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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 400 - SOLICITATION FOR CHARITY ACT › Section 400.80 - Professional Solicitor Renewal

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a)
			 The registration of all professional solicitors shall expire on the next June
			 30 following their registration.
b)
			 A registered professional solicitor who intends to continue to act as a
			 professional solicitor in Illinois must apply for renewal of its registration
			 during June of the year in which its registration expires.
c) To renew, a professional solicitor must
			 file a new, completed registration statement.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 400 - SOLICITATION FOR CHARITY ACT › Section 400.85 - Professional Fundraising Consultant Renewal

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a) The initial registration of all
			 professional fundraising consultants shall expire on the June 30 following two
			 years of registration. Successive two year re-registration periods shall also
			 expire on June 30.
b) A registered
			 professional fundraising consultant who intends to continue to act as a
			 consultant in Illinois must apply for renewal of its registration during the
			 month preceding expiration of the two year registration period.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 400 - SOLICITATION FOR CHARITY ACT › Section 400.100 - Registration Not an Endorsement

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a)
			 Any representation made by a charitable organization, professional fund raiser,
			 or professional solicitor in connection with its solicitation that it is
			 registered or has otherwise complied with the Act, or that indicates the
			 Attorney General endorses the organization, is unlawful, except as provided in
			 Section 17 of the Solicitation for Charity Act [225 ILCS
			 460/17 ].
b) The Attorney General may immediately
			 cancel the registration of any person or organization violating Section
			 400.100(a).
			 An affidavit from a person to whom such an illegal representation was made
			 shall be sufficient to warrant an immediate cancellation.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 400 - SOLICITATION FOR CHARITY ACT › Appendix B - Professional Fund Raiser Forms › ILLUSTRATION A - Registration Statement and Instructions

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DOCUMENTS A PROFESSIONAL FUND RAISER
				  MUST SUBMIT TO REGISTER
WITH THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
				  OFFICE
ALL PROFESSIONAL FUND RAISERS MUST
				  SUBMIT:
1.
$100.00 Registration Fee.
Check or Money Order payable to
				"Illinois Charity Bureau Fund" attached to Form PFR-01.
2. "
Professional Fund Raiser
				Registration Statement
" (Form PFR-01).
3. "
Professional Fund Raiser
				(PFR) List of Charities & Contracts
" (Form PFR-06).
4. A copy of all contracts listed on Form
				PFR-06 along with the
$25.00 Annual Filing Fee for Each Contract Filed or
				on File.
Check or Money Order payable to the "Illinois Charity Bureau
				Fund" attached to Form PFR-06.
5.
				"
Professional Fund Raisers Bond
" (Form CS-6) This Form
				must be filed by all Professional Fund Raisers that have access to or control
				of funds raised.
6.
				"
Professional Solicitor Registration Statement
" (Form
				PS-01) This Form must be filed for each Solicitor employed by the
				PFR.
7. Partnership Agreement or
				Articles of Incorporation of Professional Fund Raiser.
8. Certificate of Authority to Transact
				Business in Illinois. This must be filed by out of state corporations
				only.
9. List of all business
				locations used for fund raising. (Attach a schedule indicating street address,
				city, state).
Direct the above registration materials, including all
				  required fees payable to the "Illinois Charity Bureau Fund" to:
Office of the Attorney General
Charitable Compliance Section
100 West Randolph Street, 3rd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 814-2595
Registrations and contracts not filed timely must by
					 law pay a late filing fee of $1,000.00 for each contract that is not on file
					 with this office.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 400 - SOLICITATION FOR CHARITY ACT › Appendix B - Professional Fund Raiser Forms › ILLUSTRATION C - Bond

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If acknowledgment is made outside the State of Illinois, a
					 certificate of the County Clerk or other proper official, showing authority of
					 the notary public or other official before whom acknowledgment is made, should
					 be attached.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 400 - SOLICITATION FOR CHARITY ACT › Appendix B - Professional Fund Raiser Forms › ILLUSTRATION F - Professional Solicitor Compensation Report

