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Full Text of HB4629 103rd General Assembly

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HB4629ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Rep. Bob Morgan
Filed: 2/29/2024

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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4629
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4629 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

6     (815 ILCS 505/2EEEE new)
7     Sec. 2EEEE. Hidden and misleading fees prohibited.
8     (a) As used in this Section:
9     "Ancillary good or service" means any additional
10 merchandise offered to a consumer as part of the same
11 transaction.
12     "Pricing information" means any information relating to an
13 amount a consumer may pay as part of a transaction.
14     "Shipping charges" means the fees or charges that
15 reasonably reflect the amount to be incurred to send goods to a
16 consumer through the mail, including private mail services.

10300HB4629ham001 - 2 - LRB103 36169 JDS 70333 a

1     "Total price" means the maximum total of all fees or
2 charges a consumer must pay for a good or service and any
3 mandatory ancillary good or service. "Total price" does not
4 include shipping charges or taxes.
5     (b) It is an unlawful practice within the meaning of this
6 Act for a person to:
7         (1) offer, display, or advertise an amount a consumer
8     may pay for merchandise without clearly and conspicuously
9     disclosing the total price;
10         (2) fail, in any offer, display, or advertisement that
11     contains an amount a consumer may pay, to display the
12     total price more prominently than any other pricing
13     information;
14         (3) misrepresent the nature and purpose of any amount
15     a consumer may pay, including the ability to refund the
16     fees and the identity of any merchandise for which fees
17     are charged; or
18         (4) fail to disclose clearly and conspicuously before
19     the consumer consents to pay, the nature and purpose of
20     any amount a consumer may pay that is excluded from the
21     total price, including the ability to refund the fees and
22     the identity of any merchandise for which fees are
23     charged.".

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