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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4866 Introduced 2/3/2012, by Rep. Tom Cross 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
a technical change in a Section concerning unlawful practices.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB4866 | | LRB097 17218 JLS 62418 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning business.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
| 5 | | Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2.
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| 8 | | Unfair methods of competition and
and unfair or deceptive |
| 9 | | acts or practices,
including but not limited to the use or |
| 10 | | employment of any deception fraud,
false pretense, false |
| 11 | | promise, misrepresentation or the concealment,
suppression or |
| 12 | | omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely
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| 13 | | upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material |
| 14 | | fact, or the
use or employment of any practice described in |
| 15 | | Section 2 of the "Uniform
Deceptive Trade Practices Act", |
| 16 | | approved August 5, 1965, in the conduct of
any trade or |
| 17 | | commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether any person has
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| 18 | | fact been misled, deceived or damaged thereby. In construing |
| 19 | | this
section consideration shall be given to the |
| 20 | | interpretations of the Federal
Trade Commission and the federal |
| 21 | | courts relating to Section 5 (a) of the
Federal Trade |
| 22 | | Commission Act. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 78-904.)
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