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Form PFR-04
PROFESSIONAL SOLICITOR
JIM RYAN
COMPENSATION REPORT
ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR THE PERIOD ENDING ________________
PFR NAME: _______________________________ PFR
				  #02__________________
CHANGES OF OR ADDITIONS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT
				  MUST BE SUBMITTED IN THIS FORMAT.
1.
				LIST ALL SOLICITORS EMPLOYED BY YOU DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY YOUR ANNUAL
				FINANCIAL REPORT:
PROFESSIONAL SOLICITOR NAME &
							 ADDRESS
SOCIAL SECURITY #
AREA CODE/ TELEPHONE #
AMOUNT PAID
HOURS WORKED
ADDRESS:
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
2.
				TOTAL NUMBER OF SOLICITORS EMPLOYED:______
3. TOTAL AMOUNT PAID TO ALL SOLICITORS
				EMPLOYED DURING THIS PERIOD:$
				_______________
4. TOTAL NUMBER OF
				MAN HOURS WORKED BY PROFESSIONAL SOLICITORS DURING THIS PERIOD:
				_______________
5. DESCRIBE IN
				DETAIL HOW SOLICITORS ARE PAID. PROVIDE INFORMATION DESCRIBING THE SALARY
				STRUCTURE OF ALL PROFESSIONAL SOLICITORS EMPLOYED BY YOU DURING THIS PERIOD
				(I.E. HOURLY RATE, COMMISSION, SALARY, OTHER):
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
6. WERE ALL PROFESSIONAL
				SOLICITORS FURNISHED A 1099 OR A W2 LAST YEAR? YESNO
IF NO, EXPLAIN IN DETAIL:
_________________________________________________________
7. WERE ALL PROFESSIONAL SOLICITORS EMPLOYED
				BY YOU REGISTERED WITH THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL:
YESNOIF NO, EXPLAIN:
				  ________________________________
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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 400 - SOLICITATION FOR CHARITY ACT › Appendix B - Professional Fund Raiser Forms › ILLUSTRATION G - Explanation of Professional Fundraising Fees

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Form PFR-05
EXPLANATION OF
JIM RYAN
PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISING
							 FEES
ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR THE PERIOD ENDING
				  ____________________________________
1. GIVE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES
				RENDERED FOR CAMPAIGN, DRIVE, OR EVENT HELD OR ORGANIZED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION
				FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING FUNDS FOR A CHARITABLE ORGANZATION:
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
2. GIVE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF
				THE BASIS USED TO DETERMINE YOUR OWN ORGANIZATION'S COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES
				RENDERED ON EACH FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN HELD OR ORGANIZED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION
				(I.E. PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS RAISED, TIME SPENT, RESOURCES USED, ETC.) (SEE
				CONTRACT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE):
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 440 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES, IMPERSONATING OFFICER, ADVERTISEMENTS › Section 440.10 - General

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a) The Springfield
			 office of the Attorney General's Charitable Trusts and Solicitations Division
			 (hereafter Attorney General) will maintain the principal register of applicants
			 and solicitors certified under Section 17-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill.
			 Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par 17-2) (Act).
b) The register will consist of index or
			 computer cards, organization file folders, a list, a computer printout or any
			 combination of the above.
c) The
			 Chicago Office of the Attorney General will supervise the registration of all
			 advertisement solicitors and will also maintain a register of applicants and
			 solicitors certified under the Act in the Counties of Cook, DuPage, Lake and
			 McHenry.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 440 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES, IMPERSONATING OFFICER, ADVERTISEMENTS › Section 440.20 - Definitions

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The words used in this Part are used with the same meaning
				assigned to them by statute unless clarified below:
A "Certificate of Qualification" is a document issued by the
				Attorney General which certifies that the applicant and solicitor is qualified
				to solicit advertisements for publications in this State on behalf of a
				bonafide and legitimate law enforcement, police officers' or firefighters'
				association or organization under Section 17-2(c) of the Act.
A "person" is any individual, organization, group, association,
				partnership, corporation, trust or any combination of the above.
A "solicitor" is any person who for compensation,
				consideration, or otherwise, plans, conducts, manages, or carries on any drive
				or campaign in this State for the purpose of soliciting advertisements to
				appear, or for the alleged purpose of appearing in any firefighters', law
				enforcement or police officers' magazine, journal or other publication, or who
				engages in the business of, or holds, himself out to persons in this State as
				engaged in the business of soliciting advertisements for such
				purposes.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 440 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES, IMPERSONATING OFFICER, ADVERTISEMENTS › Section 440.30 - Organization Requirements

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The applicant and solicitor must have a written contract or
				agreement with a bona fide and legitimate law enforcement, police officers' or
				firefighters' association or organization to solicit advertisements for a
				publication, in order to qualify for the issuance of a Certificate of
				Qualification.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 440 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES, IMPERSONATING OFFICER, ADVERTISEMENTS › Section 440.40 - Application for a Certificate of Qualification

