ERWIN-HUGHES-LOPEZ-GASH-BLACK. (RAUSCHENBERGER-PARKER-OBAMA) 205 ILCS 690/1 205 ILCS 690/5 205 ILCS 690/15 new 205 ILCS 690/20 new 205 ILCS 690/25 new 205 ILCS 690/30 new 205 ILCS 690/35 new 205 ILCS 690/36 new 205 ILCS 690/37 new 205 ILCS 690/38 new 205 ILCS 690/39 new Amends the Check Number Act. Changes the short title to the Check Printer and Check Number Act. Provides that persons not affiliated with a financial institution and engaged in the business of printing checks must register with the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate. Requires these check printers to verify the name, address, telephone number, and social security number of check purchasers and to refuse to distribute ordered checks if the information cannot be verified. Requires these check printers to post a bond. Creates a civil cause of action for persons damaged by a check printer's failure to verify. Authorizes minimum damages of $1,000 plus attorneys' fees. Provides that making a false statement on the registration form is a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Dpt. of Financial Institutions) HB 1113 would have no fiscal impact on the Dept. FISCAL NOTE (Office of Banks and Real Estate) The number of entities which would need to register is unknown, but if 200 check printers registered, OBRE estimates start-up costs of about $25,000, plus annual expenditures of $10,000. There is no provision for registration fees or some other way to recover costs. CORRECTIONAL NOTE HB1113 will have minimal fiscal and prison population impact. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 205 ILCS 690/40 new Replaces the title and everything after the enacting clause. Provides that a person other than a financial institution, person filling check orders on behalf or a financial institution, or person filling check orders under an existing contract must register with the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate. Requires registered check printers to post a bond. Requires check printers to obtain documentation from a person ordering checks verifying the accuracy of the information relating to that person's name, address, and account number. Authorizes a civil cause of action for persons injured by a failure to verify the accuracy of information. Provides that making false statements on a registration form constitutes a Class 3 felony. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds reference to: 205 ILCS 690/22 new Includes credit unions within the definition of the term "financial institution". Imposes a $50 annual registration fee to be deposited into the Bank and Trust Company Fund. 97-02-27 H FIRST READING 97-02-27 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HUGHES 97-02-27 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-02-28 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE FIN INSTIT 97-02-28 H RE-ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CONSUMER PROT 97-03-11 H FISCAL NOTE FILED 97-03-11 H COMMITTEE CONSUMER PROT 97-03-14 H FISCAL NOTE FILED 97-03-14 H COMMITTEE CONSUMER PROT 97-03-17 H CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED 97-03-17 H COMMITTEE CONSUMER PROT 97-03-20 H FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED MOFFITT 97-03-20 H COMMITTEE CONSUMER PROT 97-03-20 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LOPEZ 97-03-21 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-CONSUMER PROT H 97-03-21 H ADOPTED 97-03-21 H AMENDMENT NO. 02-CONSUMER PROT H 97-03-21 H ADOPTED 97-03-21 H DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-001 HCON 97-03-21 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-08 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-08 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-08 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GASH 97-04-09 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK 97-04-09 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 109-003-005 97-04-10 S ARRIVE IN SENATE 97-04-10 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-10 S CHIEF SPONSOR CULLERTON 97-04-10 S FIRST READING 97-04-10 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-04-14 S SPONSOR REMOVED CULLERTON 97-04-14 S ALTERNATE CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO RAUSCHENBERGER 97-04-14 S ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CULLERTON 97-04-15 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER 97-04-17 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE FIN INST 97-04-18 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OBAMA 97-05-01 S POSTPONED 97-05-08 S POSTPONED 97-05-08 S COMMITTEE FIN INST 97-05-10 S RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 3-9(A) RULES 99-01-12 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary