093_HB1520

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning electronic mail.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Electronic  Mail  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 5 as follows:

 6        (815 ILCS 511/5)
 7        Sec. 5. Definitions. As used In this Act:
 8        "Electronic mail advertisement" means any electronic mail
 9    message,  the  principal  purpose  of  which  is  to promote,
10    directly or indirectly, the sale  or  other  distribution  of
11    goods or services to the recipient.
12        "Unsolicited  electronic  mail  advertisement"  means any
13    electronic mail advertisement that  (i)  is  addressed  to  a
14    recipient  with  whom  the initiator does not have a prior or
15    existing business or personal relationship and  (ii)  is  not
16    sent  at  the  request  of or with the express consent of the
17    recipient.
18        "Electronic mail service provider" means any business  or
19    organization  qualified  to  do  business  in  Illinois  that
20    provides  registered  users  the  ability  to send or receive
21    electronic mail through equipment located in this  State  and
22    that  is  an  intermediary in sending or receiving electronic
23    mail.
24        "Initiation" of an electronic mail message refers to  the
25    action  by the initial sender of the electronic mail message.
26    "Initiation" does not refer to the actions of any intervening
27    electronic  mail  service  provider  that   may   handle   or
28    retransmit the electronic mail message.
29        "Registered  user"  means  any  individual or entity that
30    maintains an electronic mail address with an electronic  mail
31    service provider.
 
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 1        "Electronic  mail  address" means a destination, commonly
 2    expressed as a string of characters, to which electronic mail
 3    may be sent or delivered.
 4        "Internet domain  name"  refers  to  a  globally  unique,
 5    hierarchical  reference  to  an  Internet  host  or  service,
 6    assigned  through  centralized  Internet  naming authorities,
 7    comprising  a  series  of  character  strings  separated   by
 8    periods, with the right-most string specifying the top of the
 9    hierarchy.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-233, eff. 1-1-00.)