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1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Currency Exchange Act is amended by changing
5Section 3.1 as follows:
 
6    (205 ILCS 405/3.1)  (from Ch. 17, par. 4805)
7    Sec. 3.1. Nothing in this Act shall prevent a currency
8exchange from rendering State or Federal income tax service;
9nor shall the rendering of such service be considered a
10violation of this Act if such service be rendered either by the
11proprietor, any of his employees, or a licensed, regulated tax
12service approved by the Internal Revenue Service. For the
13purpose of this Section, "tax service" does not mean to make or
14offer to make a refund anticipation loan as defined by the Tax
15Refund Anticipation Loan Reform Disclosure Act.
16(Source: P.A. 97-315, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
17    Section 10. The Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987 is
18amended by changing Section 5-8 as follows:
 
19    (205 ILCS 635/5-8)
20    Sec. 5-8. Prepayment penalties.
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1loan with a prepayment penalty unless the licensee offers the
2borrower a loan without a prepayment penalty, the offer is in
3writing, and the borrower initials the offer to indicate that
4the borrower has declined the offer. In addition, the licensee
5must disclose the discount in rate received in consideration
6for a mortgage loan with the prepayment penalty.
7    (b) If a borrower declines an offer required under
8subsection (a) of this Section, the licensee may include,
9except as prohibited by Section 30 of the High Risk Home Loan
10Act, a prepayment penalty that extends no longer than three
11years or the first change date or rate adjustment of a variable
12rate mortgage, whichever comes earlier, provided that, if a
13prepayment is made during the fixed rate period, the licensee
14shall receive an amount that is no more than:
15        (1) 3% of the total loan amount if the prepayment is
16    made within the first 12-month period following the date
17    the loan was made;
18        (2) 2% of the total loan amount if the prepayment is
19    made within the second 12-month period following the date
20    the loan was made; or
21        (3) 1% of the total loan amount if the prepayment is
22    made within the third 12-month period following the date
23    the loan was made, if the fixed rate period extends 3
24    years.
25    (c) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section,
26prepayment penalties are prohibited in connection with the sale

 

 

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1or destruction of a dwelling secured by a residential mortgage
2loan.
3    (d) This Section applies to loans made, refinanced,
4renewed, extended, or modified on or after the effective date
5of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
6(Source: P.A. 95-691, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
7    Section 15. The High Risk Home Loan Act is amended by
8changing Sections 10, 30, 55, 80, and 145 and by adding
9Sections 35, 35.5, 80.5, 80.6, and 90.5 as follows:
 
