Local Government Committee
Filed: 3/14/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1529




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1529 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Local Government Acceptance of Credit Cards 
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Act is amended  by changing Section 15 as follows:
 



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    (50 ILCS 345/15)



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    Sec. 15. Local government credit card acceptance program. 

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    (a) Any unit of local government and any community college 
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district
that
has the authority to accept the payment of funds 
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for any purpose is authorized,
but not required, to accept 
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payment by credit card.

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    (a-5)  Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory 
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Act of the 95th General Assembly, a county with a population of 
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more than 3,000,000 is required to accept property tax payments 
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by credit card.  Nothing in this subsection shall require a 
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county with a population of more than 3,000,000 to accept late 
 


 






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payments or payments for delinquent charges by credit card. 
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This subsection is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 
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6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent 
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exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised 
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by the State.

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    (b) Except as provided in subsection (a-5), this
This Act 
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shall be broadly construed to authorize, but not require,

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acceptance of credit card payments by all units
of local 
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government and community college districts.

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    (c) This Act authorizes the acceptance of credit card 
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payments for all types
of authorized obligations.

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    (d) This Act does not limit the authority of clerks of 
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court to accept
payment by credit card pursuant to the Clerks 
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of Court Act or the Unified Code
of Corrections.

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    (e) A local governmental entity may not receive and retain, 
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directly or
indirectly, any convenience fee, surcharge, or 
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other fee in excess of the
amount paid in connection with
the 
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credit card transaction.  In addition, a financial institution 
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or service
provider may
not pay, refund, rebate, or return, 
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directly or indirectly, to a local
governmental entity for 
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final retention any portion of a surcharge, convenience
fee, or 
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other fee
paid in connection with a credit card transaction.

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(Source: P.A. 90-518, eff. 8-22-97.)

 
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    Section 10. The State Mandates Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 8.31 as follows:
 
 


 






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    (30 ILCS 805/8.31  new)
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    Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
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of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly.".