Public Act 101-0563

SB1758 Enrolled LRB101 10278 AMC 55383 b

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Consumer Installment Loan Act is amended by

changing Section 15 as follows:

(205 ILCS 670/15) (from Ch. 17, par. 5415)

Sec. 15. Charges permitted.

(a) Every licensee may lend a principal amount not

exceeding $40,000 and, except as to small consumer loans as

defined in this Section, may charge, contract for and receive

thereon interest at an annual percentage rate of no more than

36%, subject to the provisions of this Act; provided, however,

that the limitation on the annual percentage rate contained in

this subsection (a) does not apply to title-secured loans,

which are loans upon which interest is charged at an annual

percentage rate exceeding 36%, in which, at commencement, an

obligor provides to the licensee, as security for the loan,

physical possession of the obligor's title to a motor vehicle,

and upon which a licensee may charge, contract for, and receive

thereon interest at the rate agreed upon by the licensee and

borrower. For purposes of this Section, the annual percentage

rate shall be calculated in accordance with the federal Truth

in Lending Act.

(b) For purpose of this Section, the following terms shall

have the meanings ascribed herein.

"Applicable interest" for a precomputed loan contract

means the amount of interest attributable to each monthly

installment period. It is computed as if each installment

period were one month and any interest charged for extending

the first installment period beyond one month is ignored. The

applicable interest for any monthly installment period is, for

loans other than small consumer loans as defined in this

Section, that portion of the precomputed interest that bears

the same ratio to the total precomputed interest as the

balances scheduled to be outstanding during that month bear to

the sum of all scheduled monthly outstanding balances in the

original contract. With respect to a small consumer loan, the

applicable interest for any installment period is that portion

of the precomputed monthly installment account handling charge

attributable to the installment period calculated based on a

method at least as favorable to the consumer as the actuarial

method, as defined by the federal Truth in Lending Act.

"Interest-bearing loan" means a loan in which the debt is

expressed as a principal amount plus interest charged on actual

unpaid principal balances for the time actually outstanding.

"Precomputed loan" means a loan in which the debt is

expressed as the sum of the original principal amount plus

interest computed actuarially in advance, assuming all

payments will be made when scheduled.

"Small consumer loan" means a loan upon which interest is

charged at an annual percentage rate exceeding 36% and with an

amount financed of $4,000 or less. "Small consumer loan" does

not include a title-secured loan as defined by subsection (a)

of this Section or a payday loan as defined by the Payday Loan

Reform Act.

"Substantially equal installment" includes a last

regularly scheduled payment that may be less than, but not more

than 5% larger than, the previous scheduled payment according

to a disclosed payment schedule agreed to by the parties.

(c) Loans may be interest-bearing or precomputed.

(d) To compute time for either interest-bearing or

precomputed loans for the calculation of interest and other

purposes, a month shall be a calendar month and a day shall be

considered 1/30th of a month when calculation is made for a

fraction of a month. A month shall be 1/12th of a year. A

calendar month is that period from a given date in one month to

the same numbered date in the following month, and if there is

no same numbered date, to the last day of the following month.

When a period of time includes a month and a fraction of a

month, the fraction of the month is considered to follow the

whole month. In the alternative, for interest-bearing loans,

the licensee may charge interest at the rate of 1/365th of the

agreed annual rate for each day actually elapsed.

(d-5) No licensee or other person may condition an

extension of credit to a consumer on the consumer's repayment

by preauthorized electronic fund transfers. Payment options,

including, but not limited to, electronic fund transfers and

Automatic Clearing House (ACH) transactions may be offered to

consumers as a choice and method of payment chosen by the

consumer.

(e) With respect to interest-bearing loans:

(1) Interest shall be computed on unpaid principal

balances outstanding from time to time, for the time

outstanding, until fully paid. Each payment shall be

applied first to the accumulated interest and the remainder

of the payment applied to the unpaid principal balance;

provided however, that if the amount of the payment is

insufficient to pay the accumulated interest, the unpaid

interest continues to accumulate to be paid from the

proceeds of subsequent payments and is not added to the

principal balance.

(2) Interest shall not be payable in advance or

compounded. However, if part or all of the consideration

for a new loan contract is the unpaid principal balance of

a prior loan, then the principal amount payable under the

new loan contract may include any unpaid interest which has

accrued. The unpaid principal balance of a precomputed loan

is the balance due after refund or credit of unearned

interest as provided in paragraph (f), clause (3). The

resulting loan contract shall be deemed a new and separate

loan transaction for all purposes.

(3) Loans must be fully amortizing and be repayable in

substantially equal and consecutive weekly, biweekly,

semimonthly, or monthly installments. Notwithstanding this

requirement, rates may vary according to an index that is

independently verifiable and beyond the control of the

licensee.

(4) The lender or creditor may, if the contract

provides, collect a delinquency or collection charge on

each installment in default for a period of not less than

10 days in an amount not exceeding 5% of the installment on

installments in excess of $200, or $10 on installments of

$200 or less, but only one delinquency and collection

charge may be collected on any installment regardless of

the period during which it remains in default.

(f) With respect to precomputed loans:

(1) Loans shall be repayable in substantially equal and

consecutive weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly

installments of principal and interest combined, except

that the first installment period may be longer than one

month by not more than 15 days, and the first installment

payment amount may be larger than the remaining payments by

the amount of interest charged for the extra days; and

provided further that monthly installment payment dates

may be omitted to accommodate borrowers with seasonal

income.

(2) Payments may be applied to the combined total of

principal and precomputed interest until the loan is fully

paid. Payments shall be applied in the order in which they

become due, except that any insurance proceeds received as

a result of any claim made on any insurance, unless

sufficient to prepay the contract in full, may be applied

to the unpaid installments of the total of payments in

inverse order.

(3) When any loan contract is paid in full by cash,

renewal or refinancing, or a new loan, one month or more

before the final installment due date, a licensee shall

refund or credit the obligor with the total of the

applicable interest for all fully unexpired installment

periods, as originally scheduled or as deferred, which

follow the day of prepayment; provided, if the prepayment

occurs prior to the first installment due date, the

licensee may retain 1/30 of the applicable interest for a

first installment period of one month for each day from the

date of the loan to the date of prepayment, and shall

refund or credit the obligor with the balance of the total

interest contracted for. If the maturity of the loan is

accelerated for any reason and judgment is entered, the

licensee shall credit the borrower with the same refund as

if prepayment in full had been made on the date the

judgement is entered.

(4) The lender or creditor may, if the contract

provides, collect a delinquency or collection charge on

each installment in default for a period of not less than

10 days in an amount not exceeding 5% of the installment on

installments in excess of $200, or $10 on installments of

$200 or less, but only one delinquency or collection charge

may be collected on any installment regardless of the

period during which it remains in default.

