Bill Text: IL HB2255 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Automotive Collision Repair Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning disclosures to consumers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2255 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2255-Introduced.html
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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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Automotive Collision Repair Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | (815 ILCS 308/15)
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| 7 | Sec. 15. Disclosure to consumers; estimates.
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| 8 | (a) No work for compensation that
that exceeds $100 shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | be commenced without
specific
authorization from the consumer | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | after the disclosure set forth in this Section. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (b) Every motor vehicle collision repair facility shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | either (i) give to
each
consumer a written
estimated price for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | labor and parts for a specific repair and shall not charge
for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | work done or parts
supplied in an amount that exceeds the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | estimate by more than 10% without oral
or written consent
from | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | the consumer; or (ii) give to each consumer a written price | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | limit for each
specific repair and
shall not exceed that limit | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | without oral or written consent of the consumer.
The estimate | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | shall
include the total costs to repair the motor vehicle.
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| 20 | Estimates shall include all charges to be paid by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | consumer to complete
the repair,
including any charges for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | estimates, diagnostics, storage, and administrative
fees.
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| 23 | (c) Motor vehicle collision repair facilities shall | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | describe in the
estimate the major
parts needed to
effectuate | ||||||
| 2 | the repair and shall designate the parts as either new parts, | ||||||
| 3 | used
parts, rebuilt or
reconditioned parts, or aftermarket | ||||||
| 4 | parts
as set forth in Section 10 of
this Act.
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| 5 | (d) Estimates shall indicate that the collision repair | ||||||
| 6 | facility may use a
combination of
industry standard flat rate | ||||||
| 7 | (time) manuals, actual time, or condition of the
motor vehicle | ||||||
| 8 | to determine
labor costs. This disclosure mandate may also be | ||||||
| 9 | fulfilled by means of a sign
that provides the
same information | ||||||
| 10 | to the consumer. The sign shall be posted at a location that
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| 11 | can be easily viewed
by the consumer.
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| 12 | (e) If it is necessary to disassemble or partially | ||||||
| 13 | disassemble a motor
vehicle or motor
vehicle component
in order | ||||||
| 14 | to provide the consumer a written estimate for required | ||||||
| 15 | repairs, the
estimate shall show the
cost of any disassembly if | ||||||
| 16 | the consumer elects not to
proceed with the
repair of the motor | ||||||
| 17 | vehicle.
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| 18 | (f) The estimate shall include the date the estimate was | ||||||
| 19 | prepared or the
date the motor vehicle was
presented to the | ||||||
| 20 | collision repair facility for repair and the odometer reading
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| 21 | on the motor vehicle at the
time the motor vehicle was left | ||||||
| 22 | with the collision repair facility.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 93-565, eff. 1-1-04.)
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