HB5301 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5301

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Internet Access Records Act. Provides that any person providing computers to the public for access to the internet in exchange for a fee paid in cash must request to see an Identification Card in order to record the personal information of every person using the provided computer to access the internet. Provides that records shall be maintained for one year. Provides exemptions for libraries and other organizations requiring membership for computer access. Provides that any person violating any provision the Act is guilty of a petty offense coupled with specified fines.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Internet Access Records Act.

Section 5. Record requirements. Any person providing computers to the public for access to the internet in exchange for a fee paid in cash must request to see an identification card in order to record the personal information of every person using the provided computer to access the internet. Such records shall be maintained for at least one year.

Section 10. Exemptions. A library, business, or any other person offering computer use with the ability to access the internet is exempt from the requirements of this Act when a person utilizing provided computers is enrolled in an appropriate membership program or is a student enrolled at a university or college offering computers for student use.

Section 15. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act is guilty of a petty offense and on conviction thereof shall for the first offense be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $150 and for each subsequent offense by a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $250.