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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2567
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Marlow H. Colvin 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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HB2567 |
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LRB095 00855 LCT 20857 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 changing Section 2X as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 505/2X) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262X)
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| Sec. 2X. It is an unlawful practice for any person to |
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| promote or
advertise any business, product or interest in |
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| property by means of
distributing documents designed to |
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| simulate checks or other negotiable
instruments unless such
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| instrument has printed upon both its front and
and back, the |
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| following
statement: "This is not a Check".
However, it is not |
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| an unlawful practice under this Section for a person
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| distribute for commercial purposes a sample or specimen of a |
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| check or
other instrument which is used to solicit orders for |
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| the sale of that
instrument and which is clearly marked as a |
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| non-negotiable sample or specimen. |
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| (Source: P.A. 86-362; 86-1028.)
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