Bill Text: IL HB1020 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Credit Card Issuance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning unlawful discrimination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1020 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1020-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Credit Card Issuance Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 1a as follows:
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6 | (815 ILCS 140/1a) (from Ch. 17, par. 6002)
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7 | Sec. 1a.
No person may be denied a credit card, upon proper
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8 | application therefor, solely on account of unlawful | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | discrimination, as defined
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and prohibited in Section 4-103 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
No question requesting any | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | information
concerning an applicant's marital status shall | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | appear on any credit card
application except in connection with | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | an application for a joint
account. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 81-1216.)
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