(5) If the parties agree in writing, either in the loan

contract or in a subsequent agreement, to a deferment of

wholly unpaid installments, a licensee may grant a

deferment and may collect a deferment charge as provided in

this Section. A deferment postpones the scheduled due date

of the earliest unpaid installment and all subsequent

installments as originally scheduled, or as previously

deferred, for a period equal to the deferment period. The

deferment period is that period during which no installment

is scheduled to be paid by reason of the deferment. The

deferment charge for a one month period may not exceed the

applicable interest for the installment period immediately

following the due date of the last undeferred payment. A

proportionate charge may be made for deferment for periods

of more or less than one month. A deferment charge is

earned pro rata during the deferment period and is fully

earned on the last day of the deferment period. Should a

loan be prepaid in full during a deferment period, the

licensee shall credit to the obligor a refund of the

unearned deferment charge in addition to any other refund

or credit made for prepayment of the loan in full.

(6) If two or more installments are delinquent one full

month or more on any due date, and if the contract so

provides, the licensee may reduce the unpaid balance by the

refund credit which would be required for prepayment in

full on the due date of the most recent maturing

installment in default. Thereafter, and in lieu of any

other default or deferment charges, the agreed rate of

interest or, in the case of small consumer loans, interest

at the rate of 18% per annum, may be charged on the unpaid

balance until fully paid.

(7) Fifteen days after the final installment as

originally scheduled or deferred, the licensee, for any

loan contract which has not previously been converted to

interest-bearing under paragraph (f), clause (6), may

compute and charge interest on any balance remaining

unpaid, including unpaid default or deferment charges, at

the agreed rate of interest or, in the case of small

consumer loans, interest at the rate of 18% per annum,

until fully paid. At the time of payment of said final

installment, the licensee shall give notice to the obligor

stating any amounts unpaid.

(Source: P.A. 96-936, eff. 3-21-11.)

Section 10. The Illinois Securities Law of 1953 is amended

by changing Sections 2.11, 2.12b, 8, and 12 and by adding

Section 3.5 as follows:

(815 ILCS 5/2.11) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 137.2-11)

Sec. 2.11. Investment adviser. "Investment adviser" means

any person who, for compensation, engages in this State in the

business of advising others, either directly or through

publications or writings, as to the value of securities or as

to the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling

securities or who, in this State for direct or indirect

compensation and as part of a regular advisory business, issues

or promulgates analyses or reports concerning securities or any

financial planner or other person who, as an integral component

of other financially related services, provides the foregoing

investment advisory services to others for compensation and as

part of a business, or who holds himself or herself out as

providing the foregoing investment advisory services to others

for compensation; but "investment adviser" does not include:

(1) a bank or trust company, or the regular employees of a

bank or trust company;

(2) any lawyer, accountant, engineer, geologist or teacher

(i) whose performance of such services is solely incidental to

the practice of his or her profession or (ii) who:

(A) does not exercise investment discretion with

respect to the assets of clients or maintain custody of the

assets of clients for the purpose of investing those

assets, except when the person is acting as a bona fide

fiduciary in a capacity such as an executor, trustee,

personal representative, estate or trust agent, guardian,

conservator, or person serving in a similar fiduciary

capacity;

(B) does not accept or receive, directly or indirectly,

any commission, fee, or other remuneration contingent upon

the purchase or sale of any specific security by a client

of such person; and

(C) does not advise on the purchase or sale of specific

securities, except that this clause (C) shall not apply

when the advice about specific securities is based on

financial statement analyses or tax considerations that

are reasonably related to and in connection with the

person's profession;

(3) any registered dealer or partner, officer, director or

regular employee of a registered dealer, or registered

salesperson, whose performance of these services, in each case,

is solely incidental to the conduct of the business of the

registered dealer or registered salesperson, as the case may

be, and who receives no special compensation, directly or

indirectly, for such services;

(4) any publisher or regular employee of such publisher of

a bona fide newspaper, news magazine or business or financial

publication of regular and established paid circulation;

(5) any person whose advice, analyses or reports relate

only to securities which are direct obligations of, or

obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by, the

United States, any state or any political subdivision of any

state, or any public agency or public instrumentality of any

one or more of the foregoing;

(5.5) any person who is a federal covered investment

adviser; or

(6) any other persons who are not within the intent of this

Section as the Secretary of State may designate by rules and

regulations or order.

(Source: P.A. 90-70, eff. 7-8-97.)

(815 ILCS 5/2.12b) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 137.2-12b)

Sec. 2.12b. Investment adviser representative. "Investment

adviser representative" means, with respect to an investment

adviser who is required to register under this Act, any

partner, officer, director of (or a person occupying a similar

status or performing similar functions), or other natural

person employed by or associated with an investment adviser,

except clerical or ministerial personnel, who in this State:

(1) makes any recommendations or otherwise renders

advice regarding securities or investment products;

(2) manages accounts or portfolios of clients;

(3) determines what recommendation or advice regarding

securities or investments should be given;

(4) supervises any employee who performs any of the

foregoing; or

(5) solicits, refers, offers, or negotiates for the

sale of, or sells, investment advisory services.

With respect to a federal covered investment adviser,

"investment adviser representative" means any person who is an

investment adviser representative with a place of business in

this State as such terms are defined by the Securities and

Exchange Commission under Section 203A of the Federal 1940

Investment Advisers Act.

(Source: P.A. 90-70, eff. 7-8-97; 90-667, eff. 7-30-98; 91-809,

eff. 1-1-01.)

(815 ILCS 5/3.5 new)

Sec. 3.5. Authority of Secretary of State. Notwithstanding

any other law, the Secretary of State has the authority to

enforce this Act as it pertains to the offer, sale, or

investment advice concerning a covered security as defined by

Section 2.29.

(815 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 137.8)

Sec. 8. Registration of dealers, limited Canadian dealers,

Internet portals, salespersons, investment advisers, and

investment adviser representatives.

A. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection A, every

dealer, limited Canadian dealer, salesperson, investment

adviser, and investment adviser representative shall be

registered as such with the Secretary of State. No dealer or

salesperson need be registered as such when offering or selling

securities in transactions exempted by subsection A, B, C, D,

E, G, H, I, J, K, M, O, P, Q, R or S of Section 4 of this Act,

provided that such dealer or salesperson is not regularly

engaged in the business of offering or selling securities in

reliance upon the exemption set forth in subsection G or M of

Section 4 of this Act. No dealer, issuer or controlling person

shall employ a salesperson unless such salesperson is

registered as such with the Secretary of State or is employed

for the purpose of offering or selling securities solely in

transactions exempted by subsection A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, J,

K, L, M, O, P, Q, R or S of Section 4 of this Act; provided that

such salesperson need not be registered when effecting

transactions in this State limited to those transactions

described in Section 15(h)(2) of the Federal 1934 Act or

engaging in the offer or sale of securities in respect of which

he or she has beneficial ownership and is a controlling person.

