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Public Act 094-0999
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| HB4719 Enrolled |
LRB094 17251 LCT 52541 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 2XX as follows:
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(815 ILCS 505/2XX new) |
Sec. 2XX. Work-at-home solicitations. No person shall |
advertise, represent or imply that any person can earn money |
working at home by stuffing envelopes, addressing envelopes, |
mailing circulars, clipping newspaper and magazine articles, |
assembling products, bill processing, or performing similar |
work, unless the person making the advertisement or |
representation: |
(1) actually pays the advertised wage, salary, set fee, |
or commission to others for performing the represented |
tasks; |
(2) at no time requires the person who will perform the |
represented tasks to purchase instructional booklets, |
brochures, kits, programs, materials, mailing lists, |
directories, memberships in cooperative associations, or |
other similar items or services; |
(3) discloses the legal name under which business is |
conducted and the complete street address from which |
business is actually conducted in all advertising and |
promotional materials, including order blanks and forms; |
and |
(4) discloses in writing to the person who will perform |
the represented tasks an exact description of the work to |
be performed, the amount of any wage, salary, set fee, or |
commission to be paid for the performance of the |
represented tasks, and all terms and conditions for earning |
such wage, salary, set fee, or commission. |