10    (815 ILCS 137/10)
11    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
12    "Approved credit counselor" means a credit counselor
13approved by the Director of Financial Institutions.
14    "Bona fide discount points" means loan discount points that
15are knowingly paid by the consumer for the purpose of reducing,
16and that in fact result in a bona fide reduction of, the
17interest rate or time price differential applicable to the
18mortgage.
19    "Borrower" means a natural person who seeks or obtains a
20high risk home loan.
21    "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Office of
22Banks and Real Estate.
23    "Department" means the Department of Financial
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1    "Director" means the Director of Financial Institutions.
2    "Good faith" means honesty in fact in the conduct or
3transaction concerned.
4    "High risk home loan" means a consumer credit transaction,
5other than a reverse mortgage, that is secured by the
6consumer's principal dwelling if: home equity loan in which (i)
7at the time of origination, the annual percentage rate exceeds
8by more than 6 percentage points in the case of a first lien
9mortgage, or by more than 8 percentage points in the case of a
10junior mortgage, the average prime offer rate, as defined in
11Section 129C(b)(2)(B) of the federal Truth in Lending Act, for
12a comparable transaction as of the date on which the interest
13rate for the transaction is set, yield on U.S. Treasury
14securities having comparable periods of maturity to the loan
15maturity as of the fifteenth day of the month immediately
16preceding the month in which the application for the loan is
17received by the lender or (ii) the loan documents permit the
18creditor to charge or collect prepayment fees or penalties more
19than 36 months after the transaction closing or such fees
20exceed, in the aggregate, more than 2% of the amount prepaid,
21or (iii) the total points and fees payable in connection with
22the transaction, other than bona fide third-party charges not
23retained by the mortgage originator, creditor, or an affiliate
24of the mortgage originator or creditor, by the consumer at or
25before closing will exceed (1) the greater of 5% of the total
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1(2) the lesser of 8% of the total loan amount or $1,000 (or
2such other dollar amount as prescribed by federal regulation
3pursuant to the federal Dodd-Frank Act) in the case of a
4transaction for less than $20,000, except that, with respect to
5all transactions, bona fide loan discount points may be
6excluded as provided for in Section 35 of this Act. or $800.
7The $800 figure shall be adjusted annually on January 1 by the
8annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All
9Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States
10Department of Labor. "High risk home loan" does not include a
11loan that is made primarily for a business purpose unrelated to
12the residential real property securing the loan or a consumer
13credit transaction made by a natural person who provides seller
14financing secured by a principal residence no more than 3 times
15in a 12-month period, provided such consumer credit transaction
16is not made by a person that has constructed or acted as a
17contractor for the construction of the residence in the
18ordinary course of business of such person or to an open-end
19credit plan subject to 12 CFR 226 (2000, no subsequent
20amendments or editions are included).
21    "Home equity loan" means any loan secured by the borrower's
22primary residence where the proceeds are not used as purchase
23money for the residence.
24    "Lender" means a natural or artificial person who
25transfers, deals in, offers, or makes a high risk home loan.
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1who transfer, deal in, offer, or make high risk home loans.
2"Lender" does not include purchasers, assignees, or subsequent
3holders of high risk home loans.
4    "Office" means the Office of Banks and Real Estate.
5    "Points and fees" means all items considered required to be
6disclosed as points and fees under 12 CFR 226.32 (2000, or as
7initially amended pursuant to Section 1431 of the federal
8Dodd-Frank Act with no subsequent amendments or editions
9included, whichever is later); the premium of any single
10premium credit life, credit disability, credit unemployment,
11or any other life or health insurance that is financed directly
12or indirectly into the loan; and compensation paid directly or
13indirectly by a consumer or creditor to a mortgage broker from
14any source, including a broker that originates a loan in its
15own name in a table-funded transaction, not otherwise included
16in 12 CFR 226.4; the maximum prepayment fees and penalties that
17may be charged or collected under the terms of the credit
18transaction; all prepayment fees or penalties that are incurred
19by the consumer if the loan refinances a previous loan made or
20currently held by the same creditor or an affiliate of the
21creditor; and premiums or other charges payable at or before
22closing or financed directly or indirectly into the loan for
23any credit life, credit disability, credit unemployment,
24credit property, other accident, loss of income, life, or
25health insurance or payments directly or indirectly for any
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1that insurance premiums or debt cancellation or suspension fees
2calculated and paid in full on a monthly basis shall not be
3considered financed by the creditor. "Points and fees" does not
4include any insurance premium provided by an agency of the
5federal government or an agency of a state; any insurance
6premium paid by the consumer after closing; and any amount of a
7premium, charge, or fee that is not in excess of the amount
8payable under policies in effect at the time of origination
9under Section 203(c)(2)(A) of the National Housing Act (12
10U.S.C. 1709(c)(2)(A)), provided that the premium, charge, or
11fee is required to be refundable on a pro-rated basis and the
12refund is automatically issued upon notification of the
13satisfaction of the underlying mortgage loan.
14    "Reasonable" means fair, proper, just, or prudent under the
15circumstances.
16    "Servicer" means any entity chartered under the Illinois
17Banking Act, the Savings Bank Act, the Illinois Credit Union
18Act, or the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 and any
19person or entity licensed under the Residential Mortgage
20License Act of 1987, the Consumer Installment Loan Act, or the
21Sales Finance Agency Act who is responsible for the collection
22or remittance for, or has the right or obligation to collect or
23remit for, any lender, note owner, or note holder or for a
24licensee's own account, of payments, interest, principal, and
25trust items (such as hazard insurance and taxes on a
26residential mortgage loan) in accordance with the terms of the