The Secretary of State may, by rule, regulation or order and

subject to such terms, conditions, and fees as may be

prescribed in such rule, regulation or order, exempt from the

registration requirements of this Section 8 any investment

adviser, if the Secretary of State shall find that such

registration is not necessary in the public interest by reason

of the small number of clients or otherwise limited character

of operation of such investment adviser.

B. An application for registration as a dealer or limited

Canadian dealer, executed, verified, or authenticated by or on

behalf of the applicant, shall be filed with the Secretary of

State, in such form as the Secretary of State may by rule,

regulation or order prescribe, setting forth or accompanied by:

(1) The name and address of the applicant, the location

of its principal business office and all branch offices, if

any, and the date of its organization;

(2) A statement of any other Federal or state licenses

or registrations which have been granted the applicant and

whether any such licenses or registrations have ever been

refused, cancelled, suspended, revoked or withdrawn;

(3) The assets and all liabilities, including

contingent liabilities of the applicant, as of a date not

more than 60 days prior to the filing of the application;

(4) (a) A brief description of any civil or criminal

proceeding of which fraud is an essential element pending

against the applicant and whether the applicant has ever

been convicted of a felony, or of any misdemeanor of which

fraud is an essential element;

(b) A list setting forth the name, residence and

business address and a 10 year occupational statement of

each principal of the applicant and a statement describing

briefly any civil or criminal proceedings of which fraud is

an essential element pending against any such principal and

the facts concerning any conviction of any such principal

of a felony, or of any misdemeanor of which fraud is an

essential element;

(5) If the applicant is a corporation: a list of its

officers and directors setting forth the residence and

business address of each; a 10-year occupational statement

of each such officer or director; and a statement

describing briefly any civil or criminal proceedings of

which fraud is an essential element pending against each

such officer or director and the facts concerning any

conviction of any officer or director of a felony, or of

any misdemeanor of which fraud is an essential element;

(6) If the applicant is a sole proprietorship, a

partnership, limited liability company, an unincorporated

association or any similar form of business organization:

the name, residence and business address of the proprietor

or of each partner, member, officer, director, trustee or

manager; the limitations, if any, of the liability of each

such individual; a 10-year occupational statement of each

such individual; a statement describing briefly any civil

or criminal proceedings of which fraud is an essential

element pending against each such individual and the facts

concerning any conviction of any such individual of a

felony, or of any misdemeanor of which fraud is an

essential element;

(7) Such additional information as the Secretary of

State may by rule or regulation prescribe as necessary to

determine the applicant's financial responsibility,

business repute and qualification to act as a dealer.

(8) (a) No applicant shall be registered or

re-registered as a dealer or limited Canadian dealer under

this Section unless and until each principal of the dealer

has passed an examination conducted by the Secretary of

State or a self-regulatory organization of securities

dealers or similar person, which examination has been

designated by the Secretary of State by rule, regulation or

order to be satisfactory for purposes of determining

whether the applicant has sufficient knowledge of the

securities business and laws relating thereto to act as a

registered dealer. Any dealer who was registered on

September 30, 1963, and has continued to be so registered;

and any principal of any registered dealer, who was acting

in such capacity on and continuously since September 30,

1963; and any individual who has previously passed a

securities dealer examination administered by the

Secretary of State or any examination designated by the

Secretary of State to be satisfactory for purposes of

determining whether the applicant has sufficient knowledge

of the securities business and laws relating thereto to act

as a registered dealer by rule, regulation or order, shall

not be required to pass an examination in order to continue

to act in such capacity. The Secretary of State may by

order waive the examination requirement for any principal

of an applicant for registration under this subsection B

who has had such experience or education relating to the

securities business as may be determined by the Secretary

of State to be the equivalent of such examination. Any

request for such a waiver shall be filed with the Secretary

of State in such form as may be prescribed by rule or

regulation.

(b) Unless an applicant is a member of the body

corporate known as the Securities Investor Protection

Corporation established pursuant to the Act of Congress of

the United States known as the Securities Investor

Protection Act of 1970, as amended, a member of an

association of dealers registered as a national securities

association pursuant to Section 15A of the Federal 1934

Act, or a member of a self-regulatory organization or stock

exchange in Canada which the Secretary of State has

designated by rule or order, an applicant shall not be

registered or re-registered unless and until there is filed

with the Secretary of State evidence that such applicant

has in effect insurance or other equivalent protection for

each client's cash or securities held by such applicant,

and an undertaking that such applicant will continually

maintain such insurance or other protection during the

period of registration or re-registration. Such insurance

or other protection shall be in a form and amount

reasonably prescribed by the Secretary of State by rule or

regulation.

(9) The application for the registration of a dealer or

limited Canadian dealer shall be accompanied by a filing

fee and a fee for each branch office in this State, in each

case in the amount established pursuant to Section 11a of

this Act, which fees shall not be returnable in any event.

(10) The Secretary of State shall notify the dealer or

limited Canadian dealer by written notice (which may be by

electronic or facsimile transmission) of the effectiveness

of the registration as a dealer in this State.

(11) Any change which renders no longer accurate any

information contained in any application for registration

or re-registration of a dealer or limited Canadian dealer

shall be reported to the Secretary of State within 10

business days after the occurrence of such change; but in

respect to assets and liabilities only materially adverse

changes need be reported.

C. Any registered dealer, limited Canadian dealer, issuer,

or controlling person desiring to register a salesperson shall

file an application with the Secretary of State, in such form

as the Secretary of State may by rule or regulation prescribe,

which the salesperson is required by this Section to provide to

the dealer, issuer, or controlling person, executed, verified,

or authenticated by the salesperson setting forth or

accompanied by:

(1) the name, residence and business address of the

salesperson;

(2) whether any federal or State license or

registration as dealer, limited Canadian dealer, or

salesperson has ever been refused the salesperson or

cancelled, suspended, revoked, withdrawn, barred, limited,

or otherwise adversely affected in a similar manner or

whether the salesperson has ever been censured or expelled;

(3) the nature of employment with, and names and

addresses of, employers of the salesperson for the 10 years

immediately preceding the date of application;

(4) a brief description of any civil or criminal

proceedings of which fraud is an essential element pending

against the salesperson, and whether the salesperson has

ever been convicted of a felony, or of any misdemeanor of

which fraud is an essential element;

(5) such additional information as the Secretary of

State may by rule, regulation or order prescribe as

necessary to determine the salesperson's business repute

and qualification to act as a salesperson; and

(6) no individual shall be registered or re-registered

as a salesperson under this Section unless and until such

individual has passed an examination conducted by the

Secretary of State or a self-regulatory organization of

securities dealers or similar person, which examination

has been designated by the Secretary of State by rule,

regulation or order to be satisfactory for purposes of

determining whether the applicant has sufficient knowledge

of the securities business and laws relating thereto to act

as a registered salesperson.

