Bill Text: IL HB4904 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning unlawful practices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4904 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB4904-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (815 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262)
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7 | Sec. 2.
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8 | Unfair methods of competition and
and unfair or deceptive | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | acts or practices,
including but not limited to the use or | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | employment of any deception fraud,
false pretense, false | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | promise, misrepresentation or the concealment,
suppression or | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely
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13 | upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | fact, or the
use or employment of any practice described in | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Section 2 of the "Uniform
Deceptive Trade Practices Act", | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | approved August 5, 1965, in the conduct of
any trade or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether any person has
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18 | fact been misled, deceived or damaged thereby. In construing | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | this
section consideration shall be given to the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | interpretations of the Federal
Trade Commission and the federal | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | courts relating to Section 5 (a) of the
Federal Trade | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Commission Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 78-904.)
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