Senate Sponsors: MAHAR-DILLARD-PARKER, JACOBS, MYERS,J, BOMKE, HALVORSON, LINK, OBAMA, CLAYBORNE, SMITH, REA, BOWLES AND FARLEY. House Sponsors: WOOD-SCOTT-GRANBERG-LYONS,EILEEN-JONES,LOU Short description: PUB UTIL-CON FRD NO SLAM-CRAM Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Establishes conditions under which a change in telecommunications services provided or a change in the provider of services may be made with respect to a subscriber. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to prohibit the use of sweepstakes or contests to fraudulently induce a person to change telecommunications services or providers. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Replaces the title and everything after the enacting clause with similar provisions. Authorizes the Commerce Commission to require a violating telecommunications carrier to refund all charges and fees collected from a subscriber not only those in excess of the amount that would have been charged by the subscriber's chosen carrier. Provides for a mediation process. Prohibits the use of sweepstakes boxes to solicit authority to provide telecommunications or related services. Establishes disclosure requirements for solicitation by means of other promotions or sweepstakes. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Establishes a procedure for a telecommunications carrier to obtain verification of changes in service or the addition of services from an independent third party. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 815 ILCS 505/2DD Changes the time within which written notice of changes must be given to subscribers to 10 days, rather than 6 days, after the requesting carrier is on notice that the change has occurred. Requires compliance with Federal Communications Commission rules with respect to service changes initiated through inbound telemarketing. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Ill. Commerce Commission) No fiscal impact to ICC. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 2 (Ill. Commerce Commission) No fiscal impact to ICC. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (Ill. Commerce Commission) No fiscal impact to ICC. STATE MANDATES ACT FISCAL NOTE, H-AMS 1 & 2 Fails to create a State mandate. HOME RULE NOTE, H-AMS 1 & 2 Contains no language preempting home rule authority. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that certain remedial notices by telecommunications carriers made pursuant to Commission order may be made in the first correspondence by the carrier to the customer or in the first bill sent to the customer after the order, whichever is mailed first. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Establishes a mechanism for determining the period for which refunds are due with respect to unauthorized changes in service. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0610 Last action date: 98-07-01 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 3 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status