Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

Filed: 4/3/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4275

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4275 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Physical Fitness Services Act is amended by
5changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 645/8)  (from Ch. 29, par. 58)
7    Sec. 8. Prohibited contract provisions.
8    (a) (Blank). No contract for basic physical fitness
9services shall require payment of a total amount in excess of
10$2500 per year, and every such contract must so provide in
11writing; except that this limit shall not apply to any contract
12for: (1) family or couple memberships, or (2) group
13memberships, where the purchaser is a corporation or other
14business entity or any social, fraternal or charitable
15organization not created for the purpose of encouraging this
16contractual arrangement.

 

 

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1    (b) (Blank). No contract for family or couple memberships
2for basic physical fitness services shall require payment in
3excess of $2,500 per year per person covered under the
4membership.
5    (c) No contract for physical fitness services shall require
6payments or financing over a period in excess of 3 years from
7the date the contract is entered into, nor shall the term of
8any such contract be measured by the life of the customer. The
9initial term of services to be rendered under the contract may
10not extend over a period of more than 2 years from the date the
11parties enter into the contract; provided that the customer may
12be given an option to renew the contract for consecutive
13periods of not more than one year each for a reasonable
14consideration not less than 10% of the cash price of the
15original membership.
16    (d) No contract for physical fitness services shall require
17or entail the execution of any note by the customer which, when
18separately negotiated, will cut off as to third parties any
19right of action or defense which the customer may have against
20the physical fitness center. No right of action or defense
21arising out of a contract for physical fitness services which
22the customer has against the center shall be cut off by
23assignment of the contract whether or not the assignee acquires
24the contract in good faith and for value. Such an assignee is
25not a holder in due course.
26(Source: P.A. 94-663, eff. 1-1-06; 94-687, eff. 11-3-05.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1,
22018.".