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 1        AN ACT in relation to financial regulation.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Banking  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 48.1 as follows:

 6        (205 ILCS 5/48.1) (from Ch. 17, par. 360)
 7        Sec. 48.1.  Customer financial records; confidentiality.
 8        (a)  For the purpose of this Section, the term "financial
 9    records" means any original, any copy, or any summary of:
10             (1)  a document granting signature authority over  a
11        deposit or account;
12             (2)  a statement, ledger card or other record on any
13        deposit  or  account,  which shows each transaction in or
14        with respect to that account;
15             (3)  a check, draft or money order drawn on  a  bank
16        or issued and payable by a bank; or
17             (4)  any    other    item   containing   information
18        pertaining  to  any  relationship  established   in   the
19        ordinary  course  of a bank's business between a bank and
20        its customer, including  financial  statements  or  other
21        financial information provided by the customer.
22        (b)  This Section does not prohibit:
23             (1)  The   preparation,   examination,  handling  or
24        maintenance of any  financial  records  by  any  officer,
25        employee  or  agent  of  a  bank  having  custody  of the
26        records, or the examination of the records by a certified
27        public accountant engaged  by  the  bank  to  perform  an
28        independent audit.
29             (2)  The examination of any financial records by, or
30        the  furnishing  of  financial  records by a bank to, any
31        officer, employee or agent of  (i)  the  Commissioner  of
 
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 1        Banks  and  Real Estate, (ii) after May 31, 1997, a state
 2        regulatory authority authorized to examine a branch of  a
 3        State   bank   located   in   another  state,  (iii)  the
 4        Comptroller of the Currency,  (iv)  the  Federal  Reserve
 5        Board,  or  (v) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
 6        for use solely in  the  exercise  of  his  duties  as  an
 7        officer, employee, or agent.
 8             (3)  The   publication   of   data   furnished  from
 9        financial records relating to customers  where  the  data
10        cannot  be  identified  to  any  particular  customer  or
11        account.
12             (4)  The making of reports or returns required under
13        Chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
14             (5)  Furnishing  information concerning the dishonor
15        of any negotiable instrument permitted  to  be  disclosed
16        under the Uniform Commercial Code.
17             (6)  The  exchange in the regular course of business
18        of (i) credit information between a bank and other  banks
19        or  financial  institutions  or  commercial  enterprises,
20        directly  or  through a consumer reporting agency or (ii)
21        financial records or information derived  from  financial
22        records  between  a  bank  and  other  banks or financial
23        institutions or commercial enterprises for the purpose of
24        conducting due diligence pursuant to a purchase  or  sale
25        involving the bank or assets or liabilities of the bank.
26             (7)  The    furnishing   of   information   to   the
27        appropriate law enforcement authorities  where  the  bank
28        reasonably believes it has been the victim of a crime.
29             (8)  The furnishing of information under the Uniform
30        Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
31             (9)  The   furnishing   of   information  under  the
32        Illinois Income Tax  Act  and  the  Illinois  Estate  and
33        Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.
34             (10)  The   furnishing   of  information  under  the
 
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 1        federal Currency and Foreign Transactions  Reporting  Act
 2        Title 31, United States Code, Section 1051 et seq.
 3             (11)  The  furnishing of information under any other
 4        statute that by its terms or by  regulations  promulgated
 5        thereunder  requires  the disclosure of financial records
 6        other than by subpoena, summons, warrant, or court order.
 7             (12)  The  furnishing  of  information   about   the
 8        existence  of  an  account  of  a  person  to  a judgment
 9        creditor of that person who has made  a  written  request
10        for that information.
11             (13)  The exchange in the regular course of business
12        of information between commonly owned banks in connection
13        with  a  transaction  authorized  under paragraph (23) of
14        Section 5 and conducted at an affiliate facility.
15             (14)  The furnishing of  information  in  accordance
16        with   the   federal  Personal  Responsibility  and  Work
17        Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any bank governed
18        by this Act  shall  enter  into  an  agreement  for  data
19        exchanges  with  a State agency provided the State agency
20        pays to the bank a  reasonable  fee  not  to  exceed  its
21        actual  cost  incurred.   A bank providing information in
22        accordance with this item shall  not  be  liable  to  any
23        account  holder  or  other  person  for any disclosure of
24        information  to  a  State  agency,  for  encumbering   or
25        surrendering any assets held by the bank in response to a
26        lien  or  order to withhold and deliver issued by a State
27        agency, or for any other action taken  pursuant  to  this
28        item, including individual or mechanical errors, provided
29        the  action  does  not  constitute  gross  negligence  or
30        willful  misconduct.  A  bank shall have no obligation to
31        hold, encumber, or surrender assets  until  it  has  been
32        served  with  a  subpoena,  summons,  warrant,  court  or
33        administrative order, lien, or levy.
34             (15)  The exchange in the regular course of business
 