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a) The application for a certificate of
			 qualification must be made on the form prescribed by the Attorney General. The
			 soliciting organization must file a complete application together with the
			 appropriate attachments as required by this Part. The use of substitute forms
			 or computer printouts may be used if they contain the same information as
			 required herein.
b) The completed
			 application filed with the Attorney General shall contain the following
			 information:
1) The name and address of the
			 business of the advertisement solicitor.
2) The name and address of the Illinois
			 registered agent, if the advertisement solicitor's business is a
			 corporation.
3) If the
			 advertisement solicitor's business is not located in Illinois, then the
			 principal Illinois address, if any, where records are kept.
4) If the business is not a corporation, but
			 is a partnership or individual, then a listing of name, address, title,
			 birthdate, driver's license number and state of issuance, of all individuals or
			 partners.
5) If the business is a
			 corporation, then information concerning all officers, directors, executive
			 personnel and owners of ten percent or more of the capital stock shall be
			 listed, which includes name, address, title, percent of stock owned,
			 birthdates, driver's license numbers and state of issue of each such
			 person.
6) Provide information as
			 to when and where the advertisement solicitor's firm was first organized to do
			 business.
7) If either an Illinois
			 corporation or a non-resident corporation, when it was organized to do business
			 in Illinois and the Illinois Secretary of State's file number.
8) The nature of any business, other than
			 advertisement soliciting conducted by the applicant and the states in which
			 such business was conducted.
9) The
			 names and addresses of any, law enforcement, police or firefighters'
			 organizations with which the applicant has written publishing contracts to act
			 as an advertisement solicitor in Illinois. Provide the name of the law
			 enforcement, police or firefighters' organization, address and date of
			 contract.
10) A list of the names,
			 and mailing addresses of each employee or agent of the applicant or independent
			 contractor associated with the applicant, who will also be engaged in
			 soliciting law enforcement, police officers' or firefighters' advertisements in
			 Illinois.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 450 - CONSUMER PROTECTION › Section 450.10 - Complaint Procedures

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a) Filing
			 of Complaint. All complaints must be in writing, signed by the complainant and,
			 if the complainant is represented by an attorney, signed by the complainant and
			 such attorney. Complaints may be filed in person or by mail. Copies of all
			 relevant documents including advertisements should be attached to the
			 complaint.
b) Docketing and
			 Numbering Complaints. Each complaint filed shall be docketed and given a
			 number. Correspondence with the Division should bear the complaint
			 number.
c) Determination of
			 Jurisdiction. Within a reasonable time after filing, each complaint will be
			 reviewed to determine whether the Attorney General has jurisdiction thereof.
			 The Division shall notify the complainant by mail respecting its determination
			 concerning jurisdiction.
d) Notice
			 of Complaint. If the Division determines that it has jurisdiction, it shall
			 inform the respondent by mail:
1) the
			 substance of the complaint filed against him;
2) when and by whom is was filed;
3) that the respondent has the right to
			 respond to the complaint;
4) that
			 any response must be sent by mail within 5 days following receipt of the
			 Division's letter;
5) that unless a
			 response is made demonstrating clearly that the Division lacks jurisdiction or
			 that there is no substantial claim, a hearing may be set on the
			 matter.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 450 - CONSUMER PROTECTION › Section 450.20 - Hearings

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a) Calling and
			 Notice of Hearing. The Division may call a hearing respecting any complaint and
			 fix the date and place of hearing. The Division shall mail to each party, at
			 least 5 days prior to the hearing date, a notice stating:
1) the time and place of the
			 hearing;
2) any statute or rule
			 involved, and
3) unless the
			 substance of the complaint was adequately stated in the original notice of
			 complaint, the substance of the complaint.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 450 - CONSUMER PROTECTION › Section 450.30 - Assurance of Voluntary Compliance

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a) The Chief of the Division may, in his
			 discretion, in lieu of or in addition to calling a hearing, accept an Assurance
			 of Voluntary Compliance from any respondent. Giving an Assurance of Voluntary
			 Compliance does not constitute an admission that a violation of any law has
			 taken place. An Assurance may include a stipulation for payments by respondent
			 to the complainant and to other consumers. An Assurance may include a
			 stipulation for payment by respondent to the Division of the costs incurred in
			 connection with the complaint against the respondent. An Assurance may, in the
			 discretion of the Chief of the Division, be made open to public inspection or
			 disseminated to the public media. An Assurance may be filed with the trial
			 court of general jurisdiction of any county in which the respondent does
			 business. From time to time, a person who has made an Assurance of Voluntary
			 Compliance must provide such information as the Division reasonably requests to
			 determine whether such person is in compliance with his Assurance.
b) The Division is not precluded from further
			 action by its acceptance of an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 460.10 - Definitions

