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92_SB2183
LRB9216086WHcs
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
8 of 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
14 material fact, or the use or employment of any practice
15 described in Section 2 of the "Uniform Deceptive Trade
16 Practices Act", approved August 5, 1965, in the conduct of
17 any trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether
18 any person has in fact been misled, deceived, or damaged
19 thereby. In construing this Section, consideration shall be
20 given to the interpretations of the Federal Trade Commission
21 and the federal courts relating to Section 5 (a) of the
22 Federal Trade Commission Act.
23 (Source: P.A. 78-904.)