Any salesperson who was registered prior to September

30, 1963, and has continued to be so registered, and any

individual who has passed a securities salesperson

examination administered by the Secretary of State or an

examination designated by the Secretary of State by rule,

regulation or order to be satisfactory for purposes of

determining whether the applicant has sufficient knowledge

of the securities business and laws relating thereto to act

as a registered salesperson, shall not be required to pass

an examination in order to continue to act as a

salesperson. The Secretary of State may by order waive the

examination requirement for any applicant for registration

under this subsection C who has had such experience or

education relating to the securities business as may be

determined by the Secretary of State to be the equivalent

of such examination. Any request for such a waiver shall be

filed with the Secretary of State in such form as may be

prescribed by rule, regulation or order.

(7) The application for registration of a salesperson

shall be accompanied by a filing fee and a Securities Audit

and Enforcement Fund fee, each in the amount established

pursuant to Section 11a of this Act, which shall not be

returnable in any event.

(8) Any change which renders no longer accurate any

information contained in any application for registration

or re-registration as a salesperson shall be reported to

the Secretary of State within 10 business days after the

occurrence of such change. If the activities are terminated

which rendered an individual a salesperson for the dealer,

issuer or controlling person, the dealer, issuer or

controlling person, as the case may be, shall notify the

Secretary of State, in writing, within 30 days of the

salesperson's cessation of activities, using the

appropriate termination notice form.

(9) A registered salesperson may transfer his or her

registration under this Section 8 for the unexpired term

thereof from one registered dealer or limited Canadian

dealer to another by the giving of notice of the transfer

by the new registered dealer or limited Canadian dealer to

the Secretary of State in such form and subject to such

conditions as the Secretary of State shall by rule or

regulation prescribe. The new registered dealer or limited

Canadian dealer shall promptly file an application for

registration of such salesperson as provided in this

subsection C, accompanied by the filing fee prescribed by

paragraph (7) of this subsection C.

C-5. Except with respect to federal covered investment

advisers whose only clients are investment companies as defined

in the Federal 1940 Act, other investment advisers, federal

covered investment advisers, or any similar person which the

Secretary of State may prescribe by rule or order, a federal

covered investment adviser shall file with the Secretary of

State, prior to acting as a federal covered investment adviser

in this State, such documents as have been filed with the

Securities and Exchange Commission as the Secretary of State by

rule or order may prescribe. The notification of a federal

covered investment adviser shall be accompanied by a

notification filing fee established pursuant to Section 11a of

this Act, which shall not be returnable in any event. Every

person acting as a federal covered investment adviser in this

State shall file a notification filing and pay an annual

notification filing fee established pursuant to Section 11a of

this Act, which is not returnable in any event. The failure to

file any such notification shall constitute a violation of

subsection D of Section 12 of this Act, subject to the

penalties enumerated in Section 14 of this Act. Until October

10, 1999 or other date as may be legally permissible, a federal

covered investment adviser who fails to file the notification

or refuses to pay the fees as required by this subsection shall

register as an investment adviser with the Secretary of State

under Section 8 of this Act. The civil remedies provided for in

subsection A of Section 13 of this Act and the civil remedies

of rescission and appointment of receiver, conservator,

ancillary receiver, or ancillary conservator provided for in

subsection F of Section 13 of this Act shall not be available

against any person by reason of the failure to file any such

notification or to pay the notification fee or on account of

the contents of any such notification.

D. An application for registration as an investment

adviser, executed, verified, or authenticated by or on behalf

of the applicant, shall be filed with the Secretary of State,

in such form as the Secretary of State may by rule or

regulation prescribe, setting forth or accompanied by:

(1) The name and form of organization under which the

investment adviser engages or intends to engage in

business; the state or country and date of its

organization; the location of the adviser's principal

business office and branch offices, if any; the names and

addresses of the adviser's principal, partners, officers,

directors, and persons performing similar functions or, if

the investment adviser is an individual, of the individual;

and the number of the adviser's employees who perform

investment advisory functions;

(2) The education, the business affiliations for the

past 10 years, and the present business affiliations of the

investment adviser and of the adviser's principal,

partners, officers, directors, and persons performing

similar functions and of any person controlling the

investment adviser;

(3) The nature of the business of the investment

adviser, including the manner of giving advice and

rendering analyses or reports;

(4) The nature and scope of the authority of the

investment adviser with respect to clients' funds and

accounts;

(5) The basis or bases upon which the investment

adviser is compensated;

(6) Whether the investment adviser or any principal,

partner, officer, director, person performing similar

functions or person controlling the investment adviser (i)

within 10 years of the filing of the application has been

convicted of a felony, or of any misdemeanor of which fraud

is an essential element, or (ii) is permanently or

temporarily enjoined by order or judgment from acting as an

investment adviser, underwriter, dealer, principal or

salesperson, or from engaging in or continuing any conduct

or practice in connection with any such activity or in

connection with the purchase or sale of any security, and

in each case the facts relating to the conviction, order or

judgment;

(7) (a) A statement as to whether the investment

adviser is engaged or is to engage primarily in the

business of rendering investment supervisory services; and

(b) A statement that the investment adviser will

furnish his, her, or its clients with such information as

the Secretary of State deems necessary in the form

prescribed by the Secretary of State by rule or regulation;

(8) Such additional information as the Secretary of

State may, by rule, regulation or order prescribe as

necessary to determine the applicant's financial

responsibility, business repute and qualification to act

as an investment adviser.

(9) No applicant shall be registered or re-registered

as an investment adviser under this Section unless and

until each principal of the applicant who is actively

engaged in the conduct and management of the applicant's

advisory business in this State has passed an examination

or completed an educational program conducted by the

Secretary of State or an association of investment advisers

or similar person, which examination or educational

program has been designated by the Secretary of State by

rule, regulation or order to be satisfactory for purposes

of determining whether the applicant has sufficient

knowledge of the securities business and laws relating

thereto to conduct the business of a registered investment

adviser.

Any person who was a registered investment adviser

prior to September 30, 1963, and has continued to be so

registered, and any individual who has passed an investment

adviser examination administered by the Secretary of

State, or passed an examination or completed an educational

program designated by the Secretary of State by rule,

regulation or order to be satisfactory for purposes of

determining whether the applicant has sufficient knowledge

of the securities business and laws relating thereto to

conduct the business of a registered investment adviser,

shall not be required to pass an examination or complete an

educational program in order to continue to act as an

investment adviser. The Secretary of State may by order

waive the examination or educational program requirement

for any applicant for registration under this subsection D

if the principal of the applicant who is actively engaged

in the conduct and management of the applicant's advisory

business in this State has had such experience or education

relating to the securities business as may be determined by

the Secretary of State to be the equivalent of the

examination or educational program. Any request for a

waiver shall be filed with the Secretary of State in such

form as may be prescribed by rule or regulation.