 

 

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1residential mortgage loan, including loan payment follow-up,
2delinquency loan follow-up, loan analysis, and any
3notifications to the borrower that are necessary to enable the
4borrower to keep the loan current and in good standing.
5    "Total loan amount" has the same meaning as that term is
6given in 12 CFR 226.32 and shall be calculated in accordance
7with the Federal Reserve Board's Official Staff Commentary to
8that regulation.
9(Source: P.A. 93-561, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
10    (815 ILCS 137/30)
11    Sec. 30. No prepayment Prepayment penalty. A high risk home
12loan may not contain terms under which a consumer must pay a
13prepayment penalty for paying all or part of the principal
14before the date on which the principal is due. For purposes of
15this Section, any method of computing a refund of unearned
16scheduled interest is a prepayment penalty if it is less
17favorable to the consumer than the actuarial method as that
18term is defined by Section 933(d) of the federal Housing and
19Community Development Act of 1992, 15 U.S.C. 1615(d). For any
20loan that is subject to the provisions of this Act and is not
21subject to the provisions of the Home Ownership and Equity
22Protection Act of 1994, no lender shall make a high risk home
23loan that includes a penalty provision for payment made: (i)
24after the expiration of the 36-month period following the date
25the loan was made; or (ii) that is more than:

 

 

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1        (1) 3% of the total loan amount if the prepayment is
2    made within the first 12-month period following the date
3    the loan was made;
4        (2) 2% of the total loan amount if the prepayment is
5    made within the second 12-month period following the date
6    the loan was made; or
7        (3) 1% of the total loan amount if the prepayment is
8    made within the third 12-month period following the date
9    the loan was made.
10(Source: P.A. 93-561, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
11    (815 ILCS 137/35 new)
12    Sec. 35. Bona fide discount points. For the purposes of
13determining whether the amount of points and fees meets the
14definition of "high risk home loan" under this Act, either the
15amounts described in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Section, but
16not both, shall be excluded:
17        (1) Up to and including 2 bona fide discount points
18    payable by the consumer in connection with the mortgage,
19    but only if the interest rate from which the mortgage's
20    interest rate will be discounted does not exceed by more
21    than one percentage point:
22            (A) the average prime offer rate, as defined in
23        Section 129C of the federal Truth in Lending Act (15
24        U.S.C. 1639); or
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1        average rate on a loan in connection with which
2        insurance is provided under Title I of the National
3        Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1702 et seq.).
4        (2) Unless 2 bona fide discount points have been
5    excluded under paragraph (1), up to and including one bona
6    fide discount point payable by the consumer in connection
7    with the mortgage, but only if the interest rate from which
8    the mortgage's interest rate will be discounted does not
9    exceed by more than 2 percentage points:
10            (A) the average prime offer rate, as defined in
11        Section 129C of the federal Truth in Lending Act (15
12        U.S.C. 1639); or
13            (B) if secured by a personal property loan, the
14        average rate on a loan in connection with which
15        insurance is provided under Title I of the National
16        Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1702 et seq.).
17    Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to discount points
18used to purchase an interest rate reduction unless the amount
19of the interest rate reduction purchased is reasonably
20consistent with established industry norms and practices for
21secondary mortgage market transactions.
 
22    (815 ILCS 137/35.5 new)
23    Sec. 35.5. No balloon payments. No high risk home loan may
24contain a scheduled payment that is more than twice as large as
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1not apply when the payment schedule is adjusted to the seasonal
2or irregular income of the consumer.
 
