|
|
|
|
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1713
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
|
|
|
|
Amends the Electronic Mail Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning definitions.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
A BILL FOR
|
|
|
|
|
SB1713 |
|
LRB094 05343 WGH 35387 b |
|
|
| 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 Electronic Mail Act is amended by changing |
| 5 |
| Section 5 as follows:
|
| 6 |
| (815 ILCS 511/5)
|
| 7 |
| Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
|
| 8 |
| "Electronic mail advertisement" means any electronic mail |
| 9 |
| message,
the
the principal purpose of which is to promote, |
| 10 |
| directly or indirectly,
the sale or other distribution of goods |
| 11 |
| or services to the recipient. |
| 12 |
| "Unsolicited electronic mail advertisement" means any |
| 13 |
| electronic mail
advertisement that (i) is addressed to a |
| 14 |
| recipient with whom the
initiator does not have a prior or |
| 15 |
| existing business or personal relationship
and (ii) is not sent |
| 16 |
| at the request of or with the express consent of
the recipient.
|
| 17 |
| "Electronic mail service provider" means any business or |
| 18 |
| organization
qualified to do business in Illinois that provides |
| 19 |
| registered users the
ability to send or receive electronic mail |
| 20 |
| through equipment located in
this State and that is an |
| 21 |
| intermediary in sending or receiving
electronic mail.
|
| 22 |
| "Initiation" of an electronic mail message refers to the |
| 23 |
| action by
the initial sender of the electronic mail message. |
| 24 |
| "Initiation" does not refer
to the actions of any intervening |
| 25 |
| electronic mail service provider that may
handle or retransmit |
| 26 |
| the electronic mail message.
|
| 27 |
| "Registered user" means any individual or entity that |
| 28 |
| maintains an
electronic mail address with an electronic mail |
| 29 |
| service provider.
|
| 30 |
| "Electronic mail address" means a destination, commonly |
| 31 |
| expressed
as a string of characters, to which electronic mail |
| 32 |
| may be sent or
delivered.
|