HB3808 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB100 11043 JLS 21282 b

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2TTT new as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2TTT new)

Sec. 2TTT new. Limitation on credit card transactions fees.

(a) In this Section:

"Credit card" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2NN of this Act.

"Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2JJ of this Act.

(b) 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.