(10) No applicant shall be registered or re-registered

as an investment adviser under this Section 8 unless the

application for registration or re-registration is

accompanied by an application for registration or

re-registration for each person acting as an investment

adviser representative on behalf of the adviser and a

Securities Audit and Enforcement Fund fee that shall not be

returnable in any event is paid with respect to each

investment adviser representative.

(11) The application for registration of an investment

adviser shall be accompanied by a filing fee and a fee for

each branch office in this State, in each case in the

amount established pursuant to Section 11a of this Act,

which fees shall not be returnable in any event.

(12) The Secretary of State shall notify the investment

adviser by written notice (which may be by electronic or

facsimile transmission) of the effectiveness of the

registration as an investment adviser in this State.

(13) Any change which renders no longer accurate any

information contained in any application for registration

or re-registration of an investment adviser shall be

reported to the Secretary of State within 10 business days

after the occurrence of the change. In respect to assets

and liabilities of an investment adviser that retains

custody of clients' cash or securities or accepts

pre-payment of fees in excess of $500 per client and 6 or

more months in advance only materially adverse changes need

be reported by written notice (which may be by electronic

or facsimile transmission) no later than the close of

business on the second business day following the discovery

thereof.

(14) Each application for registration as an

investment adviser shall become effective automatically on

the 45th day following the filing of the application,

required documents or information, and payment of the

required fee unless (i) the Secretary of State has

registered the investment adviser prior to that date or

(ii) an action with respect to the applicant is pending

under Section 11 of this Act.

D-5. A registered investment adviser or federal covered

investment adviser desiring to register an investment adviser

representative shall file an application with the Secretary of

State, in the form as the Secretary of State may by rule or

order prescribe, which the investment adviser representative

is required by this Section to provide to the investment

adviser, executed, verified, or authenticated by the

investment adviser representative and setting forth or

accompanied by:

(1) The name, residence, and business address of the

investment adviser representative;

(2) A statement whether any federal or state license or

registration as a dealer, salesperson, investment adviser,

or investment adviser representative has ever been

refused, canceled, suspended, revoked or withdrawn;

(3) The nature of employment with, and names and

addresses of, employers of the investment adviser

representative for the 10 years immediately preceding the

date of application;

(4) A brief description of any civil or criminal

proceedings, of which fraud is an essential element,

pending against the investment adviser representative and

whether the investment adviser representative has ever

been convicted of a felony or of any misdemeanor of which

fraud is an essential element;

(5) Such additional information as the Secretary of

State may by rule or order prescribe as necessary to

determine the investment adviser representative's business

repute or qualification to act as an investment adviser

representative;

(6) Documentation that the individual has passed an

examination conducted by the Secretary of State, an

organization of investment advisers, or similar person,

which examination has been designated by the Secretary of

State by rule or order to be satisfactory for purposes of

determining whether the applicant has sufficient knowledge

of the investment advisory or securities business and laws

relating to that business to act as a registered investment

adviser representative; and

(7) A Securities Audit and Enforcement Fund fee

established under Section 11a of this Act, which shall not

be returnable in any event.

The Secretary of State may by order waive the examination

requirement for an applicant for registration under this

subsection D-5 who has had the experience or education relating

to the investment advisory or securities business as may be

determined by the Secretary of State to be the equivalent of

the examination. A request for a waiver shall be filed with the

Secretary of State in the form as may be prescribed by rule or

order.

A change that renders no longer accurate any information

contained in any application for registration or

re-registration as an investment adviser representative must

be reported to the Secretary of State within 10 business days

after the occurrence of the change. If the activities that

rendered an individual an investment adviser representative

for the investment adviser are terminated, the investment

adviser shall notify the Secretary of State in writing (which

may be by electronic or facsimile transmission), within 30 days

of the investment adviser representative's termination, using

the appropriate termination notice form as the Secretary of

State may prescribe by rule or order.

A registered investment adviser representative may

transfer his or her registration under this Section 8 for the

unexpired term of the registration from one registered

investment adviser to another by the giving of notice of the

transfer by the new investment adviser to the Secretary of

State in the form and subject to the conditions as the

Secretary of State shall prescribe. The new registered

investment adviser shall promptly file an application for

registration of the investment adviser representative as

provided in this subsection, accompanied by the Securities

Audit and Enforcement Fund fee prescribed by paragraph (7) of

this subsection D-5.

E. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection F of Section

11 of this Act, the registration of a dealer, limited Canadian

dealer, salesperson, investment adviser, or investment adviser

representative may be denied, suspended or revoked if the

Secretary of State finds that the dealer, limited Canadian

dealer, Internet portal, salesperson, investment adviser, or

investment adviser representative or any principal officer,

director, partner, member, trustee, manager or any person who

performs a similar function of the dealer, limited Canadian

dealer, Internet portal, or investment adviser:

(a) has been convicted of any felony during the 10 year

period preceding the date of filing of any application for

registration or at any time thereafter, or of any

misdemeanor of which fraud is an essential element;

(b) has engaged in any unethical practice in connection

with any security, or in any fraudulent business practice;

(c) has failed to account for any money or property, or

has failed to deliver any security, to any person entitled

thereto when due or within a reasonable time thereafter;

(d) in the case of a dealer, limited Canadian dealer,

or investment adviser, is insolvent;

(e) in the case of a dealer, limited Canadian dealer,

salesperson, or registered principal of a dealer or limited

Canadian dealer (i) has failed reasonably to supervise the

securities activities of any of its salespersons or other

employees and the failure has permitted or facilitated a

violation of Section 12 of this Act or (ii) is offering or

selling or has offered or sold securities in this State

through a salesperson other than a registered salesperson,

or, in the case of a salesperson, is selling or has sold

securities in this State for a dealer, limited Canadian

dealer, issuer or controlling person with knowledge that

the dealer, limited Canadian dealer, issuer or controlling

person has not complied with the provisions of this Act or

(iii) has failed reasonably to supervise the

implementation of compliance measures following notice by

the Secretary of State of noncompliance with the Act or

with the regulations promulgated thereunder or both or (iv)

has failed to maintain and enforce written procedures to

supervise the types of business in which it engages and to

supervise the activities of its salespersons that are

reasonably designed to achieve compliance with applicable

securities laws and regulations;

(f) in the case of an investment adviser, has failed

reasonably to supervise the advisory activities of any of

its investment adviser representatives or employees and

the failure has permitted or facilitated a violation of

Section 12 of this Act;

