HB3351 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 10175 JLS 40334 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3351

Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

815 ILCS 505/2QQQ new

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a person who is not the publisher to sell or offer for sale a magazine or other periodical subscription, either in person or by means of electronic communication, in a transaction in which: the requested price to be paid by the consumer is greater than the subscription price requested by the publisher of the magazine or other periodical; or an element of the contractual relationship between the person and the consumer is a supplemental cancellation fee to be paid by the consumer to the person if one or more subscriptions are canceled prior to the expiration date of the subscription and the person fails to disclose to the consumer, before the establishment of the contractual relationship, that the cancellation fee is an element of the transaction.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2QQQ as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2QQQ new)

Sec. 2QQQ. Magazine and periodical subscriptions.

(a) It is an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act for a person who is not the publisher to sell or offer for sale a magazine or other periodical subscription, either in person or by means of electronic communication, in a transaction in which the requested price to be paid by the consumer is greater than the subscription price requested by the publisher of the magazine or other periodical.

(b) It is an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act for a person who is not the publisher to sell or offer for sale a magazine or other periodical subscription, either in person or by means of electronic communication, in a transaction in which (1) an element of the contractual relationship between the person and the consumer is a supplemental cancellation fee to be paid by the consumer to the person if one or more subscriptions are canceled prior to the expiration date of the subscription and (2) the person fails to disclose to the consumer, before the establishment of the contractual relationship, that the cancellation fee is an element of the transaction.