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 1        of  information  between  a  bank  and any commonly owned
 2        affiliate of the bank, subject to the provisions  of  the
 3        Financial Institutions Insurance Sales Law.
 4             (16)  The   furnishing   of   information   to   law
 5        enforcement authorities, the Illinois Department on Aging
 6        and  its  regional  administrative and provider agencies,
 7        the Department of  Human  Services  Office  of  Inspector
 8        General, or public guardians, if the bank suspects that a
 9        customer who is an elderly or disabled person has been or
10        may  become the victim of financial exploitation. For the
11        purposes of  this  item  (16),  the  term:  (i)  "elderly
12        person"  means  a  person who is 60 or more years of age,
13        (ii)  "disabled  person"  means  a  person  who  has   or
14        reasonably  appears  to  the  bank  to have a physical or
15        mental disability that impairs his or her ability to seek
16        or  obtain   protection   from   or   prevent   financial
17        exploitation,  and  (iii)  "financial exploitation" means
18        tortious or illegal use of the assets or resources of  an
19        elderly   or   disabled  person,  and  includes,  without
20        limitation, misappropriation of the elderly  or  disabled
21        person's  assets  or resources by undue influence, breach
22        of   fiduciary   relationship,    intimidation,    fraud,
23        deception,  extortion,  or the use of assets or resources
24        in  any  manner  contrary  to  law.  A  bank  or   person
25        furnishing  information  pursuant to this item (16) shall
26        be entitled to the  same  rights  and  protections  as  a
27        person  furnishing  information under the Elder Abuse and
28        Neglect Act and the Illinois  Domestic  Violence  Act  of
29        1986.
30             (17)  The   disclosure   of   financial  records  or
31        information  as  necessary  to  effect,  administer,   or
32        enforce  a  transaction  requested  or  authorized by the
33        customer, or in connection with:
34                  (A)  servicing  or   processing   a   financial
 
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 1             product  or  service  requested or authorized by the
 2             customer;
 3                  (B)  maintaining  or  servicing  a   customer's
 4             account with the bank; or
 5                  (C)  a  proposed  or  actual  securitization or
 6             secondary market sale (including sales of  servicing
 7             rights) related to a transaction of a customer.
 8             Nothing  in  this item (17), however, authorizes the
 9        sale  of  the  financial  records  or  information  of  a
10        customer without the consent of the customer.
11             (18)  The  disclosure  of   financial   records   or
12        information  as  necessary  to  protect against actual or
13        potential fraud, unauthorized  transactions,  claims,  or
14        other liability.
15             (19) (a) The  disclosure  of  financial  records  or
16        information  related  to  a  private label credit program
17        between a financial institution and a private label party
18        in connection with that  private  label  credit  program.
19        Such  information  is  limited  to  outstanding  balance,
20        available  credit,  payment  and  performance and account
21        history, product references,  purchase  information,  and
22        information related to the identity of the customer.
23             (b) (l)  For  purposes  of  this  paragraph  (19) of
24        subsection (b) of Section 48.1, a "private  label  credit
25        program"  means  a  credit  program involving a financial
26        institution and a private label party that is used  by  a
27        customer  of  the  financial  institution and the private
28        label party primarily for payment for goods  or  services
29        sold,  manufactured,  or  distributed  by a private label
30        party.
31             (2)  For  purposes  of  this   paragraph   (19)   of
32        subsection  (b)  of Section 48.l, a "private label party"
33        means, with respect to a private  label  credit  program,
34        any   of   the  following:  a  retailer,  a  merchant,  a
 
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 1        manufacturer,  a  trade  group,  or  any  such   person's
 2        affiliate,   subsidiary,   member,   agent,   or  service
 3        provider.
 4        (c)  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, a bank may
 5    not disclose to any person, except to  the  customer  or  his
 6    duly  authorized  agent,  any  financial records or financial
 7    information obtained from financial records relating to  that
 8    customer of that bank unless:
 9             (1)  the  customer  has authorized disclosure to the
10        person;
11             (2)  the financial records are disclosed in response
12        to a lawful subpoena, summons,  warrant  or  court  order
13        which  meets  the  requirements of subsection (d) of this
14        Section; or
15             (3)  the bank is attempting to collect an obligation
16        owed  to  the  bank  and  the  bank  complies  with   the
17        provisions  of  Section  2I  of  the  Consumer  Fraud and
18        Deceptive Business Practices Act.
19        (d)  A  bank  shall  disclose  financial  records   under
20    paragraph  (2)  of  subsection  (c)  of  this Section under a
21    lawful subpoena, summons, warrant, or court order only  after
22    the  bank  mails a copy of the subpoena, summons, warrant, or
23    court order to the person establishing the relationship  with
24    the   bank,   if   living,   and,   otherwise   his  personal
25    representative, if known, at his last known address by  first
26    class  mail, postage prepaid, unless the bank is specifically
27    prohibited from notifying the person by order of court or  by
28    applicable  State  or  federal  law.  A bank shall not mail a
29    copy of a subpoena to any person pursuant to this  subsection
30    if  the  subpoena  was  issued  by  a  grand  jury  under the
31    Statewide Grand Jury Act.
32        (e)  Any officer or employee of a bank who knowingly  and
33    willfully  furnishes  financial  records in violation of this
34    Section is guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction,
 
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 1    shall be fined not more than $1,000.
 2        (f)  Any person who knowingly and  willfully  induces  or
 3    attempts  to  induce  any  officer  or  employee of a bank to
 4    disclose financial records in violation of  this  Section  is
 5    guilty  of  a business offense and, upon conviction, shall be
 6    fined not more than $1,000.
 7        (g)  A bank  shall  be  reimbursed  for  costs  that  are
 8    reasonably  necessary and that have been directly incurred in
 9    searching for, reproducing, or  transporting  books,  papers,
10    records, or other data of a customer required or requested to
11    be  produced pursuant to a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant,
12    or court order. The Commissioner shall  determine  the  rates
13    and conditions under which payment may be made.
14    (Source:  P.A.  91-330,  eff. 7-29-99; 91-929, eff. 12-15-00;
15    92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)

16        Section 10.  The Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 is
17    amended by changing Section 3-8 as follows:

