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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4257
Introduced 1/29/2004, by Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Home Repair and Remodeling Act. Makes a technical change
in a Section concerning written contracts.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4257 |
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LRB093 19556 RXD 45296 b |
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| AN ACT concerning 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 Home Repair and Remodeling Act is amended by |
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| changing
Section 15 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 513/15)
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| Sec. 15. Written contract; costs
enumerated; business name |
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| and address.
Prior to initiating home
repair or remodeling work |
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| for over $1,000, a person engaged in the business of
home |
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| repair or
remodeling shall furnish to the customer for |
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| signature a written contract or
work order that states the |
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| total cost, including parts and materials listed
with |
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| reasonable particularity and any charge for an estimate. In |
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| addition, the
contract shall state the business name and |
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| address of the person engaged in the
business of home repair or |
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| remodeling. If the person engaged in the business
of home |
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| repair or remodeling uses a post office box or mail receiving |
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| service
or agent to receive home repair or remodeling business |
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| correspondence, the
contract also shall state the residence |
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| address of the person engaged in the
business of
home repair or |
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| remodeling.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-230, eff. 1-1-00.)
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