SB0034ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Consumer Protection Committee

Filed: 5/15/2007

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 34

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 34 on page 1, line 5, by replacing "Section 15" with "Sections 15 and 20"; and

on page 1, by replacing lines 12 through 14 with the following:

"shall disconnect within 30 seconds after termination of the call by the subscriber or the autodialer. Where disconnection in 30 seconds is technically not"; and

on page 1, line 23, by replacing "name, address, and" with "name and"; and

on page 2, by replacing line 5 with the following: "name or telephone number or both are available for display for caller ID. An"; and

on page 2, line 12, by replacing "message." with "message or a phone number for opting out of further solicitation calls."; and

on page 2, immediately below line 13, by inserting the following:

"(815 ILCS 305/20) (from Ch. 134, par. 120)

Sec. 20. Exemptions.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the following types of telephone calls made by an autodialer:

(1) calls made in response to an express request of the person called;

(2) calls made to any person with whom the telephone solicitor has a prior or existing business relationship;

(3) a telephone call placed on behalf of any political, charitable, public policy, public opinion polling, research survey, or radio or television broadcast rating organization.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), all calls made by an autodialer must be made in compliance with the requirements of subsection (d) of Section 15.

(Source: P.A. 91-182, eff. 1-1-00.)".