18        (205 ILCS 105/3-8) (from Ch. 17, par. 3303-8)
19        Sec. 3-8.  Access to  books  and  records;  communication
20    with members.
21        (a)  Every  member  or  holder  of capital shall have the
22    right to inspect the books and  records  of  the  association
23    that   pertain  to  his  account.  Otherwise,  the  right  of
24    inspection and examination of the books and records shall  be
25    limited  as  provided  in this Act, and no other person shall
26    have access to the books and records or shall be entitled  to
27    a list of the members.
28        (b)  For the purpose of this Section, the term "financial
29    records"  means any original, any copy, or any summary of (i)
30    a document granting signature authority  over  a  deposit  or
31    account;  (ii)  a  statement, ledger card, or other record on
32    any deposit or account that shows each transaction in or with
 
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 1    respect to that account; (iii) a check, draft, or money order
 2    drawn  on  an  association  or  issued  and  payable  by   an
 3    association;  or  (iv)  any other item containing information
 4    pertaining to any relationship established  in  the  ordinary
 5    course  of  an  association's business between an association
 6    and its customer, including  financial  statements  or  other
 7    financial  information  provided  by  the member or holder of
 8    capital.
 9        (c)  This Section does not prohibit:
10             (1)  The  preparation,  examination,  handling,   or
11        maintenance  of  any  financial  records  by any officer,
12        employee, or agent of an association  having  custody  of
13        those  records  or  the examination of those records by a
14        certified public accountant engaged by the association to
15        perform an independent audit.
16             (2)  The examination of any financial records by, or
17        the furnishing of financial records by an association to,
18        any officer, employee, or agent of  the  Commissioner  of
19        Banks and Real Estate, Federal Savings and Loan Insurance
20        Corporation and its successors, Federal Deposit Insurance
21        Corporation,   Resolution   Trust   Corporation  and  its
22        successors,  Federal  Home  Loan  Bank  Board   and   its
23        successors, Office of Thrift Supervision, Federal Housing
24        Finance  Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
25        System, any Federal Reserve Bank, or the  Office  of  the
26        Comptroller  of  the  Currency  for  use  solely  in  the
27        exercise of his duties as an officer, employee, or agent.
28             (3)  The   publication   of   data   furnished  from
29        financial records  relating  to  members  or  holders  of
30        capital  where  the  data  cannot  be  identified  to any
31        particular member, holder of capital, or account.
32             (4)  The making of reports or returns required under
33        Chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
34             (5)  Furnishing information concerning the  dishonor
 
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 1        of  any  negotiable  instrument permitted to be disclosed
 2        under the Uniform Commercial Code.
 3             (6)  The exchange in the regular course of  business
 4        of  (i)  credit  information  between  an association and
 5        other   associations   or   financial   institutions   or
 6        commercial enterprises, directly or  through  a  consumer
 7        reporting agency or (ii) financial records or information
 8        derived from financial records between an association and
 9        other   associations   or   financial   institutions   or
10        commercial  enterprises for the purpose of conducting due
11        diligence pursuant to a purchase or  sale  involving  the
12        association or assets or liabilities of the association.
13             (7)  The    furnishing   of   information   to   the
14        appropriate  law  enforcement   authorities   where   the
15        association reasonably believes it has been the victim of
16        a crime.
17             (8)  The  furnishing  of information pursuant to the
18        Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
19             (9)  The furnishing of information pursuant  to  the
20        Illinois  Income  Tax  Act  and  the  Illinois Estate and
21        Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.
22             (10)  The furnishing of information pursuant to  the
23        federal  "Currency  and  Foreign  Transactions  Reporting
24        Act",  (Title  31,  United  States  Code, Section 1051 et
25        seq.).
26             (11)  The furnishing of information pursuant to  any
27        other  statute  that  by  its  terms  or  by  regulations
28        promulgated   thereunder   requires   the  disclosure  of
29        financial  records  other  than  by  subpoena,   summons,
30        warrant, or court order.
31             (12)  The   exchange   of   information  between  an
32        association and an affiliate of the association; as  used
33        in   this   item,   "affiliate"   includes  any  company,
34        partnership, or organization that controls, is controlled
 
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 1        by, or is under common control with an association.
 2             (13)  The furnishing of  information  in  accordance
 3        with   the   federal  Personal  Responsibility  and  Work
 4        Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.  Any  association
 5        governed  by  this  Act shall enter into an agreement for
 6        data exchanges with a State  agency  provided  the  State
 7        agency  pays  to  the association a reasonable fee not to
 8        exceed  its  actual  cost   incurred.    An   association
 9        providing  information in accordance with this item shall
10        not be liable to any account holder or other  person  for
11        any  disclosure  of  information  to  a State agency, for
12        encumbering  or  surrendering  any  assets  held  by  the
13        association in response to a lien or  order  to  withhold
14        and  deliver  issued  by a State agency, or for any other
15        action taken pursuant to this item, including  individual
16        or  mechanical  errors,  provided  the  action  does  not
17        constitute  gross  negligence  or  willful misconduct. An
18        association shall have no obligation to  hold,  encumber,
19        or  surrender  assets  until  it  has  been served with a
20        subpoena,  summons,  warrant,  court  or   administrative
21        order, lien, or levy.
22             (14)  The   furnishing   of   information   to   law
23        enforcement authorities, the Illinois Department on Aging
24        and  its  regional  administrative and provider agencies,
25        the Department of  Human  Services  Office  of  Inspector
26        General, or public guardians, if the association suspects
27        that  a customer who is an elderly or disabled person has
28        been or may become the victim of financial  exploitation.
29        For  the  purposes  of  this  item  (14),  the  term: (i)
30        "elderly person" means a person who is 60 or  more  years
31        of  age, (ii) "disabled person" means a person who has or
32        reasonably appears to the association to have a  physical
33        or  mental  disability that impairs his or her ability to
34        seek or  obtain  protection  from  or  prevent  financial
 
