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92_HB4625

 
                                               LRB9213038JSpc

 1        AN ACT concerning electronic fund transfers.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Electronic Fund Transfer Act is amended
 5    by changing Section 45 as follows:

 6        (205 ILCS 616/45)
 7        Sec. 45.  Nondiscriminatory access.
 8        (a)  Subject to the provisions of Section 35 of this Act,
 9    use of a terminal through access to a switch and use  of  any
10    switch shall be available on a nondiscriminatory basis to any
11    switch  or financial institution that has its principal place
12    of business within this State.  The terms and  conditions  of
13    use  shall  be  governed  by  a written agreement between the
14    network  and  the  financial  institution  or  other   switch
15    obtaining  the  use.  The written agreement shall specify all
16    of the terms and conditions under which the  network  may  be
17    utilized, including commercially reasonable fees and charges.
18    In  case  of  a  dispute  under  the  terms  of  the  written
19    agreement,  the  parties  shall  be  deemed to have agreed to
20    accept  the  Commissioner  as  final  arbitrator  unless  the
21    aggrieved party seeks court action.
22        (b)  The use and operation of each terminal served  by  a
23    switch  shall  be governed by a written agreement between the
24    network  and  the  person  establishing  the  terminal.   The
25    written agreement shall specify all the terms and  conditions
26    under  which  the  network  provides service to the terminal,
27    including commercially reasonable fees and charges.  In  case
28    of  a  dispute  under the terms of the written agreement, the
29    parties  shall  be  deemed  to  have  agreed  to  accept  the
30    Commissioner as final arbitrator unless the  aggrieved  party
31    seeks court action.
 
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 1        (c)  The  Commissioner  shall have the power to arbitrate
 2    disputes arising under (1) contracts, in accordance with  the
 3    terms  of  those contracts, governing the use, operation, and
 4    access to switches and terminals, and (2) the use, operation,
 5    and access to switches and terminals.  Any  decision  by  the
 6    Commissioner  in  connection  with  any  arbitration shall be
 7    determined only after an opportunity for a hearing and  shall
 8    be  subject  to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of
 9    the Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted  pursuant
10    to   that   Law.   Anything  to  the  contrary  in  this  Act
11    notwithstanding, any right of arbitration granted under  this
12    Act  is  subject  to  the right of either party to seek court
13    action.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-310, eff. 1-1-96.)

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