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For purposes of this Part, the terms used in this Part have
				  the meanings ascribed herein.
"Attorney General": means the Attorney General of the State
				  of Illinois or his or her delegate.
"Business Day" means any calendar day except Sunday or the
				  following business holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday,
				  Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day,
				  Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
"Buyer" means any person who for consideration obtains the
				  right to purchase club merchandise from a buyers club at discount
				  prices.
"Buyers club" means any person who for consideration provides
				  or purports to provide its buyers with the right to purchase club merchandise
				  at discount prices.
"Buyers club contract" means any contract between a buyer and
				  a buyers club by which the buyer for consideration receives the right to obtain
				  club merchandise from the buyers club at discount prices.
"Club merchandise" means furniture, motor vehicles,
				  carpeting, food for home consumption, or appliances.
"Discount prices" means prices represented to be lower on all
				  or most club merchandise than those generally charged for club merchandise in
				  the locality where the representation is made.
"Person" means any natural person or his legal
				  representative, partnership, corporation (domestic and foreign), company,
				  trust, business entity or association, and any agent, employee, salesman,
				  partner, officer, director, member, stockholder, associate, trustee or cestui
				  que trust thereof.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 460.30 - Transfer of Obligations

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If a buyers club transfers to another person obligations to
				  provide club merchandise to buyers, that person shall be bound by this Part to
				  the same extent as the transferring buyers club would be
				  bound.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 460.50 - Exceptions from Application

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This Part shall not apply to:
a) Any buyers club who for $50.00 or less
				sells the right to purchase club merchandise at discount prices.
b) Any buyers club (including any travel
				club, motor club, airline travel club, charter group or credit card company)
				whose total revenue obtained from the sale of club merchandise at discount
				prices is less than 20% of its annual gross revenue.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 460.80 - Violations of this Part

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As provided by Section 4 of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive
				  Business Practices Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 1211/2, par. 264) ("Act"),
				  this Part has the force and effect of law. Any violation of any Section or
				  subsection of this Part constitutes an unfair or deceptive act or practice
				  within the meaning of Section 2 of the Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 1211/2,
				  par. 262), subject to the remedies contained in Section 7 of the Act (Ill. Rev.
				  Stat. 1985, ch. 1211/2, par. 267).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 460.90 - Administration of this Part

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All notices required by this Part shall be made to the Office
				  of the Attorney General, 500 South Second Street, Springfield, Illinois
				  62706.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart B - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES › Section 460.205 - Required Written Disclosures

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A buyers club engages in an unfair or deceptive act or
				  practice if it fails to provide prospective buyers, before the signing of the
				  buyers club contract, with the following information in writing:
a) A list, current as of the time the buyer
				signs the buyers club contract, of the names of at least 10 manufacturers for
				each of the 5 major categories of club merchandise listed in the definition of
				that term in Section
				460.10 and sold by or
				through the buyers club, unless the buyers club can obtain club merchandise for
				buyers from fewer than 10 manufacturers in a particular category, in which case
				all the manufacturers in that category shall be listed. A buyers club shall not
				be required to deliver this list if the sales presentation takes place in the
				buyers club showroom.
b) A list of
				the names of all manufacturers, other than those listed in subsection (a)
				above, mentioned orally by the buyers club as ones from which buyers can
				purchase club merchandise.
c) A
				statement of the buyers club's policy regarding the following:
1) warranties and guarantees on club
				merchandise;
2) the return of
				ordered club merchandise;
3) the
				cancellation of club merchandise orders;
4) deposit refunds for the cancellation of
				club merchandise orders.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart B - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES › Section 460.210 - Prohibited Sales Representations or Practices

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A buyers club engages in an unfair or deceptive act or
				  practice if it:
a) Represents, either
				explicitly or implicitly, that it has an affiliation with another buyers club,
				unless an affiliation exists.
b)
				Represents, either explicitly or implicitly, that the prospective buyer will be
				entitled to particular club merchandise, unless the buyer is able to obtain
				that club merchandise.
c) Uses the
				terms "member," "initiation fee," "dues," or "club" in the sales presentation,
				the buyers club contract, its business name or elsewhere, unless
1) its buyers have the right to terminate the
				buyers club contract without obligation to make further payments under the
				contract, or
2) the buyers club
				provides prospective buyers with a written disclaimer stating that buyers do
				not have the right to terminate the buyers club contract without paying the
				amount remaining under the contract.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart B - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES › Section 460.215 - Execution of the Buyers Club Contract