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 1        exploitation,  and  (iii)  "financial exploitation" means
 2        tortious or illegal use of the assets or resources of  an
 3        elderly   or   disabled  person,  and  includes,  without
 4        limitation, misappropriation of the elderly  or  disabled
 5        person's  assets  or resources by undue influence, breach
 6        of   fiduciary   relationship,    intimidation,    fraud,
 7        deception,  extortion,  or the use of assets or resources
 8        in any manner contrary to law. An association  or  person
 9        furnishing  information  pursuant to this item (14) shall
10        be entitled to the  same  rights  and  protections  as  a
11        person  furnishing  information under the Elder Abuse and
12        Neglect Act and the Illinois  Domestic  Violence  Act  of
13        1986.
14             (15)  The   disclosure   of   financial  records  or
15        information  as  necessary  to  effect,  administer,   or
16        enforce  a  transaction  requested  or  authorized by the
17        member or holder of capital, or in connection with:
18                  (A)  servicing  or   processing   a   financial
19             product  or  service  requested or authorized by the
20             member or holder of capital;
21                  (B)  maintaining or servicing an account  of  a
22             member or holder of capital with the association; or
23                  (C)  a  proposed  or  actual  securitization or
24             secondary market sale (including sales of  servicing
25             rights)  related  to  a  transaction  of a member or
26             holder of capital.
27             Nothing in this item (15), however,  authorizes  the
28        sale  of the financial records or information of a member
29        or holder of capital without the consent of the member or
30        holder of capital.
31             (16)  The  disclosure  of   financial   records   or
32        information  as  necessary  to protect against or prevent
33        actual or  potential  fraud,  unauthorized  transactions,
34        claims, or other liability.
 
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 1             (17) (a)  The  disclosure  of  financial  records or
 2        information related to a  private  label  credit  program
 3        between a financial institution and a private label party
 4        in  connection  with  that  private label credit program.
 5        Such  information  is  limited  to  outstanding  balance,
 6        available credit, payment  and  performance  and  account
 7        history,  product  references,  purchase information, and
 8        information related to the identity of the customer.
 9             (b) (l)  For purposes  of  this  paragraph  (17)  of
10        subsection  (c)  of  Section 3-8, a "private label credit
11        program" means a credit  program  involving  a  financial
12        institution  and  a private label party that is used by a
13        customer of the financial  institution  and  the  private
14        label  party  primarily for payment for goods or services
15        sold, manufactured, or distributed  by  a  private  label
16        party.
17             (2)  For   purposes   of   this  paragraph  (17)  of
18        subsection (c) of Section 3-8, a  "private  label  party"
19        means,  with  respect  to a private label credit program,
20        any  of  the  following:  a  retailer,  a   merchant,   a
21        manufacturer,   a  trade  group,  or  any  such  person's
22        affiliate,  subsidiary,   member,   agent,   or   service
23        provider.
24        (d)  An  association  may  not  disclose  to  any person,
25    except to the  member  or  holder  of  capital  or  his  duly
26    authorized  agent,  any  financial  records  relating to that
27    member or holder of capital of that association unless:
28             (1)  The member or holder of capital has  authorized
29        disclosure to the person; or
30             (2)  The financial records are disclosed in response
31        to  a  lawful  subpoena, summons, warrant, or court order
32        that meets the requirements of  subsection  (e)  of  this
33        Section.
34        (e)  An  association  shall  disclose  financial  records
 
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 1    under  subsection  (d)  of  this Section pursuant to a lawful
 2    subpoena, summons, warrant, or court  order  only  after  the
 3    association  mails  a copy of the subpoena, summons, warrant,
 4    or court order to the person  establishing  the  relationship
 5    with the association, if living, and, otherwise, his personal
 6    representative,  if known, at his last known address by first
 7    class  mail,  postage  prepaid,  unless  the  association  is
 8    specifically prohibited from notifying that person  by  order
 9    of court.
10        (f) (1)  Any  officer  or  employee of an association who
11    knowingly  and  willfully  furnishes  financial  records   in
12    violation  of  this  Section  is guilty of a business offense
13    and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000.
14        (2)  Any person who knowingly and  willfully  induces  or
15    attempts  to induce any officer or employee of an association
16    to disclose financial records in violation of this Section is
17    guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction,  shall  be
18    fined not more than $1,000.
19        (g)  However,  if  any member desires to communicate with
20    the other members of the association with  reference  to  any
21    question  pending  or  to  be  presented  at a meeting of the
22    members, the  association  shall  give  him  upon  request  a
23    statement  of  the  approximate number of members entitled to
24    vote at the meeting and an estimate of the cost of  preparing
25    and  mailing  the  communication.  The requesting member then
26    shall submit the communication to the Commissioner who, if he
27    finds it to be appropriate and truthful, shall direct that it
28    be prepared and mailed to the  members  upon  the  requesting
29    member's  payment  or  adequate  provision for payment of the
30    expenses of preparation and mailing.
31        (h)  An association shall be reimbursed  for  costs  that
32    are  necessary  and  that  have  been  directly  incurred  in
33    searching  for,  reproducing,  or transporting books, papers,
34    records,  or  other  data  of  a  customer  required  to   be
 
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 1    reproduced  pursuant  to a lawful subpoena, warrant, or court
 2    order.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-929, eff. 12-15-00; 92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)

