
| 13 | | For the purpose of this Section, "residential real |
| 14 | | estate-related transaction" means the making or purchasing of |
| 15 | | loans (i) for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, |
| 16 | | or maintaining a dwelling or (ii) that are secured by |
| 17 | | residential real estate.
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