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1		AN ACT concerning State government.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Financial Institutions Code is amended by
5		changing Sections 1, 2, 4, 6, 6a, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, and 18 and
6		by adding Sections 18.2, 18.3, and 18.5 as follows:
7		(20 ILCS 1205/1) (from Ch. 17, par. 101)
8		Sec. 1. Short title. This Act shall be known and shall be
9		cited as the "Financial Institutions Act Code."
10		(Source: Laws 1957, p. 369.)
11		(20 ILCS 1205/2) (from Ch. 17, par. 102)
12		Sec. 2. Purpose. The purpose of the Financial Institutions
13		Act Code is to provide under the Governor for the orderly
14		administration and enforcement of laws relating to financial
15		institutions under the authority of the Governor.
16		(Source: Laws 1957, p. 369.)
17		(20 ILCS 1205/4) (from Ch. 17, par. 104)
18		Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act:
19		"Address of record" means the designated address recorded
20		by the Division in the applicant's application file or the
21		licensee's license file, as maintained by the Division.

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1		"Department" means the Department of Financial and
2		Professional Regulation.
3		"Director" means the Director or acting Director of the
4		Division of Financial Institutions and any authorized
5		representative of the Director.
6		"Division" means the Division of Financial Institutions of
7		the Department.
8		"Financial institutions" means ambulatory and community
9		currency exchanges, credit unions, guaranteed credit unions,
10		money transmitters, title insuring or guaranteeing companies
11		and their agents, consumer installment lenders, payday
12		lenders, sales finance agencies, consumer legal funding
13		companies, collection agencies, and any other person who
14		industry or business that offers services or products that are
15		regulated under any Act administered by the Director.
16		"License" means any certificate or authorization issued to
17		any person, party, or entity pursuant to any Act administered
18		by the Division.
19		"Licensee" means any person, party, or entity who is or
20		comes to be certified, chartered, registered, licensed, or
21		otherwise authorized by the Division pursuant to any Act
22		administered by the Division.
23		"Payday loan" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the
24		Payday Loan Reform Act.
25		"Person" means any individual, partnership, joint venture,
26		trust, estate, firm, corporation, cooperative society or

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1		association, or any other form of business association or
2		legal entity.
3		"Regulated person" means a person whose activities are
4		subject to an Act or rule that is administered by the Division.
5		"Regulated person" includes licensees as well as persons who
6		are lawfully or unlawfully unlicensed. "Regulated person" also
7		includes managers and owners of the licensee.
8		"Secretary" means the Secretary or acting Secretary of
9		Financial and Professional Regulation and any authorized
10		representative of the Secretary.
11		(Source: P.A. 102-975, eff. 1-1-23.)
12		(20 ILCS 1205/6)
13		Sec. 6. General powers and duties. In addition to the
14		powers and duties provided by law and imposed elsewhere in
15		this Act, the Division has the following powers and duties:
16		(1) To administer and enforce the Consumer Installment
17		Loan Act and its implementing rules.
18		(2) To administer and enforce the Currency Exchange
19		Act and its implementing rules.
20		(3) To administer and enforce the Debt Management
21		Service Act and its implementing rules.
22		(4) To administer and enforce the Debt Settlement
23		Consumer Protection Act and its implementing rules.
24		(5) To administer and enforce the Illinois Development
25		Credit Corporation Act and its implementing rules.

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1		(6) To administer and enforce the Payday Loan Reform
2		Act and its implementing rules.
3		(7) To administer and enforce the Safety Deposit
4		License Act and its implementing rules.
5		(8) To administer and enforce the Sales Finance Agency
6		Act and its implementing rules.
7		(9) To administer and enforce the Title Insurance Act
8		and its implementing rules.
9		(10) To administer and enforce the Transmitters of
10		Money Act and its implementing rules.
11		(11) To administer and enforce the Predatory Loan
12		Prevention Act and its implementing rules.
13		(12) To administer and enforce the Motor Vehicle
14		Retail Installment Sales Act and its implementing rules.
15		(13) To administer and enforce the Retail Installment
16		Sales Act and its implementing rules.
17		(14) To administer and enforce the Illinois Credit
18		Union Act and its implementing rules.
19		(15) To administer and enforce the Collection Agency
20		Act and its implementing rules.
21		(16) To administer and enforce the Consumer Legal
22		Funding Act and its implementing rules.
23		(17) (16) To administer and enforce this Act and any
24		other Act administered by the Director or Division.
25		(17) If the Division is authorized or required by law
26		to consider some aspect of criminal history record

