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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1039
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1039 as follows:
 3    on  page  3,  by  replacing  lines  6  through  34  with  the
 4    following:
 5    "estimates and diagnostics. However,  transactions  involving
 6    the  retail  purchase of merchandise when a facility installs
 7    the merchandise as part of the transaction at the  discretion
 8    of  the  customer  for  a firm price are not included.  These
 9    transactions shall include  but  not  be  limited  to  tires,
10    batteries, oil, and lube jobs.
11             (1)  Description  of  parts.   Motor  vehicle repair
12        facilities shall describe in the estimate the major parts
13        needed to effectuate the repair and whether parts are new
14        or used.
15             (2)  Calculation of labor  costs.   Estimates  shall
16        indicate that the motor vehicle repair facility may use a
17        combination   of   industry  standard  flat  rate  (time)
18        manuals, actual time, or  condition  of  the  vehicle  to
19        determine  labor costs.  This disclosure mandate may also
20        be fulfilled by means of a sign that  provides  the  same
21        information to the consumer.  Such a sign shall be posted
22        at a location that can be easily viewed by the consumer.
23             (3)  Required or suggested repairs.  Estimates shall
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 1        indicate  whether  the  estimated repairs are required or
 2        suggested.
 3             (4)  Disassembly and reassembly charges.  If  it  is
 4        necessary  to  disassemble,  or  partially disassemble, a
 5        vehicle or vehicle component  in  order  to  provide  the
 6        consumer  with  a written estimate for required repair or
 7        maintenance, the estimate shall  show  the  cost  of  any
 8        disassembly  or  reassembly,  or  both,  if  the consumer
 9        elects not to proceed with the repair or  maintenance  of
10        the vehicle.
11             (5)  Date.   The estimate shall include the date the
12        estimate  was  prepared  or  the  date  the  vehicle  was
13        presented to the motor vehicle repair facility for repair
14        or servicing,  or  both,  the  odometer  reading  on  the
15        vehicle  at  the  time it was left with the motor vehicle
16        repair facility, and a promised date of delivery."; and
17    on page 4, by deleting line 1; and
18    on page 4, by replacing line 3 with the following:
19    "When an estimate is required to be presented to a  consumer,
20    a motor  vehicle repair facility shall disclose to the"; and
21    on  page  6,  line  10,  after  "estimate",  by inserting the
22    following:  "or a firm  price quotation"; and
23    on lines 14, 15, 19, and 22, after "estimate"  each  time  it
24    appears,  by  inserting    the  following:   "or  firm  price
25    quotation"; and
26    on line 30, by changing "estimated" to "promised"; and
27    on  page  8,  line  15,  before  the period, by inserting the
28    following:  ", which  may  be  maintained  in  an  electronic
29    format"; and
30    on  page 9, line 9, before "YOU", by inserting the following:
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 1    "UNLESS THE  FACILITY PROVIDES A FIRM PRICE QUOTATION,"; and
 2    on line 25, by deleting "However,"; and
 3    by deleting lines 26 through 30; and
 4    by replacing line 32 on page 9 and lines 1 and 2 on  page  10
 5    with the  following:
 6    "facility  shall  maintain copies of estimates for contracted
 7    work and all  invoices.  The"; and
 8    on  page  10,  line  3,  after  "copies",  by  inserting  the
 9    following:  ", which may   be  maintained  in  an  electronic
10    format,"; and
11    on  page  11,  line 2, after "refusing", by inserting "at the
12    time of sale"; and
13    on line 18, by changing "reasons" to "basis"; and
14    by replacing line 33 on page 11 and lines  1  through  19  on
15    page 12 with the  following:
16        "Section  85.  Violations.  Whenever an automotive repair
17    facility is  knowingly engaged in or has knowingly engaged in
18    a persistent practice or  pattern  of  conduct  at  a  single
19    location  that  violates  this Act, that knowing,  persistent
20    practice or pattern of conduct shall be  deemed  an  unlawful
21    act  or    practice  under  the  Consumer Fraud and Deceptive
22    Business Practices Act.   In the  case  of  such  a  knowing,
23    persistent  practice  or  pattern  of conduct, all  remedies,
24    penalties, and authority available to  the  Attorney  General
25    and  the   several State's Attorneys under the Consumer Fraud
26    and Deceptive Business  Practices Act for the enforcement  of
27    that Act shall be available for the  enforcement of this Act.
28        Section  190.   The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
29    Practices  Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
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 1        (815 ILCS 505/2Z) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
 2        Sec. 2Z.  Violations  of  other  Acts.   Any  person  who
 3    knowingly  violates  the  Automotive  Repair  Act,  the Dance
 4    Studio Act, the Physical Fitness Services  Act,  the  Hearing
 5    Instrument  Consumer Protection Act, the Illinois Union Label
 6    Act, the Job  Referral  and  Job  Listing  Services  Consumer
 7    Protection Act, the Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act,
 8    the   Credit   Services   Organizations  Act,  the  Automatic
 9    Telephone Dialers Act,  the  Pay-Per-Call  Services  Consumer
10    Protection Act, the Telephone Solicitations Act, the Illinois
11    Funeral  or  Burial  Funds Act, the Cemetery Care Act, or the
12    Pre-Need Cemetery Sales  Act  commits  an  unlawful  practice
13    within the meaning of this Act.
14    (Source:  P.A.  88-288;  89-72,  eff.  12-31-95; 89-615, eff.
15    8-9-96.)".

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