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90_HB1635

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

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