HB1357 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 08980 LCT 29171 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1357

Introduced 2/20/2007, by Rep. Monique D. Davis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

815 ILCS 505/2ZZ new

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that if a wireless telephone service provider makes directory assistance service available to its subscribers and imposes a fee or airtime charge for directory assistance inquiries, the wireless telephone service provider may not include, or permit to be included, any advertising message in the responses given to directory assistance inquiries. Provides that if a wireless telephone service provider makes directory assistance service available to its subscribers and includes, or permits to be included, any advertising message in the responses given to directory assistance inquiries, the wireless telephone service provider may not impose a fee or airtime charge for directory assistance inquiries. Makes a violation an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.

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 2ZZ as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2ZZ new)

Sec. 2ZZ. Wireless telephone service providers; directory assistance. If a wireless telephone service provider makes directory assistance service available to its subscribers and imposes a fee or airtime charge for directory assistance inquiries, the wireless telephone service provider may not include, or permit to be included, any advertising message in the responses given to directory assistance inquiries. If a wireless telephone service provider makes directory assistance service available to its subscribers and includes, or permits to be included, any advertising message in the responses given to directory assistance inquiries, the wireless telephone service provider may not impose a fee or airtime charge for directory assistance inquiries.

A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.