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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5476 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 815 ILCS 505/2 | from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 |
| Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any term or condition in any agreement that unnecessarily burdens a person's rights under the Act shall be null and void. |
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB5476 | | LRB103 35070 SPS 65023 b |
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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, |
| 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 changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2. |
| 8 | | (a) Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive |
| 9 | | acts or practices, including but not limited to the use or |
| 10 | | employment of any deception fraud, false pretense, false |
| 11 | | promise, misrepresentation or the concealment, suppression or |
| 12 | | omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely |
| 13 | | upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material |
| 14 | | fact, or the use or employment of any practice described in |
| 15 | | Section 2 of the "Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act", |
| 16 | | approved August 5, 1965, in the conduct of any trade or |
| 17 | | commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether any person has |
| 18 | | in fact been misled, deceived or damaged thereby. In |
| 19 | | construing this section consideration shall be given to the |
| 20 | | interpretations of the Federal Trade Commission and the |
| 21 | | federal courts relating to Section 5 (a) of the Federal Trade |
| 22 | | Commission Act. |
| 23 | | (b) Any term or condition in any agreement that |