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HB0907 Engrossed |
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LRB094 07689 WGH 37865 b |
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| AN ACT concerning business transactions.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
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| Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2VV as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 505/2VV new) |
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| Sec. 2VV. Internet service; local calling area.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Internet service provider" |
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| means a person who provides a service that combines computer |
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| processing, information storage, protocol conversion, and |
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| routing with transmission to enable a consumer to access |
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| Internet content and services. |
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| (b) An Internet service provider must clearly and |
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| conspicuously disclose, to any consumer who is an Illinois |
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| resident, all of the following on any web page or web site at |
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| which the consumer may select a telephone number to connect to |
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| that Internet service provider or other means by which the |
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| consumer may select a telephone number to access that Internet |
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| service provider: |
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| (1) some of the Internet service provider's access |
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| numbers may be outside of the consumer's local calling |
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| area, even though they are within the consumer's area code; |
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| (2) the consumer may be liable for long distance |
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| charges or other additional charges if the consumer uses an |
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| access number that is outside of the consumer's local |
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| calling area; and |
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| (3) the consumer may contact his or her telephone |
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| company for assistance in determining whether a particular |
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| access number is outside of the consumer's local calling |
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| area. |
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| (c) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful |
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| practice within the meaning of this Act.
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