100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3774

 

Introduced , by Rep. Christian L. Mitchell

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
205 ILCS 670/15  from Ch. 17, par. 5415
205 ILCS 670/15f new

    Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Provides that a title loan lender shall not contract for or receive a finance charge exceeding 36% per year on the unpaid balance of a loan secured by a motor vehicle title. Provides that if the borrower defaults, interest shall cease to accrue on the title loan. Provides that the motor vehicle sale proceeds shall satisfy all outstanding debt under that title loan, and that the borrower shall not be liable for attorney's fees or deficiency resulting from that sale. Requires title loan borrowers receive any surplus from the sale of their vehicle. Defines "titled-secured loans".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Consumer Installment Loan Act is amended by
5changing Sections 15 and 15a and by adding Section 15f as
6follows:
 
7    (205 ILCS 670/15)  (from Ch. 17, par. 5415)
8    Sec. 15. Charges permitted.
9    (a) Every licensee may lend a principal amount not
10exceeding $40,000 and, except as to small consumer loans as
11defined in this Section, may charge, contract for and receive
12thereon interest at an annual percentage rate of no more than
1336%. , subject to the provisions of this Act; provided, however,
14that the limitation on the annual percentage rate contained in
15this subsection (a) does not apply to title-secured loans,
16which are loans upon which interest is charged at an annual
17percentage rate exceeding 36%, in which, at commencement, an
18obligor provides to the licensee, as security for the loan,
19physical possession of the obligor's title to a motor vehicle,
20and upon which a licensee may charge, contract for, and receive
21thereon interest at the rate agreed upon by the licensee and
22borrower. For purposes of this Section, the annual percentage
23rate shall be calculated in accordance with the federal Truth

 

 

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1in Lending Act.
2    (b) For purpose of this Section, the following terms shall
3have the meanings ascribed herein.
4    "Applicable interest" for a precomputed loan contract
5means the amount of interest attributable to each monthly
6installment period. It is computed as if each installment
7period were one month and any interest charged for extending
8the first installment period beyond one month is ignored. The
9applicable interest for any monthly installment period is, for
10loans other than small consumer loans as defined in this
11Section, that portion of the precomputed interest that bears
12the same ratio to the total precomputed interest as the
13balances scheduled to be outstanding during that month bear to
14the sum of all scheduled monthly outstanding balances in the
15original contract. With respect to a small consumer loan, the
16applicable interest for any installment period is that portion
17of the precomputed monthly installment account handling charge
18attributable to the installment period calculated based on a
19method at least as favorable to the consumer as the actuarial
20method, as defined by the federal Truth in Lending Act.
21    "Interest-bearing loan" means a loan in which the debt is
22expressed as a principal amount plus interest charged on actual
23unpaid principal balances for the time actually outstanding.
24    "Precomputed loan" means a loan in which the debt is
25expressed as the sum of the original principal amount plus
26interest computed actuarially in advance, assuming all

 

 

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1payments will be made when scheduled.
2    "Small consumer loan" means a loan upon which interest is
3charged at an annual percentage rate exceeding 36% and with an
4amount financed of $4,000 or less. "Small consumer loan" does
5not include a title-secured loan as defined by subsection (a)
6of this Section or a payday loan as defined by the Payday Loan
7Reform Act.
8    (c) Loans may be interest-bearing or precomputed.
9    (d) To compute time for either interest-bearing or
10precomputed loans for the calculation of interest and other
11purposes, a month shall be a calendar month and a day shall be
12considered 1/30th of a month when calculation is made for a
13fraction of a month. A month shall be 1/12th of a year. A
14calendar month is that period from a given date in one month to
15the same numbered date in the following month, and if there is
16no same numbered date, to the last day of the following month.
17When a period of time includes a month and a fraction of a
18month, the fraction of the month is considered to follow the
19whole month. In the alternative, for interest-bearing loans,
20the licensee may charge interest at the rate of 1/365th of the
21agreed annual rate for each day actually elapsed.
22    (d-5) No licensee or other person may condition an
23extension of credit to a consumer on the consumer's repayment
24by preauthorized electronic fund transfers. Payment options,
25including, but not limited to, electronic fund transfers and
26Automatic Clearing House (ACH) transactions may be offered to