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A buyers club engages in an unfair or deceptive act or
				  practice if it fails to provide its buyers with a copy of the buyers club
				  contract containing the following provisions:
a) The date(s) on which the contract was
				signed by the buyer and the buyers club.
b) Words to the following effect:
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
(Enter date of transaction)
_____________________
DATE
YOU MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR
				  OBLIGATION, WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE ABOVE DATE.
IF YOU CANCEL, ANY PROPERTY TRADED IN, ANY PAYMENTS YOU MADE,
				  AND ANY NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT YOU EXECUTED UNDER THE CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION
				  WILL BE RETURNED WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS FOLLOWING THE BUYERS CLUB'S RECEIPT OF
				  YOUR CANCELLATION NOTICE, AND ANY SECURITY INTEREST ARISING OUT OF THE
				  TRANSACTION WILL BE CANCELLED.
TO CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, MAIL OR DELIVER THE SIGNED AND
				  DATED NOTICE OF CANCELLATION PROVIDED BELOW OR ANY OTHER WRITTEN NOTICE OF
				  CANCELLATION, OR SEND A TELEGRAM TO (Name of Seller) AT (Address of Seller's
				  Place of Business), NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF (date).
YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT BY USE OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS OR
				  WORDS TO THE FOLLOWING EFFECT:
I HEREBY CANCEL THE CONTRACT ENTERED INTO WITH (insert name
				  of buyers club) ON (insert date contract signed).
Buyer
Date
YOU MAY ALSO CANCEL THIS CONTRACT BY DELIVERING NOTICE OF
				  CANCELLATION BY TELEPHONE, PROVIDED THAT YOU FOLLOW TELEPHONE NOTICE BY WRITTEN
				  NOTICE WITHIN 2 DAYS OF THE DATE THAT YOU GAVE TELEPHONE NOTICE.
Agency Note: This subsection does not apply to any
				  transaction in which the buyer is accorded the right of rescission by the
				  provisions of the Federal Trade Commission trade regulation rule entitled
				  "Cooling-Off Period For Door-To-Door Sales" (16 Code of Federal Regulations,
				  Part 429, 1985) or by the provisions of Section 2B of the Act (Ill. Rev. Stat.
				  1985, ch. 121½, par. 262(B)). No later editions or amendments are
				  included.
c) The percentage of the
				purchase price required as a down payment on club merchandise orders.
d) The physical location or locations from
				which the buyer may pick up his or her club merchandise.
e) A statement that, if the original
				estimated delivery date has passed, the buyers club, upon receiving a request
				for the status of a buyer's order for club merchandise, shall provide the
				buyer, within a reasonable time, not to exceed 14 days, following the request's
				receipt, with the revised estimated delivery date of the buyer's
				order.
f) The duration of the
				buyers club contract, stated clearly and conspicuously and in at least 14
				point, bold face, type.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart B - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES › Section 460.220 - Duration of the Buyers Club Contract

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A buyers club engages in an unfair or deceptive act or
				  practice if it:
a) Writes a buyers
				club contract for a term in excess of 5 years from the date the contract is
				signed.
b) Replaces any current
				buyers club contract with a new buyers club contract for a term in excess of 5
				years from the date the new contract is signed by both parties.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart B - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES › Section 460.225 - Consistency of Contracts

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A buyers club engages in an unfair or deceptive act or
				  practice if it:
a) Nullifies or
				modifies, or attempts to nullify or modify, the rights and remedies provided to
				the buyer by this Part; or
b)
				Enters into any contract with the buyer in conjunction with the buyers club
				contract that is inconsistent with the buyers club contract on any material
				term, including but not limited to terms regarding cancellation and
				warranties.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart B - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES › Section 460.235 - Down Payment Requirements

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A buyers club engages in an unfair or deceptive act or
				  practice if it requires from a buyer a down payment on a club merchandise order
				  whose percentage of the order amount is in excess of the down payment
				  percentage allowed by the buyers club contract.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart B - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES › Section 460.245 - Misuse of Club Merchandise Deposits

