96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4740


 
Introduced 1/11/2010, by Rep. Jim Sacia
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







815 ILCS 505/2III new











     Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that at the time a consumer enters into an agreement for the purchase of wireless telecommunications service from a wireless telecommunications carrier, the carrier must offer the consumer the option of not receiving automated instructions for leaving voice mail in connection with calls made by the consumer. Makes a carrier's violation of this provision an unlawful practice under the Act. Effective immediately.
  















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HB4740

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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 Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business 
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Practices Act is amended  by adding Section 2III as follows:
 
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    (815 ILCS 505/2III new)
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    Sec. 2III. Wireless telecommunications; automated 
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instructions for leaving voice mail. At the time a consumer 
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enters into an agreement for the purchase of wireless 
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telecommunications service from a wireless telecommunications 
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carrier, the carrier must offer the consumer the option of not 
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receiving automated instructions for leaving voice mail in 
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connection with calls made by the consumer. A carrier's 
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violation of this Section is an unlawful practice within the 
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meaning of this Act.
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.