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| 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010SB2833
  Introduced 1/28/2010, by Sen. Christine Radogno - Dale A. Righter  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 
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815 ILCS 505/2 |   from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262 | 
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    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.  Makes
a technical change in a Section concerning unlawful practices.
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|  |  | SB2833 |  | LRB096 17029 DRJ 32343 b |  | 
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| 1 |  |     AN ACT concerning business.
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| 2 |  |     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,  | 
| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly: 
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| 4 |  |     Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business  | 
| 5 |  | Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
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| 6 |  |     (815 ILCS 505/2)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262)
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| 7 |  |     Sec. 2. 
Unfair methods of competition and
and unfair or  | 
| 8 |  | deceptive acts or practices,
including but not limited to the  | 
| 9 |  | use or employment of any deception fraud,
false pretense, false  | 
| 10 |  | promise, misrepresentation or the concealment,
suppression or  | 
| 11 |  | omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely
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| 12 |  | upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material  | 
| 13 |  | fact, or the
use or employment of any practice described in  | 
| 14 |  | Section 2 of the "Uniform
Deceptive Trade Practices Act",  | 
| 15 |  | approved August 5, 1965, in the conduct of
any trade or  | 
| 16 |  | commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether any person has
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| 17 |  | fact been misled, deceived or damaged thereby. In construing  | 
| 18 |  | this
section consideration shall be given to the  | 
| 19 |  | interpretations of the Federal
Trade Commission and the federal  | 
| 20 |  | courts relating to Section 5 (a) of the
Federal Trade  | 
| 21 |  | Commission Act. | 
| 22 |  | (Source: P.A. 78-904.)
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