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92_HB4832eng HB4832 Engrossed LRB9213385LDtm 1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by 5 changing Section 17-5 as follows: 6 (720 ILCS 5/17-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-5) 7 Sec. 17-5. Deceptive collection practices. 8 A collection agency as defined in the"Collection Agency 9 Act"or any employee of thesuchcollection agency commits a 10 deceptive collection practice when, with the intent to 11 collect a debt owed to a person, corporation, or other 12 entity, he: 13 (a) represents falsely that he is an attorney, a 14 policeman, a sheriff or deputy sheriff, a bailiff, a county 15 clerk or employee of a county clerk's office, or any other 16 person who by statute is authorized to enforce the law or any 17 order of a court; or 18 (b) while attempting to collect an alleged debt, 19 misrepresents to the alleged debtor or to his immediate 20 family the corporate, partnership or proprietary name or 21 other trade or business name under which the debt collector 22 is engaging in debt collections and which he is legally 23 authorized to use; or 24 (c) while attempting to collect an alleged debt, adds to 25 the debt any service charge, interest or penalty which he is 26 not entitled by law to add; or 27 (d) threatens to ruin, destroy, or otherwise adversely 28 affect an alleged debtor's credit rating unless, at the same 29 time, a disclosure is made in accordance with federal law 30 that the alleged debtor has a right to inspect his credit 31 rating; or HB4832 Engrossed -2- LRB9213385LDtm 1 (e) accepts from an alleged debtor a payment which he 2 knows is not owed. 3 The commission of a deceptive collection practice is a 4 Business Offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $3,000. 5 (Source: P.A. 78-1248.)