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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4719
Introduced 1/12/2006, by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a person to advertise, represent or imply that any person can earn money working at home by stuffing envelopes, addressing envelopes, mailing circulars, clipping newspaper and magazine articles, assembling products, bill processing, or performing similar work, unless the person making the advertisement or representation meets all of the listed conditions. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4719 |
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LRB094 17251 LCT 52541 b |
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
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| Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2XX as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 505/2XX new) |
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| Sec. 2XX. Work-at-home solicitations. No person shall |
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| advertise, represent or imply that any person can earn money |
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| working at home by stuffing envelopes, addressing envelopes, |
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| mailing circulars, clipping newspaper and magazine articles, |
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| assembling products, bill processing, or performing similar |
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| work, unless the person making the advertisement or |
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| representation: |
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| (1) actually pays the advertised wage, salary, set fee, |
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| or commission to others for performing the represented |
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| tasks; |
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| (2) at no time requires the person who will perform the |
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| represented tasks to purchase from the solicitor any |
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| instructional booklets, brochures, kits, programs, |
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| materials, mailing lists, directories, memberships in |
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| cooperative associations, or other similar items or |
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| services; |
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| (3) discloses the legal name under which business is |
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| conducted and the complete street address from which |
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| business is actually conducted in all advertising and |
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| promotional materials, including order blanks and forms; |
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| and |
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| (4) discloses in writing to the person who will perform |
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| the represented tasks an exact description of the work to |
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| be performed and the amount of any wage salary, set fee, or |
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| commission to be paid for the performance of the |
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| represented tasks. |