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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1170 Introduced 2/5/2019, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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815 ILCS 505/2X | from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262X |
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes
a technical
change in a Section concerning the distribution of documents
designed to simulate checks.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB1170 | | LRB101 10334 JLS 55440 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning business.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 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 changing Section 2X as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2X) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262X)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2X.
It is an unlawful practice for any person to |
| 8 | | promote or
advertise any business, product or interest in |
| 9 | | property by means of
distributing documents designed to |
| 10 | | simulate checks or other negotiable
instruments unless such
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| 11 | | instrument has printed upon both its front and
and back, the |
| 12 | | following
statement: "This is not a Check".
However, it is not |
| 13 | | an unlawful practice under this Section for a person
to |
| 14 | | distribute for commercial purposes a sample or specimen of a |
| 15 | | check or
other instrument which is used to solicit orders for |
| 16 | | the sale of that
instrument and which is clearly marked as a |
| 17 | | non-negotiable sample or specimen. |
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 86-362; 86-1028.)
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