CHAPTER 2-25
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Article I. General

2-25-010   Definitions.

2-25-020   Establishment – Composition.

2-25-030   Commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection – Appointment and authority.

2-25-040   Officers and employees.

2-25-050   Powers and duties of the department.

2-25-060   Powers and duties – Permits to use public ways and grounds.

2-25-070   Powers and duties – Commercial passenger vessels.

2-25-080   Prohibited acts – Interfering with or obstructing official duties unlawful.

2-25-090   Prohibited acts – Consumer fraud, unfair competition or deceptive practices – Duty to enforce.

2-25-100   Failure to secure required license, permit or franchise.

2-25-110   Failure to obey an order of the commissioner – Violation – Penalty.

2-25-120   Rules and regulations.

2-25-130   Succession – Transfer of powers.

2-25-140   Effect of chapter on prior actions.

Article II. Office of Labor Standards

2-25-200   Office of Labor Standards.

ARTICLE I. GENERAL (2-25-010 et seq.)

2-25-010 Definitions.

   As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

   “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection.

   “Consumer” means any person or business that purchases or contracts for the purchase of merchandise, services, or anything else of value.

   “Department” means the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection.

   “Trade or business in the City” means the advertising, distribution (including distribution for free), provision (including provision for free), offering for distribution, provision or sale, sale, or lease of any good or service, of any property (tangible or intangible, real, personal, or mixed), and any other article, commodity, or thing of value, wherever situated, and shall include any trade or business directly or indirectly affecting the people of the City.

(Added Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-23, p. 6542, Art. VI, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 12-16-24, p. 22879, Art. IV, § 6)

2-25-020 Establishment – Composition.

   There is hereby established an executive department of the City of Chicago, which shall be known as the department of business affairs and consumer protection. Such department shall be headed by a commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection and shall include such other deputies, assistants, officers and employees as the city council may provide by the annual appropriation ordinance.

(Added Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 1)