Chapter 815 — BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

(815 ILCS 605/9) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 2109) Sec. 9. (a) A credit services organization shall file a registration statement with the Secretary of State before conducting business in this State. The registration statement shall contain: (1) the name and address of the credit ser…

(815 ILCS 610/1) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Dance Studio Act". (Source: P.A. 82-346.)

(815 ILCS 610/10) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-10) Sec. 10. Enforcement by customer. Any customer injured by a violation of this Act may bring an action for the recovery of damages. Judgment may be entered for 3 times the amount at which the actual damages are assessed, plus costs and r…

(815 ILCS 610/11) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-11) Sec. 11. Enforcement by Attorney General. All remedies, penalties and authority granted to the Attorney General by the "Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act", approved July 24, 1961, as now or hereafter amended, shall be …

(815 ILCS 610/12) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-12) Sec. 12. Bonding requirements. Every dance studio which requires or receives advance payment from any customer in excess of $50 or more frequently than once each month shall maintain a bond for the benefit of any person who has entered …

(815 ILCS 610/2) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-2) Sec. 2. Definitions. (a) "Dance studio" or "studio" means any person or business entity which contracts with members of the general public to provide dance studio services. (b) "Dance studio services" includes instruction, training or ass…

(815 ILCS 610/3) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-3) Sec. 3. Applicability. (a) Governmental and not-for-profit entities are exempt from the requirements of this Act. (b) The provisions of this Act are not exclusive, and do not exempt any contract for dance studio services, nor the parties …

(815 ILCS 610/4) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-4) Sec. 4. Contract requirements: written contract. Every contract for dance studio services shall be in writing and shall be subject to this Act. All provisions, requirements and prohibitions which are mandated by this Act shall be containe…

(815 ILCS 610/5) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-5) Sec. 5. Contract requirements: disclosure of costs. Every contract for dance studio services shall set forth the customer's total payment obligation for services to be received pursuant to the contract and shall contain a written statemen…

(815 ILCS 610/6) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-6) Sec. 6. Contract requirements: cancellation rights. (a) Every contract for dance studio services shall provide that such contract may be cancelled by written notice to the dance studio; that all moneys paid pursuant to such contract shall…

(815 ILCS 610/7) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-7) Sec. 7. Prohibited contract provisions. (a) (Blank). (b) No contract for dance studio services shall require payments or financing over a period in excess of one year from the date the contract is entered into, nor shall the term of any s…

(815 ILCS 610/8) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-8) Sec. 8. General provisions. (a) All contracts for dance studio services which may be in effect between the same studio and the same customer, the terms of which overlap for any period, shall be considered as one contract for the purposes …

(815 ILCS 610/9) (from Ch. 29, par. 50-9) Sec. 9. Prohibited acts. (a) Unfair or deceptive acts and practices are prohibited, including but not limited to: use of coercive sales tactics; misrepresentation of the quality, benefits or nature of lessons or services; misrepresentatio…

(815 ILCS 615/1) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Dating Referral Services Act. (Source: P.A. 87-450.)

(815 ILCS 615/10) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-10) Sec. 10. Applicability. (a) Governmental and not-for-profit entities are exempt from the requirements of this Act. (b) The provisions of this Act are not exclusive, and do not exempt any contract for dating referral services, nor the …

(815 ILCS 615/105) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-105) Sec. 105. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 87-450.)

(815 ILCS 615/15) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-15) Sec. 15. Written contract required. Every contract for dating referral services shall be in writing and shall be subject to this Act. All provisions, requirements, and prohibitions that are mandated by this Act and the Internet Dating…

(815 ILCS 615/20) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-20) Sec. 20. Cancellation and refund requirements. (a) Every contract for dating referral services shall provide the following: (1) That the contract may be cancelled by the customer within 3 business days after the first business day aft…

(815 ILCS 615/25) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-25) Sec. 25. Contract requirements for planned enterprises. Every contract for dating referral services at a planned dating referral enterprise or an enterprise under construction shall further provide that, in the event that the faciliti…

(815 ILCS 615/30) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-30) Sec. 30. Prohibited contract provisions. (a) No contract for dating referral services shall require payments or financing over a period in excess of 3 years from the date the contract is entered into, nor shall the term of any contrac…

(815 ILCS 615/35) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-35) Sec. 35. General provisions. (a) All contracts for dating referral services that may be in effect between the same enterprise and the same customer, the term of which overlap for any period, shall be considered as one contract for the…

(815 ILCS 615/40) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-40) Sec. 40. Prohibited acts. (a) Unfair or deceptive acts and practices are prohibited, including but not limited to: use of coercive sales tactics; misrepresentation of the quality, benefits or nature of services; misrepresenting the qu…

(815 ILCS 615/45) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-45) Sec. 45. Enforcement by customer. Any customer injured by a violation of this Act may bring an action for the recovery of damages. Judgment may be entered for 3 times the amount at which the actual damages are assessed, plus costs, an…

(815 ILCS 615/5) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-5) Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: "Dating services enterprise" or "enterprise" means any person or business entity offering dating referral services to the public for compensation. "Dating referral services" means those services primari…

(815 ILCS 615/50) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-50) Sec. 50. Enforcement by Attorney General. All remedies, penalties, and authority granted to the Attorney General by the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act shall be available to him for the enforcement of this Act, and…

(815 ILCS 615/55) (from Ch. 29, par. 1051-55) Sec. 55. This Act does not apply to any contract for dating referral services entered into before the effective date of this Act. (Source: P.A. 87-450.)

