Bill Text: IL SB2540 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Home Repair and Remodeling Act. Provides that any person who suffers actual damage as a result of a violation of the Act may bring an action pursuant to the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Eliminates language making it unlawful for any person engaged in the business of home repairs and remodeling to remodel or make repairs or charge for remodeling or repair work before obtaining a signed contract or work order over $1,000 and before notifying and securing the consumer's signed acceptance or rejection of the binding arbitration clause and the jury trial waiver clause as required under the Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1023 [SB2540 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB2540-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 Home Repair and Remodeling Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 30 as follows:
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| 6 | (815 ILCS 513/30)
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| 7 | Sec. 30. Action for actual damages Unlawful acts. Any | ||||||
| 8 | person who suffers actual damage as a result of a violation of | ||||||
| 9 | this Act may bring an action pursuant to Section 10a of the | ||||||
| 10 | Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act It is | ||||||
| 11 | unlawful for any person engaged in the
business of
home repairs | ||||||
| 12 | and remodeling to remodel or make repairs or charge for | ||||||
| 13 | remodeling
or
repair work before obtaining a signed contract or | ||||||
| 14 | work order over $1,000 and before notifying and securing the | ||||||
| 15 | signed acceptance or rejection, by the consumer, of the binding | ||||||
| 16 | arbitration clause and the jury trial waiver clause as required | ||||||
| 17 | in Section 15 and Section 15.1 of this Act.
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conduct is | ||||||
| 18 | unlawful but is not exclusive nor meant to limit other kinds of
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| 19 | methods, acts,
or practices that may be unfair or deceptive.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 94-490, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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