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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0977 Introduced 1/29/2013, by Rep. Barbara Wheeler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a person to impose a surcharge upon a consumer who elects to pay by use of a credit card instead of making payment by cash, check, or similar means of payment. Effective immediately.
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| | HB0977 | | LRB098 07763 JLS 37842 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning business transactions.
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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 Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
| 5 | | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2QQQ as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2QQQ new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2QQQ. Credit card surcharges prohibited. |
| 8 | | (a) No person in any sales transaction may impose a |
| 9 | | surcharge upon a consumer who elects to pay by use of a credit |
| 10 | | card instead of making payment by cash, check, or similar means |
| 11 | | of payment. |
| 12 | | (b) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful |
| 13 | | practice within the meaning of this Act.
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| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 15 | | becoming law.
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