(205 ILCS 732/35)
Sec. 35. Customer disclosures. (a) Before engaging in each digital asset kiosk transaction with a customer, a digital asset kiosk operator shall provide written disclosure, in English and in the same language principally used by the digital asset kiosk operator to advertise, solicit, or negotiate with a customer, containing the terms and conditions of the transaction that include, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) The amount of the digital assets involved in the |
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(2) The amount, in United States dollars, of any
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| charges collected by the operator.
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(3) The United States dollar price of the digital
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| assets that is charged to the customer and the United States dollar market price of the digital assets.
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(4) All procedures for providing refunds as required
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| by Section 45 of this Act and other methods to reverse or refund a transaction offered by the digital asset kiosk operator.
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(5) A warning written prominently in bold type
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| stating the following: "Warning: Losses due to fraudulent or accidental transactions may not be recoverable and transactions are irreversible except as otherwise set forth in this disclosure.".
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(6) Digital assets are not legal tender, are not
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| backed by the government, and accounts and value balances are not subject to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or Securities Investor Protection Corporation protections.
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(7) Legislative and regulatory changes or actions at
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| the State, federal, or international level may adversely affect the use, transfer, exchange, and value of digital assets.
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(8) Some digital asset transactions shall be deemed
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| to be made when recorded on a public ledger, which is not necessarily the date or time that the customer initiates the transaction.
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(9) The value of a digital asset may be derived from
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| the continued willingness of market participants to exchange fiat currency for digital assets, which may result in the potential for permanent and total loss of value of a particular digital asset should the market for that digital asset disappear.
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(10) There is no assurance that a person who accepts
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| a digital asset as payment today will continue to do so in the future.
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(11) The volatility and unpredictability of the price
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| of a digital asset relative to fiat currency may result in significant loss over a short period of time.
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(12) The nature of digital assets may lead to an
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| increased risk of fraud or cyberattack.
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(13) The nature of digital assets means that any
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| technological difficulties experienced by the digital asset kiosk operator may prevent access or use of a customer's digital assets.
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(14) Any bond or trust account maintained by the
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| digital asset kiosk operator for the benefit of its customers may not be sufficient to cover all losses incurred by customers.
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(b) The disclosures required by this Section shall be clear and conspicuous and provided separately from any other disclosure provided by the digital asset kiosk operator.
(c) A digital asset kiosk operator shall provide a customer with a receipt for any transaction made at the digital asset kiosk operator's digital asset kiosk that includes all of the following information:
(1) The name of the customer.
(2) The date and time of the transaction.
(3) The name and contact information of the digital
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(4) The amount of the digital assets and any digital
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| asset addresses involved in the transaction.
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(5) The amount of United States dollars or other fiat
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| currency involved in the transaction.
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(6) The amount, in United States dollars, of any
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| charges collected by the digital asset kiosk operator in relation to the transaction.
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(7) The amount, in United States dollars, of any
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| spread between the United States dollar price of the digital asset that is charged to the customer and the United States dollar market price of the digital asset.
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(8) All procedures for providing refunds as required
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| by this Act and any other methods to reverse or refund the transaction offered by the digital asset kiosk operator.
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(Source: P.A. 104-429, eff. 8-18-25.)
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