(205 ILCS 731/5-5)
Sec. 5-5. Customer disclosures. (a) When engaging in digital asset business activity with a resident, a covered person shall provide to a resident the customer disclosures required by subsection (b) and any additional disclosures the Department by rule determines to be necessary and appropriate for the protection of residents. The Department may determine by rule the time and form required for disclosures. A disclosure required by this Section shall be made separately from any other information provided by the covered person and in a clear and conspicuous manner in a record the resident may keep. (b) Before engaging in digital asset business activity with a resident, a covered person shall disclose, to the extent applicable to the digital asset business activity the covered person will undertake with the resident, subject to any rule or order issued by the Department, all of the following: (1) A schedule of fees and charges the covered person |
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(2) Whether the product or service provided by the
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| covered person is covered by either of the following:
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(A) A form of insurance or other guarantee
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| against loss by an agency of the United States as follows:
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(i) Up to the full United States dollar
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| equivalent of digital assets placed under the custody or control of, or purchased from, the covered person as of the date of the placement or purchase, including the maximum amount provided by insurance under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or National Credit Union Administration or otherwise available from the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
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(ii) If not provided at the full United
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| States dollar equivalent of the digital assets placed under the custody or control of or purchased from the covered person, the maximum amount of coverage for each resident expressed in the United States dollar equivalent of the digital asset.
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(iii) If not applicable to the product or
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| service provided by the covered person, a clear and conspicuous statement that the product is not insured, as applicable, by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, or the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
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(B)(i) Private insurance against loss or theft,
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| including cybertheft or theft by other means.
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(ii) A covered person shall disclose the
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| terms of the insurance policy to the resident in a manner that allows the resident to understand the specific insured risks that may result in partial coverage of the resident's assets.
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(3) The irrevocability of a transfer or exchange and
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| any exception to irrevocability.
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(4) A description of all of the following:
(A) The covered person's liability for an
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| unauthorized, mistaken, or accidental transfer or exchange.
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(B) The resident's responsibility to provide
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| notice to the covered person of an unauthorized, mistaken, or accidental transfer or exchange.
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(C) The basis for any recovery by the resident
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| from the covered person in case of an unauthorized, mistaken, or accidental transfer or exchange.
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(D) General error resolution rights applicable to
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| an unauthorized, mistaken, or accidental transfer or exchange.
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(E) The method for the resident to update the
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| resident's contact information with the covered person.
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(5) That the date or time when the transfer or
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| exchange is made and the resident's account is debited may differ from the date or time when the resident initiates the instruction to make the transfer or exchange.
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(6) Whether the resident has a right to stop a
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| preauthorized payment or revoke authorization for a transfer and the procedure to initiate a stop-payment order or revoke authorization for a subsequent transfer.
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(7) The resident's right to receive a receipt, trade
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| ticket, or other evidence of the transfer or exchange.
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(8) The resident's right to at least 14 days' prior
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| notice of a change in the covered person's fee schedule, other terms and conditions that have a material impact on digital asset business activity with the resident, or the policies applicable to the resident's account.
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(9) That no digital asset is currently recognized as
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| legal tender by the State of Illinois or the United States.
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(10)(A) A list of instances in the past 12 months
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| when the covered person's service was unavailable to customers seeking to engage in digital asset business activity due to a service outage on the part of the covered person and the causes of each identified service outage.
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(B) As part of the disclosure required by this
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| paragraph, the covered person may list any steps the covered person has taken to resolve underlying causes for those outages.
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(11) A disclosure, provided separately from the
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| disclosures provided pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (10) of this subsection and written prominently in bold type, that the State of Illinois has not approved or endorsed any digital assets or determined if this customer disclosure is truthful or complete.
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(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), at the conclusion of a digital asset transaction with, or on behalf of, a resident, a covered person shall provide the resident a confirmation in a record which contains all of the following:
(1) The name and contact information of the covered
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| person, including the toll-free telephone number required under Section 5-20.
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(2) The type, value, date, precise time, and amount
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(3) The fee charged for the transaction, including
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| any charge for conversion of a digital asset to fiat currency or other digital asset, as well as any indirect charges.
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(d) If a covered person discloses that it will provide a daily confirmation in the initial disclosure under subsection (c), the covered person may elect to provide a single, daily confirmation for all transactions with or on behalf of a resident on that day instead of a per transaction confirmation.
(Source: P.A. 104-428, eff. 8-18-25.)
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