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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Financial Institutions Electronic Documents
5 and Digital Signature Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and
6 10 as follows:
 
7     (205 ILCS 705/5)
8     Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9     "Digital signature" means an encrypted electronic
10 identifier, created by computer, intended by the party using it
11 to have the same force and effect as the use of a manual
12 signature.
13     "Financial institution" means a bank, a savings and loan
14 association, a savings bank, or a credit union or any
15 subsidiary or affiliate of a bank, savings and loan
16 association, savings bank, or credit union.
17     "Substitute check" means a paper reproduction of an
18 original check, as defined in the Check Clearing for the 21st
19 Century Act (12 U.S.C. 5001, et seq.), as amended from time to
20 time, and the rules promulgated thereunder.
21 (Source: P.A. 94-458, eff. 8-4-05.)
 
22     (205 ILCS 705/10)
23     Sec. 10. Electronic documents; digital signatures;
24 electronic notices.
25     (a) Electronic documents. If in the regular course of
26 business, a financial institution possesses, records, or
27 generates any document, representation, image, substitute
28 check, reproduction, or combination thereof, of any agreement,
29 transaction, act, occurrence, or event by any electronic or
30 computer-generated process that accurately reproduces,
31 comprises, or records the agreement, transaction, act,

 

 

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1 occurrence, or event, the recording, comprising, or
2 reproduction shall have the same force and effect under the
3 laws of this State as one comprised, recorded, or created on
4 paper or other tangible form by writing, typing, printing, or
5 similar means.
6     (b) Digital signatures. In any communication,
7 acknowledgement, agreement, or contract between a financial
8 institution and its customer, in which a signature is required
9 or used, any party to the communication, acknowledgement,
10 agreement, or contract may affix a signature by use of a
11 digital signature, and the digital signature, when lawfully
12 used by the person whose signature it purports to be, shall
13 have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature
14 if it is unique to the person using it, is capable of
15 verification, is under the sole control of the person using it,
16 and is linked to data in such a manner that if the data are
17 changed, the digital signature is invalidated. Nothing in this
18 Section shall require any financial institution or customer to
19 use or permit the use of a digital signature.
20     (c) Electronic notices.
21         (1) Consent to electronic records. If a statute,
22     regulation, or other rule of law requires that information
23     relating to a transaction or transactions in or affecting
24     intrastate commerce in this State be provided or made
25     available by a financial institution to a consumer in
26     writing, the use of an electronic record to provide or make
27     available that information satisfies the requirement that
28     the information be in writing if:
29             (A) the consumer has affirmatively consented to
30         the use of an electronic record to provide or make
31         available that information and has not withdrawn
32         consent;
33             (B) the consumer, prior to consenting, is provided
34         with a clear and conspicuous statement:
35                 (i) informing the consumer of:
36                     (I) any right or option of the consumer to

 

 

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1                 have the record provided or made available on
2                 paper or in nonelectronic form, and
3                     (II) the right of the consumer to withdraw
4                 the consent to have the record provided or made
5                 available in an electronic form and of any
6                 conditions, consequences (which may include
7                 termination of the parties' relationship), or
8                 fees in the event of a withdrawal of consent;
9                 (ii) informing the consumer of whether the
10             consent applies:
11                     (I) only to the particular transaction
12                 that gave rise to the obligation to provide the
13                 record, or
14                     (II) to identified categories of records
15                 that may be provided or made available during
16                 the course of the parties' relationship;
17                 (iii) describing the procedures the consumer
18             must use to withdraw consent, as provided in clause
19             (i), and to update information needed to contact
20             the consumer electronically; and
21                 (iv) informing the consumer:
22                     (I) how, after the consent, the consumer
23                 may, upon request, obtain a paper copy of an
24                 electronic record, and
25                     (II) whether any fee will be charged for a
26                 paper copy;
27             (C) the consumer:
28                 (i) prior to consenting, is provided with a
29             statement of the hardware and software
30             requirements for access to and retention of the
31             electronic records; and
32                 (ii) consents electronically, or confirms his
33             or her consent electronically, in a manner that
34             reasonably demonstrates that the consumer can
35             access information in the electronic form that
36             will be used to provide the information that is the

 

 

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1             subject of the consent; and
2             (D) after the consent of a consumer in accordance
3         with subparagraph (A), if a change in the hardware or
4         software requirements needed to access or retain
5         electronic records creates a material risk that the
6         consumer will not be able to access or retain a
7         subsequent electronic record that was the subject of
8         the consent, the person providing the electronic
9         record:
10                 (i) provides the consumer with a statement of:
11                     (I) the revised hardware and software
12                 requirements for access to and retention of the
13                 electronic records, and
14                     (II) the right to withdraw consent without
15                 the imposition of any fees for the withdrawal
16                 and without the imposition of any condition or
17                 consequence that was not disclosed under
18                 subparagraph (B)(i); and
19                 (ii) again complies with subparagraph (C).
20         (2) Other rights.
21             (A) Preservation of consumer protections. Nothing
22         in this subsection (c) affects the content or timing of
23         any disclosure or other record required to be provided
24         or made available to any consumer under any statute,
25         regulation, or other rule of law.
26             (B) Verification or acknowledgment. If a law that
27         was enacted prior to this amendatory Act of the 94th
28         General Assembly expressly requires a record to be
29         provided or made available by a specified method that
30         requires verification or acknowledgment of receipt,
31         the record may be provided or made available
32         electronically only if the method used provides the
33         required verification or acknowledgment of receipt.
34         (3) Effect of failure to obtain electronic consent or
35     confirmation of consent. The legal effectiveness,
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1     consumer shall not be denied solely because of the failure
2     to obtain electronic consent or confirmation of consent by
3     that consumer in accordance with paragraph (1)(C)(ii).
4         (4) Prospective effect. Withdrawal of consent by a
5     consumer shall not affect the legal effectiveness,
6     validity, or enforceability of electronic records provided
7     or made available to that consumer in accordance with
8     paragraph (1) prior to implementation of the consumer's
9     withdrawal of consent. A consumer's withdrawal of consent
10     shall be effective within a reasonable period of time after
11     receipt of the withdrawal by the provider of the record.
12     Failure to comply with paragraph (1)(D) may, at the
13     election of the consumer, be treated as a withdrawal of
14     consent for purposes of this paragraph.
15         (5) Prior consent. This subsection does not apply to
16     any records that are provided or made available to a
17     consumer who has consented prior to the effective date of
18     this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly to receive
19     the records in electronic form as permitted by any statute,
20     regulation, or other rule of law.
21         (6) Oral communications. An oral communication or a
22     recording of an oral communication shall not qualify as an
23     electronic record for purposes of this subsection (c),
24     except as otherwise provided under applicable law.
25 (Source: P.A. 94-458, eff. 8-4-05.)
 
26     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.