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1		information for the purpose of carrying out its statutory
2		powers and responsibilities, to obtain from the Illinois
3		State Police, upon request and payment of the fees
4		required by the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
5		Administrative Code of Illinois, pursuant to positive
6		identification, such information contained in State files
7		as is necessary to carry out the duties of the Division.
8		(18) To authorize and administer examinations to
9		ascertain the qualifications of applicants and licensees
10		for which the examination is held.
11		(19) To conduct hearings in proceedings to revoke,
12		suspend, refuse to renew, or take other disciplinary
13		action regarding licenses, charters, certifications,
14		registrations, or authorities of persons as authorized in
15		any Act administered by the Division.
16		Whenever the Division is authorized or required by law to
17		consider some aspect of criminal history record information
18		for the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and
19		responsibilities, then, upon request and payment of fees in
20		conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400 of the
21		Illinois State Police Law, the Illinois State Police is
22		authorized to furnish, pursuant to positive identification,
23		the information contained in State files that is necessary to
24		fulfill the request.
25		(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;
26		102-975, eff. 1-1-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)

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1		(20 ILCS 1205/6a) (from Ch. 17, par. 107)
2		Sec. 6a. The Secretary Director may, in accordance with
3		the The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, adopt
4		reasonable rules with respect to the administration and
5		enforcement of any Act the administration of which is vested
6		in the Division Director or the Department.
7		(Source: P.A. 81-205.)
8		(20 ILCS 1205/7) (from Ch. 17, par. 108)
9		Sec. 7. Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The
10		provisions of the "The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act",
11		as now or hereafter amended, are hereby expressly adopted and
12		incorporated herein as though a part of this Act, and shall
13		apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the
14		Division Director and the Department of Financial Institutions
15		under this Act. , except that the provisions of the
16		Administrative Procedure Act regarding contested cases shall
17		not apply to actions of the Director under Section 15.1 of "An
18		Act in relation to the definition, licensing and regulation of
19		community currency exchanges and ambulatory currency
20		exchanges, and the operators and employees thereof, and to
21		make an appropriation therefor, and to provide penalties and
22		remedies for the violation thereof", approved June 30, 1943,
23		as amended, or Sections 8 and 61 of "The Illinois Credit Union
24		Act".

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1		(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18.)
2		(20 ILCS 1205/8) (from Ch. 17, par. 109)
3		Sec. 8. Duties of the Secretary. The Secretary Director
4		shall direct and supervise all Department administrative and
5		technical activities, in addition to the duties imposed upon
6		the Secretary him elsewhere in this Act Code, and shall:
7		(1) Apply and carry out this Act Code and the laws and all
8		rules adopted in pursuance thereof.
9		(2) Appoint, subject to the provisions of the Personnel
10		Code, such employees of the Division Department and such
11		experts and special assistants as may be necessary to carry
12		out effectively the provisions of this Act Code.
13		(3) Foster and develop programs with financial
14		institutions, for the best interests of these institutions,
15		their services, and the People people of the State of
16		Illinois.
17		(4) Attend meetings of the Advisory Boards created by laws
18		relating to financial institutions.
19		(5) Make continuous studies and report his recommendations
20		to the Governor for the improvement of the Department.
21		(6) Make an annual report regarding the work of the
22		Department and such special reports as he may consider
23		desirable to the Governor, or as the Governor may request.
24		(5) (7) Perform any other lawful acts that the Secretary
25		which he may consider necessary or desirable to carry out the

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1		purposes and provisions of this Act Law.
2		(Source: Laws 1957, p. 369.)
3		(20 ILCS 1205/15) (from Ch. 17, par. 116)
4		Sec. 15. Pending actions and proceedings. This Act shall
5		not affect any act done, ratified or confirmed or any right
6		accrued or established, or affect or abate any action or
7		proceeding had or commenced in a civil or criminal cause
8		before this Act takes effect; but such actions or proceedings
9		may be prosecuted and continued by the Division Department of
10		Financial Institutions.
11		(Source: Laws 1957, p. 369.)
12		(20 ILCS 1205/16) (from Ch. 17, par. 117)
13		Sec. 16. Director and supervisors. The Governor shall, by
14		and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a
15		Director of the Division, who shall oversee the Division and
16		who shall report to the Secretary. There shall be a Supervisor
17		of Consumer Credit, a Supervisor of Currency Exchanges, a
18		Supervisor of Title Insurance, and a Supervisor of Credit
19		Unions. The respective supervisors Supervisors shall be
20		appointed by and responsible to the Director and shall be
21		administratively responsible within the Department for the
22		financial institutions and title insurance entities to which
23		their appointments pertain. The Secretary may appoint other
24		supervisory staff as deemed necessary to implement Acts the

