Bill Text: IL HB4281 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that no non-utility individual, business, or entity shall use a public utility name or logo, in whole or in part, in any manner to market, solicit, sell, or bill for a home (i) insurance, (ii) maintenance, or (iii) warranty product. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to activities permitted to implement a program or plan approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to the partial use by a non-utility entity of a logo belonging to an electric utility that serves fewer than 200,000 customers in the State.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0928 [HB4281 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4281-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that no non-utility individual, business, or entity shall use a public utility name or logo, in whole or in part, in any manner to market, solicit, sell, or bill for a home (i) insurance, (ii) maintenance, or (iii) warranty product. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to activities permitted to implement a program or plan approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to the partial use by a non-utility entity of a logo belonging to an electric utility that serves fewer than 200,000 customers in the State.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0928 [HB4281 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4281-Engrossed.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 Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
| 5 | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2AAAA as follows:
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| 6 | (815 ILCS 505/2AAAA new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2AAAA. Marketing of home insurance, maintenance, or | ||||||
| 8 | service products. It is an unlawful practice within the | ||||||
| 9 | meaning of this Act for any company to use the name or logo of | ||||||
| 10 | a public utility company in any manner to market and sell any | ||||||
| 11 | type of home insurance, maintenance, or service product.
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