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HB4109 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4109

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael Unes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
205 ILCS 5/48.1  from Ch. 17, par. 360
205 ILCS 205/4013  from Ch. 17, par. 7304-13
205 ILCS 305/10  from Ch. 17, par. 4411

    Amends the Illinois Banking Act, the Savings Bank Act, and the Illinois Credit Union Act. Provides that persons or entities under those Acts furnishing information concerning financial abuse of the elderly shall be entitled to the rights and protections of a person furnishing information under the Department of Human Services Act.


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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 Illinois Banking Act is amended by changing
5Section 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
9records" 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 with
14    respect to that account;
15        (3) a check, draft or money order drawn on a bank or
16    issued and payable by a bank; or
17        (4) any other item containing information pertaining
18    to any relationship established in the ordinary course of a
19    bank's business between a bank and its customer, including
20    financial statements or other financial information
21    provided by the customer.
22    (b) This Section does not prohibit:
23        (1) The preparation, examination, handling or

 

 

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1    maintenance of any financial records by any officer,
2    employee or agent of a bank having custody of the records,
3    or the examination of the records by a certified public
4    accountant engaged by the bank to perform an independent
5    audit.
6        (2) The examination of any financial records by, or the
7    furnishing of financial records by a bank to, any officer,
8    employee or agent of (i) the Commissioner of Banks and Real
9    Estate, (ii) after May 31, 1997, a state regulatory
10    authority authorized to examine a branch of a State bank
11    located in another state, (iii) the Comptroller of the
12    Currency, (iv) the Federal Reserve Board, or (v) the
13    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for use solely in the
14    exercise of his duties as an officer, employee, or agent.
15        (3) The publication of data furnished from financial
16    records relating to customers where the data cannot be
17    identified to any particular customer or account.
18        (4) The making of reports or returns required under
19    Chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
20        (5) Furnishing information concerning the dishonor of
21    any negotiable instrument permitted to be disclosed under
22    the Uniform Commercial Code.
23        (6) The exchange in the regular course of business of
24    (i) credit information between a bank and other banks or
25    financial institutions or commercial enterprises, directly
26    or through a consumer reporting agency or (ii) financial

 

 

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1    records or information derived from financial records
2    between a bank and other banks or financial institutions or
3    commercial enterprises for the purpose of conducting due
4    diligence pursuant to a purchase or sale involving the bank
5    or assets or liabilities of the bank.
6        (7) The furnishing of information to the appropriate
7    law enforcement authorities where the bank reasonably
8    believes it has been the victim of a crime.
9        (8) The furnishing of information under the Uniform
10    Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
11        (9) The furnishing of information under the Illinois
12    Income Tax Act and the Illinois Estate and
13    Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.
14        (10) The furnishing of information under the federal
15    Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act Title 31,
16    United States Code, Section 1051 et seq.
17        (11) The furnishing of information under any other
18    statute that by its terms or by regulations promulgated
19    thereunder requires the disclosure of financial records
20    other than by subpoena, summons, warrant, or court order.
21        (12) The furnishing of information about the existence
22    of an account of a person to a judgment creditor of that
23    person who has made a written request for that information.
24        (13) The exchange in the regular course of business of
25    information between commonly owned banks in connection
26    with a transaction authorized under paragraph (23) of

 

 

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1    Section 5 and conducted at an affiliate facility.
2        (14) The furnishing of information in accordance with
3    the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
4    Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any bank governed by this Act
5    shall enter into an agreement for data exchanges with a
6    State agency provided the State agency pays to the bank a
7    reasonable fee not to exceed its actual cost incurred. A
8    bank providing information in accordance with this item
9    shall not be liable to any account holder or other person
10    for any disclosure of information to a State agency, for
11    encumbering or surrendering any assets held by the bank in
12    response to a lien or order to withhold and deliver issued
13    by a State agency, or for any other action taken pursuant
14    to this item, including individual or mechanical errors,
15    provided the action does not constitute gross negligence or
16    willful misconduct. A bank shall have no obligation to
17    hold, encumber, or surrender assets until it has been
18    served with a subpoena, summons, warrant, court or
19    administrative order, lien, or levy.
20        (15) The exchange in the regular course of business of
21    information between a bank and any commonly owned affiliate
22    of the bank, subject to the provisions of the Financial
23    Institutions Insurance Sales Law.
24        (16) The furnishing of information to law enforcement
25    authorities, the Illinois Department on Aging and its
26    regional administrative and provider agencies, the

