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HB1632 Enrolled                      LRB093 05294 MBS 05384 b

 1        AN ACT concerning business transactions.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Consumer  Fraud  and  Deceptive  Business
 5    Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2P.1 as follows:

 6        (815 ILCS 505/2P.1 new)
 7        Sec. 2P.1.  Telemarketing; free trials.
 8        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section, "telemarketing" means a
 9    plan, program, or campaign which is conducted to  induce  the
10    purchase  of  goods  or  services  by  use  of  one  or  more
11    telephones  and which involves calls to or from more than one
12    consumer.
13        (b)  A person or entity that, by means of a telemarketing
14    plan, program, or campaign, offers free goods or services  to
15    an Illinois consumer on a trial basis and assesses a periodic
16    fee  or charge for the goods or services after the end of the
17    free trial period must send to the consumer who  accepts  the
18    free  goods  or services an invoice that the consumer may use
19    to pay the periodic  fee  or  charge  or  indicate  that  the
20    consumer  no  longer  wishes to receive the goods or services
21    after the end of the free  trial  period.  The  invoice  must
22    contain  an address and telephone number the consumer may use
23    to cancel the goods or services if  the  consumer  no  longer
24    wishes to receive the free goods or services after the end of
25    the free trial period.
26        (c)  Violation  of  this  Section constitutes an unlawful
27    practice within the meaning of this Act.