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HB1763 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning business. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
| 5 | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2HHHH as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (815 ILCS 505/2HHHH new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2HHHH. Social clubs; delinquent members. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) As used in this Section, "social club" means a private | ||||||
| 9 | establishment that is the premises of a formal organization of | ||||||
| 10 | members for pleasure, recreation, and other purposes. "Social | ||||||
| 11 | club" does not include a fitness center or a community pool. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) A social club shall not charge a member who is | ||||||
| 13 | delinquent or in poor standing with the club for the time the | ||||||
| 14 | member is not allowed in the club or is unable to access the | ||||||
| 15 | club's services. A contract that violates this subsection is | ||||||
| 16 | void and unenforceable. | ||||||
| 17 | (c) This Section applies to all contracts that are entered | ||||||
| 18 | into, amended, renewed, or extended on or after the effective | ||||||
| 19 | date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly. | ||||||
| 20 | (d) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful | ||||||
| 21 | practice within the meaning of this Act. | ||||||
| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law. | ||||||