97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1991

 

Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/39-1  from Ch. 38, par. 39-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning usury.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB1991LRB097 09698 RLC 49835 b

1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 39-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/39-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 39-1)
7    Sec. 39-1. Criminal Usury.
8    (a) Any person commits criminal usury when, in exchange for
9either a loan of money or other property or forbearance from
10the the collection of such a loan, he knowingly contracts for
11or receives from an individual, directly or indirectly,
12interest, discount or other consideration at a rate greater
13than 20% per annum either before or after the maturity of the
14loan.
15    (b) When a person has in his personal or constructive
16possession records, memoranda, or other documentary record of
17usurious loans it shall be prima facie evidence that he has
18violated Subsection 39-1(a) hereof.
19(Source: P.A. 76-1879.)