HB0907eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0907 Engrossed LRB094 07689 WGH 37865 b

AN ACT concerning business transactions.

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

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

(815 ILCS 505/2VV new)

Sec. 2VV. Internet service; local calling area.

(a) As used in this Section, "Internet service provider" means a person who provides a service that combines computer processing, information storage, protocol conversion, and routing with transmission to enable a consumer to access Internet content and services.

(b) An Internet service provider must clearly and conspicuously disclose, to any consumer who is an Illinois resident, all of the following on any web page or web site at which the consumer may select a telephone number to connect to that Internet service provider or other means by which the consumer may select a telephone number to access that Internet service provider:

(1) some of the Internet service provider's access numbers may be outside of the consumer's local calling area, even though they are within the consumer's area code;

(2) the consumer may be liable for long distance charges or other additional charges if the consumer uses an access number that is outside of the consumer's local calling area; and

(3) the consumer may contact his or her telephone company for assistance in determining whether a particular access number is outside of the consumer's local calling area.

(c) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.