 4        Section 15.  The Savings Bank Act is amended by  changing
 5    Section 4013 as follows:

 6        (205 ILCS 205/4013) (from Ch. 17, par. 7304-13)
 7        Sec.  4013.   Access  to books and records; communication
 8    with members and shareholders.
 9        (a)  Every member or shareholder shall have the right  to
10    inspect books and records of the savings bank that pertain to
11    his   accounts.   Otherwise,  the  right  of  inspection  and
12    examination of the books and  records  shall  be  limited  as
13    provided  in  this Act, and no other person shall have access
14    to the books and records nor shall be entitled to a  list  of
15    the members or shareholders.
16        (b)  For the purpose of this Section, the term "financial
17    records"  means any original, any copy, or any summary of (1)
18    a document granting signature authority  over  a  deposit  or
19    account; (2) a statement, ledger card, or other record on any
20    deposit  or  account  that  shows each transaction in or with
21    respect to that account; (3) a check, draft, or  money  order
22    drawn  on  a  savings bank or issued and payable by a savings
23    bank; or (4) any other item containing information pertaining
24    to any relationship established in the ordinary course  of  a
25    savings  bank's  business  between  a  savings  bank  and its
26    customer, including financial statements or  other  financial
27    information provided by the member or shareholder.
28        (c)  This Section does not prohibit:
29             (1)  The   preparation   examination,  handling,  or
30        maintenance of any financial   records  by  any  officer,
31        employee,  or  agent  of a savings bank having custody of
32        records or examination of records by a  certified  public
 
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 1        accountant  engaged  by  the  savings  bank to perform an
 2        independent audit.
 3             (2)  The examination of any financial records by, or
 4        the furnishing of financial records by a savings bank to,
 5        any officer, employee, or agent of  the  Commissioner  of
 6        Banks  and  Real  Estate or the Federal Deposit Insurance
 7        Corporation for use solely in the exercise of his  duties
 8        as an officer, employee, or agent.
 9             (3)  The   publication   of   data   furnished  from
10        financial records  relating  to  members  or  holders  of
11        capital  where  the  data  cannot  be  identified  to any
12        particular member, shareholder, or account.
13             (4)  The making of reports or returns required under
14        Chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
15             (5)  Furnishing information concerning the  dishonor
16        of  any  negotiable  instrument permitted to be disclosed
17        under the Uniform Commercial Code.
18             (6)  The exchange in the regular course of  business
19        of  (i)  credit  information  between  a savings bank and
20        other  savings  banks  or   financial   institutions   or
21        commercial  enterprises,  directly  or through a consumer
22        reporting agency or (ii) financial records or information
23        derived from financial records between a savings bank and
24        other  savings  banks  or   financial   institutions   or
25        commercial  enterprises for the purpose of conducting due
26        diligence pursuant to a purchase or  sale  involving  the
27        savings  bank  or  assets  or  liabilities of the savings
28        bank.
29             (7)  The   furnishing   of   information   to    the
30        appropriate law enforcement authorities where the savings
31        bank  reasonably  believes  it  has  been the victim of a
32        crime.
33             (8)  The furnishing of information pursuant  to  the
34        Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
 
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 1             (9)  The  furnishing  of information pursuant to the
 2        Illinois Income Tax  Act  and  the  Illinois  Estate  and
 3        Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.
 4             (10)  The  furnishing of information pursuant to the
 5        federal  "Currency  and  Foreign  Transactions  Reporting
 6        Act", (Title 31, United  States  Code,  Section  1051  et
 7        seq.).
 8             (11)  The  furnishing of information pursuant to any
 9        other statute  which  by  its  terms  or  by  regulations
10        promulgated   thereunder   requires   the  disclosure  of
11        financial  records  other  than  by  subpoena,   summons,
12        warrant, or court order.
13             (12)  The  furnishing  of  information in accordance
14        with  the  federal  Personal  Responsibility   and   Work
15        Opportunity  Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any savings bank
16        governed by this Act shall enter into  an  agreement  for
17        data  exchanges  with  a  State agency provided the State
18        agency pays to the savings bank a reasonable fee  not  to
19        exceed   its   actual  cost  incurred.   A  savings  bank
20        providing information in accordance with this item  shall
21        not  be  liable to any account holder or other person for
22        any disclosure of information  to  a  State  agency,  for
23        encumbering  or  surrendering  any  assets  held  by  the
24        savings  bank  in response to a lien or order to withhold
25        and deliver issued by a State agency, or  for  any  other
26        action  taken pursuant to this item, including individual
27        or  mechanical  errors,  provided  the  action  does  not
28        constitute gross negligence or  willful  misconduct.    A
29        savings  bank shall have no obligation to hold, encumber,
30        or surrender assets until  it  has  been  served  with  a
31        subpoena,   summons,  warrant,  court  or  administrative
32        order, lien, or levy.
33             (13)  The   furnishing   of   information   to   law
34        enforcement authorities, the Illinois Department on Aging
 
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 1        and its regional administrative  and  provider  agencies,
 2        the  Department  of  Human  Services  Office of Inspector
 3        General,  or  public  guardians,  if  the  savings   bank
 4        suspects  that  a  customer who is an elderly or disabled
 5        person has been or may become  the  victim  of  financial
 6        exploitation.  For  the  purposes  of this item (13), the
 7        term: (i) "elderly person" means a person who  is  60  or
 8        more  years of age, (ii) "disabled person" means a person
 9        who has or reasonably appears to the savings bank to have
10        a physical or mental disability that impairs his  or  her
11        ability  to  seek  or  obtain  protection from or prevent
12        financial    exploitation,    and    (iii)     "financial
13        exploitation" means tortious or illegal use of the assets
14        or  resources  of  an  elderly  or  disabled  person, and
15        includes, without  limitation,  misappropriation  of  the
16        elderly or disabled person's assets or resources by undue
17        influence,     breach    of    fiduciary    relationship,
18        intimidation, fraud, deception, extortion, or the use  of
19        assets  or  resources  in  any  manner contrary to law. A
20        savings bank or person furnishing information pursuant to
21        this item (13) shall be entitled to the same  rights  and
22        protections  as a person furnishing information under the
23        Elder Abuse and Neglect Act  and  the  Illinois  Domestic
24        Violence Act of 1986.
25             (14)  The   disclosure   of   financial  records  or
26        information  as  necessary  to  effect,  administer,   or
27        enforce  a  transaction  requested  or  authorized by the
28        member or holder of capital, or in connection with:
29                  (A)  servicing  or   processing   a   financial
30             product  or  service  requested or authorized by the
31             member or holder of capital;
32                  (B)  maintaining or servicing an account  of  a
33             member  or  holder of capital with the savings bank;
34             or
 
