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90_HB3371
815 ILCS 505/2JJ new
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act. Provides that an Internet service provider
must cancel the account of a customer in this State if the
customer has not used the services of the Internet service
provider for a continuous period of 90 days, unless the
customer has affirmatively communicated to the Internet
service provider by electronic mail, telephone, or U.S.
Postal Service mail that the customer wishes the account to
remain open. Provides that an Internet service provider must
not charge the customer for service after the date an account
is canceled in accordance with these requirements. Provides
that an Internet service provider who violates any of these
provisions commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of
the Act.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
2 Practices Act by adding Section 2JJ.
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 2JJ as follows:
7 (815 ILCS 505/2JJ new)
8 Sec. 2JJ. Internet service providers. An Internet
9 service provider must cancel the account of a customer in
10 this State if the customer has not used the services of the
11 Internet service provider for a continuous period of 90
12 days, unless the customer has affirmatively communicated to
13 the Internet service provider by electronic mail, telephone,
14 or U.S. Postal Service mail that the customer wishes the
15 account to remain open. An Internet service provider must
16 not charge the customer for service after the date an account
17 is canceled in accordance with this Section. An Internet
18 service provider who violates any provision of this Section
19 commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.
20 As used in this Section, "Internet service provider"
21 means a person (regardless of whether the person is located
22 within or outside of Illinois) who provides access
23 (regardless of whether the access is through an online
24 service that provides other services that are not part of the
25 Internet) to customers in this State on an ongoing basis to
26 Internet electronic mail, the World Wide Web, Internet file
27 transfers, or any other information or data that may be sent
28 or received through the Internet.