Sen. Rachelle Crowe

Filed: 4/23/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 769

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 769 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Home Repair Fraud Act is amended by
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 515/3)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1603)
7    Sec. 3. Home Repair Fraud.
8    (a) A person commits the offense of home repair fraud when
9he knowingly enters into an agreement or contract, written or
10oral, with a person for home repair, and he knowingly:
11        (1) Misrepresents a material fact relating to the
12    terms of the contract or agreement or the preexisting or
13    existing condition of any portion of the property
14    involved, or creates or confirms another's impression
15    which is false and which he does not believe to be true, or
16    promises performance which he does not intend to perform

 

 

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1    or knows will not be performed; or
2        (2) uses or employs any deception, false pretense or
3    false promises in order to induce, encourage or solicit
4    such person to enter into any contract or agreement; or
5        (3) enters into an unconscionable agreement or
6    contract requiring payment to the contractor of at least
7    $4,000. A contract is unconscionable within the meaning of
8    this Act when an unreasonable difference exists between
9    the value of the services, materials and work to be
10    performed and the amount charged for those services,
11    materials and work. For purposes of this Section, prima
12    facie evidence shall exist that the contract or agreement
13    is unconscionable if the total payment called for by the
14    contract or agreement is in excess of four times the fair
15    market value for those services, materials and work; or
16        (4) fails to comply with the provisions of "An Act in
17    relation to the use of an assumed name in the conduct or
18    transaction of business in this State", approved July 17,
19    1941, as amended, and misrepresents or conceals either his
20    real name, the name of his business, or his business
21    address.
22    (b) A person commits the offense of home repair fraud when
23he knowingly:
24        (1) damages the property of a person with the intent
25    to enter into an agreement or contract for home repair; or
26        (2) misrepresents himself or another to be an employee

 

 

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1    or agent of any unit of the federal, State or municipal
2    government or any other governmental unit, or an employee
3    or agent of any public utility, with the intent to cause a
4    person to enter into, with himself or another, any
5    contract or agreement for home repair; or .
6        (3) promises performance which the person knows will
7    not be completed at any time during the performance of the
8    service.
9    (c) For purposes of subsection (a), paragraph (1), it
10shall be a rebuttable presumption of intent or knowledge that
11a person promises performance which he does not intend to
12perform and knows will not be performed when, after no
13performance or no substantial performance of a contract or
14agreement for home repair, he fails or refuses to return
15payments made by the victim and he:
16        (1) fails to acknowledge or respond to a written
17    demand for commencement or completion of home repair
18    within 10 days after such demand is mailed or presented to
19    him by the victim or by the victim's legal representative
20    or by a law enforcement or consumer agency acting on
21    behalf of the victim; or
22        (2) fails to notify the victim in writing of a change
23    of business name or address prior to the completion of the
24    home repair; or
25        (3) makes false statements or representations to the
26    victim to excuse his non-performance or non-substantial

 

 

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1    performance; or
2        (4) uses deception to obtain the victim's consent to
3    modification of the terms of the original contract or
4    agreement; or
5        (5) fails to employ qualified personnel necessary to
6    perform the home repair; or
7        (6) fails to order or purchase the basic materials
8    required for performance of the home repair; or
9        (7) fails to comply with municipal, county, State or
10    federal regulations or codes relating to the performance
11    of home repair.
12    Intent and knowledge shall be determined by an evaluation
13of all circumstances surrounding a transaction and the
14determination shall not be limited to the time of contract or
15agreement.
16    Substantial performance shall not include work performed
17in a manner of little or no value or work that fails to comply
18with the appropriate municipal, county, State or federal
19regulations or codes.
20(Source: P.A. 87-820.)".