 

 

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1consumers as a choice and method of payment chosen by the
2consumer.
3    (e) With respect to interest-bearing loans:
4        (1) Interest shall be computed on unpaid principal
5    balances outstanding from time to time, for the time
6    outstanding, until fully paid. Each payment shall be
7    applied first to the accumulated interest and the remainder
8    of the payment applied to the unpaid principal balance;
9    provided however, that if the amount of the payment is
10    insufficient to pay the accumulated interest, the unpaid
11    interest continues to accumulate to be paid from the
12    proceeds of subsequent payments and is not added to the
13    principal balance.
14        (2) Interest shall not be payable in advance or
15    compounded. However, if part or all of the consideration
16    for a new loan contract is the unpaid principal balance of
17    a prior loan, then the principal amount payable under the
18    new loan contract may include any unpaid interest which has
19    accrued. The unpaid principal balance of a precomputed loan
20    is the balance due after refund or credit of unearned
21    interest as provided in paragraph (f), clause (3). The
22    resulting loan contract shall be deemed a new and separate
23    loan transaction for all purposes.
24        (3) Loans must be fully amortizing and be repayable in
25    substantially equal and consecutive weekly, biweekly,
26    semimonthly, or monthly installments. Notwithstanding this

 

 

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1    requirement, rates may vary according to an index that is
2    independently verifiable and beyond the control of the
3    licensee.
4        (4) The lender or creditor may, if the contract
5    provides, collect a delinquency or collection charge on
6    each installment in default for a period of not less than
7    10 days in an amount not exceeding 5% of the installment on
8    installments in excess of $200, or $10 on installments of
9    $200 or less, but only one delinquency and collection
10    charge may be collected on any installment regardless of
11    the period during which it remains in default.
12    (f) With respect to precomputed loans:
13        (1) Loans shall be repayable in substantially equal and
14    consecutive weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly
15    installments of principal and interest combined, except
16    that the first installment period may be longer than one
17    month by not more than 15 days, and the first installment
18    payment amount may be larger than the remaining payments by
19    the amount of interest charged for the extra days; and
20    provided further that monthly installment payment dates
21    may be omitted to accommodate borrowers with seasonal
22    income.
23        (2) Payments may be applied to the combined total of
24    principal and precomputed interest until the loan is fully
25    paid. Payments shall be applied in the order in which they
26    become due, except that any insurance proceeds received as

 

 

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1    a result of any claim made on any insurance, unless
2    sufficient to prepay the contract in full, may be applied
3    to the unpaid installments of the total of payments in
4    inverse order.
5        (3) When any loan contract is paid in full by cash,
6    renewal or refinancing, or a new loan, one month or more
7    before the final installment due date, a licensee shall
8    refund or credit the obligor with the total of the
9    applicable interest for all fully unexpired installment
10    periods, as originally scheduled or as deferred, which
11    follow the day of prepayment; provided, if the prepayment
12    occurs prior to the first installment due date, the
13    licensee may retain 1/30 of the applicable interest for a
14    first installment period of one month for each day from the
15    date of the loan to the date of prepayment, and shall
16    refund or credit the obligor with the balance of the total
17    interest contracted for. If the maturity of the loan is
18    accelerated for any reason and judgment is entered, the
19    licensee shall credit the borrower with the same refund as
20    if prepayment in full had been made on the date the
21    judgement is entered.
22        (4) The lender or creditor may, if the contract
23    provides, collect a delinquency or collection charge on
24    each installment in default for a period of not less than
25    10 days in an amount not exceeding 5% of the installment on
26    installments in excess of $200, or $10 on installments of

