SB2858eng 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2858 Engrossed LRB093 17936 WGH 43619 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 2QQ as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2QQ new)

Sec. 2QQ. Internet service; cancellation.

(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) This Section applies only to agreements under which an Internet service provider provides service to consumers for a one-year term that is automatically renewed for another one-year term unless a consumer cancels the service.

(c) An Internet service provider must give any consumer who is an Illinois resident the following: (1) 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 (2) 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.

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