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1		Division administers.
2		(Source: P.A. 99-549, eff. 7-15-16.)
3		(20 ILCS 1205/17) (from Ch. 17, par. 118)
4		Sec. 17. Prohibited interests. Neither the Secretary, the
5		Director, nor any supervisor in the Division, nor any examiner
6		in the Division shall be an officer, director, owner, or
7		shareholder of, or a partner in, or have any proprietary
8		interest, direct or indirect, in any financial institution
9		under the jurisdiction of the Division. However, ; provided,
10		however, that ownership of withdrawable capital accounts or
11		shares in credit unions and ownership of diversified
12		investment funds, employee benefit plans, pensions, retirement
13		and thrift saving plans, or similar financial instruments in
14		which the employee has no ability to exercise control over or
15		selection of the financial interests held by the fund are
16		permitted shall not be deemed to be prevented hereby. If the
17		Secretary, Director, or any supervisor, or examiner within the
18		Division is a , shall be a shareholder, or partner in, or an
19		owner of or has have any interest, direct or indirect, in any
20		such financial institution under the jurisdiction of the
21		Division at the time of his appointment, that person he shall
22		dispose of the his shares of stock or other evidences of
23		ownership or property within 120 days from the date of his
24		appointment. It is unlawful for the Secretary, Director, or
25		any supervisor or examiner within the Division to obtain or

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1		repay any loan, product, or service from a financial
2		institution subject to the jurisdiction of the Division on
3		terms more favorable than those offered to the general public.
4		The Secretary is authorized to adopt rules to implement or
5		interpret this Section. It is unlawful for the Director, any
6		supervisor or examiner to obtain any loan or gratuity from a
7		financial institution subject to the jurisdiction of the
8		Department as herein provided. If any other employee of the
9		Department borrows from or becomes indebted in an aggregate
10		amount of $2,500 or more to any financial institution subject
11		to the jurisdiction of the Department, he shall make a written
12		report to the Director stating the date and amount of such loan
13		or indebtedness, the security therefor, if any, and the
14		purpose or purposes for which proceeds have been or are to be
15		used.
16		(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
17		(20 ILCS 1205/18) (from Ch. 17, par. 119)
18		Sec. 18. Oaths; subpoenas; penalty.
19		(a) At any time during the course of any investigation or
20		hearing conducted pursuant to any Act administered by the
21		Division, the Secretary The Director shall have the power to
22		administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, take evidence, and
23		compel the production of any books, records, or any other
24		documents that the Secretary deems relevant or and papers
25		pertinent to any investigation or hearing regarding the

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1		operation of any financial institution. Witnesses in
2		investigations or hearings conducted under this Section are
3		entitled to the same fees and mileage, and in the same manner,
4		as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in civil cases of
5		this State.
6		(b) Any person who fails to appear in response to a
7		subpoena, or to answer any question, to or produce any books,
8		and papers, records, or any documents deemed relevant or
9		pertinent to such investigation or hearing, or who knowingly
10		gives false testimony therein, is guilty of a Class A
11		misdemeanor. Each violation shall constitute a separate and
12		distinct offense. In addition to initiating criminal
13		proceedings through referral, the Division, through the
14		Attorney General, may seek enforcement of any such subpoena in
15		any circuit court of this State.
16		(Source: P.A. 77-2594.)
17		(20 ILCS 1205/18.2 new)
18		Sec. 18.2. Court order requiring attendance of witnesses
19		or production of materials. Upon application by the Division,
20		any Illinois circuit court may enter an order to enforce a
21		subpoena issued by the Division for the attendance of
22		witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers or
23		other documents deemed relevant or pertinent before the
24		Division in any hearing relative to the denial of an
25		application, refusal to renew, suspension, revocation, placing

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1		on probationary status, reprimand, fine, or the taking of any
2		other disciplinary action as may be authorized in any Act
3		administered by the Division. The court may compel obedience
4		to its order through proceedings for contempt.
5		(20 ILCS 1205/18.3 new)
6		Sec. 18.3. Perjury; penalty. The Secretary may require any
7		document filed under any Act administered or rule adopted by
8		the Division to be verified or contain a written affirmation
9		that it is signed under the penalties of perjury. Any person
10		who knowingly signs a fraudulent document commits perjury as
11		defined in Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012 and shall
12		be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
13		(20 ILCS 1205/18.5 new)
14		Sec. 18.5. Consent orders and settlement agreements. The
15		Secretary may enter into a consent order or settlement
16		agreement at any time with a regulated person to resolve a
17		matter arising under this Act or any other Act under the
18		jurisdiction of the Division. A consent order or settlement
19		agreement need not constitute an admission by a regulated
20		person that this Act or a rule or order issued or adopted under
21		this Act or any Act under the jurisdiction of the Division has
22		been violated, nor need it constitute a finding by the
23		Secretary that the person has violated this Act or a rule or
24		order adopted under this Act or any Act under the jurisdiction

