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SB2160 Enrolled                                LRB9216011WHcs

 1         AN ACT concerning business practices.

 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 2MM as follows:

 6        (815 ILCS 505/2MM new)
 7        Sec. 2MM. Mail; disclosure. It is  an  unlawful  practice
 8    under  this  Act  to  knowingly  mail  or send or cause to be
 9    mailed or sent a postcard or letter to a  recipient  in  this
10    State if:
11             (1)  the  postcard or letter contains a request that
12        the recipient call a telephone number;
13             (2)  the postcard or letter is  mailed  or  sent  to
14        induce the recipient to call the telephone number so that
15        goods,  services,  or  other  merchandise,  as defined in
16        Section 1, may be offered for sale to the recipient; and
17             (3)  the postcard or letter does not  disclose  that
18        goods,  services,  or  other  merchandise,  as defined in
19        Section 1, may be offered for sale if the recipient calls
20        the telephone number.

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