92nd General Assembly
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CURRIE.

   New Act                                                                     

        Creates the Illinois Fair Bargain Act of 2001. Provides that a         
   clause in a standard form contract or lease that modifies or limits         
   procedural rights necessary or useful to a consumer, borrower, tenant,      
   or employee in the enforcement of substantive rights against a party        
   drafting  the  standard form contractor lease is unconscionable and is      
   voidable by the consumer, borrower,  tenant,  or  employee.   Provides      
   that  a  court, upon request of a party to the contract or lease, must      
   declare void such a provision and prohibit  the  enforcement  of  that      
   provision.  Provides exemptions.                                            
          JUDICIAL NOTE (Office of the Illinois Courts)                        
          HB 573 would neither decrease nor increase the number of             
          judges needed in the State.                                          
          FISCAL NOTE (Office of the Illinois Courts)                          
          HB 573 would have no fiscal impact on the judicial branch of         
          government.                                                          
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections)                        
          There would be no population or cost impact to the Department.       
          STATE MANDATES NOTE (Dept. of Commerce & Community Affairs)          
          In the opinion of the Department of Commerce and Community           
          Affairs (DCCA), HB573 does not meet the definition of a State        
          mandate under the State Mandates Act.                                
   FEB-02-2001  H  FILED WITH CLERK                                               
   FEB-05-2001  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   FEB-05-2001  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   FEB-07-2001  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               JUD-CIVIL LAW         
   FEB-08-2001  H                       JUDICIAL NOTE FILED                       
   FEB-08-2001  H                   COMMITTEE               JUD-CIVIL LAW         
   FEB-15-2001  H  DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE                  007-006-000   HJUA    
   FEB-15-2001  H  PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE                         
   FEB-16-2001  H                     FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED BLACK                 
   FEB-16-2001  H  STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED     BLACK                 
   FEB-16-2001  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT                        
   FEB-22-2001  H                         FISCAL NOTE FILED                       
   FEB-22-2001  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT                        
   MAR-05-2001  H  CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED                                        
   MAR-05-2001  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT                        
   MAR-08-2001  H  STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED                               
   MAR-08-2001  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT                        
   APR-04-2001  H  SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE                                 
   APR-04-2001  H  HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT                        
   APR-06-2001  H  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A)     RULES         HRUL    
   JAN-07-2003  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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