 

 

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1    $200 or less, but only one delinquency or collection charge
2    may be collected on any installment regardless of the
3    period during which it remains in default.
4        (5) If the parties agree in writing, either in the loan
5    contract or in a subsequent agreement, to a deferment of
6    wholly unpaid installments, a licensee may grant a
7    deferment and may collect a deferment charge as provided in
8    this Section. A deferment postpones the scheduled due date
9    of the earliest unpaid installment and all subsequent
10    installments as originally scheduled, or as previously
11    deferred, for a period equal to the deferment period. The
12    deferment period is that period during which no installment
13    is scheduled to be paid by reason of the deferment. The
14    deferment charge for a one month period may not exceed the
15    applicable interest for the installment period immediately
16    following the due date of the last undeferred payment. A
17    proportionate charge may be made for deferment for periods
18    of more or less than one month. A deferment charge is
19    earned pro rata during the deferment period and is fully
20    earned on the last day of the deferment period. Should a
21    loan be prepaid in full during a deferment period, the
22    licensee shall credit to the obligor a refund of the
23    unearned deferment charge in addition to any other refund
24    or credit made for prepayment of the loan in full.
25        (6) If two or more installments are delinquent one full
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1    provides, the licensee may reduce the unpaid balance by the
2    refund credit which would be required for prepayment in
3    full on the due date of the most recent maturing
4    installment in default. Thereafter, and in lieu of any
5    other default or deferment charges, the agreed rate of
6    interest or, in the case of small consumer loans, interest
7    at the rate of 18% per annum, may be charged on the unpaid
8    balance until fully paid.
9        (7) Fifteen days after the final installment as
10    originally scheduled or deferred, the licensee, for any
11    loan contract which has not previously been converted to
12    interest-bearing under paragraph (f), clause (6), may
13    compute and charge interest on any balance remaining
14    unpaid, including unpaid default or deferment charges, at
15    the agreed rate of interest or, in the case of small
16    consumer loans, interest at the rate of 18% per annum,
17    until fully paid. At the time of payment of said final
18    installment, the licensee shall give notice to the obligor
19    stating any amounts unpaid.
20(Source: P.A. 96-936, eff. 3-21-11.)
 
21    (205 ILCS 670/15f new)
22    Sec. 15f. Title loans. Notwithstanding any provision of law
23to the contrary, for contracts entered into or renewed on and
24after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
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1        (1) A lender shall not contract for or receive a
2    finance charge exceeding 36% per year on the unpaid balance
3    of the amount financed for a loan of money secured by a
4    certificate of title to a motor vehicle.
5        (2) If a title loan borrower defaults on the loan,
6    interest shall cease to accrue on that loan.
7        (3) Within 30 days after the sale of the titled
8    personal property, the borrower is entitled to receive all
9    proceeds from the sale of the motor vehicle in excess of
10    (i) the principal amount due on the loan, (ii) interest on
11    the loan up to the date the lender took possession, and
12    (iii) the reasonable expenses incurred by the lender in
13    taking possession of, preparing for sale, and selling the
14    titled personal property.
15        (4) The proceeds of a licensee's sale of a motor
16    vehicle that is used as security for a title loan shall
17    satisfy all outstanding and unpaid indebtedness under that
18    loan, and the borrower on that loan shall not be liable for
19    any additional attorney's fees or deficiency resulting
20    from that sale. The licensee shall still be required to pay
21    the borrower any surplus arising from the sale of that
22    motor vehicle as required by Article 9 of the Uniform
23    Commercial Code.
24     As used in this Section, "titled-secured loans" means
25loans upon which interest is charged at an annual percentage
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1provides to the licensee, as security for the loan, physical
2possession of the obligor's title to a motor vehicle, and upon
3which a licensee may charge, contract for, and receive thereon
4interest at the rate agreed upon by the licensee and borrower.