Chapter 815 — BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

(815 ILCS 636/40) Sec. 40. Establishment of realized value at lease termination when purchase option not exercised. (a) If a consumer lease is terminated early and the lessee is not in default and does not exercise a purchase option or if the lessee's liability at the scheduled e…

(815 ILCS 636/45) Sec. 45. Restriction on early termination liability. (a) The lessee shall have the right to terminate the consumer lease at any time after the lessee has made 12 full periodic lease payments for which lease charges have been accrued by the holder or, in the case…

(815 ILCS 636/5) Sec. 5. Statement of intent. It is the purpose of this Act to promote the understanding of vehicle leasing in this State by providing for the disclosure of lease obligations to consumer lessees. (Source: P.A. 89-625, eff. 1-1-97.)

(815 ILCS 636/50) Sec. 50. Restriction on the reporting of early terminations. The holder shall not report the voluntary early termination of a consumer lease to a consumer reporting agency as a default unless the lessee fails to satisfy the lessee's early termination obligations…

(815 ILCS 636/55) Sec. 55. Assessment of excess wear and damage to the vehicle. (a) The consumer lease shall contain a clause complying with the Consumer Leasing Act which describes the standards for determining excess wear and damage to the vehicle for which the lessee will be l…

(815 ILCS 636/60) Sec. 60. Satisfaction of consumer lease. After the payment of all sums for which the lessee is obligated under a consumer lease and upon the lessee's written request, the holder shall mail to the lessee at the lessee's last known address documentation to indicat…

(815 ILCS 636/65) Sec. 65. Renegotiations and extensions. (a) The disclosure requirements of Section 25 of this Act apply to the renegotiation of a consumer lease. A renegotiation does not constitute a transaction subject to warranty or other provisions that apply to the sale of …

(815 ILCS 636/70) Sec. 70. Preservation of claims and defenses. No lessor shall take or receive a consumer lease which fails to contain the following provision in at least 10-point, bold-faced type: "NOTICE ANY HOLDER OF THIS CONSUMER LEASE IS SUBJECT TO ALL CLAIMS AND DEFENSES W…

(815 ILCS 636/75) Sec. 75. Enforcement. (1) The Attorney General or the State's Attorney of any county in this State may bring an action in the name of the State against a person to restrain and prevent any violation of this Act. In the enforcement of this Act, the Attorney Gener…

(815 ILCS 636/85) Sec. 85. Supplementary general principles of law applicable. Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this Act, other statutes of this State applicable to personal property leases and the principles of law and equity, including the law relative to capaci…

(815 ILCS 636/90) Sec. 90. Construction against implicit repeal. This Act being a general Act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be construed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if that construction can reasonably be avoided. …

(815 ILCS 636/95) Sec. 95. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 89-625, eff. 1-1-97.)

(815 ILCS 636/999) Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 1997. (Source: P.A. 89-625, eff. 1-1-97.)

(815 ILCS 637/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Music Licensing Fees Act. (Source: P.A. 89-114, eff. 1-1-96.)

(815 ILCS 637/10) Sec. 10. Licensing negotiations. No performing rights society shall enter into, or offer to enter into, a contract for the payment of royalties by a proprietor unless at the time of the offer, or any time thereafter, but no later than 72 hours prior to the execu…

(815 ILCS 637/15) Sec. 15. Royalty contract requirements. Every contract for the payment of royalties between a proprietor and a performing rights society executed in this State shall be: (1) In writing; (2) Signed by the parties; (3) Written to include, at a minimum, the followi…

(815 ILCS 637/20) Sec. 20. Improper licensing practices. No performing rights society or any agent or employee thereof shall collect, or attempt to collect, from a proprietor licensed by that performing rights society, a royalty payment except as provided in a contract executed p…

(815 ILCS 637/25) Sec. 25. Investigations. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a performing rights society from conducting investigations to determine the existence of music use by a proprietor or informing a proprietor of the proprietor's obligation under the fede…

(815 ILCS 637/30) Sec. 30. Remedies; injunction. Any person who suffers a violation of this Act may bring an action to recover actual damages and reasonable attorney's fees and seek an injunction or any other available remedy. (Source: P.A. 89-114, eff. 1-1-96.)

(815 ILCS 637/35) Sec. 35. Remedies cumulative. The rights, remedies, and prohibitions contained in this Act shall be in addition to and cumulative of any other right, remedy, or prohibition accorded by common law, or State or federal law and nothing contained herein shall be con…

(815 ILCS 637/40) Sec. 40. Exceptions. This Act shall not apply to contracts between copyright owners or performing rights societies and broadcasters licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, or to contracts with cable operators, programmers, or other transmission servic…

(815 ILCS 637/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Copyright owner" means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic musical or similar work recognized and enforceable under the copyright laws of the United States under Title 17 of the United States Code, P. L. 94-553 (17…

(815 ILCS 637/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 1996. (Source: P.A. 89-114, eff. 1-1-96.)