(g) has violated any of the provisions of this Act;

(h) has made any material misrepresentation to the

Secretary of State in connection with any information

deemed necessary by the Secretary of State to determine a

dealer's, limited Canadian dealer's, or investment

adviser's financial responsibility or a dealer's, limited

Canadian dealer's, investment adviser's, salesperson's, or

investment adviser representative's business repute or

qualifications, or has refused to furnish any such

information requested by the Secretary of State;

(i) has had a license or registration under any Federal

or State law regulating securities, commodity futures

contracts, or stock futures contracts refused, cancelled,

suspended, withdrawn, revoked, or otherwise adversely

affected in a similar manner;

(j) has had membership in or association with any

self-regulatory organization registered under the Federal

1934 Act or the Federal 1974 Act suspended, revoked,

refused, expelled, cancelled, barred, limited in any

capacity, or otherwise adversely affected in a similar

manner arising from any fraudulent or deceptive act or a

practice in violation of any rule, regulation or standard

duly promulgated by the self-regulatory organization;

(k) has had any order entered against it after notice

and opportunity for hearing by a securities agency of any

state, any foreign government or agency thereof, the

Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Federal

Commodities Futures Trading Commission arising from any

fraudulent or deceptive act or a practice in violation of

any statute, rule or regulation administered or

promulgated by the agency or commission;

(l) in the case of a dealer or limited Canadian dealer,

fails to maintain a minimum net capital in an amount which

the Secretary of State may by rule or regulation require;

(m) has conducted a continuing course of dealing of

such nature as to demonstrate an inability to properly

conduct the business of the dealer, limited Canadian

dealer, salesperson, investment adviser, or investment

adviser representative;

(n) has had, after notice and opportunity for hearing,

any injunction or order entered against it or license or

registration refused, cancelled, suspended, revoked,

withdrawn, limited, or otherwise adversely affected in a

similar manner by any state or federal body, agency or

commission regulating banking, insurance, finance or small

loan companies, real estate or mortgage brokers or

companies, if the action resulted from any act found by the

body, agency or commission to be a fraudulent or deceptive

act or practice in violation of any statute, rule or

regulation administered or promulgated by the body, agency

or commission;

(o) has failed to file a return, or to pay the tax,

penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any

final assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as required

by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of

Revenue, until such time as the requirements of that tax

Act are satisfied;

(p) (blank);

(q) has failed to maintain the books and records

required under this Act or rules or regulations promulgated

under this Act or under any requirements established by the

Securities and Exchange Commission or a self-regulatory

organization;

(r) has refused to allow or otherwise impeded designees

of the Secretary of State from conducting an audit,

examination, inspection, or investigation provided for

under Section 8 or 11 of this Act;

(s) has failed to maintain any minimum net capital or

bond requirement set forth in this Act or any rule or

regulation promulgated under this Act;

(t) has refused the Secretary of State or his or her

designee access to any office or location within an office

to conduct an investigation, audit, examination, or

inspection;

(u) has advised or caused a public pension fund or

retirement system established under the Illinois Pension

Code to make an investment or engage in a transaction not

authorized by that Code;

(v) if a corporation, limited liability company, or

limited liability partnership has been suspended,

canceled, revoked, or has failed to register as a foreign

corporation, limited liability company, or limited

liability partnership with the Secretary of State;

(w) is permanently or temporarily enjoined by any court

of competent jurisdiction, including any state, federal,

or foreign government, from engaging in or continuing any

conduct or practice involving any aspect of the securities

or commodities business or in any other business where the

conduct or practice enjoined involved investments,

franchises, insurance, banking, or finance;

(2) If the Secretary of State finds that any registrant or

applicant for registration is no longer in existence or has

ceased to do business as a dealer, limited Canadian dealer,

Internet portal, salesperson, investment adviser, or

investment adviser representative, or is subject to an

adjudication as a person under legal disability or to the

control of a guardian, or cannot be located after reasonable

search, or has failed after written notice to pay to the

Secretary of State any additional fee prescribed by this

Section or specified by rule or regulation, the Secretary of

State may by order cancel the registration or application.

(3) Withdrawal of an application for registration or

withdrawal from registration as a dealer, limited Canadian

dealer, salesperson, investment adviser, or investment adviser

representative becomes effective 30 days after receipt of an

application to withdraw or within such shorter period of time

as the Secretary of State may determine, unless any proceeding

is pending under Section 11 of this Act when the application is

filed or a proceeding is instituted within 30 days after the

application is filed. If a proceeding is pending or instituted,

withdrawal becomes effective at such time and upon such

conditions as the Secretary of State by order determines. If no

proceeding is pending or instituted and withdrawal

automatically becomes effective, the Secretary of State may

nevertheless institute a revocation or suspension proceeding

within 2 years after withdrawal became effective and enter a

revocation or suspension order as of the last date on which

registration was effective.

F. The Secretary of State shall make available upon request

the date that each dealer, investment adviser, salesperson, or

investment adviser representative was granted registration,

together with the name and address of the dealer, limited

Canadian dealer, or issuer on whose behalf the salesperson is

registered, and all orders of the Secretary of State denying or

abandoning an application, or suspending or revoking

registration, or censuring the persons. The Secretary of State

may designate by rule, regulation or order the statements,

information or reports submitted to or filed with him or her

pursuant to this Section 8 which the Secretary of State

determines are of a sensitive nature and therefore should be

exempt from public disclosure. Any such statement, information

or report shall be deemed confidential and shall not be

disclosed to the public except upon the consent of the person

filing or submitting the statement, information or report or by

order of court or in court proceedings.

G. The registration or re-registration of a dealer or

limited Canadian dealer and of all salespersons registered upon

application of the dealer or limited Canadian dealer shall

expire on the next succeeding anniversary date of the

registration or re-registration of the dealer; and the

registration or re-registration of an investment adviser and of

all investment adviser representatives registered upon

application of the investment adviser shall expire on the next

succeeding anniversary date of the registration of the

investment adviser; provided, that the Secretary of State may

by rule or regulation prescribe an alternate date which any

dealer registered under the Federal 1934 Act or a member of any

self-regulatory association approved pursuant thereto, a

member of a self-regulatory organization or stock exchange in

Canada, or any investment adviser may elect as the expiration

date of its dealer or limited Canadian dealer and salesperson

registrations, or the expiration date of its investment adviser

registration, as the case may be. A registration of a

salesperson registered upon application of an issuer or

controlling person shall expire on the next succeeding

anniversary date of the registration, or upon termination or

expiration of the registration of the securities, if any,

designated in the application for his or her registration or

the alternative date as the Secretary may prescribe by rule or

regulation. Subject to paragraph (9) of subsection C of this

Section 8, a salesperson's registration also shall terminate

upon cessation of his or her employment, or termination of his

or her appointment or authorization, in each case by the person

who applied for the salesperson's registration, provided that

the Secretary of State may by rule or regulation prescribe an

alternate date for the expiration of the registration.

