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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5404 Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Employee Credit Privacy Act. Requires a consumer reporting agency that prepares an investigative consumer report, as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to provide upon request and without fee a copy to the consumer. Provides that the disclosure is intended to supplement the Fair Credit Reporting Act and provide greater protection to consumers.
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| | HB5404 | | LRB098 17198 JLS 52287 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Employee Credit Privacy Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 30 as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 70/30)
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| 7 | | Sec. 30. Fair Credit Reporting Act. |
| 8 | | (a) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit employers from |
| 9 | | conducting a thorough background investigation, which may |
| 10 | | include obtaining a report without information on credit |
| 11 | | history or an investigative report without information on |
| 12 | | credit history, or both, as permitted under the Fair Credit |
| 13 | | Reporting Act. This information shall be used for employment |
| 14 | | purposes only.
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| 15 | | (b) A consumer reporting agency that prepares an |
| 16 | | investigative consumer report, as defined in the Fair Credit |
| 17 | | Reporting Act, shall, upon request and without charge, provide |
| 18 | | to the consumer a copy of the investigative consumer report. |
| 19 | | The requirements of this subsection are intended to supplement |
| 20 | | the provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and provide |
| 21 | | additional protection to consumers. |
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1426, eff. 1-1-11.)
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