3    (815 ILCS 137/55)
4    Sec. 55. Financing of points and fees. No lender shall
5transfer, deal in, offer, or make a high risk home loan that
6finances, directly or indirectly, any points and fees. No
7lender shall transfer, deal in, offer, or make a high risk home
8loan that finances any prepayment fee or penalty payable by the
9consumer in a refinancing transaction if the creditor or an
10affiliate of the creditor is the noteholder of the note being
11refinanced in excess of 6% of the total loan amount.
12(Source: P.A. 93-561, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
13    (815 ILCS 137/80)
14    Sec. 80. Late payment fee. A lender shall not transfer,
15deal in, offer, or make a high risk home loan that provides for
16a late payment fee, except under the following conditions:
17        (1) the late payment fee shall not be in excess of 4%
18    5% of the amount of the payment past due;
19        (2) the late payment fee shall only be assessed for a
20    payment past due for 15 days or more;
21        (3) the late payment fee shall not be imposed more than
22    once with respect to a single late payment;
23        (4) a late payment fee that the lender has collected
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1    having made a timely payment; and
2        (5) a lender shall treat each payment as posted on the
3    same business day as it was received by the lender,
4    servicer, or lender's agent or at the address provided to
5    the borrower by the lender, servicer, or lender's agent for
6    making payments.
7(Source: P.A. 93-561, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
8    (815 ILCS 137/80.5 new)
9    Sec. 80.5. Coordination with subsequent late fees. If a
10payment is otherwise a full payment for the applicable period,
11is paid on its due date or within an applicable grace period,
12and the only delinquency or insufficiency of payment is
13attributable to any late fee or delinquency charge assessed on
14any earlier payment, no late fee or delinquency charge may be
15imposed on the payment.
 
16    (815 ILCS 137/80.6 new)
17    Sec. 80.6. Failure to make installment payment. If, in the
18case of a loan agreement the terms of which provide that any
19payment shall first be applied to any past principal balance,
20the consumer fails to make an installment payment and the
21consumer subsequently resumes making installment payments but
22has not paid all past due installments, the creditor may impose
23a separate late payment charge or fee for any principal due
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1default is cured.
 
2    (815 ILCS 137/90.5 new)
3    Sec. 90.5. Modification and deferral fees prohibited. A
4lender, successor in interest, assignee, or any agent of any of
5the foregoing may not charge a consumer any fee to modify,
6renew, extend, or amend a high risk home loan or to defer any
7payment due under the terms of the loan.
 
8    (815 ILCS 137/145)
9    Sec. 145. Subterfuge prohibited. No lender, with the intent
10to avoid the application or provisions of this Act, shall (i)
11divide a loan transaction into separate parts, or (ii)
12structure a loan transaction as an open-end credit plan or
13another form of loan, or (iii) perform any other subterfuge.
14(Source: P.A. 93-561, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
15    Section 20. The Tax Refund Anticipation Loan Disclosure Act
16is amended by changing Sections 1, 5, 10, and 15 and by adding
17Sections 25, 30, 35, and 40 as follows:
 
18    (815 ILCS 177/1)
19    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Tax
20Refund Anticipation Loan Reform Disclosure Act.
21(Source: P.A. 92-664, eff. 1-1-03.)
 

 

 

