Public Act 103-0087
 
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    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 changing Section 2PP as follows:
 
    (815 ILCS 505/2PP)
    Sec. 2PP. Mail; disclosure.
    (a) It is an unlawful practice under this Act to knowingly
mail or send or cause to be mailed or sent a postcard or letter
to a recipient in this State if:
        (1) the postcard or letter contains a request that the
    recipient contact the sender by mail, telephone, email,
    website, or other prescribed means call a telephone
    number; and
        (2) the postcard or letter is mailed or sent to induce
    the recipient to contact the sender by mail, telephone,
    email, website, or other prescribed means call the
    telephone number so that goods, services, or other
    merchandise, as defined in Section 1, may be offered for
    sale to the recipient; and
        (3) the postcard or letter does not disclose or
    disclaim that it is not a bill and that it is a
    solicitation for that goods, services, or other
    merchandise, as defined in Section 1, that may be offered
    for sale if the recipient contacts the sender by mail,
    telephone, email, website, or any other prescribed means
    calls the telephone number ; and .
        (4) the postcard or letter does not disclose or
    disclaim any and all affiliations or lack thereof.
    (b) All disclosures and disclaimers appearing on a
postcard or letter must be conspicuously located at the top of
the postcard or letter, be easily readable in clear and
unambiguous language, and be printed in at least 14-point
bold-face font in a black-outlined box.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2024