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A buyers club engages in an unfair or deceptive act or
				  practice if it uses any monies (excluding the handling fees, service fees,
				  shipping costs, and sales taxes) deposited with the buyers club by the buyer as
				  partial or full payment for club merchandise except toward the purchase of the
				  ordered club merchandise. This Section shall not require a buyers club to
				  establish a separate bank account for each individual buyer.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart B - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES › Section 460.250 - Estimated Delivery Date of Club Merchandise

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A buyers club engages in an unfair or deceptive act or
				  practice if it, upon receiving any club merchandise order from a buyer, fails
				  to provide the buyer, in writing, with the estimated delivery date of the
				  ordered club merchandise.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart B - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES › Section 460.255 - Buyers' Rights to Rescission and Refund

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A buyers club engages in an unfair or deceptive act or
				  practice if it:
a) Transfers to
				another person its obligation to provide club merchandise to buyers if the
				result of that transfer would give to buyers substantially less club
				merchandise to choose from, unless the buyers club, after making full
				disclosure of the categories of club merchandise to be provided by the new
				buyers club, allows buyers to rescind their buyers club contracts and obtain a
				pro rata refund based upon the time remaining on the contract compared with the
				time on the contract when it was signed.
b) Fails to provide those buyers entitled to
				rescission, at their last known addresses, with a notice that they have 30 days
				from the date they receive the notice in which to rescind their contracts and
				thereby receive a pro rata refund as set forth above.
c) Fails to honor any notice of rescission
				received within 30 days from a buyer, and within 30 days after the receipt of
				any valid notice, to rescind the buyer's contract and refund the buyer's pro
				rata portion as set forth above.
d)
				Fails, within 10 days of its cessation of business from any of its locations,
				to notify the Attorney General of its new location.
e) Fails, within 20 days of the transfer to
				another person of a buyers club's obligations to provide club merchandise to
				buyers, to notify the Attorney General of the name and address of the person to
				whom the obligations are to be transferred.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 460 - BUYERS CLUBS › Subpart B - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES › Section 460.265 - Maintaining Books and Records

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A buyers club engages in an unfair or deceptive act or
				  practice if it:
a) Fails to maintain a
				record of each buyers club contract for a period of 3 years following the
				expiration of the contract.
b)
				Fails to maintain a record of each club merchandise order for a period of 1
				year following the disposition of the club merchandise order.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 465 - PRICE GOUGING › Section 465.10 - General

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The purpose of this Part is to describe circumstances in which
				the charging of unconscionably high prices for petroleum products constitutes
				an unfair or deceptive act or practice. This Part shall not be construed to
				limit the ability of the Attorney General or the courts to determine that acts
				and practices other than those described in this Part are unfair or deceptive
				acts of price gouging in the absence of market emergencies.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 465 - PRICE GOUGING › Section 465.20 - Definitions

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"Market emergency": Any abnormal disruption of any market for
				petroleum products, including, but not limited to, any actual or threatened
				shortage in the supply of petroleum products or any actual or threatened
				increase in the price of petroleum products, resulting from severe weather,
				convulsion of nature, failure or shortage of electric power or other source of
				energy, strike, civil disorder, act of war, terrorist attack, national or local
				emergency, or other extraordinary adverse circumstances.
"Petroleum product": Includes, but shall not be limited to,
				motor fuels, as defined in Section
				1.1 of the Motor Fuel Tax
				Law [35 ILCS
				505/1.1 ], and fuel oil used for heating or cooking
				purposes.
"Petroleum-related business": Any producer, supplier,
				wholesaler, distributor or retail seller of any petroleum
				product.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 465 - PRICE GOUGING › Section 465.30 - Petroleum Products

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a) It shall
			 be an unfair or deceptive act or practice, during any market emergency, for any
			 petroleum-related business to sell or offer to sell any petroleum product for
			 an amount that represents an unconscionably high price.
b) A price is unconscionably high if:
1) the amount charged represents a gross
			 disparity between the price of the petroleum product and:
A) the price at which the same product was
			 sold or offered for sale by the petroleum-related business in the usual course
			 of business immediately prior to the onset of the market emergency,
			 or
B) the price at which the same
			 or similar petroleum product is readily obtainable by other buyers in the trade
			 area; and
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 470.110 - Preamble