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 1                  (C)  a proposed  or  actual  securitization  or
 2             secondary  market sale (including sales of servicing
 3             rights) related to a  transaction  of  a  member  or
 4             holder of capital.
 5             Nothing  in  this item (14), however, authorizes the
 6        sale of the financial records or information of a  member
 7        or holder of capital without the consent of the member or
 8        holder of capital.
 9             (15)  The exchange in the regular course of business
10        of  information  between  a savings bank and any commonly
11        owned affiliate of  the  savings  bank,  subject  to  the
12        provisions  of the Financial Institutions Insurance Sales
13        Law.
14             (16)  The  disclosure  of   financial   records   or
15        information  as  necessary  to protect against or prevent
16        actual or  potential  fraud,  unauthorized  transactions,
17        claims, or other liability.
18             (17) (a)  The  disclosure  of  financial  records or
19        information related to a  private  label  credit  program
20        between a financial institution and a private label party
21        in  connection  with  that  private label credit program.
22        Such  information  is  limited  to  outstanding  balance,
23        available credit, payment  and  performance  and  account
24        history,  product  references,  purchase information, and
25        information related to the identity of the customer.
26             (b) (l)  For purposes  of  this  paragraph  (17)  of
27        subsection  (c)  of Section 4013, a "private label credit
28        program" means a credit  program  involving  a  financial
29        institution  and  a private label party that is used by a
30        customer of the financial  institution  and  the  private
31        label  party  primarily for payment for goods or services
32        sold, manufactured, or distributed  by  a  private  label
33        party.
34             (2)  For   purposes   of   this  paragraph  (17)  of
 
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 1        subsection (c) of Section 4013, a "private  label  party"
 2        means,  with  respect  to a private label credit program,
 3        any  of  the  following:  a  retailer,  a   merchant,   a
 4        manufacturer,   a  trade  group,  or  any  such  person's
 5        affiliate,  subsidiary,   member,   agent,   or   service
 6        provider.
 7        (d)  A  savings  bank  may  not  disclose  to any person,
 8    except to the  member  or  holder  of  capital  or  his  duly
 9    authorized  agent,  any  financial  records  relating to that
10    member or shareholder of the savings bank unless:
11             (1)  the  member  or  shareholder   has   authorized
12        disclosure to the person; or
13             (2)  the financial records are disclosed in response
14        to  a  lawful  subpoena, summons, warrant, or court order
15        that meets the requirements of  subsection  (e)  of  this
16        Section.
17        (e)  A  savings  bank  shall  disclose  financial records
18    under subsection (d) of this Section  pursuant  to  a  lawful
19    subpoena,  summons,  warrant,  or  court order only after the
20    savings bank mails a copy of the subpoena, summons,  warrant,
21    or  court  order  to the person establishing the relationship
22    with the savings bank, if living, and otherwise, his personal
23    representative, if known, at his last known address by  first
24    class  mail,  postage  prepaid,  unless  the  savings bank is
25    specifically prohibited from notifying the person by order of
26    court.
27        (f)  Any officer  or  employee  of  a  savings  bank  who
28    knowingly   and  willfully  furnishes  financial  records  in
29    violation of this Section is guilty  of  a  business  offense
30    and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000.
31        (g)  Any  person  who  knowingly and willfully induces or
32    attempts to induce any officer or employee of a savings  bank
33    to disclose financial records in violation of this Section is
34    guilty  of  a business offense and, upon conviction, shall be
 
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 1    fined not more than $1,000.
 2        (h)  If any member or shareholder desires to  communicate
 3    with  the  other  members or shareholders of the savings bank
 4    with reference to any question pending or to be presented  at
 5    an  annual  or  special  meeting, the savings bank shall give
 6    that person, upon request, a  statement  of  the  approximate
 7    number  of  members  or  shareholders entitled to vote at the
 8    meeting and an estimate of the cost of preparing and  mailing
 9    the  communication.   The  requesting member shall submit the
10    communication to the Commissioner who, upon finding it to  be
11    appropriate  and  truthful,  shall direct that it be prepared
12    and mailed to the members upon  the  requesting  member's  or
13    shareholder's  payment  or  adequate provision for payment of
14    the expenses of preparation and mailing.
15        (i)  A savings bank shall be reimbursed  for  costs  that
16    are  necessary  and  that  have  been  directly  incurred  in
17    searching  for,  reproducing,  or transporting books, papers,
18    records,  or  other  data  of  a  customer  required  to   be
19    reproduced  pursuant  to a lawful subpoena, warrant, or court
20    order.
21        (j)  Notwithstanding the provisions of  this  Section,  a
22    savings  bank  may  sell  or  otherwise  make use of lists of
23    customers'  names  and  addresses.   All  other   information
24    regarding  a customer's account are subject to the disclosure
25    provisions of this Section.  At the request of any  customer,
26    that  customer's  name  and address shall be deleted from any
27    list that is to be sold or used in any  other  manner  beyond
28    identification of the customer's accounts.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-929, eff. 12-15-00; 92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)