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1		of the Division. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as
2		requiring a regulated person to enter a consent order or
3		settlement agreement with the Secretary.
4		(20 ILCS 1205/9 rep.)
5		(20 ILCS 1205/10 rep.)
6		(20 ILCS 1205/11 rep.)
7		(20 ILCS 1205/12 rep.)
8		(20 ILCS 1205/13 rep.)
9		(20 ILCS 1205/13.5 rep.)
10		(20 ILCS 1205/14 rep.)
11		Section 10. The Financial Institutions Code is amended by
12		repealing Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13.5, and 14.
13		Section 15. The Currency Exchange Act is amended by
14		changing Section 19 as follows:
15		(205 ILCS 405/19) (from Ch. 17, par. 4835)
16		Sec. 19. The Department may make and enforce such
17		reasonable rules, directions, orders, decisions and findings
18		as the execution and enforcement of the provisions of this Act
19		require, and as are not inconsistent within this Act. All such
20		rules, directions, orders, decisions and findings shall be
21		filed and entered by the Secretary in an indexed permanent
22		book or record, or electronic record, with the effective date
23		thereof suitably indicated, and such book or record shall be a

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1		public document. All rules and directions, which are of a
2		general character, shall be made available in electronic form
3		to all licensees within 10 days after filing and any changes
4		shall be emailed to all licensees shall receive by mail notice
5		of any changes. Copies of all findings, orders and decisions
6		shall be mailed to the parties affected thereby by United
7		States mail within 5 days of such filing.
8		The Department shall adopt rules concerning classes of
9		violations, which may include continuing violations of this
10		Act, and factors in mitigation of violations.
11		(Source: P.A. 99-445, eff. 1-1-16.)
12		Section 20. The Sales Finance Agency Act is amended by
13		changing Section 8 as follows:
14		(205 ILCS 660/8) (from Ch. 17, par. 5208)
15		Sec. 8. The Department may deny an application for a
16		license, deny an application for renewal of a license, or
17		suspend or revoke a license on any of the grounds listed in
18		Sections 8.1 through 8.14 and the Financial Institutions Act.
19		(Source: P.A. 90-437, eff. 1-1-98.)
20		Section 25. The Consumer Installment Loan Act is amended
21		by changing Sections 9, 15 and 20.5 as follows:
22		(205 ILCS 670/9) (from Ch. 17, par. 5409)

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1		Sec. 9. Fines, Suspension or Revocation of license.
2		(a) The Director may fine a licensee or any other person or
3		entity doing business without the required license , after 10
4		days notice by registered mail to the licensee at the address
5		set forth in the license, stating the contemplated action and
6		in general the grounds therefor, fine such licensee an amount
7		not exceeding $10,000 per violation, or revoke or suspend any
8		license issued hereunder if he or she finds that:
9		(1) The licensee has failed to comply with any
10		provision of this Act or any order, decision, finding,
11		rule, regulation or direction of the Director lawfully
12		made pursuant to the authority of this Act; or
13		(2) Any fact or condition exists which, if it had
14		existed at the time of the original application for the
15		license, clearly would have warranted the Director in
16		refusing to issue the license.
17		(a-5) All orders issued pursuant to this Act shall be
18		served on the licensee, person, or entity with notice of his or
19		her action, including a statement of the reasons for his or her
20		actions, either personally, or by certified mail. Service by
21		certified mail shall be deemed completed when the notice is
22		deposited in the U.S. Mail.
23		(b) The Director may fine, suspend, or revoke only the
24		particular license with respect to which grounds for the fine,
25		revocation or suspension occur or exist, but if the Director
26		shall find that grounds for revocation are of general

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1		application to all offices or to more than one office of the
2		licensee, the Director shall fine, suspend, or revoke every
3		license to which such grounds apply.
4		(c) (Blank).
5		(d) No revocation, suspension, or surrender of any license
6		shall impair or affect the obligation of any pre-existing
7		lawful contract between the licensee and any obligor.
8		(e) The Director may issue a new license to a licensee
9		whose license has been revoked when facts or conditions which
10		clearly would have warranted the Director in refusing
11		originally to issue the license no longer exist.
12		(f) (Blank).
13		(g) In every case in which a license is suspended or
14		revoked or an application for a license or renewal of a license
15		is denied, the Director shall serve the licensee with notice
16		of his or her action, including a statement of the reasons for
17		his or her actions, either personally, or by certified mail,
18		return receipt requested. Service by certified mail shall be
19		deemed completed when the notice is deposited in the U.S.
20		Mail.
21		(h) An order assessing a fine, an order revoking or
22		suspending a license or, an order denying renewal of a license
23		shall take effect upon service of the order unless the
24		licensee requests, in writing, within 10 days after the date
25		of service, a hearing. In the event a hearing is requested, the
26		order shall be stayed until a final administrative order is

