SB3041 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 18895 AMC 54339 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB3041

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Dave Syverson - Peter J. Roskam

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

815 ILCS 505/2XX new

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that no person may sell consumer identification or purchasing information of Illinois residents to other persons without providing written notice to the Illinois resident before doing so and giving the resident 30 days after the resident receives the notice to refuse permission to sell his or her information. Provides that a notice must give the resident the option to refuse all sales or transfers of his or her information by that person. Makes it an unlawful practice to violate these provisions.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

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

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

(815 ILCS 505/2XX new)

Sec. 2XX. Sale of consumer information. No person may sell or transfer consumer identification or purchasing information of Illinois residents to other persons without providing written notice to the Illinois resident before doing so and giving the resident 30 days after the resident receives the notice to refuse permission to sell or transfer his or her information. A notice under this Section must give the resident the option to refuse all sales or transfers of his or her information by that person. A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.