95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4178

 

Introduced , by Rep. Raymond Poe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2AAA new

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that an Internet gaming service provider that provides service to a consumer, for home and personal use, for a stated term that is automatically renewed for another term unless a consumer cancels the service must give a consumer who is an Illinois resident: (1) a secure method at the Internet gaming service provider's web site that the consumer may use to cancel the service, which method shall not require the consumer to make a telephone call or send U.S. Postal Service mail to effectuate the cancellation; and (2) instructions that the consumer may follow to cancel the service at the Internet gaming service provider's web site. Makes it an unlawful business practice for an Internet gaming service provider to violate the new provisions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning business.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
5 Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2AAA as follows:
 
6     (815 ILCS 505/2AAA new)
7     Sec. 2AAA. Internet gaming service provider; cancellation.
8     (a) As used in this Section:
9         "Internet gaming service provider" means a person who
10     provides a web site that includes information, software,
11     data, text, photographs, graphics, sound, or video that may
12     be accessed by a consumer for a fee for the purpose of the
13     consumer playing a single player or multiplayer game
14     through the Internet or that may be downloaded for the
15     consumer to play on his or her computer outside of the
16     Internet. "Internet gaming service provider" does not
17     include online gambling or other gaming where a consumer
18     can enter to win money.
19     (b) This Section applies only to agreements under which an
20 Internet gaming service provider provides service to
21 consumers, for home and personal use, for a stated term that is
22 automatically renewed for another term unless the consumer
23 cancels the service.

 

 

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1     (c) An Internet gaming service provider must give a
2 consumer who is an Illinois resident the following: (1) a
3 secure method at the Internet gaming service provider's web
4 site that the consumer may use to cancel the service, which
5 method shall not require the consumer to make a telephone call
6 or send U.S. Postal Service mail to effectuate the
7 cancellation; and (2) instructions that the consumer may follow
8 to cancel the service at the Internet gaming service provider's
9 web site.
10     (d) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful
11 practice within the meaning of this Act.