96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3727


 
Introduced 2/25/2009, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias - Paul D. Froehlich
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








    



815 ILCS 305/15
  from Ch. 134, par. 115


815 ILCS 305/20
  from Ch. 134, par. 120







    Amends the Automatic Telephone Dialers Act.  Requires an autodialer to provide the complete company name and return phone number within its pre-recorded message.  Provides that an autodialer shall provide within the pre-recorded message an option of pressing a designated button to connect with a live operator at any time during the message or a phone number for opting out of further solicitation calls. Requires an autodialer to be properly registered so that the name or telephone number or both are available for display for caller ID. Extends the list of telephone calls made by an autodialer that are exempted from the Act to include a telephone call placed on behalf of any public policy organization.  
















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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 Sections 15 and 20 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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    (b-5) An autodialer shall provide the complete company name 
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and return phone number within its pre-recorded 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 must be properly registered so that the 
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name or telephone number or both are available for display for  
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caller ID. An autodialer may not be operated in a manner that 
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impedes the
function of any caller ID when the telephone 
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solicitor's service or equipment
is capable of allowing the 
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display of the solicitor's telephone number.

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    (e) An autodialer shall provide within the pre-recorded 
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message an option of pressing a designated button to connect 
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with a live operator at any time during the message or a phone 
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number for opting out of further solicitation calls.

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(Source: P.A. 91-182, eff. 1-1-00.)

 



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    (815 ILCS 305/20)  (from Ch. 134, par. 120)


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    Sec. 20. Exemptions. 

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    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions of 
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this Act
shall not apply to the
following types of telephone 
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calls made by an autodialer:


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        (1) calls made in response to an express request of the

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    person called;


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        (2) calls made to any person with whom the telephone

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    solicitor has a prior or existing business relationship;


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        (3) a telephone call placed on behalf of any political,

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    charitable, public policy, public opinion polling, 
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    research survey, or radio or
television broadcast rating 
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    organization.

 


 






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    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), all 
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calls made by an
autodialer must be made in compliance with the 
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requirements of subsection (d)
of Section 15.

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(Source: P.A. 91-182, eff. 1-1-00.)