 

 

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1    Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General,
2    or public guardians: (i) upon subpoena by the investigatory
3    entity or the guardian, or (ii) if there is suspicion by
4    the bank 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 (16), the term:
7    (i) "elderly person" means a person who is 60 or more years
8    of age, (ii) "disabled person" means a person who has or
9    reasonably appears to the bank to have a physical or mental
10    disability that impairs his or her ability to seek or
11    obtain protection from or prevent financial exploitation,
12    and (iii) "financial exploitation" means tortious or
13    illegal use of the assets or resources of an elderly or
14    disabled person, and includes, without limitation,
15    misappropriation of the elderly or disabled person's
16    assets or resources by undue influence, breach of fiduciary
17    relationship, intimidation, fraud, deception, extortion,
18    or the use of assets or resources in any manner contrary to
19    law. A bank or person furnishing information pursuant to
20    this item (16) shall be entitled to the same rights and
21    protections as a person furnishing information under the
22    Adult Protective Services Act, and the Illinois Domestic
23    Violence Act of 1986, and Section 1-17 of the Department of
24    Human Services Act.
25        (17) The disclosure of financial records or
26    information as necessary to effect, administer, or enforce

 

 

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1    a transaction requested or authorized by the customer, or
2    in connection with:
3            (A) servicing or processing a financial product or
4        service requested or authorized by the customer;
5            (B) maintaining or servicing a customer's account
6        with the bank; or
7            (C) a proposed or actual securitization or
8        secondary market sale (including sales of servicing
9        rights) related to a transaction of a customer.
10        Nothing in this item (17), however, authorizes the sale
11    of the financial records or information of a customer
12    without the consent of the customer.
13        (18) The disclosure of financial records or
14    information as necessary to protect against actual or
15    potential fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims, or
16    other liability.
17        (19)(a) The disclosure of financial records or
18    information related to a private label credit program
19    between a financial institution and a private label party
20    in connection with that private label credit program. Such
21    information is limited to outstanding balance, available
22    credit, payment and performance and account history,
23    product references, purchase information, and information
24    related to the identity of the customer.
25        (b)(l) For purposes of this paragraph (19) of
26    subsection (b) of Section 48.1, a "private label credit

 

 

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1    program" means a credit program involving a financial
2    institution and a private label party that is used by a
3    customer of the financial institution and the private label
4    party primarily for payment for goods or services sold,
5    manufactured, or distributed by a private label party.
6        (2) For purposes of this paragraph (19) of subsection
7    (b) of Section 48.l, a "private label party" means, with
8    respect to a private label credit program, any of the
9    following: a retailer, a merchant, a manufacturer, a trade
10    group, or any such person's affiliate, subsidiary, member,
11    agent, or service provider.
12    (c) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, a bank may
13not disclose to any person, except to the customer or his duly
14authorized agent, any financial records or financial
15information obtained from financial records relating to that
16customer of that bank unless:
17        (1) the customer has authorized disclosure to the
18    person;
19        (2) the financial records are disclosed in response to
20    a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover
21    assets, or court order which meets the requirements of
22    subsection (d) of this Section; or
23        (3) the bank is attempting to collect an obligation
24    owed to the bank and the bank complies with the provisions
25    of Section 2I of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
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1    (d) A bank shall disclose financial records under paragraph
2(2) of subsection (c) of this Section under a lawful subpoena,
3summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order
4only after the bank mails a copy of the subpoena, summons,
5warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order to the
6person establishing the relationship with the bank, if living,
7and, otherwise his personal representative, if known, at his
8last known address by first class mail, postage prepaid, unless
9the bank is specifically prohibited from notifying the person
10by order of court or by applicable State or federal law. A bank
11shall not mail a copy of a subpoena to any person pursuant to
12this subsection if the subpoena was issued by a grand jury
13under the Statewide Grand Jury Act.
14    (e) Any officer or employee of a bank who knowingly and
15willfully furnishes financial records in violation of this
16Section is guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction,
17shall be fined not more than $1,000.
18    (f) Any person who knowingly and willfully induces or
19attempts to induce any officer or employee of a bank to
20disclose financial records in violation of this Section is
21guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction, shall be
22fined not more than $1,000.
23    (g) A bank shall be reimbursed for costs that are
24reasonably necessary and that have been directly incurred in
25searching for, reproducing, or transporting books, papers,
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1be produced pursuant to a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant,
2citation to discover assets, or court order. The Commissioner
3shall determine the rates and conditions under which payment
4may be made.
5(Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13.)
 
