Remedies under illinois consumer fraud and deceptive business practices act

Public Act 0087 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 Public Act 103-0087  
SB1440 Enrolled
LRB103 29437 SPS 55828 b
  AN ACT concerning business.  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:  Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2PP as follows:  (815 ILCS 505/2PP)  Sec. 2PP. Mail; disclosure.  (a) It is an unlawful practice under this Act to knowingly mail or send or cause to be mailed or sent a postcard or letter to a recipient in this State if:  (1) the postcard or letter contains a request that the  recipient contact the sender by mail, telephone, email,  website, or other prescribed means call a telephone  number; and  (2) the postcard or letter is mailed or sent to induce  the recipient to contact the sender by mail, telephone,  email, website, or other prescribed means call the  telephone number so that goods, services, or other  merchandise, as defined in Section 1, may be offered for  sale to the recipient; and  (3) the postcard or letter does not disclose or  disclaim that it is not a bill and that it is a  solicitation for that goods, services, or other  
 
merchandise, as defined in Section 1, that may be offered 
 
for sale if the recipient contacts the sender by mail, 
 
telephone, email, website, or any other prescribed means 
 
calls the telephone number ; and . 
 
(4) the postcard or letter does not disclose or 
 
disclaim any and all affiliations or lack thereof. 
 
(b) 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. 
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)