100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3808

 

Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2TTT new

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a merchant to impose a surcharge, transaction charge, or other additional fee upon a transaction involving the use of a credit card when the amount of the transaction before the imposition of taxes and any other fee is less than $5.


LRB100 11043 JLS 21282 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3808LRB100 11043 JLS 21282 b

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 Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
5Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2TTT new as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 505/2TTT new)
7    Sec. 2TTT new. Limitation on credit card transactions fees.
8    (a) In this Section:
9    "Credit card" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2NN
10of this Act.
11    "Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2JJ of
12this Act.
13    (b) It is an unlawful practice for a merchant to impose a
14surcharge, transaction charge, or other additional fee upon a
15transaction involving the use of a credit card when the amount
16of the transaction before the imposition of taxes and any other
17fee is less than $5.