(815 ILCS 640/0.01) (from Ch. 29, par. 70) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Personal Injury Representation Agreement Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(815 ILCS 640/1) (from Ch. 29, par. 71) Sec. 1. Any person who makes an agreement with any other person to represent him in his claim for settlement of a personal injury claim within 5 days after the occurrence which gave rise to the claim may, within a 10 day period after the oc…

(815 ILCS 645/1) (from Ch. 29, par. 51) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Physical Fitness Services Act". (Source: P.A. 82-346.)

(815 ILCS 645/10) (from Ch. 29, par. 60) Sec. 10. 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; misrepresentation of the qu…

(815 ILCS 645/11) (from Ch. 29, par. 60.1) Sec. 11. 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 re…

(815 ILCS 645/12) (from Ch. 29, par. 60.2) Sec. 12. 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 a…

(815 ILCS 645/13) (from Ch. 29, par. 60.3) Sec. 13. Preopening sales escrow. (a) All moneys received by a physical fitness center pursuant to contracts for physical fitness services prior to the full operation of such center shall be placed in escrow. Such funds shall be kept and…

(815 ILCS 645/14) (from Ch. 29, par. 60.4) Sec. 14. (a) A physical fitness center shall have available and on its premises, during staffed business hours, at least one person who holds a valid certificate indicating that he has successfully completed a course of training in basic…

(815 ILCS 645/2) (from Ch. 29, par. 52) Sec. 2. Definitions. (a) "Physical fitness center" or "center" means any person or business entity offering physical fitness services to the public. (b) "Physical fitness services" or "services" includes instruction, training or assistance …

(815 ILCS 645/3) (from Ch. 29, par. 53) Sec. 3. Applicability. (a) Except as provided in Section 14, 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 physica…

(815 ILCS 645/4) (from Ch. 29, par. 54) Sec. 4. Contract requirements: written contract. Every contract for physical fitness 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 contai…

(815 ILCS 645/5) (from Ch. 29, par. 55) Sec. 5. Contract requirements: disclosure of costs. Every contract for physical fitness services shall set forth the customer's total payment obligation for services to be received pursuant to the contract. (Source: P.A. 82-346.)

(815 ILCS 645/6) (from Ch. 29, par. 56) Sec. 6. Contract requirements: cancellation and refund. (a) Every contract for physical fitness services shall provide that: (1) the contract may be cancelled by the customer within 3 business days after the first business day after the con…

(815 ILCS 645/7) (from Ch. 29, par. 57) Sec. 7. Contract requirements: planned centers. Every contract for physical fitness services at a planned physical fitness center or a center under construction shall further provide that, in the event that the facilities and services contr…

(815 ILCS 645/7.5) Sec. 7.5. Advertising and contract requirements for lifetime memberships. (a) As used in this Section, "lifetime membership" means a membership advertised or represented by a physical fitness center as a membership to that physical fitness center that lasts for…

(815 ILCS 645/8) (from Ch. 29, par. 58) Sec. 8. Prohibited contract provisions. (a) (Blank). (b) (Blank). (c) The initial term of services to be rendered under the contract may not extend over a period of more than one year from the date the parties enter into the contract; provi…

(815 ILCS 645/9) (from Ch. 29, par. 59) Sec. 9. General provisions. (a) All contracts for basic physical fitness services which may be in effect between the same center and the same customer, the terms of which overlap for any period, shall be considered as one contract for the p…

(815 ILCS 650/0.01) (from Ch. 30, par. 153a.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Private Seal Abolishment Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(815 ILCS 650/1) (from Ch. 30, par. 153b) Sec. 1. The use of private seals on written contracts, deeds, mortgages or any other written instruments or documents heretofore required by law to be sealed, is hereby abolished, but the addition of a private seal to any such instrument …

(815 ILCS 655/0.01) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1800) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Rental-Purchase Agreement Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(815 ILCS 655/1) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1801) Sec. 1. Definitions. In this Act: (1) "Advertisement" means a commercial message in any medium that directly or indirectly promotes or assists a rental-purchase agreement. (2) "Cash price" means the price for which the merchant would…

(815 ILCS 655/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1802) Sec. 2. Form. (a) A rental-purchase agreement must be written in plain English and clearly and simply in any other language used by the merchant in any oral or written advertisement related to the rental-purchase agreement. Numerical…

(815 ILCS 655/3) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1803) Sec. 3. Advertisement. (a) An advertisement for a rental-purchase agreement that refers to or states the amount of a payment or the right to acquire ownership of any one particular item under the agreement must clearly and conspicuou…

(815 ILCS 655/4) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1804) Sec. 4. Enforcement. (a) A consumer damaged by a violation of this Act by a merchant is entitled to recover from the merchant: (1) actual damages; (2) 25% of an amount equal to the total amount of payments required to obtain ownershi…

(815 ILCS 655/5) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1805) Sec. 5. Penalty. Any person intentionally violating this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined not more than $500. (Source: P.A. 85-957.)

(815 ILCS 665/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Building and Construction Contract Act. (Source: P.A. 92-657, eff. 7-16-02.)

(815 ILCS 665/10) Sec. 10. Application of laws of another state. A provision contained in or executed in connection with a building and construction contract to be performed in Illinois that makes the contract subject to the laws of another state or that requires any litigation, …