Illinois Compiled Statutes

815 ILCS 140/8 (2026)

The Attorney General of this State may bring an action in the name of the State against any person to restrain and prevent any violation of this Act and to enforce and collect any penalty provided hereunder

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(815 ILCS 140/8) (from Ch. 17, par. 6011)
    Sec. 8. The Attorney General of this State may bring an action in the name of the State against any person to restrain and prevent any violation of this Act and to enforce and collect any penalty provided hereunder. In the enforcement of this Act, the Attorney General may accept an assurance of discontinuance of any act or practice deemed in violation of this Act from any person engaging in, or who has engaged in, that act or practice. Failure to perform the terms of any such assurance constitutes prima facie proof of a violation of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-781.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2010–2010 · leading case: Fandel v. Allen, 937 N.E.2d 1124 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010).
Fandel v. Allen, 937 N.E.2d 1124 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 2× “[8] Those statutes are Residential Improvement Loan Act (815 ILCS 135/6 (West 2006)); Credit Card Issuance Act (815 ILCS 140/8 (West 2006)); Unsolicited Credit Card Act of 1977 (815 ILCS 150/4 (West 2006)); Copper Purchase Registration Law (815 ILCS 325/8 (West 2006));…”
Fandel v. Allen (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “8 Until now, this court, 8 Those statutes are Residential Improvement Loan Act (815 ILCS 135/6 (West 2006)); Credit Card Issuance Act (815 ILCS 140/8 (West 2006)); Unsolicited Credit Card Act of 1977 (815 ILCS 150/4 (West 2006)); Copper Purchase Registration Law (815 ILCS 325/8…”
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