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1    (815 ILCS 177/5)
2    Sec. 5. Definitions. The following definitions apply in
3this Act:
4    "Consumer" means any natural person who, singly or jointly
5with another consumer, is solicited for, applies for, or
6receives the proceeds of a refund anticipation loan or refund
7anticipation check.
8    "Creditor" means any person who makes a refund anticipation
9loan or who takes an assignment of a refund anticipation loan.
10    "Facilitator" means a person who individually or in
11conjunction or cooperation with another person: (i) solicits
12the execution of makes a refund anticipation loan, processes,
13receives, or accepts for delivery an application or agreement
14for a refund anticipation loan or refund anticipation check;
15(ii) services or collects upon , issues a check in payment of
16refund anticipation loan or refund anticipation check;
17proceeds, or (iii) in any other manner facilitates acts to
18allow the making of a refund anticipation loan or refund
19anticipation check. If there is no third party facilitator
20because a creditor directly solicits the execution of,
21receives, or accepts an application or agreement for a refund
22anticipation loan or refund anticipation check, that creditor
23shall be considered a facilitator. "Facilitator" does not
24include a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or
25credit union, or licensee under the Consumer Installment Loan
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1and does not include any person who acts solely as an
2intermediary and does not deal with the public in the making of
3the refund anticipation loan.
4    "Person" means an individual, a firm, a partnership, an
5association, a corporation, or another entity. "Person" does
6not, however, mean a bank, savings bank, savings and loan
7association, or credit union operating under the laws of the
8United States or this State.
9    "Refund anticipation check" means a check, stored value
10card, or other payment mechanism: (i) representing the proceeds
11of the consumer's tax refund; (ii) which was issued by a
12depository institution or other person that received a direct
13deposit of the consumer's tax refund or tax credits; and (iii)
14for which the consumer has paid a fee or other consideration
15for such payment mechanism.
16    "Borrower" means a person who receives the proceeds of a
17refund anticipation loan.
18    "Refund anticipation loan" means a loan that is secured by
19or that the creditor arranges arranged to be repaid directly
20from the proceeds of the consumer's a borrower's income tax
21refund or tax credits refunds. "Refund anticipation loan" also
22includes any sale, assignment, or purchase of a consumer's tax
23refund at a discount or for a fee, whether or not the consumer
24is required to repay the buyer or assignee if the Internal
25Revenue Service denies or reduces the consumer's tax refund.
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1other consideration charged or imposed directly or indirectly
2by the creditor facilitator for the making of or in connection
3with a refund anticipation loan. This term includes any charge,
4fee, or other consideration for a deposit account, if the
5deposit account is used for receipt of the consumer's tax
6refund to repay the amount owed on the loan. A "refund
7anticipation loan fee" does not include charges, fees, or other
8consideration charged or imposed in the ordinary course of
9business by a facilitator for services that do not result in
10the making of a loan, including fees for tax return preparation
11and fees for electronic filing of tax returns.
12    "Refund anticipation loan interest rate" means the
13interest rate for a refund anticipation loan calculated as
14follows: the total amount of refund anticipation loan fees
15divided by the loan amount (minus any loan fees), then divided
16by the number of days in the loan term, then multiplied by 365
17and expressed as a percentage. The total amount of the refund
18anticipation loan fee used in this calculation shall include
19all refund anticipation loan fees as defined in this Section.
20If a deposit account is established or maintained in whole or
21in part for the purpose of receiving the consumer's tax refund
22to repay the amount owed on a refund anticipation loan: (i) the
23maturity of the loan for the purpose of determining the refund
24anticipation loan interest rate shall be assumed to be the
25estimated date when the tax refund will be deposited in the
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1such deposit account shall be considered a loan fee and shall
2be included in the calculation of the refund anticipation loan
3interest rate. If no deposit account is established or
4maintained for the repayment of the loan, the maturity of the
5loan shall be assumed to be the estimated date when the tax
6refund is received by the creditor.
7(Source: P.A. 92-664, eff. 1-1-03.)
 