6    Section 10.
 
7    Section 15. The Savings Bank Act is amended by changing
8Section 4013 as follows:
 
9    (205 ILCS 205/4013)  (from Ch. 17, par. 7304-13)
10    Sec. 4013. Access to books and records; communication with
11members and shareholders.
12    (a) Every member or shareholder shall have the right to
13inspect books and records of the savings bank that pertain to
14his accounts. Otherwise, the right of inspection and
15examination of the books and records shall be limited as
16provided in this Act, and no other person shall have access to
17the books and records nor shall be entitled to a list of the
18members or shareholders.
19    (b) For the purpose of this Section, the term "financial
20records" means any original, any copy, or any summary of (1) a
21document granting signature authority over a deposit or
22account; (2) a statement, ledger card, or other record on any
23deposit or account that shows each transaction in or with

 

 

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1respect to that account; (3) a check, draft, or money order
2drawn on a savings bank or issued and payable by a savings
3bank; or (4) any other item containing information pertaining
4to any relationship established in the ordinary course of a
5savings bank's business between a savings bank and its
6customer, including financial statements or other financial
7information provided by the member or shareholder.
8    (c) This Section does not prohibit:
9        (1) The preparation examination, handling, or
10    maintenance of any financial records by any officer,
11    employee, or agent of a savings bank having custody of
12    records or examination of records by a certified public
13    accountant engaged by the savings bank to perform an
14    independent audit.
15        (2) The examination of any financial records by, or the
16    furnishing of financial records by a savings bank to, any
17    officer, employee, or agent of the Commissioner of Banks
18    and Real Estate or the federal depository institution
19    regulator for use solely in the exercise of his duties as
20    an officer, employee, or agent.
21        (3) The publication of data furnished from financial
22    records relating to members or holders of capital where the
23    data cannot be identified to any particular member,
24    shareholder, or account.
25        (4) The making of reports or returns required under
26    Chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

 

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1        (5) Furnishing information concerning the dishonor of
2    any negotiable instrument permitted to be disclosed under
3    the Uniform Commercial Code.
4        (6) The exchange in the regular course of business of
5    (i) credit information between a savings bank and other
6    savings banks or financial institutions or commercial
7    enterprises, directly or through a consumer reporting
8    agency or (ii) financial records or information derived
9    from financial records between a savings bank and other
10    savings banks or financial institutions or commercial
11    enterprises for the purpose of conducting due diligence
12    pursuant to a purchase or sale involving the savings bank
13    or assets or liabilities of the savings bank.
14        (7) The furnishing of information to the appropriate
15    law enforcement authorities where the savings bank
16    reasonably believes it has been the victim of 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 Act",
24    (Title 31, United States Code, Section 1051 et seq.).
25        (11) The furnishing of information pursuant to any
26    other statute which by its terms or by regulations

 

 

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1    promulgated thereunder requires the disclosure of
2    financial records other than by subpoena, summons,
3    warrant, or court order.
4        (12) The furnishing of information in accordance with
5    the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
6    Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any savings bank governed by
7    this Act shall enter into an agreement for data exchanges
8    with a State agency provided the State agency pays to the
9    savings bank a reasonable fee not to exceed its actual cost
10    incurred. A savings bank providing information in
11    accordance with this item shall not be liable to any
12    account holder or other person for any disclosure of
13    information to a State agency, for encumbering or
14    surrendering any assets held by the savings bank in
15    response to a lien or order to withhold and deliver issued
16    by a State agency, or for any other action taken pursuant
17    to this item, including individual or mechanical errors,
18    provided the action does not constitute gross negligence or
19    willful misconduct. A savings bank shall have no obligation
20    to hold, encumber, or surrender assets until it has been
21    served with a subpoena, summons, warrant, court or
22    administrative order, lien, or levy.
23        (13) The furnishing of information to law enforcement
24    authorities, the Illinois Department on Aging and its
25    regional administrative and provider agencies, the
26    Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General,

 

 

