HB2853 Enrolled LRB094 03980 RXD 33995 b

1     AN ACT concerning business.
 
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 2VV as follows:
 
6     (815 ILCS 505/2VV new)
7     Sec. 2VV. Wireless telephone service provider; third party
8 billings. A wireless telephone service provider shall provide a
9 contact telephone number and brief description of the service
10 for all third-party billings on the consumer's bill, to the
11 extent allowed by federal law, or through a customer service
12 representative. For purposes of this Section, "third-party
13 billings" means any billing done by a wireless telephone
14 service provider on behalf of a third party where the wireless
15 telephone service provider is merely the billing agent for the
16 third party with no ability to provide refunds, credits, or
17 otherwise adjust the billings.