SB1464 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1464

 

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2ZZ new

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that no person may send marketing materials to a consumer indicating that the person is connected to the consumer's mortgage company, indicating that there is a problem with the consumer's mortgage, or stating that the marketing materials contain information concerning the consumer's mortgage, unless that person sending the marketing materials is actually employed by the consumer's mortgage company or an affiliate of the consumer's mortgage company.


LRB095 09717 LCT 29921 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1464 LRB095 09717 LCT 29921 b

1     AN ACT concerning business.
 
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 adding Section 2ZZ as follows:
 
6     (815 ILCS 505/2ZZ new)
7     Sec. 2ZZ. Mortgage marketing materials.
8     (a) No person may send marketing materials to a consumer
9 indicating that the person is connected to the consumer's
10 mortgage company, indicating that there is a problem with the
11 consumer's mortgage, or stating that the marketing materials
12 contain information concerning the consumer's mortgage, unless
13 that person sending the marketing materials is actually
14 employed by the consumer's mortgage company or an affiliate of
15 the consumer's mortgage company.
16     (b) Any person who violates this Section commits an
17 unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.
18     (c) For purposes of this Section:
19         "Person" means any individual, partnership,
20     corporation, business, trust, or other legal entity.
21         "Consumer" means any natural person who, singly or
22     jointly with another consumer, enters into a mortgage loan.