Local Government Committee
Filed: 3/14/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1529
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1529 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Local Government Acceptance of Credit Cards | ||||||
5 | Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 345/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Local government credit card acceptance program.
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8 | (a) Any unit of local government and any community college | ||||||
9 | district
that
has the authority to accept the payment of funds | ||||||
10 | for any purpose is authorized,
but not required, to accept | ||||||
11 | payment by credit card.
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12 | (a-5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
13 | Act of the 95th General Assembly, a county with a population of | ||||||
14 | more than 3,000,000 is required to accept property tax payments | ||||||
15 | by credit card. Nothing in this subsection shall require a | ||||||
16 | county with a population of more than 3,000,000 to accept late |
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1 | payments or payments for delinquent charges by credit card. | ||||||
2 | This subsection is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section | ||||||
3 | 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent | ||||||
4 | exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised | ||||||
5 | by the State.
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6 | (b) Except as provided in subsection (a-5), this
This Act | ||||||
7 | shall be broadly construed to authorize, but not require,
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8 | acceptance of credit card payments by all units
of local | ||||||
9 | government and community college districts.
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10 | (c) This Act authorizes the acceptance of credit card | ||||||
11 | payments for all types
of authorized obligations.
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12 | (d) This Act does not limit the authority of clerks of | ||||||
13 | court to accept
payment by credit card pursuant to the Clerks | ||||||
14 | of Court Act or the Unified Code
of Corrections.
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15 | (e) A local governmental entity may not receive and retain, | ||||||
16 | directly or
indirectly, any convenience fee, surcharge, or | ||||||
17 | other fee in excess of the
amount paid in connection with
the | ||||||
18 | credit card transaction. In addition, a financial institution | ||||||
19 | or service
provider may
not pay, refund, rebate, or return, | ||||||
20 | directly or indirectly, to a local
governmental entity for | ||||||
21 | final retention any portion of a surcharge, convenience
fee, or | ||||||
22 | other fee
paid in connection with a credit card transaction.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 90-518, eff. 8-22-97.)
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24 | Section 10. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
25 | Section 8.31 as follows: |
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1 | (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
3 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
4 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
5 | the 95th General Assembly. ".
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