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1    or public guardians: (i) upon subpoena by the investigatory
2    entity or the guardian, or (ii) if there is suspicion by
3    the savings bank that a customer who is an elderly or
4    disabled person has been or may become the victim of
5    financial exploitation. For the purposes of this item (13),
6    the term: (i) "elderly person" means a person who is 60 or
7    more years of age, (ii) "disabled person" means a person
8    who has or reasonably appears to the savings bank to have a
9    physical or mental disability that impairs his or her
10    ability to seek or obtain protection from or prevent
11    financial exploitation, and (iii) "financial exploitation"
12    means tortious or illegal use of the assets or resources of
13    an elderly or disabled person, and includes, without
14    limitation, misappropriation of the elderly or disabled
15    person's assets or resources by undue influence, breach of
16    fiduciary relationship, intimidation, fraud, deception,
17    extortion, or the use of assets or resources in any manner
18    contrary to law. A savings bank or person furnishing
19    information pursuant to this item (13) shall be entitled to
20    the same rights and protections as a person furnishing
21    information under the Adult Protective Services Act, and
22    the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, and Section
23    1-17 of the Department of Human Services Act.
24        (14) The disclosure of financial records or
25    information as necessary to effect, administer, or enforce
26    a transaction requested or authorized by the member or

 

 

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1    holder of capital, or in connection with:
2            (A) servicing or processing a financial product or
3        service requested or authorized by the member or holder
4        of capital;
5            (B) maintaining or servicing an account of a member
6        or holder of capital with the savings bank; or
7            (C) a proposed or actual securitization or
8        secondary market sale (including sales of servicing
9        rights) related to a transaction of a member or holder
10        of capital.
11        Nothing in this item (14), however, authorizes the sale
12    of the financial records or information of a member or
13    holder of capital without the consent of the member or
14    holder of capital.
15        (15) The exchange in the regular course of business of
16    information between a savings bank and any commonly owned
17    affiliate of the savings bank, subject to the provisions of
18    the Financial Institutions Insurance Sales Law.
19        (16) The disclosure of financial records or
20    information as necessary to protect against or prevent
21    actual or potential fraud, unauthorized transactions,
22    claims, or other liability.
23        (17)(a) The disclosure of financial records or
24    information related to a private label credit program
25    between a financial institution and a private label party
26    in connection with that private label credit program. Such

 

 

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1    information is limited to outstanding balance, available
2    credit, payment and performance and account history,
3    product references, purchase information, and information
4    related to the identity of the customer.
5        (b)(l) For purposes of this paragraph (17) of
6    subsection (c) of Section 4013, a "private label credit
7    program" means a credit program involving a financial
8    institution and a private label party that is used by a
9    customer of the financial institution and the private label
10    party primarily for payment for goods or services sold,
11    manufactured, or distributed by a private label party.
12        (2) For purposes of this paragraph (17) of subsection
13    (c) of Section 4013, a "private label party" means, with
14    respect to a private label credit program, any of the
15    following: a retailer, a merchant, a manufacturer, a trade
16    group, or any such person's affiliate, subsidiary, member,
17    agent, or service provider.
18    (d) A savings bank may not disclose to any person, except
19to the member or holder of capital or his duly authorized
20agent, any financial records relating to that member or
21shareholder of the savings bank unless:
22        (1) the member or shareholder has authorized
23    disclosure to the person; or
24        (2) the financial records are disclosed in response to
25    a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover
26    assets, or court order that meets the requirements of

 

 

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1    subsection (e) of this Section.
2    (e) A savings bank shall disclose financial records under
3subsection (d) of this Section pursuant to a lawful subpoena,
4summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order
5only after the savings bank mails a copy of the subpoena,
6summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order
7to the person establishing the relationship with the savings
8bank, if living, and otherwise, his personal representative, if
9known, at his last known address by first class mail, postage
10prepaid, unless the savings bank is specifically prohibited
11from notifying the person by order of court.
12    (f) Any officer or employee of a savings bank who knowingly
13and willfully furnishes financial records in violation of this
14Section is guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction,
15shall be fined not more than $1,000.
16    (g) Any person who knowingly and willfully induces or
17attempts to induce any officer or employee of a savings bank to
18disclose financial records in violation of this Section is
19guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction, shall be
20fined not more than $1,000.
21    (h) If any member or shareholder desires to communicate
22with the other members or shareholders of the savings bank with
23reference to any question pending or to be presented at an
24annual or special meeting, the savings bank shall give that
25person, upon request, a statement of the approximate number of
26members or shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting and an

 

 

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1estimate of the cost of preparing and mailing the
2communication. The requesting member shall submit the
3communication to the Commissioner who, upon finding it to be
4appropriate and truthful, shall direct that it be prepared and
5mailed to the members upon the requesting member's or
6shareholder's payment or adequate provision for payment of the
7expenses of preparation and mailing.
8    (i) A savings bank shall be reimbursed for costs that are
9necessary and that have been directly incurred in searching
10for, reproducing, or transporting books, papers, records, or
11other data of a customer required to be reproduced pursuant to
12a lawful subpoena, warrant, citation to discover assets, or
13court order.
14    (j) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a
15savings bank may sell or otherwise make use of lists of
16customers' names and addresses. All other information
17regarding a customer's account are subject to the disclosure
18provisions of this Section. At the request of any customer,
19that customer's name and address shall be deleted from any list
20that is to be sold or used in any other manner beyond
21identification of the customer's accounts.
22(Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13.)
 
