HB1566 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 09827 JLS 39980 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1566

Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

815 ILCS 505/2

from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning unlawful practices.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262)

Sec. 2. Unfair methods of competition and and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, including but not limited to the use or employment of any deception fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation or the concealment, suppression or omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material fact, or the use or employment of any practice described in Section 2 of the "Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act", approved August 5, 1965, in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether any person has in fact been misled, deceived or damaged thereby. In construing this section consideration shall be given to the interpretations of the Federal Trade Commission and the federal courts relating to Section 5 (a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act.

(Source: P.A. 78-904.)