Bill Text: IL SB3112 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3112 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3112-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3112 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3112-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 1 as follows:
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6 | (815 ILCS 505/1) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 261)
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7 | Sec. 1. (a) The
The term "advertisement" includes the | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | attempt by publication,
dissemination, solicitation or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | circulation to induce directly or indirectly
any person to | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | enter into any obligation or acquire any title or interest in
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11 | any merchandise and includes every work device to disguise any | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | form of
business solicitation by using such terms as "renewal", | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | "invoice", "bill",
"statement", or "reminder", to create an | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | impression of existing obligation
when there is none, or other | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | language to mislead any person in relation to
any sought after | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | commercial transaction. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (b) The term "merchandise" includes any objects, wares, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | goods,
commodities, intangibles, real estate situated outside | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | the State of
Illinois, or services.
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20 | (c) The term "person" includes any natural person or his | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | legal
representative, partnership, corporation (domestic and | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | foreign), company,
trust, business entity or association, and | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | any agent, employee, salesman,
partner, officer, director, |
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1 | member, stockholder, associate, trustee or
cestui que trust | ||||||
2 | thereof.
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3 | (d) The term "sale" includes any sale, offer for sale, or | ||||||
4 | attempt to
sell any merchandise for cash or on credit.
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5 | (e) The term "consumer" means any person who purchases or | ||||||
6 | contracts for
the purchase of merchandise not for resale in the | ||||||
7 | ordinary course of his
trade or business but for his use or | ||||||
8 | that of a member of his household.
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9 | (f) The terms "trade" and "commerce" mean the advertising, | ||||||
10 | offering for
sale, sale, or distribution of any services and | ||||||
11 | any property, tangible or
intangible, real, personal or mixed, | ||||||
12 | and any other article, commodity, or
thing of value wherever | ||||||
13 | situated, and shall include any trade or commerce
directly or | ||||||
14 | indirectly affecting the people of this State.
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15 | (g) The term "pyramid sales scheme" includes any plan or | ||||||
16 | operation whereby
a person in exchange for money or other thing | ||||||
17 | of value acquires the opportunity
to receive a benefit or thing | ||||||
18 | of value, which is primarily based upon the
inducement of | ||||||
19 | additional persons, by himself or others, regardless of number,
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20 | to participate in the same plan or operation
and is not | ||||||
21 | primarily contingent on the volume or quantity of goods, | ||||||
22 | services,
or other property sold or distributed or to be sold | ||||||
23 | or distributed to persons
for purposes of resale to consumers. | ||||||
24 | For purposes of this subsection, "money
or other thing of | ||||||
25 | value"
shall not include payments made for sales demonstration | ||||||
26 | equipment and materials
furnished on a nonprofit basis for use |
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1 | in making sales and not
for resale.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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