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1		entered.
2		(i) If the licensee requests a hearing, the Director shall
3		schedule a preliminary hearing within 30 days after the
4		request for a hearing unless otherwise agreed to by the
5		parties.
6		(j) The hearing shall be held at the time and place
7		designated by the Director. The Director and any
8		administrative law judge designated by him or her shall have
9		the power to administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena
10		witnesses and compel their attendance, take evidence, and
11		require the production of books, papers, correspondence, and
12		other records or information that he or she considers relevant
13		or material to the inquiry.
14		(k) The costs for the administrative hearing shall be set
15		by rule.
16		(l) The Director shall have the authority to prescribe
17		rules for the administration of this Section.
18		(m) The Department shall establish by rule and publish a
19		schedule of fines that are reasonably tailored to ensure
20		compliance with the provisions of this Act and which include
21		remedial measures intended to improve licensee compliance.
22		Such rules shall set forth the standards and procedures to be
23		used in imposing any such fines and remedies.
24		(Source: P.A. 98-209, eff. 1-1-14.)
25		(205 ILCS 670/15) (from Ch. 17, par. 5415)

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1		Sec. 15. Charges permitted.
2		(a) Every licensee may lend a principal amount not
3		exceeding $40,000 and may charge, contract for and receive
4		thereon interest at an annual percentage rate of no more than
5		36%, subject to the provisions of this Act. For purposes of
6		this Section, the annual percentage rate shall be calculated
7		as such rate is calculated using the system for calculating a
8		military annual percentage rate under Section 232.4 of Title
9		32 of the Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on the
10		effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
11		Assembly.
12		(b) For purpose of this Section, the following terms shall
13		have the meanings ascribed herein.
14		"Applicable interest" for a precomputed loan contract
15		means the amount of interest attributable to each monthly
16		installment period. It is computed as if each installment
17		period were one month and any interest charged for extending
18		the first installment period beyond one month is ignored. The
19		applicable interest for any monthly installment period is that
20		portion of the precomputed interest that bears the same ratio
21		to the total precomputed interest as the balances scheduled to
22		be outstanding during that month bear to the sum of all
23		scheduled monthly outstanding balances in the original
24		contract.
25		"Interest-bearing loan" means a loan in which the debt is
26		expressed as a principal amount plus interest charged on

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1		actual unpaid principal balances for the time actually
2		outstanding.
3		"Precomputed loan" means a loan in which the debt is
4		expressed as the sum of the original principal amount plus
5		interest computed actuarially in advance, assuming all
6		payments will be made when scheduled.
7		"Substantially equal installment" includes a last
8		regularly scheduled payment that may be less than, but not
9		more than 5% larger than, the previous scheduled payment
10		according to a disclosed payment schedule agreed to by the
11		parties.
12		(c) Loans may be interest-bearing or precomputed.
13		(d) To compute time for either interest-bearing or
14		precomputed loans for the calculation of interest and other
15		purposes, a month shall be a calendar month and a day shall be
16		considered 1/30th of a month when calculation is made for a
17		fraction of a month. A month shall be 1/12th of a year. A
18		calendar month is that period from a given date in one month to
19		the same numbered date in the following month, and if there is
20		no same numbered date, to the last day of the following month.
21		When a period of time includes a month and a fraction of a
22		month, the fraction of the month is considered to follow the
23		whole month. In the alternative, for interest-bearing loans,
24		the licensee may charge interest at the rate of 1/365th of the
25		agreed annual rate for each day actually elapsed.
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1		extension of credit to a consumer on the consumer's repayment
2		by preauthorized electronic fund transfers. Payment options,
3		including, but not limited to, electronic fund transfers and
4		Automatic Clearing House (ACH) transactions may be offered to
5		consumers as a choice and method of payment chosen by the
6		consumer.
7		(e) With respect to interest-bearing loans:
8		(1) Interest shall be computed on unpaid principal
9		balances outstanding from time to time, for the time
10		outstanding, until fully paid. Each payment shall be
11		applied first to the accumulated interest and the
12		remainder of the payment applied to the unpaid principal
13		balance; provided however, that if the amount of the
14		payment is insufficient to pay the accumulated interest,
15		the unpaid interest continues to accumulate to be paid
16		from the proceeds of subsequent payments and is not added
17		to the principal balance.
18		(2) Interest shall not be payable in advance or
19		compounded. However, if part or all of the consideration
20		for a new loan contract is the unpaid principal balance of
21		a prior loan, then the principal amount payable under the
22		new loan contract may include any unpaid interest which
23		has accrued. The unpaid principal balance of a precomputed
24		loan is the balance due after refund or credit of unearned
25		interest as provided in paragraph (f), clause (3). The
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1		loan transaction for all purposes.
2		(3) Loans must be fully amortizing and be repayable in
3		substantially equal and consecutive weekly, biweekly,
4		semimonthly, or monthly installments. Notwithstanding this
5		requirement, rates may vary according to an index that is
6		independently verifiable and beyond the control of the
7		licensee.
8		(4) The lender or creditor may, if the contract
9		provides, collect a delinquency or collection charge on
10		each installment in default for a period of not less than
11		10 days in an amount not exceeding 5% of the installment on
12		installments in excess of $200, or $10 on installments of
13		$200 or less, but only one delinquency and collection
14		charge may be collected on any installment regardless of
15		the period during which it remains in default.
16		(f) With respect to precomputed loans:
17		(1) Loans shall be repayable in substantially equal
18		and consecutive weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly
19		installments of principal and interest combined, except
20		that the first installment period may be longer than one
21		month by not more than 15 days, and the first installment
22		payment amount may be larger than the remaining payments
23		by the amount of interest charged for the extra days; and
24		provided further that monthly installment payment dates
25		may be omitted to accommodate borrowers with seasonal
26		income.

