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90_SB0787

      815 ILCS 505/2EE new
          Amends  the  Consumer  Fraud   and   Deceptive   Business
      Practices  Act.  Provides  that  it  is  an unlawful practice
      within the meaning of this Act for a retail seller to  refuse
      to  refund a deposit paid for special order merchandise, upon
      demand of the person who paid the deposit, if the merchandise
      is not received by the seller within a reasonable  amount  of
      time.
                                                     LRB9002701SMpk
                                               LRB9002701SMpk
 1        AN ACT to amend the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
 2    Practice Act by adding Section 2EE.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5. The  Consumer  Fraud  and  Deceptive  Business
 6    Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2EE as follows:
 7        (815 ILCS 505/2EE new)
 8        Sec.  2EE.  Refund  of  deposits.  It is unlawful for any
 9    person who is a retail seller to fail  to  refund  a  deposit
10    paid to the retail seller for special order merchandise, upon
11    demand of the person who paid the deposit, if the merchandise
12    is  not  received  by  the  retail seller within a reasonable
13    amount of time. A person who fails to  refund  a  deposit  in
14    these  circumstances  commits an unlawful practice within the
15    meaning of this Act.

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