Bill Text: IL HB5510 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning deceptive collection practices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5510 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5510-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 17-5 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/17-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-5)
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7 | Sec. 17-5. Deceptive collection practices.
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8 | A collection agency as defined in the the Collection Agency | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Act or any
employee of such collection agency commits a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | deceptive collection practice
when, with the intent to collect | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | a debt owed to an individual or a corporation or
other entity, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | he, she, or it does any of the following:
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13 | (a) Represents falsely that he or she is an attorney, a | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | policeman, a sheriff or
deputy sheriff, a bailiff, a county | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | clerk or employee of a county clerk's
office, or any other | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | person who by statute is authorized to enforce the law
or any | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | order of a court.
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18 | (b) While attempting to collect an alleged debt, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | misrepresents to the
alleged debtor or to his or her immediate | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | family the corporate, partnership or
proprietary name or other | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | trade or business name under which the debt
collector is | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | engaging in debt collections and which he, she, or it is | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | legally
authorized to use.
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1 | (c) While attempting to collect an alleged debt, adds to | ||||||
2 | the debt any
service charge, interest or penalty which he, she, | ||||||
3 | or it is not entitled by law to add.
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4 | (d) Threatens to ruin, destroy, or otherwise adversely | ||||||
5 | affect an alleged
debtor's credit rating unless, at the same | ||||||
6 | time, a disclosure is made in
accordance with federal law that | ||||||
7 | the alleged debtor has a right to inspect
his or her credit | ||||||
8 | rating.
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9 | (e) Accepts from an alleged debtor a payment which he, she, | ||||||
10 | or it knows is not owed.
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11 | Sentence. The commission of a deceptive collection | ||||||
12 | practice is a Business Offense
punishable by a fine not to | ||||||
13 | exceed $3,000.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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