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1		(2) Payments may be applied to the combined total of
2		principal and precomputed interest until the loan is fully
3		paid. Payments shall be applied in the order in which they
4		become due, except that any insurance proceeds received as
5		a result of any claim made on any insurance, unless
6		sufficient to prepay the contract in full, may be applied
7		to the unpaid installments of the total of payments in
8		inverse order.
9		(3) When any loan contract is paid in full by cash,
10		renewal or refinancing, or a new loan, one month or more
11		before the final installment due date, a licensee shall
12		refund or credit the obligor with the total of the
13		applicable interest for all fully unexpired installment
14		periods, as originally scheduled or as deferred, which
15		follow the day of prepayment; provided, if the prepayment
16		occurs prior to the first installment due date, the
17		licensee may retain 1/30 of the applicable interest for a
18		first installment period of one month for each day from
19		the date of the loan to the date of prepayment, and shall
20		refund or credit the obligor with the balance of the total
21		interest contracted for. If the maturity of the loan is
22		accelerated for any reason and judgment is entered, the
23		licensee shall credit the borrower with the same refund as
24		if prepayment in full had been made on the date the
25		judgment judgement is entered.
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1		provides, collect a delinquency or collection charge on
2		each installment in default for a period of not less than
3		10 days in an amount not exceeding 5% of the installment on
4		installments in excess of $200, or $10 on installments of
5		$200 or less, but only one delinquency or collection
6		charge may be collected on any installment regardless of
7		the period during which it remains in default.
8		(5) If the parties agree in writing, either in the
9		loan contract or in a subsequent agreement, to a deferment
10		of wholly unpaid installments, a licensee may grant a
11		deferment and may collect a deferment charge as provided
12		in this Section. A deferment postpones the scheduled due
13		date of the earliest unpaid installment and all subsequent
14		installments as originally scheduled, or as previously
15		deferred, for a period equal to the deferment period. The
16		deferment period is that period during which no
17		installment is scheduled to be paid by reason of the
18		deferment. The deferment charge for a one-month one month
19		period may not exceed the applicable interest for the
20		installment period immediately following the due date of
21		the last undeferred payment. A proportionate charge may be
22		made for deferment for periods of more or less than one
23		month. A deferment charge is earned pro rata during the
24		deferment period and is fully earned on the last day of the
25		deferment period. Should a loan be prepaid in full during
26		a deferment period, the licensee shall credit to the

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1		obligor a refund of the unearned deferment charge in
2		addition to any other refund or credit made for prepayment
3		of the loan in full.
4		(6) If 2 two or more installments are delinquent one
5		full month or more on any due date, and if the contract so
6		provides, the licensee may reduce the unpaid balance by
7		the refund credit which would be required for prepayment
8		in full on the due date of the most recent maturing
9		installment in default. Thereafter, and in lieu of any
10		other default or deferment charges, the agreed rate of
11		interest may be charged on the unpaid balance until fully
12		paid.
13		(7) Fifteen days after the final installment as
14		originally scheduled or deferred, the licensee, for any
15		loan contract which has not previously been converted to
16		interest-bearing under paragraph (f), clause (6), may
17		compute and charge interest on any balance remaining
18		unpaid, including unpaid default or deferment charges, at
19		the agreed rate of interest until fully paid. At the time
20		of payment of said final installment, the licensee shall
21		give notice to the obligor stating any amounts unpaid.
22		(Source: P.A. 101-563, eff. 8-23-19; 101-658, eff. 3-23-21.)
23		(205 ILCS 670/20.5)
24		Sec. 20.5. Cease and desist.
25		(a) The Director may issue a cease and desist order to any

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1		licensee, or other person or entity doing business without the
2		required license, when in the opinion of the Director, the
3		licensee, or other person or entity, has violated, is
4		violating, or is about to violate any provision of this Act or
5		any rule or requirement imposed in writing by the Department
6		as a condition of granting any authorization permitted by this
7		Act.
8		(b) The Director may issue a cease and desist order prior
9		to a hearing.
10		(c) The Director shall serve notice of his or her action,
11		designated as a cease and desist order made pursuant to this
12		Section, including a statement of the reasons for the action,
13		either personally or by certified mail, return receipt
14		requested. Service by certified mail shall be deemed completed
15		when the notice is deposited in the U.S. mail.
16		(d) Within 15 days of service of the cease and desist
17		order, the licensee or other person may request, in writing, a
18		hearing.
19		(e) The Director shall schedule a preliminary hearing
20		within 30 days after the request for a hearing unless
21		otherwise agreed to by the parties.
22		(f) The Director shall have the authority to prescribe
23		rules for the administration of this Section.
24		(g) If it is determined that the Director had the
25		authority to issue the cease and desist order, he or she may
26		issue such orders as may be reasonably necessary to correct,