23    Section 20. The Illinois Credit Union Act is amended by
24changing Section 10 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (205 ILCS 305/10)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4411)
2    Sec. 10. Credit union records; member financial records.
3    (1) A credit union shall establish and maintain books,
4records, accounting systems and procedures which accurately
5reflect its operations and which enable the Department to
6readily ascertain the true financial condition of the credit
7union and whether it is complying with this Act.
8    (2) A photostatic or photographic reproduction of any
9credit union records shall be admissible as evidence of
10transactions with the credit union.
11    (3)(a) For the purpose of this Section, the term "financial
12records" means any original, any copy, or any summary of (1) a
13document granting signature authority over an account, (2) a
14statement, ledger card or other record on any account which
15shows each transaction in or with respect to that account, (3)
16a check, draft or money order drawn on a financial institution
17or other entity or issued and payable by or through a financial
18institution or other entity, or (4) any other item containing
19information pertaining to any relationship established in the
20ordinary course of business between a credit union and its
21member, including financial statements or other financial
22information 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 of such

 

 

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1    records, or the examination of such records by a certified
2    public accountant engaged by the credit union to perform an
3    independent audit.
4        (2) The examination of any financial records by or the
5    furnishing of financial records by a credit union to any
6    officer, employee or agent of the Department, the National
7    Credit Union Administration, Federal Reserve board or any
8    insurer of share accounts for use solely in the exercise of
9    his duties as an officer, employee or agent.
10        (3) The publication of data furnished from financial
11    records relating to members where the data cannot be
12    identified to any particular customer of account.
13        (4) The making of reports or returns required under
14    Chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
15        (5) Furnishing information concerning the dishonor of
16    any negotiable instrument permitted to be disclosed under
17    the Uniform Commercial Code.
18        (6) The exchange in the regular course of business of
19    (i) credit information between a credit union and other
20    credit unions or financial institutions or commercial
21    enterprises, directly or through a consumer reporting
22    agency or (ii) financial records or information derived
23    from financial records between a credit union and other
24    credit unions or financial institutions or commercial
25    enterprises for the purpose of conducting due diligence
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1    liabilities of the credit union.
2        (7) The furnishing of information to the appropriate
3    law enforcement authorities where the credit union
4    reasonably believes it has been the victim of a crime.
5        (8) The furnishing of information pursuant to the
6    Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
7        (9) The furnishing of information pursuant to the
8    Illinois Income Tax Act and the Illinois Estate and
9    Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.
10        (10) The furnishing of information pursuant to the
11    federal "Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act",
12    Title 31, United States Code, Section 1051 et sequentia.
13        (11) The furnishing of information pursuant to any
14    other statute which by its terms or by regulations
15    promulgated thereunder requires the disclosure of
16    financial records other than by subpoena, summons, warrant
17    or court order.
18        (12) The furnishing of information in accordance with
19    the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
20    Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any credit union governed by
21    this Act shall enter into an agreement for data exchanges
22    with a State agency provided the State agency pays to the
23    credit union a 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
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1    information to a State agency, for encumbering or
2    surrendering any assets held by the credit union in
3    response to a lien or order to withhold and deliver issued
4    by a State agency, or for any other action taken pursuant
5    to this item, including individual or mechanical errors,
6    provided the action does not constitute gross negligence or
7    willful misconduct. A credit union shall have no obligation
8    to hold, encumber, or surrender assets until it has been
9    served with a subpoena, summons, warrant, court or
10    administrative order, lien, or levy.
11        (13) The furnishing of information to law enforcement
12    authorities, the Illinois Department on Aging and its
13    regional administrative and provider agencies, the
14    Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General,
15    or public guardians: (i) upon subpoena by the investigatory
16    entity or the guardian, or (ii) if there is suspicion by
17    the credit union that a member who is an elderly or
18    disabled person has been or may become the victim of
19    financial exploitation. For the purposes of this item (13),
20    the term: (i) "elderly person" means a person who is 60 or
21    more years of age, (ii) "disabled person" means a person
22    who has or reasonably appears to the credit union to have a
23    physical or mental disability that impairs his or her
24    ability to seek or obtain protection from or prevent