(815 ILCS 616/1) Sec. 1. Short title; references to Act. (a) Short title. This Act may be cited as the Educational Planning Services Consumer Protection Act. (b) References to Act. This Act may be referred to as the Segura Law. (Source: P.A. 102-571, eff. 1-1-22.)

(815 ILCS 616/10) Sec. 10. Purpose and construction. The purpose of this Act is to protect consumers who enter into agreements with educational planning service providers. This Act shall be construed as a consumer protection law for all purposes. This Act shall be liberally const…

(815 ILCS 616/15) Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Consumer" means any person who purchases or contracts for the purchase of educational planning services. "Educational planning services" means college and career preparatory planning services, including, but not limite…

(815 ILCS 616/20) Sec. 20. Prohibitions and requirements. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to act as an educational planning service provider unless it remains in compliance with this Act. (b) An educational planning service provider may not provide educational p…

(815 ILCS 616/25) Sec. 25. Required disclosures. (a) In any marketing or advertising communications, an education planning service provider must provide the following disclosure verbatim, both orally and in writing, with the caption: CONSUMER NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF FREE SERVIC…

(815 ILCS 616/30) Sec. 30. Cancellation of contract; refund. (a) A consumer may cancel a contract with an educational planning service provider at any time before the educational planning service provider has fully performed each service the educational planning service provider …

(815 ILCS 616/35) Sec. 35. Noncompliance. (a) Any waiver by a consumer of any protection provided by or any right of the consumer under this Act: (1) shall be treated as void; and (2) may not be enforced by any federal or State court or any other person. (b) Any attempt by a pers…

(815 ILCS 616/40) Sec. 40. Civil remedies; injunction. (a) A material violation of this Act constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. All remedies, penalties, and authority granted to the Attorney General or State's Attorney b…

(815 ILCS 616/45) Sec. 45. Notice. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission must make available on its Internet website the most current disclosure of free support, and the educational planning service provider is responsible for providing to the consumer the most current discl…

(815 ILCS 616/5) Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is in the interest of this State to protect Illinois residents and their families from the predatory and deceptive practices of certain educational planning service providers. …

(815 ILCS 616/90) Sec. 90. Rules. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall adopt reasonable rules necessary or appropriate for the administration of this Act. (Source: P.A. 102-571, eff. 1-1-22; 103-475, eff. 1-1-24.)

(815 ILCS 616/900) Sec. 900. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 102-571, eff. 1-1-22; text omitted.)

(815 ILCS 617/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Euro Conversion Act. (Source: P.A. 90-268, eff. 7-30-97.)

(815 ILCS 617/10) Sec. 10. Continuity of contract. (a) If a subject or medium of payment of a contract, security, or instrument is a currency that has been substituted or replaced by the euro, the euro shall be a commercially reasonable substitute and substantial equivalent that …

(815 ILCS 617/15) Sec. 15. Substituted currency does not change contract requirements. None of the following shall have the effect of discharging or excusing performance under any contract, security, or instrument, or give a party the right unilaterally to alter or terminate any …

(815 ILCS 617/20) Sec. 20. This Act is subject to anything that the parties to a contract agree with specific reference to the introduction of the euro. (Source: P.A. 90-268, eff. 7-30-97.)

(815 ILCS 617/25) Sec. 25. Reference to "ECU" in contracts. When the euro first becomes the monetary unit of participating member states of the European Union, a reference to the ECU in a contract, security, or instrument that also refers to the definition of the ECU in Section 5…

(815 ILCS 617/30) Sec. 30. Statutory construction. This Act shall apply to all contracts, including commercial contracts governed by any other law of this State, and shall not be deemed to be displaced by the provisions of any other law of this State. (Source: P.A. 90-268, eff. 7…

(815 ILCS 617/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Euro" means the currency of participating member states of the European Union that adopt a single currency in accordance with the Treaty on European Union of February 7, 1992. "Introduction of the euro" includes the impl…

(815 ILCS 617/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 90-268, eff. 7-30-97.)

(815 ILCS 620/101) (from Ch. 29, par. 101) Sec. 101. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Fair Invention Development Standards Act". (Source: P.A. 81-542.)

(815 ILCS 620/102) (from Ch. 29, par. 102) Sec. 102. Legislative intent. The purpose of this Act is to safeguard the public against fraud, deceit, imposition of financial hardship, and to foster and encourage competition, fair dealing, and prosperity in the field of idea and inve…

(815 ILCS 620/103) (from Ch. 29, par. 103) Sec. 103. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Invention Development Services" shall include at least one of the following: (1) evaluation of the market potential of an invention; and (2) represen…

(815 ILCS 620/201) (from Ch. 29, par. 201) Sec. 201. Disclosure of fee in advertising. Every invention developer who charges a fee or requires any consideration for his invention development services must clearly and conspicuously disclose such fact in every advertisement of such…