103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3331

 

Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Omar Aquino

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2EEEE new

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unfair or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of the Act for a person to: (1) advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or charges other than taxes imposed by a government entity; or (2) engage in any fraudulent or deceptive conduct that creates a likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding concerning the complete price of goods or services offered, displayed, or advertised. Provides that a person does not violate the provision if the total price of the goods or services being offered, displayed, or advertised, including any mandatory fees a consumer would incur during the transaction, is clearly and conspicuously disclosed in each advertisement or display and whenever a price is first shown to a consumer. Effective immediately.


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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 adding Section 2EEEE as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 505/2EEEE new)
7    Sec. 2EEEE. Disclosure of mandatory fees.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "mandatory fee" means a fee
9required for purchasing the goods or services advertised,
10displayed, or offered.
11    (b) It is an unfair or deceptive act or practice within the
12meaning of this Act for a person to:
13        (1) advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or
14    services that does not include all mandatory fees or
15    charges other than taxes imposed by a government entity;
16    or
17        (2) engage in any fraudulent or deceptive conduct that
18    creates a likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding
19    concerning the complete price of goods or services
20    offered, displayed, or advertised.
21    (c) A person does not violate this Section if the total
22price of the goods or services being offered, displayed, or
23advertised, including any mandatory fees a consumer would

 

 

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1incur during the transaction, is clearly and conspicuously
2disclosed in each advertisement or display and whenever a
3price is first shown to a consumer.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.