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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 119

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 119  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

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

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

13        Section 15.  The Savings Bank Act is amended by  changing
14    Section 4013 as follows:

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

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

 7        (205 ILCS 305/10) (from Ch. 17, par. 4411)
 8        Sec. 10.  Credit union records; member financial records.
 9        (1)  A credit union shall establish and  maintain  books,
10    records,  accounting  systems and procedures which accurately
11    reflect its operations and which  enable  the  Department  to
12    readily  ascertain the true financial condition of the credit
13    union and whether it is complying with this Act.
14        (2)  A photostatic or photographic  reproduction  of  any
15    credit  union  records  shall  be  admissible  as evidence of
16    transactions with the credit union.
17        (3) (a)  For  the  purpose  of  this  Section,  the  term
18        "financial records" means any original, any copy, or  any
19        summary  of  (1)  a document granting signature authority
20        over an account, (2) a statement, ledger  card  or  other
21        record  on any account which shows each transaction in or
22        with respect to that account, (3) a check, draft or money
23        order drawn on a financial institution or other entity or
24        issued and payable by or through a financial  institution
25        or  other  entity,  or  (4)  any  other  item  containing
26        information pertaining to any relationship established in
27        the  ordinary  course  of business between a credit union
28        and its member, including financial statements  or  other
29        financial information provided by the member.
30             (b)  This Section does not prohibit:
31                  (1)  The  preparation, examination, handling or
32             maintenance of any financial records by any officer,
 
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 1             employee or agent of a credit union  having  custody
 2             of  such records, or the examination of such records
 3             by a certified public  accountant   engaged  by  the
 4             credit union to perform an independent audit.
 5                  (2)  The  examination  of any financial records
 6             by or the  furnishing  of  financial  records  by  a
 7             credit  union  to  any officer, employee or agent of
 8             the   Department,   the   National   Credit    Union
 9             Administration, Federal Reserve board or any insurer
10             of  share accounts for use solely in the exercise of
11             his duties as an officer, employee or agent.
12                  (3)  The publication  of  data  furnished  from
13             financial records relating to members where the data
14             cannot  be  identified to any particular customer of
15             account.
16                  (4)  The making of reports or returns  required
17             under  Chapter  61  of  the Internal Revenue Code of
18             1954.
19                  (5)  Furnishing  information   concerning   the
20             dishonor  of  any negotiable instrument permitted to
21             be disclosed under the Uniform Commercial Code.
22                  (6)  The exchange  in  the  regular  course  of
23             business  of (i) credit information between a credit
24             union  and  other   credit   unions   or   financial
25             institutions  or commercial enterprises, directly or
26             through  a  consumer  reporting   agency   or   (ii)
27             financial   records   or  information  derived  from
28             financial records between a credit union  and  other
29             credit   unions   or   financial   institutions   or
30             commercial enterprises for the purpose of conducting
31             due  diligence pursuant to a merger or a purchase or
32             sale of assets or liabilities of the credit union.
33                  (7)  The  furnishing  of  information  to   the
34             appropriate  law  enforcement  authorities where the
 
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 1             credit union reasonably believes  it  has  been  the
 2             victim of a crime.
 3                  (8)  The  furnishing of information pursuant to
 4             the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
 5                  (9)  The furnishing of information pursuant  to
 6             the  Illinois Income Tax Act and the Illinois Estate
 7             and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.
 8                  (10)  The furnishing of information pursuant to
 9             the  federal  "Currency  and  Foreign   Transactions
10             Reporting   Act",  Title  31,  United  States  Code,
11             Section 1051 et sequentia.
12                  (11)  The furnishing of information pursuant to
13             any  other  statute  which  by  its  terms   or   by
14             regulations   promulgated  thereunder  requires  the
15             disclosure  of  financial  records  other  than   by
16             subpoena, summons, warrant or court order.
17                  (12)  The    furnishing   of   information   in
18             accordance with the federal Personal  Responsibility
19             and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any
20             credit  union  governed by this Act shall enter into
21             an agreement for data exchanges with a State  agency
22             provided the State agency pays to the credit union a
23             reasonable   fee  not  to  exceed  its  actual  cost
24             incurred.  A credit union providing  information  in
25             accordance with this item shall not be liable to any
26             account holder or other person for any disclosure of
27             information  to  a  State agency, for encumbering or
28             surrendering any assets held by the credit union  in
29             response  to a lien or order to withhold and deliver
30             issued by a State agency, or for  any  other  action
31             taken pursuant to this item, including individual or
32             mechanical  errors,  provided  the  action  does not
33             constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct. A
34             credit union  shall  have  no  obligation  to  hold,
 
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 1             encumber,  or  surrender  assets  until  it has been
 2             served with a subpoena, summons, warrant,  court  or
 3             administrative order, lien, or levy.
 4                  (13)  The  furnishing  of  information  to  law
 5             enforcement  authorities, the Illinois Department on
 6             Aging and its regional administrative  and  provider
 7             agencies, the Department of Human Services Office of
 8             Inspector  General,  or  public  guardians,  if  the
 9             credit  union  suspects  that  a  member  who  is an
10             elderly or disabled person has been  or  may  become
11             the   victim  of  financial  exploitation.  For  the
12             purposes of this item (13), the term:  (i)  "elderly
13             person"  means  a  person who is 60 or more years of
14             age, (ii) "disabled person" means a person  who  has
15             or  reasonably appears to the credit union to have a
16             physical or mental disability that  impairs  his  or
17             her  ability  to  seek  or obtain protection from or
18             prevent financial exploitation, and (iii) "financial
19             exploitation" means tortious or illegal use  of  the
20             assets  or  resources  of  an  elderly  or  disabled
21             person,    and    includes,    without   limitation,
22             misappropriation of the elderly or disabled person's
23             assets or resources by undue  influence,  breach  of
24             fiduciary    relationship,    intimidation,   fraud,
25             deception,  extortion,  or  the  use  of  assets  or
26             resources in any manner contrary to  law.  A  credit
27             union  or  person furnishing information pursuant to
28             this item (13) shall be entitled to the same  rights
29             and  protections  as a person furnishing information
30             under the  Elder  Abuse  and  Neglect  Act  and  the
31             Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
32                  (14)  The  disclosure  of  financial records or
33             information as necessary to effect,  administer,  or
34             enforce a transaction requested or authorized by the
 