H. Applications for re-registration of dealers, limited

Canadian dealers, Internet portals, salespersons, investment

advisers, and investment adviser representatives shall be

filed with the Secretary of State prior to the expiration of

the then current registration and shall contain such

information as may be required by the Secretary of State upon

initial application with such omission therefrom or addition

thereto as the Secretary of State may authorize or prescribe.

Each application for re-registration of a dealer, limited

Canadian dealer, Internet portal, or investment adviser shall

be accompanied by a filing fee, each application for

re-registration as a salesperson shall be accompanied by a

filing fee and a Securities Audit and Enforcement Fund fee

established pursuant to Section 11a of this Act, and each

application for re-registration as an investment adviser

representative shall be accompanied by a Securities Audit and

Enforcement Fund fee established under Section 11a of this Act,

which shall not be returnable in any event. Notwithstanding the

foregoing, applications for re-registration of dealers,

limited Canadian dealers, Internet portals, and investment

advisers may be filed within 30 days following the expiration

of the registration provided that the applicant pays the annual

registration fee together with an additional amount equal to

the annual registration fee and files any other information or

documents that the Secretary of State may prescribe by rule or

regulation or order. Any application filed within 30 days

following the expiration of the registration shall be

automatically effective as of the time of the earlier

expiration provided that the proper fee has been paid to the

Secretary of State.

Each registered dealer, limited Canadian dealer, Internet

portal, or investment adviser shall continue to be registered

if the registrant changes his, her, or its form of organization

provided that the dealer or investment adviser files an

amendment to his, her, or its application not later than 30

days following the occurrence of the change and pays the

Secretary of State a fee in the amount established under

Section 11a of this Act.

I. (1) (a) Every registered dealer, limited Canadian

dealer, Internet portal, and investment adviser shall make and

keep for such periods, such accounts, correspondence,

memoranda, papers, books and records as the Secretary of State

may by rule or regulation prescribe. All records so required

shall be preserved for 3 years unless the Secretary of State by

rule, regulation or order prescribes otherwise for particular

types of records.

(b) Every registered dealer, limited Canadian dealer,

Internet portal, and investment adviser shall provide to the

Secretary of State, upon request, such accounts,

correspondence, memoranda, papers, books, and records as the

Secretary of State may by rule or regulation prescribe, that it

possesses and that it preserves for periods of longer than 3

years.

(2) Every registered dealer, limited Canadian dealer,

Internet portal, and investment adviser shall file such

financial reports as the Secretary of State may by rule or

regulation prescribe.

(3) All the books and records referred to in paragraph (1)

of this subsection I are subject at any time or from time to

time to such reasonable periodic, special or other audits,

examinations, or inspections by representatives of the

Secretary of State, within or without this State, as the

Secretary of State deems necessary or appropriate in the public

interest or for the protection of investors.

(4) At the time of an audit, examination, or inspection,

the Secretary of State, by his or her designees, may conduct an

interview of any person employed or appointed by or affiliated

with a registered dealer, limited Canadian dealer, Internet

portal, or investment advisor, provided that the dealer,

limited Canadian dealer, Internet portal, or investment

advisor shall be given reasonable notice of the time and place

for the interview. At the option of the dealer, limited

Canadian dealer, Internet portal, or investment advisor, a

representative of the dealer or investment advisor with

supervisory responsibility over the individual being

interviewed may be present at the interview.

J. The Secretary of State may require by rule or regulation

the payment of an additional fee for the filing of information

or documents required to be filed by this Section which have

not been filed in a timely manner. The Secretary of State may

also require by rule or regulation the payment of an

examination fee for administering any examination which it may

conduct pursuant to subsection B, C, D, or D-5 of this Section

8.

K. The Secretary of State may declare any application for

registration or limited registration under this Section 8

abandoned by order if the applicant fails to pay any fee or

file any information or document required under this Section 8

or by rule or regulation for more than 30 days after the

required payment or filing date. The applicant may petition the

Secretary of State for a hearing within 15 days after the

applicant's receipt of the order of abandonment, provided that

the petition sets forth the grounds upon which the applicant

seeks a hearing.

L. Any document being filed pursuant to this Section 8

shall be deemed filed, and any fee being paid pursuant to this

Section 8 shall be deemed paid, upon the date of actual receipt

thereof by the Secretary of State or his or her designee.

M. (Blank).

(Source: P.A. 99-182, eff. 1-1-16; 100-872, eff. 8-14-18.)

(815 ILCS 5/12) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 137.12)

Sec. 12. Violation. It shall be a violation of the

provisions of this Act for any person:

A. To offer or sell any security except in accordance

with the provisions of this Act.

B. To deliver to a purchaser any security required to

be registered under Section 5, Section 6 or Section 7

hereof unless accompanied or preceded by a prospectus that

meets the requirements of the pertinent subsection of

Section 5 or of Section 6 or of Section 7.

C. To act as a dealer, Internet portal, salesperson,

investment adviser, or investment adviser representative,

unless registered as such, where such registration is

required, under the provisions of this Act.

D. To fail to file with the Secretary of State any

application, report or document required to be filed under

the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation made

by the Secretary of State pursuant to this Act or to fail

to comply with the terms of any order of the Secretary of

State issued pursuant to Section 11 hereof.

E. To make, or cause to be made, (1) in any sworn

testimony before the Secretary of State or the Illinois

Securities Department within the Office of the Secretary,

or application, report or document filed under this Act or

any rule or regulation made by the Secretary of State

pursuant to this Act, any statement which was false or

misleading with respect to any material fact or (2) any

statement to the effect that a security (other than a

security issued by the State of Illinois) has been in any

way endorsed or approved by the Secretary of State or the

State of Illinois.

F. To engage in any transaction, practice or course of

business in connection with the sale or purchase of

securities which works or tends to work a fraud or deceit

upon the purchaser or seller thereof.

G. To obtain money or property through the sale of

securities by means of any untrue statement of a material

fact or any omission to state a material fact necessary in

order to make the statements made, in the light of the

circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

H. To sign or circulate any statement, prospectus, or

other paper or document required by any provision of this

Act or pertaining to any security knowing or having

reasonable grounds to know any material representation

therein contained to be false or untrue.

I. To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud

in connection with the sale or purchase of any security,

directly or indirectly.

