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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2853
Introduced 2/22/2005, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Telephone Solicitations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the method of operation for telephone solicitations.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2853 |
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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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 Telephone Solicitations Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 15 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 413/15)
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| Sec. 15. Method of operation.
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| (a) No person shall solicit the sale of goods or services |
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| in this State
by placing a
a
telephone call during the hours |
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| between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.
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| (b) A live operator soliciting the sale of goods or |
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| services shall:
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| (1) immediately state his or her name, the name
of
the |
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| business or organization being represented, and the |
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| purpose of the call;
and
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| (2) inquire at the beginning of the call whether
the |
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| person called consents to the solicitation; and
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| (3) if the person called requests to be taken off the |
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| contact
list of the business or organization, the operator |
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| must refrain
from calling that person again and take all |
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| steps necessary to have that
person's name and telephone |
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| number removed from the contact records of the
business or |
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| organization so that the person will not be contacted again |
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| by
the business or organization.
Compliance with Section |
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| 310.4(b) of the Federal Trade Commission's
Telemarketing |
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| Sales Rule shall constitute compliance with this |
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| subsection
(b)(3) of this Section.
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| (c) A person may not solicit the sale of goods or services |
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| by telephone in
a manner that impedes the function of any |
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| caller ID when the telephone
solicitor's service or equipment |
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| is capable of allowing the display of the
solicitor's telephone |
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| number.
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