Illinois Code § 29.1

§ 29.1.

(a) No advertisement to aid, promote, or assist directly or indirectly any extension of consumer credit may state: (1) that a specific periodic consumer credit amount or installment amount can be arranged, unless the creditor usually and customarily arranges credit payments or installments for that period and in that amount. (2) that a specified down payment is required in connection with any extension of consumer credit, unless the creditor usually and customarily arranges down payments in that amount. (b) This Section applies to any advertisement to aid, promote, or assist directly or indirectly any consumer credit sale or other extension of credit subject to the provisions of this Act. (c) If any advertisement to which this Section applies states the rate of a finance charge, the advertisement must state the rate of that charge expressed as an annual percentage rate. (d) If any advertisement to which this Section applies states the amount of the down payment, if any, the amount of any installment payment, the dollar amount of any finance charge, or the number of installments or the period of repayment, then the advertisement must state all of the following items: (1) The cash price. (2) The down payment, if any. (3) The number, amount, and due dates or period of payments scheduled to repay the indebtedness if the credit is extended. (4) The rate of the time price differential expressed as an annual percentage rate. (e) If a catalog or other multiple-page advertisement sets forth or gives information in sufficient detail to permit determination of the disclosures required by this Section in a table or schedule of credit terms, such catalog or multiple-page advertisement shall be considered a single advertisement provided: (1) The table or schedule and the disclosures made therein are set forth clearly and conspicuously, and (2) Any statement of credit terms appearing in any place other than in that table or schedule of credit terms clearly and conspicuously refers to the page or pages on which that table or schedule appears, unless that statement discloses all of the credit terms required to be stated under this Section. For the purpose of this subparagraph, cash price is not a credit term. (f) A lender or creditor who complies with the federal Truth in Lending Act, amendments thereto, and any regulations issued or which may be issued thereunder, shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section. (Source: P.A. 82-169.)