99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2541

 

Introduced 2/18/2015, by Rep. Monique D. Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 140/7.3 new

    Amends the Credit Card Issuance Act. Provides that a credit card issuer may not automatically renew a credit card that has not been used to perform a credit card transaction within the 12 months immediately preceding the renewal.


LRB099 09927 JLS 30143 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB2541LRB099 09927 JLS 30143 b

1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Credit Card Issuance Act is amended by
5adding Section 7.3 as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 140/7.3 new)
7    Sec. 7.3. Automatic renewals limited. A credit card issuer
8may not renew a credit card that has not been used to perform a
9credit card transaction within the 12 months immediately
10preceding the renewal without the written consent of the person
11to whom the credit card is issued.