Public Act 93-0194

HB1632 Enrolled                      LRB093 05294 MBS 05384 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 2P.1 as follows:

    (815 ILCS 505/2P.1 new)
    Sec. 2P.1.  Telemarketing; free trials.
    (a)  As used in this  Section,  "telemarketing"  means  a
plan,  program,  or campaign which is conducted to induce the
purchase  of  goods  or  services  by  use  of  one  or  more
telephones and which involves calls to or from more than  one
consumer.
    (b)  A person or entity that, by means of a telemarketing
plan,  program, or campaign, offers free goods or services to
an Illinois consumer on a trial basis and assesses a periodic
fee or charge for the goods or services after the end of  the
free  trial  period must send to the consumer who accepts the
free goods or services an invoice that the consumer  may  use
to  pay  the  periodic  fee  or  charge  or indicate that the
consumer no longer wishes to receive the  goods  or  services
after  the  end  of  the  free trial period. The invoice must
contain an address and telephone number the consumer may  use
to  cancel  the  goods  or services if the consumer no longer
wishes to receive the free goods or services after the end of
the free trial period.
    (c)  Violation of this Section  constitutes  an  unlawful
practice within the meaning of this Act.