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