J. When acting as an investment adviser, investment

adviser representative, or federal covered investment

adviser, by any means or instrumentality, directly or

indirectly:

(1) To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud

any client or prospective client;

(2) To engage in any transaction, practice, or

course of business which operates as a fraud or deceit

upon any client or prospective client; or

(3) To engage in any act, practice, or course of

business which is fraudulent, deceptive or

manipulative. The Secretary of State shall for the

purposes of this paragraph (3), by rules and

regulations, define and prescribe means reasonably

designed to prevent such acts, practices, and courses

of business as are fraudulent, deceptive, or

manipulative.

K. When offering or selling any mineral investment

contract or mineral deferred delivery contract:

(1) To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to

defraud any customer, prospective customer, or

offeree;

(2) To engage in any transaction, practice, or course

of business that operates as a fraud or deceit upon any

customer, prospective customer, or offeree; or

(3) To engage in any act, practice, or course of

business that is fraudulent, deceptive, or

manipulative. The Secretary of State shall for the

purposes of this paragraph (3), by rules and

regulations, define and prescribe means reasonably

designed to prevent acts, practices, and courses of

business as are fraudulent, deceptive, or

manipulative.

L. To knowingly influence, coerce, manipulate, or

mislead any person engaged in the preparation or audit of

financial statements or appraisals to be used in the offer

or sale of securities for the purpose of rendering such

financial statements or appraisals materially misleading.

(Source: P.A. 99-182, eff. 1-1-16.)

Section 15. The Payday Loan Reform Act is amended by

changing Section 2-5 as follows:

(815 ILCS 122/2-5)

Sec. 2-5. Loan terms.

(a) Without affecting the right of a consumer to prepay at

any time without cost or penalty, no payday loan may have a

minimum term of less than 13 days.

(b) Except for an installment payday loan as defined in

this Section, no payday loan may be made to a consumer if the

loan would result in the consumer being indebted to one or more

payday lenders for a period in excess of 45 consecutive days.

Except as provided under subsection (c) of this Section and

Section 2-40, if a consumer has or has had loans outstanding

for a period in excess of 45 consecutive days, no payday lender

may offer or make a loan to the consumer for at least 7

calendar days after the date on which the outstanding balance

of all payday loans made during the 45 consecutive day period

is paid in full. For purposes of this subsection, the term

"consecutive days" means a series of continuous calendar days

in which the consumer has an outstanding balance on one or more

payday loans; however, if a payday loan is made to a consumer

within 6 days or less after the outstanding balance of all

loans is paid in full, those days are counted as "consecutive

days" for purposes of this subsection.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, a

payday loan shall also include any installment loan otherwise

meeting the definition of payday loan contained in Section

1-10, but that has a term agreed by the parties of not less

than 112 days and not exceeding 180 days; hereinafter an

"installment payday loan". The following provisions shall

apply:

(i) Any installment payday loan must be fully

amortizing, with a finance charge calculated on the

principal balances scheduled to be outstanding and be

repayable in substantially equal and consecutive

installments, according to a payment schedule agreed by the

parties with not less than 13 days and not more than one

month between payments; except that the first installment

period may be longer than the remaining installment periods

by not more than 15 days, and the first installment payment

may be larger than the remaining installment payments by

the amount of finance charges applicable to the extra days.

In calculating finance charges under this subsection, when

the first installment period is longer than the remaining

installment periods, the amount of the finance charges

applicable to the extra days shall not be greater than

$15.50 per $100 of the original principal balance divided

by the number of days in a regularly scheduled installment

period and multiplied by the number of extra days

determined by subtracting the number of days in a regularly

scheduled installment period from the number of days in the

first installment period.

(ii) An installment payday loan may be refinanced by a

new installment payday loan one time during the term of the

initial loan; provided that the total duration of

indebtedness on the initial installment payday loan

combined with the total term of indebtedness of the new

loan refinancing that initial loan, shall not exceed 180

days. For purposes of this Act, a refinancing occurs when

an existing installment payday loan is paid from the

proceeds of a new installment payday loan.

(iii) In the event an installment payday loan is paid

in full prior to the date on which the last scheduled

installment payment before maturity is due, other than

through a refinancing, no licensee may offer or make a

payday loan to the consumer for at least 2 calendar days

thereafter.

(iv) No installment payday loan may be made to a

consumer if the loan would result in the consumer being

indebted to one or more payday lenders for a period in

excess of 180 consecutive days. The term "consecutive days"

does not include the date on which a consumer makes the

final installment payment.

(d) (Blank).

(e) No lender may make a payday loan to a consumer if the

total of all payday loan payments coming due within the first

calendar month of the loan, when combined with the payment

amount of all of the consumer's other outstanding payday loans

coming due within the same month, exceeds the lesser of:

(1) $1,000; or

(2) in the case of one or more payday loans, 25% of the

consumer's gross monthly income; or

(3) in the case of one or more installment payday

loans, 22.5% of the consumer's gross monthly income; or

(4) in the case of a payday loan and an installment

payday loan, 22.5% of the consumer's gross monthly income.

No loan shall be made to a consumer who has an outstanding

balance on 2 payday loans, except that, for a period of 12

months after March 21, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act

96-936), consumers with an existing CILA loan may be issued an

installment loan issued under this Act from the company from

which their CILA loan was issued.

(e-5) Except as provided in subsection (c)(i), no lender

may charge more than $15.50 per $100 loaned on any payday loan,

or more than $15.50 per $100 on the initial principal balance

and on the principal balances scheduled to be outstanding

during any installment period on any installment payday loan.

Except for installment payday loans and except as provided in

Section 2-25, this charge is considered fully earned as of the

date on which the loan is made. For purposes of determining the

finance charge earned on an installment payday loan, the

disclosed annual percentage rate shall be applied to the

principal balances outstanding from time to time until the loan

is paid in full, or until the maturity date, whichever occurs

first. No finance charge may be imposed after the final

scheduled maturity date.

When any loan contract is paid in full, the licensee shall

refund any unearned finance charge. The unearned finance charge

that is refunded shall be calculated based on a method that is

at least as favorable to the consumer as the actuarial method,

as defined by the federal Truth in Lending Act. The sum of the

digits or rule of 78ths method of calculating prepaid interest

refunds is prohibited.

(f) A lender may not take or attempt to take an interest in

any of the consumer's personal property to secure a payday

loan.

(g) A consumer has the right to redeem a check or any other

item described in the definition of payday loan under Section

1-10 issued in connection with a payday loan from the lender

holding the check or other item at any time before the payday

loan becomes payable by paying the full amount of the check or

other item.

(h) For the purpose of this Section, "substantially equal

installment" includes a last regularly scheduled payment that

may be less than, but no more than 5% larger than, the previous

scheduled payment according to a disclosed payment schedule

agreed to by the parties.

(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)

(815 ILCS 5/2.10a rep.)

Section 20. The Illinois Securities Law of 1953 is amended

by repealing Section 2.10a.