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90_HB0831 815 ILCS 505/2EE new Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that an Internet service provider must give each of its customers in this State a pre-addressed, postage-paid postcard that the customer may use to cancel service by U.S. Postal Service mail. Provides that an Internet service provider who violates any of these provisions commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. Effective immediately. LRB9003461WHmg LRB9003461WHmg 1 AN ACT to amend the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business 2 Practices Act by adding Section 2EE. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business 6 Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2EE as follows: 7 (815 ILCS 505/2EE new) 8 Sec. 2EE. Internet service providers. An Internet 9 service provider must give each of its customers in this 10 State a pre-addressed, postage-paid postcard that the 11 customer may use to cancel service by U.S. Postal Service 12 mail. The Internet service provider must provide the 13 postcard to the customer within 10 days after the account is 14 opened (or, in the case of an existing customer, within 30 15 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 16 1997). An Internet service provider who violates any 17 provision of this Section commits an unlawful practice within 18 the meaning of this Act. 19 As used in this Section, "Internet service provider" 20 means a person who provides to a customer, for a fee or 21 charge, access (regardless of whether the access is through 22 an online service that provides other services that are not 23 part of the Internet) on an ongoing basis to Internet 24 electronic mail, the World Wide Web, Internet file transfers, 25 or any other information or data that may be sent or received 26 through the Internet. 27 Section 99. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.