Bill Text: IL SB2904 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Fair Food Delivery Act. Provides that a third-party delivery service may not purchase or use the name, likeness, registered trademark, or intellectual property belonging to a merchant, and may not take or arrange for the pickup or delivery of an order from a merchant through the marketplace, without first obtaining written consent from the merchant. Provides that an agreement entered into pursuant to the Act may not include a provision that requires a merchant to indemnify a third-party delivery service, an independent contractor of the third-party delivery service, or a registered agent of the third-party delivery service for any damages or harm partially or wholly caused by or resulting from the third-party delivery service, an independent contractor of the third-party delivery service, or a registered agent of the third-party delivery service. Authorizes recovery of actual damages or $5,000, whichever is greater. Imposes a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per violation. Provides that each day a violation occurs constitutes a separate violation. Defines terms.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas [SB2904 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB2904-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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Fair | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Food Delivery Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Agreement" means a written contractual agreement between | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | the merchant and a third-party delivery service. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Customer" means the person, business, or other entity | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | that places an order for merchant products through the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Likeness" means identifiable symbols attributed and | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | easily identified as belonging to a specific merchant or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | retailer. | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | "Marketplace" means a third party delivery service's | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | proprietary online communication platform by means of which | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | customers may view, search, and place orders for the products | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | of merchants via the third party delivery service's website or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | mobile application for delivery by the third party delivery | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | service to the customer. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | "Merchant" means a restaurant, bar, or other retail | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | entity. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | "Third-party delivery service" means a company, |
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1 | organization, or entity outside of the operation of the | ||||||
2 | merchant's business that provides limited delivery services to | ||||||
3 | customers.
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4 | Section 10. Third-party use of merchant likenesses and | ||||||
5 | delivery. A third-party delivery service may not purchase or | ||||||
6 | use the name, likeness, registered trademark, or intellectual | ||||||
7 | property belonging to a merchant, and may not take or arrange | ||||||
8 | for the pickup or delivery of an order from a merchant through | ||||||
9 | the marketplace, without first obtaining written consent from | ||||||
10 | the merchant.
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11 | Section 15. Indemnity agreements void. An agreement | ||||||
12 | entered into pursuant to this Act may not include a provision | ||||||
13 | that requires a merchant to indemnify a third-party delivery | ||||||
14 | service, an independent contractor of the third-party delivery | ||||||
15 | service, or a registered agent of the third-party delivery | ||||||
16 | service for any damages or harm partially or wholly caused by | ||||||
17 | or resulting from the third-party delivery service, an | ||||||
18 | independent contractor of the third-party delivery service, or | ||||||
19 | a registered agent of the third-party delivery service.
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20 | Section 20. Enforcement and penalties. | ||||||
21 | (a) A merchant whose likeness is used, or pickup or | ||||||
22 | delivery is arranged through the marketplace, by a third-party | ||||||
23 | delivery service in violation of this Act may bring an action |
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1 | in the circuit court in the county in which the merchant or | ||||||
2 | third-party delivery service conducts business to recover | ||||||
3 | actual damages or $5,000, whichever is greater. The court may, | ||||||
4 | in its discretion, award punitive damages and other equitable | ||||||
5 | relief it deems appropriate. | ||||||
6 | (b) The court may impose upon a third-party delivery | ||||||
7 | service found to have violated this Act a civil penalty of not | ||||||
8 | more than $1,000 per violation payable to the State. Each day a | ||||||
9 | violation occurs shall count as a separate violation.
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