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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0341
Introduced 1/27/2009, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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815 ILCS 315/1 |
from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1901 |
815 ILCS 315/3 new |
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Amends the Check Cashing Act. Provides that, if a casino-based electronic check acceptance service has taken part in a casino-based transaction involving a check that is dishonored, then a casino-based electronic check acceptance service may not recover treble damages from a person who writes a check for use in a casino-based transaction that is dishonored.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0341 |
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LRB096 04610 AMC 14667 b |
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Check Cashing Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 1 and
adding Section 3 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 315/1) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1901)
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| Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act: ,
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| "Merchant" means a person, firm,
association, partnership |
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| or corporation primarily engaged in the business
of selling |
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| tangible personal property at retail.
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| "Casino-based electronic check acceptance service" means |
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| any
check-guarantee, check-acceptance, check-co-signing, or |
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| check-risk-management
service that is performed by a firm that |
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| is engaged in the financial service
industry or in any
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| of the
financial service industry, provided that the service is |
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| performed as part of a
transaction involving a check that takes |
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| place on a riverboat subject to the Riverboat Gambling Act, or |
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| in a facility associated with the riverboat located within |
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| 1,000 feet of the riverboat.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-997.)
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| (815 ILCS 315/3 new)
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| Sec. 3. Casino-based electronic check acceptance services. |