Rep. Raymond Poe
Filed: 3/29/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3218
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3218 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
5 | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2ZZ as follows: | ||||||
6 | (815 ILCS 505/2ZZ new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2ZZ. Internet gaming service provider; cancellation. | ||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
9 | "Internet gaming service provider" means a person who | ||||||
10 | provides a website that includes information, software, | ||||||
11 | data, text, photographs, graphics, sound, or video that may | ||||||
12 | be accessed by a consumer for a fee for the purpose of the | ||||||
13 | consumer playing a single player or multiplayer game | ||||||
14 | through the Internet or that may downloaded for the | ||||||
15 | consumer to play on his or her computer outside of the | ||||||
16 | Internet. "Internet gaming service provider" does not |
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1 | include online gambling or other gaming where a consumer | ||||||
2 | can enter to win money. | ||||||
3 | (b) This Section applies only to agreements under which an | ||||||
4 | Internet gaming service provider provides service to | ||||||
5 | consumers, for home and personal use, for a stated term that is | ||||||
6 | automatically renewed for another term unless the consumer | ||||||
7 | cancels the service. | ||||||
8 | (c) An Internet gaming service provider must give a | ||||||
9 | consumer who is an Illinois resident the following: (1) a | ||||||
10 | secure method at the Internet gaming service provider's web | ||||||
11 | site that the consumer may use to cancel the service, which | ||||||
12 | method shall not require the consumer to make a telephone call | ||||||
13 | or send U.S. Postal Service mail to effectuate the | ||||||
14 | cancellation; and (2) instructions that the consumer may follow | ||||||
15 | to cancel the service at the Internet gaming service provider's | ||||||
16 | web site. | ||||||
17 | (d) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful | ||||||
18 | practice within the meaning of this Act. ".
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