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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3331 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Omar Aquino SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unfair or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of the Act for a person to: (1) advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or charges other than taxes imposed by a government entity; or (2) engage in any fraudulent or deceptive conduct that creates a likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding concerning the complete price of goods or services offered, displayed, or advertised. Provides that a person does not violate the provision if the total price of the goods or services being offered, displayed, or advertised, including any mandatory fees a consumer would incur during the transaction, is clearly and conspicuously disclosed in each advertisement or display and whenever a price is first shown to a consumer. Effective immediately. |
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| | SB3331 | | LRB103 38879 SPS 69016 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 adding Section 2EEEE as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2EEEE new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2EEEE. Disclosure of mandatory fees. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "mandatory fee" means a fee |
| 9 | | required for purchasing the goods or services advertised, |
| 10 | | displayed, or offered. |
| 11 | | (b) It is an unfair or deceptive act or practice within the |
| 12 | | meaning of this Act for a person to: |
| 13 | | (1) advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or |
| 14 | | services that does not include all mandatory fees or |
| 15 | | charges other than taxes imposed by a government entity; |
| 16 | | or |
| 17 | | (2) engage in any fraudulent or deceptive conduct that |
| 18 | | creates a likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding |
| 19 | | concerning the complete price of goods or services |
| 20 | | offered, displayed, or advertised. |
| 21 | | (c) A person does not violate this Section if the total |
| 22 | | price of the goods or services being offered, displayed, or |
| 23 | | advertised, including any mandatory fees a consumer would |