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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,
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| 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 2LLL as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (815 ILCS 505/2LLL new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2LLL. Locksmith services. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) No person who engages in the business of a locksmith | ||||||
| 9 | within the meaning of Section 5-10 of the Private Detective, | ||||||
| 10 | Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and | ||||||
| 11 | Locksmith Act of 2004 shall commence work involving the keying, | ||||||
| 12 | rekeying, installation, repair, opening, or modification of | ||||||
| 13 | locks, for compensation that exceeds $100, without first | ||||||
| 14 | providing to the consumer of such services primarily for | ||||||
| 15 | personal, family, or household use: | ||||||
| 16 | (1) a written price estimate of the total cost of the | ||||||
| 17 | locksmith service, including the cost of labor, parts, | ||||||
| 18 | fees, estimates, service calls, diagnostics, disassembly, | ||||||
| 19 | reassembly, and all charges to complete the service, which | ||||||
| 20 | shall not be exceeded by more than 10% without the written | ||||||
| 21 | consent of the consumer; or | ||||||
| 22 | (2) a written price limit on the total cost of the | ||||||
| 23 | locksmith service which shall not be exceeded without the | ||||||
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| 1 | written consent of the consumer. | ||||||
| 2 | If it is determined that, due to unforeseen circumstances, | ||||||
| 3 | the written price estimate or limit is insufficient, the | ||||||
| 4 | written consent of the consumer must be obtained before the | ||||||
| 5 | service is performed. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) The person who performs the locksmith service shall | ||||||
| 7 | disclose the locksmith license number and the legal name under | ||||||
| 8 | which business is conducted on any written price estimate or | ||||||
| 9 | price limit provided to a consumer, and if that person is | ||||||
| 10 | employed by a locksmith agency the disclosure shall include the | ||||||
| 11 | legal name, complete street address and locksmith license | ||||||
| 12 | number of the locksmith agency and the legal name and locksmith | ||||||
| 13 | license or registration number of the person who performs the | ||||||
| 14 | service. | ||||||
| 15 | (c) The person who performs a locksmith service in | ||||||
| 16 | accordance with this Section shall retain the original copy of | ||||||
| 17 | the written price estimate or written price limit for a period | ||||||
| 18 | of 2 years. | ||||||
| 19 | (d) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful | ||||||
| 20 | practice within the meaning of this Act.
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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