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91_HB1856
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1 AN ACT to amend the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
2 Practices Act by adding Section 2JJ.
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 2JJ as follows:
7 (815 ILCS 505/2JJ new)
8 Sec. 2JJ. Gambling advertising.
9 (a) It is an unlawful practice for any person, whether
10 the person is in Illinois or not, to send any advertising or
11 solicitation relating to gambling or a gambling establishment
12 to a person in Illinois without including on the
13 advertisement or solicitation a statement regarding obtaining
14 assistance with gambling problems and including the toll-free
15 "800" telephone number maintained by the Department of Human
16 Services under Section 5-20 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug
17 Abuse and Dependency Act.
18 (b) Any person who violates this Section shall be
19 subject to a civil penalty of $1 per piece of advertising or
20 $1,000, whichever is greater, but not to exceed $50,000 per
21 day. Each day that a piece of advertising is received by
22 someone in Illinois without the statement required under this
23 Section constitutes a separate violation. An action may be
24 brought against a person who violates this Section in a court
25 of competent jurisdiction by the Department of Human Services
26 on its own motion or pursuant to the complaint of any
27 resident of this State.