Bill Text: IL SB1440 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Act to knowingly mail or send a postcard or letter to a recipient in the State if the postcard or letter does not disclose or disclaim any and all affiliations or lack thereof. Provides that all disclosures and disclaimers appearing on a postcard or letter must be conspicuously located at the top of the postcard or letter, be easily readable in clear and unambiguous language, and be printed in at least 14-point bold-face font in a black-outlined box. Prohibits mail that requests that the recipient contact the sender by mail, telephone, email, website, or other prescribed means without specified disclosure requirements. Makes other changes.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0087 [SB1440 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1440-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Act to knowingly mail or send a postcard or letter to a recipient in the State if the postcard or letter does not disclose or disclaim any and all affiliations or lack thereof. Provides that all disclosures and disclaimers appearing on a postcard or letter must be conspicuously located at the top of the postcard or letter, be easily readable in clear and unambiguous language, and be printed in at least 14-point bold-face font in a black-outlined box. Prohibits mail that requests that the recipient contact the sender by mail, telephone, email, website, or other prescribed means without specified disclosure requirements. Makes other changes.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0087 [SB1440 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1440-Enrolled.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 changing Section 2PP as follows:
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| 6 | (815 ILCS 505/2PP)
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| 7 | Sec. 2PP. Mail; disclosure. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) It is an unlawful practice under this
Act
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| 9 | mail or send or cause to be mailed or sent a postcard or letter
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| 10 | to a recipient in this State if:
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| 11 | (1) the postcard or letter contains a request that the | ||||||
| 12 | recipient contact the sender by mail, telephone, email, | ||||||
| 13 | website, or other prescribed means call a
telephone | ||||||
| 14 | number; and
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| 15 | (2) the postcard or letter is mailed or sent to induce | ||||||
| 16 | the recipient to
contact the sender by mail, telephone, | ||||||
| 17 | email, website, or other prescribed means call the | ||||||
| 18 | telephone number so that goods, services, or other | ||||||
| 19 | merchandise, as
defined in Section 1, may be offered for | ||||||
| 20 | sale to the recipient; and
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| 21 | (3) the postcard or letter does not disclose or | ||||||
| 22 | disclaim that it is not a bill and that it is a | ||||||
| 23 | solicitation for that goods, services, or
other | ||||||
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| 1 | merchandise, as defined in Section 1, that may be offered | ||||||
| 2 | for sale if the
recipient contacts the sender by mail, | ||||||
| 3 | telephone, email, website, or any other prescribed means | ||||||
| 4 | calls the telephone number; and .
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| 5 | (4) the postcard or letter does not disclose or | ||||||
| 6 | disclaim any and all affiliations or lack thereof. | ||||||
| 7 | (b) All disclosures and disclaimers appearing on a | ||||||
| 8 | postcard or letter must be conspicuously located at the top of | ||||||
| 9 | the postcard or letter, be easily readable in clear and | ||||||
| 10 | unambiguous language, and be printed in at least 14-point | ||||||
| 11 | bold-face font in a black-outlined box. | ||||||
| 12 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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