(805 ILCS 120/1.5)
Sec. 1.5.
Locale misrepresentation.
(a) A person shall not advertise or cause to be listed in a telephone
directory an assumed or fictitious business name that intentionally
misrepresents where the business is actually located or operating or falsely
states that the business is located or operating in the area covered by the
telephone directory.
This subsection (a) does not apply to a telephone service provider or
to the publisher or distributor of a telephone service directory, unless the
conduct prescribed in this subsection (a) is on behalf of that telephone
service provider or that publisher or distributor.
(b) A foreign not-for-profit corporation that violates this Section is
guilty of a petty offense and must be fined not less than $501 and not more
than $1,000. A foreign not-for-profit corporation is guilty of an additional
offense for each additional day in violation of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 91-906, eff. 1-1-01.)
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