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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5046
Introduced 02/05/04, by Robert Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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815 ILCS 505/2 |
from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 |
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes
technical changes in a Section defining unlawful practices.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5046 |
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LRB093 17965 RXD 43648 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to business transactions.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
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| Practices Act is
amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262)
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| Sec. 2. Unlawful practice; federal law. Unfair methods of |
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| competition
and unfair
or deceptive acts or practices,
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| including but not limited to the use or employment of any |
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| deception, fraud,
false pretense, false promise, or
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| misrepresentation, or the
concealment,
suppression, or |
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| omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely
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| upon the concealment, suppression, or omission of such material |
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| fact, or
the
use or employment of any practice described in |
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| Section 2 of the "Uniform
Deceptive Trade Practices Act", |
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| approved August 5, 1965, in the conduct of
any trade or |
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| commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether any person has
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| fact been misled, deceived, or damaged thereby. In construing |
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| this
Section, consideration shall be given to the |
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| interpretations of the Federal
Trade Commission and the federal |
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| courts relating to Section 5 (a) of the
Federal Trade |
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| Commission Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-904.)
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