93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2474

 

Introduced 2/3/2004, by Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2   from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes technical changes in a Section defining unlawful practices.


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A BILL FOR

 

SB2474 LRB093 19958 RXD 45702 b

1     AN ACT in relation to business transactions.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
5 Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (815 ILCS 505/2)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262)
7     Sec. 2. Unlawful practice; federal law. Unfair methods of
8 competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices,
9 including but not limited to the use or employment of any
10 deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, or
11 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 in
18 fact been misled, deceived, or damaged thereby. In construing
19 this Section, consideration shall be given to the
20 interpretations of the Federal Trade Commission and the federal
21 courts relating to Section 5 (a) of the Federal Trade
22 Commission Act.
23 (Source: P.A. 78-904.)