30        Section  20.  The Illinois Credit Union Act is amended by
31    changing Section 10 as follows:

32        (205 ILCS 305/10) (from Ch. 17, par. 4411)
 
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 1        Sec. 10.  Credit union records; member financial records.
 2        (1)  A credit union shall establish and  maintain  books,
 3    records,  accounting  systems and procedures which accurately
 4    reflect its operations and which  enable  the  Department  to
 5    readily  ascertain the true financial condition of the credit
 6    union and whether it is complying with this Act.
 7        (2)  A photostatic or photographic  reproduction  of  any
 8    credit  union  records  shall  be  admissible  as evidence of
 9    transactions with the credit union.
10        (3) (a)  For  the  purpose  of  this  Section,  the  term
11        "financial records" means any original, any copy, or  any
12        summary  of  (1)  a document granting signature authority
13        over an account, (2) a statement, ledger  card  or  other
14        record  on any account which shows each transaction in or
15        with respect to that account, (3) a check, draft or money
16        order drawn on a financial institution or other entity or
17        issued and payable by or through a financial  institution
18        or  other  entity,  or  (4)  any  other  item  containing
19        information pertaining to any relationship established in
20        the  ordinary  course  of business between a credit union
21        and its member, including financial statements  or  other
22        financial information provided by the member.
23             (b)  This Section does not prohibit:
24                  (1)  The  preparation, examination, handling or
25             maintenance of any financial records by any officer,
26             employee or agent of a credit union  having  custody
27             of  such records, or the examination of such records
28             by a certified public  accountant   engaged  by  the
29             credit union to perform an independent audit.
30                  (2)  The  examination  of any financial records
31             by or the  furnishing  of  financial  records  by  a
32             credit  union  to  any officer, employee or agent of
33             the   Department,   the   National   Credit    Union
34             Administration, Federal Reserve board or any insurer
 
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 1             of  share accounts for use solely in the exercise of
 2             his duties as an officer, employee or agent.
 3                  (3)  The publication  of  data  furnished  from
 4             financial records relating to members where the data
 5             cannot  be  identified to any particular customer of
 6             account.
 7                  (4)  The making of reports or returns  required
 8             under  Chapter  61  of  the Internal Revenue Code of
 9             1954.
10                  (5)  Furnishing  information   concerning   the
11             dishonor  of  any negotiable instrument permitted to
12             be disclosed under the Uniform Commercial Code.
13                  (6)  The exchange  in  the  regular  course  of
14             business  of (i) credit information between a credit
15             union  and  other   credit   unions   or   financial
16             institutions  or commercial enterprises, directly or
17             through  a  consumer  reporting   agency   or   (ii)
18             financial   records   or  information  derived  from
19             financial records between a credit union  and  other
20             credit   unions   or   financial   institutions   or
21             commercial enterprises for the purpose of conducting
22             due  diligence pursuant to a merger or a purchase or
23             sale of assets or liabilities of the credit union.
24                  (7)  The  furnishing  of  information  to   the
25             appropriate  law  enforcement  authorities where the
26             credit union reasonably believes  it  has  been  the
27             victim of a crime.
28                  (8)  The  furnishing of information pursuant to
29             the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
30                  (9)  The furnishing of information pursuant  to
31             the  Illinois Income Tax Act and the Illinois Estate
32             and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.
33                  (10)  The furnishing of information pursuant to
34             the  federal  "Currency  and  Foreign   Transactions
 
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 1             Reporting   Act",  Title  31,  United  States  Code,
 2             Section 1051 et sequentia.
 3                  (11)  The furnishing of information pursuant to
 4             any  other  statute  which  by  its  terms   or   by
 5             regulations   promulgated  thereunder  requires  the
 6             disclosure  of  financial  records  other  than   by
 7             subpoena, summons, warrant or court order.
 8                  (12)  The    furnishing   of   information   in
 9             accordance with the federal Personal  Responsibility
10             and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any
11             credit  union  governed by this Act shall enter into
12             an agreement for data exchanges with a State  agency
13             provided the State agency pays to the credit union a
14             reasonable   fee  not  to  exceed  its  actual  cost
15             incurred.  A credit union providing  information  in
16             accordance with this item shall not be liable to any
17             account holder or other person for any disclosure of
18             information  to  a  State agency, for encumbering or
19             surrendering any assets held by the credit union  in
20             response  to a lien or order to withhold and deliver
21             issued by a State agency, or for  any  other  action
22             taken pursuant to this item, including individual or
23             mechanical  errors,  provided  the  action  does not
24             constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct. A
25             credit union  shall  have  no  obligation  to  hold,
26             encumber,  or  surrender  assets  until  it has been
27             served with a subpoena, summons, warrant,  court  or
28             administrative order, lien, or levy.
29                  (13)  The  furnishing  of  information  to  law
30             enforcement  authorities, the Illinois Department on
31             Aging and its regional administrative  and  provider
32             agencies, the Department of Human Services Office of
33             Inspector  General,  or  public  guardians,  if  the
34             credit  union  suspects  that  a  member  who  is an
 
