101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2387

 

Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2  from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning unlawful practices.


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A BILL FOR

 

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