Bill Text: IL HB4145 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a restaurant shall clearly and prominently disclose all fees outside of food costs and taxes that are added to a customer's bill, including administrative fees, at the beginning of the ordering process. Provides that a restaurant that violates the provisions commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-10-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4145 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4145-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4145 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
815 ILCS 505/2BBBB new
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a restaurant shall clearly and prominently disclose all fees outside of food costs and taxes that are added to a customer's bill, including administrative fees, at the beginning of the ordering process. Provides that a restaurant that violates the provisions commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.
LRB103 31403 SPS 59048 b
A BILL FOR
HB4145 LRB103 31403 SPS 59048 b
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 adding Section 2BBBB as follows:
(815 ILCS 505/2BBBB new)
Sec. 2BBBB. Restaurants disclose additional fees.
(a) As used in this Section, "restaurant" means any
business that is primarily engaged in the sale of ready-to-eat
food for immediate consumption.
(b) A restaurant shall clearly and prominently disclose
all fees outside of food costs and taxes that are added to a
customer's bill, including administrative fees, at the
beginning of the ordering process. A restaurant that violates
this Section commits an unlawful practice within the meaning
of this Act.