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815 ILCS 513/5

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(815 ILCS 513/5)
    Sec. 5. Policy. It is the public policy of this State that in order to safeguard the life, health, property, and public welfare of its citizens, the business of home repair and remodeling is a matter affecting the public interest. The General Assembly recognizes that improved communications and accurate representations between persons engaged in the business of making home repairs or remodeling and their consumers will increase consumer confidence, reduce the likelihood of disputes, and promote fair and honest practices in that business in this State.
(Source: P.A. 91-230, eff. 1-1-00.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23 cases, 2005–2010 · leading case: MD Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Abrams
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MD Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Abrams (2008) ill · cites it 8× “815 ILCS 513/5, 10, 15, 20, 30 (West 2006).”
K. Miller Const. Co., Inc. v. McGinnis (2009) illappct · cites it 11× “" 815 ILCS 513/5 (West 2006). The stated aim of the legislation is to improve "communications and accurate representations between persons engaged in the business of making home repairs or remodeling and their consumers[, which] will increase consumer confidence, reduce the…”
Fandel v. Allen (2010) illappct · cites it 6× “" 815 ILCS 513/5 (West 2006). It, thus, appears to us that the legislative purpose is to empower the Attorney General and State's Attorney to correct a potential harmful practice, not to deny an honest and competent workman the fair value of his work nor to give a homeowner a…”
MD Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Abrams (2006) illappct · cites it 2× “) 815 ILCS 513/5 (West 2004). The consumers’ rights brochure required under section 20(c) of the Act lists “warning signs of potential scam” that include “[d]oor-to-door salespersons with no local connections” who offer work at prices far below market; “[s]olicitations *** from…”
Fleissner v. Fitzgerald (2010) illappct · cites it 3× “” 815 ILCS 513/5, 15, 20 (West 2008). Regardless of the legislative history of the Act, the plain language of the statute does not indicate that it applies only to persons engaged in the solicitation of home repair or remodeling business.”
Roberts v. Adkins (2010) illappct · cites it 2× “” 815 ILCS 513/5 (West 2006). The purpose of the Act is “to safeguard the life, health, property and public welfare of [Illinois’s] citizens” through “improved communications and accurate representations between persons engaged in the business of making home repairs or…”
Smith v. Bogard (2007) illappct “” 815 ILCS 513/5 (West 2004). As a means of achieving this goal, the legislature enacted section 15, which provides that “a person engaged in the business of home repair or remodeling” shall provide a written contract or work order to the consumer prior to initiating any work…”
Central Illinois Electrical Services, L.L.C. v. Slepian (2005) illappct · cites it 2× “” 815 ILCS 513/30 (West 2002). The Act also expresses the policy statement that “in order to safeguard the life, health, property, and public welfare of its citizens, the business of home repair and remodeling is a matter affecting the public interest.”
Behl v. Gingerich (2009) illappct “As a means of achieving this goal, the legislature enacted section 15, the section referenced above, requiring that the contractor, prior to initiating repair or remodeling work over $1,000, “shall furnish to the customer for signature a written contract or work order that…”
Artisan Design Build, Inc. v. Bilstrom (2009) illappct “” 815 ILCS 513/5 (West 2006). Section 15 provides that prior to initiating home repair or remodeling work for over $1,000, a person engaged in home repair or remodeling shall furnish to the customer for signature a written contract or work order stating the total cost, including…”
Solon v. MIDWEST MEDICAL RECORDS ASS'N (2008) illappct · cites it 2× “Finally, defendant argues that our construction of sections 8-2001 and 8-2003 would result in absurd, inconvenient, and unjust consequences because it would "leave thousands of [health care providers] at the mercy of an `amorphous "reasonableness" test'" that is subject to the…”
Tom Geise Plumbing, Inc. v. Taylor (2009) illappct “Prior to beginning home repair or remodeling work that will cost the consumer over $1,000, the contractor must “furnish to the customer for signature a written contract or work order that states the total cost, including parts and materials listed with reasonable particularity…”
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