HB4206 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4206

Introduced 11/1/2023, by Rep. Hoan Huynh

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 705/3.5 new

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that if a landlord uses a third-party payment portal to collect rental payments from tenants and if a transaction fee or other charge is imposed through the portal on rental payments made by e-check or other means, then the landlord shall allow the tenant to make rental payments by delivering a paper check to the landlord or the landlord's business office or by means that do not require the tenant to pay the transaction fee or other charge.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows:

(765 ILCS 705/3.5 new)

Sec. 3.5. Additional means to pay rent when electronic payment methods charge additional fees. If a landlord uses a third-party payment portal to collect rental payments from tenants and if a transaction fee or other charge is imposed through the portal on rental payments made by e-check or other means, then the landlord shall allow the tenant to make rental payments by delivering a paper check to the landlord or the landlord's business office or by means that do not require the tenant to pay the transaction fee or other charge.