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1		eliminate, or remedy such conduct.
2		(h) The powers vested in the Director by this Section are
3		additional to any and all other powers and remedies vested in
4		the Director by law, and nothing in this Section shall be
5		construed as requiring that the Director shall employ the
6		power conferred in this Section instead of or as a condition
7		precedent to the exercise of any other power or remedy vested
8		in the Director.
9		(i) The cost for the administrative hearing shall be set
10		by rule.
11		(Source: P.A. 90-437, eff. 1-1-98.)
12		Section 35. The Collection Agency Act is amended by
13		changing Section 13.2 as follows:
14		(205 ILCS 740/13.2) (was 225 ILCS 425/13.2)
15		(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
16		Sec. 13.2. Powers and duties of Department. The Department
17		shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed by the
18		Financial Institutions Act Code for the administration of
19		licensing Acts and shall exercise such other powers and duties
20		necessary for effectuating the purposes of this Act.
21		Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Department may:
22		(1) Conduct hearings on proceedings to refuse to issue
23		or renew or to revoke licenses or suspend, place on
24		probation, or reprimand persons licensed under this Act.

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1		(2) To adopt rules consistent with the purposes of
2		this Act, including, but not limited to: (i) rules in
3		connection with the activities of collection agencies as
4		may be necessary and appropriate for the protection of
5		consumers in this State; (ii) rules as may be necessary
6		and appropriate to define and enforce against improper or
7		fraudulent business practices in connection with the
8		activities of collection agencies; (iii) rules that define
9		the terms used in this Act and as may be necessary and
10		appropriate to interpret and implement the provisions of
11		this Act; and (iv) rules as may be necessary for the
12		enforcement of this Act.
13		(3) Obtain written recommendations from the Board
14		regarding standards of professional conduct, formal
15		disciplinary actions and the formulation of rules
16		affecting these matters. Notice of proposed rulemaking
17		shall be transmitted to the Board and the Department shall
18		review the response of the Board and any recommendations
19		made in the response. The Department may solicit the
20		advice of the Board on any matter relating to the
21		administration and enforcement of this Act.
22		(4) (Blank).
23		(Source: P.A. 102-975, eff. 1-1-23.)
24		Section 40. The Payday Loan Reform Act is amended by
25		changing Section 4-10 as follows:

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1		(815 ILCS 122/4-10)
2		Sec. 4-10. Enforcement and remedies.
3		(a) The remedies provided in this Act are cumulative and
4		apply to persons or entities subject to this Act.
5		(b) Any material violation of this Act, including the
6		commission of an act prohibited under Section 4-5, constitutes
7		a violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
8		Practices Act.
9		(c) If any provision of the written agreement described in
10		subsection (b) of Section 2-20 violates this Act, then that
11		provision is unenforceable against the consumer.
12		(d) Subject to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
13		the Secretary may hold hearings, make findings of fact,
14		conclusions of law, issue cease and desist orders, have the
15		power to issue fines of up to $10,000 per violation, refer the
16		matter to the appropriate law enforcement agency for
17		prosecution under this Act, and suspend or revoke a license
18		granted under this Act. All proceedings shall be open to the
19		public.
20		(e) The Secretary may issue a cease and desist order to any
21		licensee or other person or entity doing business without the
22		required license, when in the opinion of the Secretary the
23		licensee or other person or entity has violated, is violating,
24		or is about to violate any provision of this Act or any rule or
25		requirement imposed in writing by the Department as a

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1		condition of granting any authorization permitted by this Act.
2		The cease and desist order permitted by this subsection (e)
3		may be issued prior to a hearing.
4		The Secretary shall serve notice of his or her action,
5		including, but not limited to, a statement of the reasons for
6		the action, either personally or by certified mail, return
7		receipt requested. Service by certified mail shall be deemed
8		completed when the notice is deposited in the U.S. Mail.
9		Within 10 days of service of the cease and desist order,
10		the licensee or other person may request a hearing in writing.
11		The Secretary shall schedule a hearing within 30 days after
12		the request for a hearing unless otherwise agreed to by the
13		parties.
14		If it is determined that the Secretary had the authority
15		to issue the cease and desist order, he or she may issue such
16		orders as may be reasonably necessary to correct, eliminate,
17		or remedy the conduct.
18		The powers vested in the Secretary by this subsection (e)
19		are additional to any and all other powers and remedies vested
20		in the Secretary by law, and nothing in this subsection (e)
21		shall be construed as requiring that the Secretary shall
22		employ the power conferred in this subsection instead of or as
23		a condition precedent to the exercise of any other power or
24		remedy vested in the Secretary.
25		(f) The Secretary may, after 10 days notice by registered
26		mail to the licensee at the address set forth in the license

