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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3222
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Telephone Solicitations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the method of operation for telephone solicitations.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3222 |
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LRB095 06107 LCT 26200 b |
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Telephone Solicitations Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 15 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 413/15)
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| Sec. 15. Method of operation.
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| (a) No person shall solicit the
the sale of goods or |
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| services in this State
by placing a
telephone call during the |
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| hours between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.
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| (b) A live operator soliciting the sale of goods or |
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| services shall:
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| (1) immediately state his or her name, the name
of
the |
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| business or organization being represented, and the |
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| purpose of the call;
and
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| (2) inquire at the beginning of the call whether
the |
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| person called consents to the solicitation; and
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| (3) if the person called requests to be taken off the |
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| contact
list of the business or organization, the operator |
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| must refrain
from calling that person again and take all |
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| steps necessary to have that
person's name and telephone |
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| number removed from the contact records of the
business or |
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| organization so that the person will not be contacted again |