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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5576 Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that sellers of propane who sell or deliver propane at different prices to different customers with respect to propane sales made during the same calendar week commit an unlawful practice.
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| | HB5576 | | LRB097 17892 JLS 63115 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning propane sellers.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
| 5 | | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2NNN as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2NNN new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2NNN. Sales practices of propane sellers. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: |
| 9 | | "Calendar week" means a period of 7 consecutive days |
| 10 | | beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday. |
| 11 | | "Propane" means a hydrocarbon whose chemical |
| 12 | | composition is predominately C3H8, whether recovered from |
| 13 | | natural gas or crude oil, and includes liquified petroleum |
| 14 | | gases and mixtures thereof. |
| 15 | | "Propane seller" means a person engaged primarily in |
| 16 | | the sale of odorized propane to the ultimate consumer by |
| 17 | | delivery to and filling of the consumer's propane storage |
| 18 | | device at the consumer's place of consumption. |
| 19 | | (b) A propane seller may not sell and deliver propane at |
| 20 | | different prices to different consumers with respect to sales |
| 21 | | made during the same calendar week. |
| 22 | | (c) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful |
| 23 | | practice within the meaning of this Act.
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