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Full Text of SB1440  103rd General Assembly

SB1440enr 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  

 


 
SB1440 EnrolledLRB103 29437 SPS 55828 b

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 changing Section 2PP as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 505/2PP)
7    Sec. 2PP. Mail; disclosure.
8    (a) It is an unlawful practice under this Act to knowingly
9mail or send or cause to be mailed or sent a postcard or letter
10to a recipient in this State if:
11        (1) the postcard or letter contains a request that the
12    recipient contact the sender by mail, telephone, email,
13    website, or other prescribed means call a telephone
14    number; and
15        (2) the postcard or letter is mailed or sent to induce
16    the recipient to contact the sender by mail, telephone,
17    email, website, or other prescribed means call the
18    telephone number so that goods, services, or other
19    merchandise, as defined in Section 1, may be offered for
20    sale to the recipient; and
21        (3) the postcard or letter does not disclose or
22    disclaim that it is not a bill and that it is a
23    solicitation for that goods, services, or other

 

 

SB1440 Enrolled- 2 -LRB103 29437 SPS 55828 b

1    merchandise, as defined in Section 1, that may be offered
2    for sale if the recipient contacts the sender by mail,
3    telephone, email, website, or any other prescribed means
4    calls the telephone number ; and .
5        (4) the postcard or letter does not disclose or
6    disclaim any and all affiliations or lack thereof.
7    (b) All disclosures and disclaimers appearing on a
8postcard or letter must be conspicuously located at the top of
9the postcard or letter, be easily readable in clear and
10unambiguous language, and be printed in at least 14-point
11bold-face font in a black-outlined box.
12(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)