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1		stating the contemplated action and in general the grounds
2		therefore, fine a the licensee or other person or entity doing
3		business without the required license an amount not exceeding
4		$10,000 per violation, or revoke or suspend any license issued
5		hereunder if he or she finds that:
6		(1) the licensee has failed to comply with any
7		provision of this Act or any order, decision, finding,
8		rule, regulation, or direction of the Secretary lawfully
9		made pursuant to the authority of this Act; or
10		(2) any fact or condition exists which, if it had
11		existed at the time of the original application for the
12		license, clearly would have warranted the Secretary in
13		refusing to issue the license.
14		The Secretary may fine, suspend, or revoke only the
15		particular license with respect to which grounds for the fine,
16		revocation, or suspension occur or exist, but if the Secretary
17		finds that grounds for revocation are of general application
18		to all offices or to more than one office of the licensee, the
19		Secretary shall fine, suspend, or revoke every license to
20		which the grounds apply.
21		The Department shall establish by rule and publish a
22		schedule of fines that are reasonably tailored to ensure
23		compliance with the provisions of this Act and which include
24		remedial measures intended to improve licensee compliance.
25		Such rules shall set forth the standards and procedures to be
26		used in imposing any such fines and remedies.

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1		No revocation, suspension, or surrender of any license
2		shall impair or affect the obligation of any pre-existing
3		lawful contract between the licensee and any obligor.
4		The Secretary may issue a new license to a licensee whose
5		license has been revoked when facts or conditions which
6		clearly would have warranted the Secretary in refusing
7		originally to issue the license no longer exist.
8		In every case in which a license is suspended or revoked or
9		an application for a license or renewal of a license is denied,
10		the Secretary shall serve the licensee or other person or
11		entity doing business without the required license with notice
12		of his or her action, including a statement of the reasons for
13		his or her actions, either personally, or by certified mail,
14		return receipt requested. Service by certified mail shall be
15		deemed completed when the notice is deposited in the U.S.
16		Mail.
17		An order assessing a fine, an order revoking or suspending
18		a license, or an order denying renewal of a license shall take
19		effect upon service of the order unless the licensee requests
20		a hearing, in writing, within 10 days after the date of
21		service. In the event a hearing is requested, the order shall
22		be stayed until a final administrative order is entered.
23		If the licensee requests a hearing, the Secretary shall
24		schedule a preliminary hearing within 30 days after the
25		request for a hearing unless otherwise agreed to by the
26		parties.

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1		The hearing shall be held at the time and place designated
2		by the Secretary. The Secretary and any administrative law
3		judge designated by him or her shall have the power to
4		administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses and
5		compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the
6		production of books, papers, correspondence, and other records
7		or information that he or she considers relevant or material
8		to the inquiry.
9		(g) The costs of administrative hearings conducted
10		pursuant to this Section shall be paid by the licensee.
11		(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
12		if a lender who does not have a license issued under this Act
13		makes a loan pursuant to this Act to an Illinois consumer, then
14		the loan shall be null and void and the lender who made the
15		loan shall have no right to collect, receive, or retain any
16		principal, interest, or charges related to the loan.
17		(Source: P.A. 97-1039, eff. 1-1-13; 98-209, eff. 1-1-14.)
18		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19		becoming law.
HB5538 Engrossed - 33 - LRB103 37882 RTM 68013 b 1 INDEX 2 Statutes amended in order of appearance 3 20 ILCS 1205/1 from Ch. 17, par. 101 4 20 ILCS 1205/2 from Ch. 17, par. 102 5 20 ILCS 1205/4 from Ch. 17, par. 104 6 20 ILCS 1205/6 7 20 ILCS 1205/6a from Ch. 17, par. 107 8 20 ILCS 1205/7 from Ch. 17, par. 108 9 20 ILCS 1205/8 from Ch. 17, par. 109 10 20 ILCS 1205/15 from Ch. 17, par. 116 11 20 ILCS 1205/16 from Ch. 17, par. 117 12 20 ILCS 1205/17 from Ch. 17, par. 118 13 20 ILCS 1205/18 from Ch. 17, par. 119 14 20 ILCS 1205/18.2 new 15 20 ILCS 1205/18.3 new 16 20 ILCS 1205/18.4 new 17 20 ILCS 1205/18.5 new 18 20 ILCS 1205/9 rep. 19 20 ILCS 1205/10 rep. 20 20 ILCS 1205/11 rep. 21 20 ILCS 1205/12 rep. 22 20 ILCS 1205/13 rep. 23 20 ILCS 1205/13.5 rep. 24 20 ILCS 1205/14 rep. 25 205 ILCS 405/19 from Ch. 17, par. 4835 HB5538 Engrossed - 34 - LRB103 37882 RTM 68013 b