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90_SB0663 815 ILCS 413/5 815 ILCS 413/10 815 ILCS 413/15 Amends the Telephone Solicitation Act. Provides that the Act shall cover services as well as goods. Provides that if a person is contacted by a live operator soliciting goods or services for a business or organization, the person may request to be removed from the contact list of that business or organization and the operator shall no longer contact that person and shall take all steps necessary to have that person's name and telephone number removed from the contact records of the business or organization. LRB9002909SMdv LRB9002909SMdv 1 AN ACT to amend the Telephone Solicitations Act by 2 changing Sections 5, 10, and 15. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Telephone Solicitations Act is amended by 6 changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows: 7 (815 ILCS 413/5) 8 Sec. 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act: 9 (a) "Emergency telephone number" means any telephone 10 number which accesses or calls a fire department, law 11 enforcement agency, ambulance, hospital, medical center, 12 poison control center, rape crisis center, suicide prevention 13 center, rescue service, the 911 emergency access number 14 provided by law enforcement agencies and police departments. 15 (b) "Subscriber" means: 16 (1) A person who has subscribed to telephone 17 service from a telephone company; or 18 (2) Other persons living or residing with the 19 subscribing person. 20 (c) "Telephone solicitation" means any communication 21 through the use of a telephone by live operators for 22 soliciting the sale of goods or services. 23 (Source: P.A. 88-288.) 24 (815 ILCS 413/10) 25 Sec. 10. Jurisdiction. No person shall solicit the sale 26 of goods or services in this State except in accordance with 27 this Act. 28 (Source: P.A. 88-288.) 29 (815 ILCS 413/15) -2- LRB9002909SMdv 1 Sec. 15. Method of operation. 2 (a) No person shall solicit the sale of goods or 3 services in this State by placing a telephone call during the 4 hours between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. 5 (b) A live operator soliciting the sale of goods shall: 6 (1) immediately state his or her name, the name of 7 the business or organization being represented, and the 8 purpose of the call; and 9 (2) inquire at the beginning of the call whether 10 the person called consents to the solicitation, and if 11 the person called requests to be taken off the contact 12 list of the business or organization, the operator must 13 refrain from calling that person again and take all steps 14 necessary to have that person's name and telephone number 15 removed from the contact records of the business or 16 organization so that the person will not be contacted 17 again by the business or organization. 18 (Source: P.A. 88-288.)