93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6641

 

Introduced 02/09/04, by Maria Antonia Berrios

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
205 ILCS 670/22   from Ch. 17, par. 5428

    Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Provides that a short-term lender may not charge interest on a short-term loan at an annual percentage rate exceeding 32%. Requires the Department of Financial Institutions to conform its rules to the new provisions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning financial regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Consumer Installment Loan Act is amended by
5 changing Section 22 as follows:
 
6     (205 ILCS 670/22)  (from Ch. 17, par. 5428)
7     Sec. 22. Rules and regulations.
8     (a) The Department may make and enforce such reasonable
9 rules, regulations, directions, orders, decisions, and
10 findings as the execution and enforcement of the provisions of
11 this Act require, and as are not inconsistent therewith. In
12 addition, the Department may promulgate rules in connection
13 with the activities of licensees that are necessary and
14 appropriate for the protection of consumers in this State. All
15 rules, regulations and directions of a general character shall
16 be printed and copies thereof mailed to all licensees.
17     (b) A short-term lender may not charge interest on a
18 short-term loan at an annual percentage rate exceeding 32%. As
19 used in this subsection (b):
20     "Title-secured loan" and "short-term lender" have the
21 meanings ascribed to those terms in the Department's
22 administrative rules concerning short term lending at 38 Ill.
23 Adm. Code 110.310 et seq.
24     "Short-term loan" means a loan upon which interest is
25 charged at an annual percentage rate of 32% and for a term of
26 not more than 30 days in the case of a non-title-secured loan
27 or for a term not more than 60 days in the case of a
28 title-secured loan.
29     (c) The Department shall conform the definition of
30 "short-term loan" in the Department's administrative rules
31 concerning short term lending at 38 Ill. Adm. Code 110.310 et
32 seq. to the definition of "short-term loan" in subsection (b)

 

 

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1 of this Section.
2 (Source: P.A. 90-437, eff. 1-1-98; 91-698, eff. 5-6-00.)