Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes tenants to pay landlords through cash or paper check to avoid transaction fees in Illinois.

Highlights:

• Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that in Illinois if a landlord uses a third-party payment portal to collect rental payments from tenants and if a transaction fee or other charge is imposed through the portal on rental payments made by e-check or other means, then the landlord shall allow the tenant to make rental payments by delivering a paper check to the landlord or the landlord's business office or by means that do not require the tenant to pay the transaction fee or other charge (Sec. 1).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes tenants to pay landlords through cash or paper check to avoid transaction fees in Illinois.

Highlights:

• Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that in Illinois if a landlord uses a third-party payment portal to collect rental payments from tenants and if a transaction fee or other charge is imposed through the portal on rental payments made by e-check or other means, then the landlord shall allow the tenant to make rental payments by delivering a paper check to the landlord or the landlord's business office or by means that do not require the tenant to pay the transaction fee or other charge (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text