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Price comparison advertising is a form of advertising used in
				  the sale of products whereby current prices are compared with the seller's
				  former or future prices, the prices of other sellers, or other stated values,
				  to demonstrate price reductions or cost savings. It is the intent of this Part
				  to ensure that the comparative price used in any price comparison advertisement
				  provides accurate information and meaningful guidance to the consumer. The use
				  of misleading price comparisons is injurious to both the consuming public and
				  competitors and is an unfair or deceptive act and an unfair method of
				  competition under Section 2 of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
				  Practices Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 1211/2, par. 262).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart B - RETAIL PRICE COMPARISONS AND SAVINGS CLAIMS › Section 470.210 - Identifying Basis of Price Comparison

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It is an unfair or deceptive act for a seller to make a price
				  comparison or claim a savings as to any product it offers (for example: "$29.99
				  - Save $10.00 " - or - "20% Off all men's shirts") unless the seller clearly
				  and conspicuously describes the basis for the price comparison or the savings
				  claimed; provided, however, a seller may compare a higher and a lower price
				  without describing the basis for the price comparison or the savings claimed if
				  the higher price is the seller's own former (regular) price as determined in
				  accordance with Section
				  470.220
				  of this Part. Terms such as "formerly," "regularly," "originally," or words of
				  similar meaning may be used by the seller to identify the higher price as its
				  own former (regular) price.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart B - RETAIL PRICE COMPARISONS AND SAVINGS CLAIMS › Section 470.220 - Comparison to Seller's Own Former (Regular) Prices

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It is an unfair or deceptive act for a seller to compare
				  current price with its former (regular) price for any product or service, (for
				  example: "$99, Now $69
-
Save $30"; "Regularly $99, Now $69";
				  "Originally $99, Now $69"; "Save $30, Now $69") unless one of the following
				  criteria are met:
a) the former
				(regular) price is equal to or below the price(s) at which the seller made a
				substantial number of sales of such products in the recent regular course of
				its business; or
b) the former
				(regular) price is equal to or below the price(s) at which the seller offered
				the product for a reasonably substantial period of time in the recent regular
				course of its business, openly and actively and in good faith, with an intent
				to sell the product at that price(s).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart B - RETAIL PRICE COMPARISONS AND SAVINGS CLAIMS › Section 470.230 - Comparison to Future Prices

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It is an unfair or deceptive practice for a seller to make an
				  introductory offer or to compare its current price for a product with the price
				  at which the product will be offered in the future (for example: "Introductory
				  Sale, Now $69, will be $90"), unless:
a) the future price takes effect within a
				reasonable time after the introductory offer or price comparison is published;
				and
b) the product's future price
				is, subsequent to the end of an introductory sale, properly established as the
				seller's former (regular) price in accordance with Section
				470.220
				of this Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart B - RETAIL PRICE COMPARISONS AND SAVINGS CLAIMS › Section 470.240 - Range of Savings or Price Comparison Claims

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It is an unfair or deceptive act to state or imply that any
				  products are being offered for sale at a range of prices or at a range of
				  percentage or fractional discounts (for example: "Save from 10% to 50% Off")
				  unless the highest price or lowest discount in the range is clearly and
				  conspicuously disclosed in the advertisement and a reasonable number of these
				  items in the advertisement are offered with at least the largest advertised
				  discount. If at least 5% of the items in the advertisement are offered with at
				  least the largest advertised discount it shall create a rebuttable presumption
				  that a reasonable number were offered with at least the largest advertised
				  discount.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart B - RETAIL PRICE COMPARISONS AND SAVINGS CLAIMS › Section 470.250 - Use of "List Price" or Similar Comparison

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It is an unfair or deceptive act to claim an actual savings
				  from a "list price", "manufacturer's suggested retail price", or term of
				  similar meaning unless the "list price" is the price at which the product is
				  offered by a reasonable number of sellers in the seller's trade area (for
				  example: "List Price $99, our price $69, save $30.00 ). However, a seller may
				  reference a list price in relation to its regular price as long as no savings
				  are claimed and the seller discloses that the list price may not necessarily be
				  the price at which the product is sold in the trade area.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart B - RETAIL PRICE COMPARISONS AND SAVINGS CLAIMS › Section 470.260 - Comparison to Other Sellers' Price for Identical Product

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It is an unfair or deceptive act for a seller to compare his
				  price with a price currently being offered by another seller for an identical
				  product (for example: "Sold elsewhere for $99, our price $69") unless the
				  stated higher comparative price is at or below the price at which the identical
				  product is currently being offered in the seller's trade area by:
a) a reasonable number of other sellers in
				the same trade area; or
b) another
				seller(s) is specifically identified in the advertisement.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart B - RETAIL PRICE COMPARISONS AND SAVINGS CLAIMS › Section 470.270 - Comparison to Sellers' Own or Other Sellers' Price for Comparable Product