25    financial exploitation, and (iii) "financial exploitation"
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1    an elderly or disabled person, and includes, without
2    limitation, misappropriation of the elderly or disabled
3    person's assets or resources by undue influence, breach of
4    fiduciary relationship, intimidation, fraud, deception,
5    extortion, or the use of assets or resources in any manner
6    contrary to law. A credit union or person furnishing
7    information pursuant to this item (13) shall be entitled to
8    the same rights and protections as a person furnishing
9    information under the Adult Protective Services Act, and
10    the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, and Section
11    1-17 of the Department of Human Services Act.
12        (14) The disclosure of financial records or
13    information as necessary to effect, administer, or enforce
14    a transaction requested or authorized by the member, or in
15    connection with:
16            (A) servicing or processing a financial product or
17        service requested or authorized by the member;
18            (B) maintaining or servicing a member's account
19        with the credit union; or
20            (C) a proposed or actual securitization or
21        secondary market sale (including sales of servicing
22        rights) related to a transaction of a member.
23        Nothing in this item (14), however, authorizes the sale
24    of the financial records or information of a member without
25    the consent of the member.
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1    information as necessary to protect against or prevent
2    actual or potential fraud, unauthorized transactions,
3    claims, or other liability.
4        (16)(a) The disclosure of financial records or
5    information related to a private label credit program
6    between a financial institution and a private label party
7    in connection with that private label credit program. Such
8    information is limited to outstanding balance, available
9    credit, payment and performance and account history,
10    product references, purchase information, and information
11    related to the identity of the customer.
12        (b)(l) For purposes of this paragraph (16) of
13    subsection (b) of Section 10, a "private label credit
14    program" means a credit program involving a financial
15    institution and a private label party that is used by a
16    customer of the financial institution and the private label
17    party primarily for payment for goods or services sold,
18    manufactured, or distributed by a private label party.
19        (2) For purposes of this paragraph (16) of subsection
20    (b) of Section 10, a "private label party" means, with
21    respect to a private label credit program, any of the
22    following: a retailer, a merchant, a manufacturer, a trade
23    group, or any such person's affiliate, subsidiary, member,
24    agent, or service provider.
25    (c) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, a credit
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1his duly authorized agent, any financial records relating to
2that member of the credit union unless:
3        (1) the member has authorized disclosure to the person;
4        (2) the financial records are disclosed in response to
5    a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover
6    assets, or court order that meets the requirements of
7    subparagraph (d) of this Section; or
8        (3) the credit union is attempting to collect an
9    obligation owed to the credit union and the credit union
10    complies with the provisions of Section 2I of the Consumer
11    Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
12    (d) A credit union shall disclose financial records under
13subparagraph (c)(2) of this Section pursuant to a lawful
14subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or
15court order only after the credit union mails a copy of the
16subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or
17court order to the person establishing the relationship with
18the credit union, if living, and otherwise his personal
19representative, if known, at his last known address by first
20class mail, postage prepaid unless the credit union is
21specifically prohibited from notifying the person by order of
22court or by applicable State or federal law. In the case of a
23grand jury subpoena, a credit union shall not mail a copy of a
24subpoena to any person pursuant to this subsection if the
25subpoena was issued by a grand jury under the Statewide Grand
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1of the federal Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978.
2    (e)(1) Any officer or employee of a credit union who
3knowingly and wilfully furnishes financial records in
4violation of this Section is guilty of a business offense and
5upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000.
6    (2) Any person who knowingly and wilfully induces or
7attempts to induce any officer or employee of a credit union to
8disclose financial records in violation of this Section is
9guilty of a business offense and upon conviction thereof shall
10be fined not more than $1,000.
11    (f) A credit union shall be reimbursed for costs which are
12reasonably necessary and which have been directly incurred in
13searching for, reproducing or transporting books, papers,
14records or other data of a member required or requested to be
15produced pursuant to a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant,
16citation to discover assets, or court order. The Secretary and
17the Director may determine, by rule, the rates and conditions
18under which payment shall be made. Delivery of requested
19documents may be delayed until final reimbursement of all costs
20is received.
21(Source: P.A. 97-133, eff. 1-1-12; 98-49, eff. 7-1-13.)