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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1090
Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Patrick J Verschoore SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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815 ILCS 305/15 |
from Ch. 134, par. 115 |
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Amends the Automatic Telephone Dialers Act. Provides that each telephone call made by an autodialer shall, at the beginning of the prerecorded message, state clearly the identity of
the business, individual, or other entity that is responsible for
initiating the call.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1090 |
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LRB096 06208 KTG 16290 b |
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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 Automatic Telephone Dialers Act is amended |
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| by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 305/15) (from Ch. 134, par. 115)
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| Sec. 15. Method of operation.
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| (a) No person shall operate an autodialer in this State to
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| place a telephone call during the hours between 9 p.m. and 9 |
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| a.m.
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| (b) All autodialers operated within the State of Illinois
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| shall disconnect within 30 seconds after termination of the |
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| call by the
subscriber or the autodialer. Where disconnection |
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| in 30 seconds is
technically not feasible, the autodialer shall |
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| utilize a live operator
who shall:
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| (1) state his name, the name, address and telephone |
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| number
of the business or organization being represented |
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| and the 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 hear the prerecorded message.
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| (c) An autodialer shall not be used to dial numbers
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| determined by successively increasing or decreasing integers.
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| (d) An autodialer may not be operated in a manner that |