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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 325    </title>
<shortdesc>LOCAL EXCH TELECOM DISCLOSURE</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins-Kwame Raoul</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/9/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>815 ILCS 505/2VV new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Requires all advertising offering for sale local exchange telecommunications service in an area in which more than one local exchange telecommunications service offering is available to include disclosures of the regulated price of certain services. Provides that, if a customer of a local exchange carrier contacts the carrier with a billing inquiry or any other customer service issue, before offering the customer any product or service, the carrier shall: (i) resolve the customer's billing inquiry or customer service issue; (ii) clearly and conspicuously disclose that the carrier is initiating a solicitation; and (iii) obtain the customer's permission to continue the solicitation. Requires a carrier to clearly and conspicuously disclose all material terms and conditions in any advertising or marketing in which a term or condition of local exchange telecommunications service is represented.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/15/2005</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins</action>
<statusdate>2/15/2005</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/15/2005</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Rules</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2005</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul</action>
<statusdate>1/9/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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