                            -25-           LRB9204827JSmbam01
 1             member, or in connection with:
 2                       (A)  servicing  or  processing a financial
 3                  product or service requested or  authorized  by
 4                  the member;
 5                       (B)  maintaining  or  servicing a member's
 6                  account with the credit union; or
 7                       (C)  a proposed or  actual  securitization
 8                  or  secondary  market  sale (including sales of
 9                  servicing rights) related to a transaction of a
10                  member.
11                  Nothing in this item (14), however,  authorizes
12             the  sale of the financial records or information of
13             a member without the consent of the member.
14                  (15)  The disclosure of  financial  records  or
15             information  as  necessary  to  protect  against  or
16             prevent  actual  or  potential  fraud,  unauthorized
17             transactions, claims, or other liability.
18                  (16) (a)  The  disclosure  of financial records
19             or information related to  a  private  label  credit
20             program   between  a  financial  institution  and  a
21             private label party in connection with that  private
22             label credit program. Such information is limited to
23             outstanding  balance,  available credit, payment and
24             performance and account history, product references,
25             purchase information, and information related to the
26             identity of the customer.
27                  (b) (l)  For purposes of this paragraph (16) of
28             subsection (b)  of  Section  10,  a  "private  label
29             credit  program"  means a credit program involving a
30             financial institution and a private label party that
31             is used by a customer of the  financial  institution
32             and  the  private  label party primarily for payment
33             for  goods  or  services  sold,   manufactured,   or
34             distributed by a private label party.
 
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 1                  (2)  For  purposes  of  this  paragraph (16) of
 2             subsection (b)  of  Section  10,  a  "private  label
 3             party" means, with respect to a private label credit
 4             program,   any  of  the  following:  a  retailer,  a
 5             merchant, a manufacturer, a trade group, or any such
 6             person's affiliate, subsidiary,  member,  agent,  or
 7             service provider.
 8             (c)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by this Act, a
 9        credit union may not disclose to any  person,  except  to
10        the  member  or  his duly authorized agent, any financial
11        records relating to  that  member  of  the  credit  union
12        unless:
13                  (1)  the  member  has  authorized disclosure to
14             the person;
15                  (2)  the financial  records  are  disclosed  in
16             response  to  a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant or
17             court  order  that   meets   the   requirements   of
18             subparagraph (d) of this Section; or
19                  (3)  the  credit union is attempting to collect
20             an obligation owed  to  the  credit  union  and  the
21             credit union complies with the provisions of Section
22             2I  of  the  Consumer  Fraud  and Deceptive Business
23             Practices Act.
24             (d)  A credit union shall disclose financial records
25        under subparagraph (c)(2) of this Section pursuant  to  a
26        lawful  subpoena,  summons,  warrant  or court order only
27        after the credit union mails  a  copy  of  the  subpoena,
28        summons,   warrant   or   court   order   to  the  person
29        establishing the relationship with the credit  union,  if
30        living,  and  otherwise  his  personal representative, if
31        known, at his last known address  by  first  class  mail,
32        postage  prepaid  unless the credit union is specifically
33        prohibited from notifying the person by order of court or
34        by applicable State or federal law.  In  the  case  of  a
 
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 1        grand jury subpoena, a credit union shall not mail a copy
 2        of  a  subpoena to any person pursuant to this subsection
 3        if the subpoena was issued by  a  grand  jury  under  the
 4        Statewide  Grand  Jury  Act or notifying the person would
 5        constitute a violation of the federal Right to  Financial
 6        Privacy Act of 1978.
 7             (e) (1)  Any  officer  or employee of a credit union
 8             who  knowingly  and  wilfully  furnishes   financial
 9             records  in violation of this Section is guilty of a
10             business offense and upon conviction  thereof  shall
11             be fined not more than $1,000.
12                  (2)  Any  person  who  knowingly  and  wilfully
13             induces   or  attempts  to  induce  any  officer  or
14             employee of a credit  union  to  disclose  financial
15             records  in violation of this Section is guilty of a
16             business offense and upon conviction  thereof  shall
17             be fined not more than $1,000.
18             (f)  A  credit  union  shall be reimbursed for costs
19        which  are  reasonably  necessary  and  which  have  been
20        directly  incurred  in  searching  for,  reproducing   or
21        transporting  books,  papers,  records or other data of a
22        member required or requested to be produced pursuant to a
23        lawful subpoena, summons, warrant or  court  order.   The
24        Director may determine, by rule, the rates and conditions
25        under which payment shall be made.  Delivery of requested
26        documents may be delayed until final reimbursement of all
27        costs is received.
28    (Source:  P.A.  91-929,  eff.  12-15-00; 92-293, eff. 8-9-01;
29    92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)".

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