8    (815 ILCS 177/10)
9    Sec. 10. Disclosure requirements. At the time a consumer
10borrower applies for a refund anticipation loan or check, a
11facilitator shall disclose to the consumer borrower on a
12document that is separate from the loan application:
13        (1) the fee for the refund anticipation loan or refund
14    anticipation check fee schedule;
15        (1.5) for refund anticipation loans, disclosure of the
16    refund anticipation loan interest rate. The refund
17    anticipation loan interest rate shall be calculated as set
18    forth in Section 5 the Annual Percentage Rate utilizing a
19    10-day time period;
20        (2) the estimated fee for preparing and electronically
21    filing a tax return;
22        (2.5) for refund anticipation loans, the total cost to
23    the consumer borrower for utilizing a refund anticipation
24    loan;
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1    that the loan proceeds will be paid to the consumer
2    borrower if the loan is approved;
3        (4) for refund anticipation loans, that the consumer
4    borrower is responsible for repayment of the loan and
5    related fees in the event the tax refund is not paid or not
6    paid in full; and
7        (5) for refund anticipation loans, the availability of
8    electronic filing for the income tax return of the consumer
9    borrower and the average time announced by the federal
10    Internal Revenue Service within which the consumer
11    borrower can expect to receive a refund if the consumer's
12    borrower's return is filed electronically and the consumer
13    borrower does not obtain a refund anticipation loan.
14(Source: P.A. 92-664, eff. 1-1-03; 93-287, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
15    (815 ILCS 177/15)
16    Sec. 15. Posting of fee schedule and disclosures. Penalty.
17    (a) A facilitator shall display a schedule showing the
18current fees for refund anticipation loans, if refund
19anticipation loans are offered, or refund anticipation checks,
20if refund anticipation checks are offered, facilitated at the
21office.
22    (b) A facilitator who offers refund anticipation loans
23shall display on each fee schedule examples of the refund
24anticipation loan interest rates for refund anticipation loans
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1$1,500, $2,000, and $5,000. The refund anticipation loan
2interest rate shall be calculated as set forth in Section 5 of
3this Act.
4    (c) A facilitator who offers refund anticipation loans
5shall also prominently display on each fee schedule: (i) a
6legend, centered, in bold, capital letters, and in one-inch
7letters stating: "NOTICE CONCERNING REFUND ANTICIPATION LOANS"
8and (ii) the following verbatim statement: "When you take out a
9refund anticipation loan, you are borrowing money against your
10tax refund. If your tax refund is less than expected, you will
11still owe the entire amount of the loan. If your refund is
12delayed, you may have to pay additional costs. YOU CAN GET YOUR
13REFUND IN 8 TO 15 DAYS WITHOUT PAYING ANY EXTRA FEES AND TAKING
14OUT A LOAN. You can have your tax return filed electronically
15and your refund direct deposited into your own financial
16institution account without obtaining a loan or paying fees for
17an extra product.".
18    (d) The postings required by this Section shall be made in
19no less than 28-point type on a document measuring no less than
2016 inches by 20 inches. The postings required by this Section
21shall be displayed in a prominent location at each office where
22the facilitator is facilitating refund anticipation loans.
23    (e) A facilitator may not facilitate a refund anticipation
24loan or refund anticipation check unless (i) the disclosures
25required by this Section are displayed and (ii) the fee
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1anticipation check is the same as the fee displayed on the
2schedule.
3    Any person who violates this Act is guilty of a petty
4offense and shall be fined $500 for each offense. In addition,
5a facilitator who violates this Act shall be liable to any
6aggrieved borrower in an amount equal to 3 times the refund
7anticipation loan fee, plus a reasonable attorney's fee, in a
8civil action brought in the circuit court by the aggrieved
9borrower or by the Attorney General on behalf of the aggrieved
10borrower.
11(Source: P.A. 92-664, eff. 1-1-03.)
 
