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Public Act 100-0240
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| SB1898 Enrolled | LRB100 06350 JLS 16388 b |
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AN ACT concerning business.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2TTT as follows:
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(815 ILCS 505/2TTT new) |
Sec. 2TTT. Non-disparagement clauses in consumer |
contracts. |
(a) A contract or a proposed contract for the sale or lease |
of consumer merchandise or services may not include a provision |
waiving the consumer's right to make any statement regarding |
the seller or lessor or the employees or agents of the seller |
or lessor or concerning the merchandise or services. |
(b) It is an unlawful practice to threaten or to seek to |
enforce a provision made unlawful under this Section or to |
otherwise penalize a consumer for making any statement |
protected under this Section. |
(c) Any waiver of the provisions of this Section is |
contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable. |
(d) This Section may not be construed to prohibit or limit |
a person or business that hosts online consumer reviews or |
comments from removing a statement that is otherwise lawful to |
remove.
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