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It is an unfair or deceptive act for a seller to compare his
				  price with the price at which he or any other seller is offering a comparable
				  product (for example: "69, compare at $99", "Comparable value $99")
				  unless:
a) The comparable product is
				currently being offered at the stated higher comparative price by the seller or
				by a reasonable number of other sellers in the sellers' trade area or another
				seller(s) specifically named in the ad; and
b) There are no substantial differences in
				quality, grade, materials, or craftsmanship between the comparable product and
				the product offered by the seller; and
c) If the comparable product is sold by the
				seller, the comparative price is determined in accordance with Section
				470.220
				of this Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart B - RETAIL PRICE COMPARISONS AND SAVINGS CLAIMS › Section 470.280 - Use of Terms "Two for Price of One", "Buy One, Get One Free"

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It is an unfair or deceptive act for a seller to state or
				  imply that products are being offered at the usual price of a smaller number of
				  the same or a different product (for example, "Four pillows for the price of
				  three" or "buy one pair of shoes, second pair free") unless:
a) The seller clearly and conspicuously
				discloses all material conditions which are imposed on the sale; and
b) The price indicated by the seller as its
				usual and customary price for the smaller number of products is the sellers'
				own former (regular) price for such products as determined in accordance with
				Section
				470.220
				of this Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart B - RETAIL PRICE COMPARISONS AND SAVINGS CLAIMS › Section 470.290 - Use of "Sale" Terminology

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Where a direct price comparison is not utilized as provided
				  elsewhere in this Part, it is an unfair or deceptive act for a seller to use
				  such terminology as "sale", "sale prices" "Now only $____" or other words and
				  phrases that imply a price savings unless the price of the product is reduced
				  by a reasonable amount from the product's former (regular) price as determined
				  in accordance with Section
				  470.220
				  of this Part. If the seller reduces the price by 5% or more a rebuttable
				  presumption shall exist that the price reduction was of a reasonable amount.
				  However, the term "sale" can be used in an advertisement where not all items
				  are offered at a reduction to regular price if such items are clearly
				  identified.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 470 - RETAIL ADVERTISING › Subpart C - AVAILABILITY OF ADVERTISED MERCHANDISE › Section 470.310 - Customer Demand

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It is an unfair or deceptive act for a seller to advertise
				  any product for sale when the seller does not have that product in stock in
				  sufficient quantities to meet reasonably anticipated customer demand during the
				  effective period of the advertisement, except where:
a) The seller clearly and conspicuously
				discloses in its advertisement that quantities are limited or that restrictions
				apply to the advertised offer; or
b) Conditions beyond the seller's control
				(i.e. bankruptcy of source, labor stoppage, Act of God, etc.) interrupted the
				supply of the product; or
c) The
				seller has, in good faith, ordered the product in adequate time for delivery
				and in sufficient quantity to satisfy reasonably anticipated consumer demand,
				and the seller has maintained sufficient records to substantiate such orders;
				or
d) The seller tenders a
				raincheck entitling prospective purchasers to buy the advertised product at the
				advertised price and redeems the raincheck within a reasonable time after the
				issuance thereof; or
e) The seller
				offers prospective customers a product of an equal or greater value at the same
				price which is acceptable to a reasonable consumer or is of a lesser value at
				the same dollar or percentage savings.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 475 - MOTOR VEHICLE ADVERTISING › Subpart B - GENERAL ADVERTISING PRACTICES › Section 475.210 - Clear and Conspicuous - Disclosure of Material Terms

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It is an unfair or deceptive act to advertise, offer for sale
				  or sell any motor vehicle without disclosing all material terms and conditions
				  relating to the offer clearly and conspicuously at the outset of the offer so
				  as to leave no reasonable probability that the offering might be misunderstood.
				  Material terms include, without limitation, those mandated by federal law
				  including, but not limited to, those Acts listed in Section
				  475.250, or state
				  law, or without which the advertisement would be false or
				  misleading.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 475 - MOTOR VEHICLE ADVERTISING › Subpart B - GENERAL ADVERTISING PRACTICES › Section 475.220 - Footnotes and Asterisks

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It is an unfair or deceptive act to use, in any advertising,
				  one or more footnotes or asterisks which, alone or in combination, confuse,
				  contradict, materially modify or unreasonably limit the material terms of an
				  advertisement.