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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 17-5.7 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (720 ILCS 5/17-5.7)
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7 | Sec. 17-5.7. Deceptive advertising. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Any person, firm, corporation or association or agent | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | or employee
thereof, who, with intent to sell, purchase, or in | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | any wise dispose of, or
to contract with reference to | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | merchandise, securities, real estate,
service, employment, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | money, credit or anything offered by such person,
firm, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | corporation or association, or agent or employee thereof, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | directly or
indirectly, to the public for sale, purchase, loan, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | distribution, or the
hire of personal services, or with intent | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | to increase the consumption of or
to contract with reference to | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | any merchandise, real estate, securities,
money, credit, loan, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | service or employment, or to induce the public in any
manner to | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | enter into any obligation relating thereto, or to acquire title
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20 | thereto, or an interest therein, or to make any loan, makes, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | publishes,
disseminates, circulates, or places before the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | public, or causes, directly
or indirectly, to be made, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | published, disseminated, circulated, or placed
before the |
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1 | public, in this State, in a newspaper, magazine, or other
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2 | publication, or in the form of a book, notice, handbill, | ||||||
3 | poster, sign,
bill, circular, pamphlet, letter, placard, card, | ||||||
4 | label, or over any radio
or television station, or in any other | ||||||
5 | way similar or dissimilar to the
foregoing, an advertisement, | ||||||
6 | announcement, or statement of any sort
regarding merchandise, | ||||||
7 | securities, real estate, money, credit, service,
employment, | ||||||
8 | or anything so offered for use, purchase, loan or sale, or the
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9 | interest, terms or conditions upon which such loan will be made | ||||||
10 | to the
public, which advertisement contains any assertion, | ||||||
11 | representation or
statement of fact which is untrue, misleading | ||||||
12 | or deceptive, shall be guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor. | ||||||
13 | (b) Any person, firm or corporation offering for sale | ||||||
14 | merchandise,
commodities or service by making, publishing, | ||||||
15 | disseminating, circulating or
placing before the public within | ||||||
16 | this State in any manner an advertisement
of merchandise, | ||||||
17 | commodities, or service, with the intent, design or purpose
not | ||||||
18 | to sell the merchandise, commodities, or service so advertised | ||||||
19 | at the
price stated therein, or otherwise communicated, or with | ||||||
20 | intent not to sell
the merchandise, commodities, or service so | ||||||
21 | advertised, may be enjoined
from such advertising upon | ||||||
22 | application for injunctive relief by the
State's Attorney or | ||||||
23 | Attorney General, and shall also be guilty of a Class A
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24 | misdemeanor. | ||||||
25 | (c) Any person, firm or corporation who makes, publishes,
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26 | disseminates, circulates or places before the public, or |
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1 | causes, directly
or indirectly to be made, published, | ||||||
2 | disseminated, circulated or placed
before the public, in this | ||||||
3 | State, in a newspaper, magazine or other
publication published | ||||||
4 | in this State, or in the form of a book, notice,
handbill, | ||||||
5 | poster, sign, bill, circular, pamphlet, letter, placard, card, | ||||||
6 | or
label distributed in this State, or over any radio or | ||||||
7 | television station
located in this State or in any other way in | ||||||
8 | this State similar or
dissimilar to the foregoing, an | ||||||
9 | advertisement, announcement, statement or
representation of | ||||||
10 | any kind to the public relating to the sale, offering for
sale, | ||||||
11 | purchase, use or lease of any real estate in a subdivision | ||||||
12 | located
outside the State of Illinois may be enjoined from such | ||||||
13 | activity upon
application for injunctive relief by the State's
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14 | Attorney or Attorney
General and shall also be guilty of a | ||||||
15 | Class A misdemeanor unless such
advertisement, announcement, | ||||||
16 | statement or representation contains or is
accompanied by a | ||||||
17 | clear, concise statement of the proximity of such real
estate | ||||||
18 | in common units of measurement to public schools, public | ||||||
19 | highways,
fresh water supply, public sewers, electric power, | ||||||
20 | stores and shops, and
telephone service or contains a statement | ||||||
21 | that one or more of such
facilities are not readily available, | ||||||
22 | and name those not available. | ||||||
23 | (d) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) do not apply to any | ||||||
24 | medium for the printing,
publishing, or disseminating of | ||||||
25 | advertising, or any owner, agent or
employee thereof, nor to | ||||||
26 | any advertising agency or owner, agent or employee
thereof, nor |
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1 | to any radio or television station, or owner, agent, or
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2 | employee thereof, for printing, publishing, or disseminating, | ||||||
3 | or causing to
be printed, published, or disseminated, such | ||||||
4 | advertisement in good faith
and without knowledge of the | ||||||
5 | deceptive character thereof. | ||||||
6 | (e) No person, firm or corporation owning or operating a | ||||||
7 | service station
shall advertise or hold out or state to the | ||||||
8 | public the per gallon price
of gasoline, upon any sign on the | ||||||
9 | premises of such station, unless such
price includes all taxes, | ||||||
10 | and unless the price, as so advertised, corresponds
with the | ||||||
11 | price appearing on the pump from which such gasoline is | ||||||
12 | dispensed.
Also, the identity of the product must be included | ||||||
13 | with the price in any
such advertisement, holding out or | ||||||
14 | statement to the public. Any person who violates this | ||||||
15 | subsection (e) shall be guilty
of a petty offense. | ||||||
16 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a proof of purchase | ||||||
17 | receipt issued by a retailer for motor fuel, including | ||||||
18 | gasoline, gasohol, and diesel fuel, shall contain the pre-tax | ||||||
19 | sale price of a gallon of motor fuel in addition to an itemized | ||||||
20 | publication of any local, State, or federal tax imposed on the | ||||||
21 | motor fuel.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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