12    (815 ILCS 177/25 new)
13    Sec. 25. Prohibited activities. No person, including any
14officer, agent, employee, or representative, shall:
15    (a) Charge or impose any fee, charge, or other
16consideration in the making or facilitating of a refund
17anticipation loan or refund anticipation check apart from the
18fee charged by the creditor or financial institution that
19provides the loan or check. This prohibition does not include
20any charge or fee imposed by the facilitator to all of its
21customers, such as fees for tax return preparation, if the same
22fee in the same amount is charged to the customers who do not
23receive refund anticipation loans, refund anticipation checks,
24or any other tax related financial product.
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1    (c) Directly or indirectly arrange for any third party to
2charge any interest, fee, or charge related to a refund
3anticipation loan or refund anticipation check, other than the
4refund anticipation loan or refund anticipation check fee
5imposed by the creditor, including but not limited to: (i)
6charges for insurance; (ii) attorneys fees or other collection
7costs; or (iii) check cashing.
8    (d) Include any of the following provisions in any document
9provided or signed in connection with a refund anticipation
10loan or refund anticipation check, including the loan
11application or agreement:
12        (i) A hold harmless clause;
13        (ii) A waiver of the right to a jury trial, if
14    applicable, in any action brought by or against the
15    consumer;
16        (iii) Any assignment of wages or of other compensation
17    for services;
18        (iv) A provision in which the consumer agrees not to
19    assert any claim or defense arising out of the contract, or
20    to seek any remedies pursuant to Section 35 of this Act;
21        (v) A waiver of any provision of this Act. Any such
22    waiver shall be deemed null, void, and of no effect;
23        (vi) A waiver of the right to injunctive, declaratory,
24    or other equitable relief; or
25        (vii) A provision requiring that any aspect of a
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1    agreement be kept confidential. This provision shall not
2    affect the right of the parties to agree that certain
3    specified information is a trade secret or otherwise
4    confidential, or to later agree, after the dispute arises,
5    to keep a resolution confidential.
6    (e) Take or arrange for a creditor to take a security
7interest in any property of the consumer other than the
8proceeds of the consumer's tax refund to secure payment of a
9refund anticipation loan.
10    (f) Directly or indirectly, individually or in conjunction
11or cooperation with another person, engage in the collection of
12an outstanding or delinquent refund anticipation loan for any
13creditor or assignee, including soliciting the execution of,
14processing, receiving, or accepting an application or
15agreement for a refund anticipation loan or refund anticipation
16check that contains a provision permitting the creditor to
17repay, by offset or other means, an outstanding or delinquent
18refund anticipation loan for that creditor or any creditor from
19the proceeds of the consumer's tax refund.
20    (g) Facilitate any loan that is secured by or that the
21creditor arranges to be repaid directly from the proceeds of
22the consumer's State tax refund from the Illinois State
23treasury.
 
24    (815 ILCS 177/30 new)
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1loans.
2    (a) No person shall make or facilitate a refund
3anticipation loan for which the refund anticipation loan
4interest rate is greater than 36% per annum. The refund
5anticipation loan interest rate shall be calculated as set
6forth in Section 5. Any refund anticipation loan for which the
7refund anticipation loan interest rate exceeds 36% per annum
8shall be void ab initio.
9    (b) This Section does not apply to persons facilitating for
10or doing business as a bank, savings bank, savings and loan
11association, or credit union chartered under the laws of the
12United States or this State.
 
13    (815 ILCS 177/35 new)
14    Sec. 35. Applicability to certain entities. No obligation
15or prohibition imposed upon a creditor, a person, or a
16facilitator by this Act shall apply to a bank, savings bank,
17savings and loan association, or credit union operating under
18the laws of the United States or this State.
 
19    (815 ILCS 177/40 new)
20    Sec. 40. Violation. A violation of this Act constitutes an
21unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive
22Business Practices Act.
 
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14.1a as follows:
 