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 1             elderly or disabled person has been  or  may  become
 2             the   victim  of  financial  exploitation.  For  the
 3             purposes of this item (13), the term:  (i)  "elderly
 4             person"  means  a  person who is 60 or more years of
 5             age, (ii) "disabled person" means a person  who  has
 6             or  reasonably appears to the credit union to have a
 7             physical or mental disability that  impairs  his  or
 8             her  ability  to  seek  or obtain protection from or
 9             prevent financial exploitation, and (iii) "financial
10             exploitation" means tortious or illegal use  of  the
11             assets  or  resources  of  an  elderly  or  disabled
12             person,    and    includes,    without   limitation,
13             misappropriation of the elderly or disabled person's
14             assets or resources by undue  influence,  breach  of
15             fiduciary    relationship,    intimidation,   fraud,
16             deception,  extortion,  or  the  use  of  assets  or
17             resources in any manner contrary to  law.  A  credit
18             union  or  person furnishing information pursuant to
19             this item (13) shall be entitled to the same  rights
20             and  protections  as a person furnishing information
21             under the  Elder  Abuse  and  Neglect  Act  and  the
22             Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
23                  (14)  The  disclosure  of  financial records or
24             information as necessary to effect,  administer,  or
25             enforce a transaction requested or authorized by the
26             member, or in connection with:
27                       (A)  servicing  or  processing a financial
28                  product or service requested or  authorized  by
29                  the member;
30                       (B)  maintaining  or  servicing a member's
31                  account with the credit union; or
32                       (C)  a proposed or  actual  securitization
33                  or  secondary  market  sale (including sales of
34                  servicing rights) related to a transaction of a
 
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 1                  member.
 2                  Nothing in this item (14), however,  authorizes
 3             the  sale of the financial records or information of
 4             a member without the consent of the member.
 5                  (15)  The disclosure of  financial  records  or
 6             information  as  necessary  to  protect  against  or
 7             prevent  actual  or  potential  fraud,  unauthorized
 8             transactions, claims, or other liability.
 9                  (16) (a)  The  disclosure  of financial records
10             or information related to  a  private  label  credit
11             program   between  a  financial  institution  and  a
12             private label party in connection with that  private
13             label credit program. Such information is limited to
14             outstanding  balance,  available credit, payment and
15             performance and account history, product references,
16             purchase information, and information related to the
17             identity of the customer.
18                  (b) (l)  For purposes of this paragraph (16) of
19             subsection (b)  of  Section  10,  a  "private  label
20             credit  program"  means a credit program involving a
21             financial institution and a private label party that
22             is used by a customer of the  financial  institution
23             and  the  private  label party primarily for payment
24             for  goods  or  services  sold,   manufactured,   or
25             distributed by a private label party.
26                  (2)  For  purposes  of  this  paragraph (16) of
27             subsection (b)  of  Section  10,  a  "private  label
28             party" means, with respect to a private label credit
29             program,   any  of  the  following:  a  retailer,  a
30             merchant, a manufacturer, a trade group, or any such
31             person's affiliate, subsidiary,  member,  agent,  or
32             service provider.
33             (c)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by this Act, a
34        credit union may not disclose to any  person,  except  to
 
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 1        the  member  or  his duly authorized agent, any financial
 2        records relating to  that  member  of  the  credit  union
 3        unless:
 4                  (1)  the  member  has  authorized disclosure to
 5             the person;
 6                  (2)  the financial  records  are  disclosed  in
 7             response  to  a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant or
 8             court  order  that   meets   the   requirements   of
 9             subparagraph (d) of this Section; or
10                  (3)  the  credit union is attempting to collect
11             an obligation owed  to  the  credit  union  and  the
12             credit union complies with the provisions of Section
13             2I  of  the  Consumer  Fraud  and Deceptive Business
14             Practices Act.
15             (d)  A credit union shall disclose financial records
16        under subparagraph (c)(2) of this Section pursuant  to  a
17        lawful  subpoena,  summons,  warrant  or court order only
18        after the credit union mails  a  copy  of  the  subpoena,
19        summons,   warrant   or   court   order   to  the  person
20        establishing the relationship with the credit  union,  if
21        living,  and  otherwise  his  personal representative, if
22        known, at his last known address  by  first  class  mail,
23        postage  prepaid  unless the credit union is specifically
24        prohibited from notifying the person by order of court or
25        by applicable State or federal law.  In  the  case  of  a
26        grand jury subpoena, a credit union shall not mail a copy
27        of  a  subpoena to any person pursuant to this subsection
28        if the subpoena was issued by  a  grand  jury  under  the
29        Statewide  Grand  Jury  Act or notifying the person would
30        constitute a violation of the federal Right to  Financial
31        Privacy Act of 1978.
32             (e) (1)  Any  officer  or employee of a credit union
33             who  knowingly  and  wilfully  furnishes   financial
34             records  in violation of this Section is guilty of a
 
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 1             business offense and upon conviction  thereof  shall
 2             be fined not more than $1,000.
 3                  (2)  Any  person  who  knowingly  and  wilfully
 4             induces   or  attempts  to  induce  any  officer  or
 5             employee of a credit  union  to  disclose  financial
 6             records  in violation of this Section is guilty of a
 7             business offense and upon conviction  thereof  shall
 8             be fined not more than $1,000.
 9             (f)  A  credit  union  shall be reimbursed for costs
10        which  are  reasonably  necessary  and  which  have  been
11        directly  incurred  in  searching  for,  reproducing   or
12        transporting  books,  papers,  records or other data of a
13        member required or requested to be produced pursuant to a
14        lawful subpoena, summons, warrant or  court  order.   The
15        Director may determine, by rule, the rates and conditions
16        under which payment shall be made.  Delivery of requested
17        documents may be delayed until final reimbursement of all
18        costs is received.
19    (Source:  P.A.  91-929,  eff.  12-15-00; 92-293, eff. 8-9-01;
20    92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)

21        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
22    becoming law.

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