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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1978
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Dan Kotowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it shall be an unlawful practice to knowingly mail, send, or cause to be mailed an unsolicited application for a credit card to a recipient in the State unless the front of the envelope in which the application was sent contains language that allows a recipient to opt out of future unsolicited applications from the sender. Provides that it shall be an unlawful practice under the Act for a sender who has already received an opt out request from a recipient in the State to knowingly mail, send, or cause to be mailed an unsolicited application for a credit card to that recipient.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1978 |
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LRB096 11387 MJR 21851 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 2B.4 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 505/2B.4 new)
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| Sec. 2B.4. Unsolicited credit card applications. |
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| (a) It shall be an unlawful practice under this Act to |
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| knowingly mail, send, or cause to be mailed an unsolicited |
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| application for a credit card to a recipient in this State |
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| unless the front of the envelope in which the application was |
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| sent contains language that allows a recipient to opt out of |
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| future unsolicited applications from the sender. |
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| (b) It shall be an unlawful practice under this Act for a |
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| sender who has already received an opt out request from a |
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| recipient in this State to knowingly mail, send, or cause to be |
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| mailed an unsolicited application for a credit card to that |
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| recipient. |
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| (c) For purposes of this Section, "sender" means any person |
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| who sends an unsolicited credit card application to an Illinois |
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| resident.
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