093_HB1632

 
                                     LRB093 05294 MBS 05384 b

 1        AN ACT concerning business transactions.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Consumer  Fraud  and  Deceptive  Business
 5    Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2P.1 as follows:

 6        (815 ILCS 505/2P.1 new)
 7        Sec. 2P.1.  Telemarketing; free trials.
 8        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section, "telemarketing" means a
 9    plan, program, or campaign which is conducted to  induce  the
10    purchase  of  goods  or  services  by  use  of  one  or  more
11    telephones  and which involves calls to or from more than one
12    consumer.
13        (b)  A person or entity that, by means of a telemarketing
14    plan, program, or campaign, offers free goods or services  to
15    an Illinois consumer on a trial basis and assesses a periodic
16    fee  or charge for the goods or services after the end of the
17    free trial period, must send to any consumer who accepts  the
18    free  goods  or  services a form that the consumer may use to
19    indicate his or her agreement to  pay  the  periodic  fee  or
20    charge  after the end of the free trial period. The person or
21    entity must not assess any fee or charge  for  the  goods  or
22    services after the end of the free trial period if the person
23    or entity does not receive a signed form from the consumer in
24    which  the  consumer agrees to pay the periodic fee or charge
25    after the end of the free trial period.
26        (c)  Violation of this Section  constitutes  an  unlawful
27    practice within the meaning of this Act.