93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2858


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Richard J. Winkel Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.  Applies to agreements under which an Internet service provider provides service to Illinois consumers for a one-year term that is automatically renewed for another one-year term unless a consumer cancels the service. Requires an Internet service provider to give a consumer: at least 30 days' advance notice of the annual service renewal date, which notice shall include instructions that the consumer may follow to cancel the service at the Internet service provider's web site; and a secure method at the  Internet service provider's web site that the consumer may use to cancel the service, which method shall not require the consumer to make a telephone call or send U.S. Postal Service mail to effectuate the cancellation. Provides that a  person who violates those provisions  commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.
















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SB2858

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    AN ACT concerning business transactions.

 
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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 Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business 
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Practices Act is amended  by adding Section 2QQ as follows:
 
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    (815 ILCS 505/2QQ  new)
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    Sec. 2QQ. Internet service; cancellation.

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    (a) As used in this Section:
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    "Internet service provider" means a person who provides  a 
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service that combines computer processing, information 
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storage, protocol conversion, and routing with transmission to 
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enable a consumer to access Internet content and services.
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    (b) This Section applies only to agreements under which an 
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Internet service provider provides service to consumers for a 
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one-year term that is automatically renewed for another 
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one-year term unless a consumer cancels the service.
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    (c) An Internet service provider must give any consumer who 
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is an Illinois resident  the following: (1) at least 30 days' 
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advance notice of the annual service renewal date, which notice 
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shall include instructions that the consumer may follow to 
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cancel the service at the Internet service provider's web site; 
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and (2) a secure method at the  Internet service provider's web 
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site that the consumer may use to cancel the service, which 
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method shall not require the consumer to make a telephone call 
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or send U.S. Postal Service mail to effectuate the 
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cancellation.
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    (d) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful 
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practice within the meaning of this Act.