2    (815 ILCS 205/4.1a)  (from Ch. 17, par. 6406)
3    Sec. 4.1a. Charges for and cost of the following items paid
4or incurred by any lender in connection with any loan shall not
5be deemed to be charges for or in connection with any loan of
6money referred to in Section 6 of this Act, or charges by the
7lender as a consideration for the loan referred to in this
8Section:
9        (a) hazard, mortgage or life insurance premiums,
10    survey, credit report, title insurance, abstract and
11    attorneys' fees, recording charges, escrow and appraisal
12    fees, and similar charges.
13        (b) in the case of construction loans, in addition to
14    the matters referred to in clause (a) above, the actual
15    cost incurred by the lender for services for making
16    physical inspections, processing payouts, examining and
17    reviewing contractors' and subcontractors' sworn
18    statements and waivers of lien and the like.
19        (c) in the case of any loan made pursuant to the
20    provisions of the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of
21    1974 (Section 313 of the National Housing Act, Chapter B of
22    Title 12 of the United States Code), in addition to the
23    matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
24    Section all charges required or allowed by the Government
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1    processing fees, commitment fees, loss reserve and
2    marketing fees, discounts, origination fees or otherwise
3    designated.
4        (d) in the case of a single payment loan, made for a
5    period of 6 months or less, a regulated financial
6    institution or licensed lender may contract for and receive
7    a maximum charge of $15 in lieu of interest. Such charge
8    may be collected when the loan is made, but only one such
9    charge may be contracted for, received, or collected for
10    any such loan, including any extension or renewal thereof.
11        (e) if the agreement governing the loan so provides, a
12    charge not to exceed the rate permitted under Section 3-806
13    of the Uniform Commercial Code-Commercial Paper for any
14    check, draft or order for the payment of money submitted in
15    accordance with said agreement which is unpaid or not
16    honored by a bank or other depository institution.
17        (f) if the agreement governing the loan so provides,
18    for each loan installment in default for a period of not
19    less than 10 days, a charge in an amount not in excess of
20    5% of such loan installment. Only one delinquency charge
21    may be collected on any such loan installment regardless of
22    the period during which it remains in default. Payments
23    timely received by the lender under a written extension or
24    deferral agreement shall not be subject to any delinquency
25    charge.
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1Section 4 of this Act, the lender, in the case of any nonexempt
2residential mortgage loan, as defined in Section 1-4 of the
3Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987, other than a high
4risk home loan as defined in Section 10 of the High Risk Home
5Loan Act, shall have the right to include a prepayment penalty
6that extends no longer than the fixed rate period of a variable
7rate mortgage provided that, if a prepayment is made during the
8fixed rate period and not in connection with the sale or
9destruction of the dwelling securing the loan, the lender shall
10receive an amount that is no more than:
11        (1) 3% of the total loan amount if the prepayment is
12    made within the first 12-month period following the date
13    the loan was made;
14        (2) 2% of the total loan amount if the prepayment is
15    made within the second 12-month period following the date
16    the loan was made; or
17        (3) 1% of the total loan amount if the prepayment is
18    made within the third 12-month period following the date
19    the loan was made, if the fixed rate period extends 3
20    years.
21    This Section applies to loans made, refinanced, renewed,
22extended, or modified on or after the effective date of this
23amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
24    Where there is a charge in addition to the stated rate of
25interest payable directly or indirectly by the borrower and
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1for the loan, or for or in connection with the loan of money,
2whether paid or payable by the borrower, the seller, or any
3other person on behalf of the borrower to the lender or to a
4third party, or for or in connection with the loan of money,
5other than as hereinabove in this Section provided, whether
6denominated "points," "service charge," "discount,"
7"commission," or otherwise, and without regard to declining
8balances of principal which would result from any required or
9optional amortization of the principal of the loan, the rate of
10interest shall be calculated in the following manner:
11    The percentage of the principal amount of the loan
12represented by all of such charges shall first be computed,
13which in the case of a loan with an interest rate in excess of
148% per annum secured by residential real estate, other than
15loans described in paragraphs (e) and (f) of Section 4, shall
16not exceed 3% of such principal amount. Said percentage shall
17then be divided by the number of years and fractions thereof of
18the period of the loan according to its stated maturity. The
19percentage thus obtained shall then be added to the percentage
20of the stated annual rate of interest.
21(Source: P.A. 95-691, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
22    Section 30. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
23Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2NNN as follows:
 
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1    Sec. 2NNN. Violations of the Tax Refund Anticipation Loan
2Reform Act. Any person who violates the Tax Refund Anticipation
3Loan Reform Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning
4of this Act.
 
5    Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
6severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
8January 1, 2013.