HB5800 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5800

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

815 ILCS 505/2III new

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person may not sell, market, promote, advertise, or otherwise distribute an individual's social security number without that individual's express written consent. Makes a person's violation of this provision an unlawful practice under the Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2III as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2III new)

Sec. 2III. Unauthorized distribution of social security number. A person may not sell, market, promote, advertise, or otherwise distribute an individual's social security number without that individual's express written consent. A person's violation of this Section is an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.