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92_HB1624
LRB9206649WHtm
1 AN ACT concerning business transactions.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Automatic Telephone Dialers Act is
5 amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
6 (815 ILCS 305/5) (from Ch. 134, par. 105)
7 Sec. 5. Definitions. For purposes purpose of this Act:
8 (a) "Autodialer" or "Autodialer System" means any
9 telephone dialing or accessing device, machine, computer or
10 system capable of storing telephone numbers which is
11 programmed to sequentially or randomly access the stored
12 telephone numbers in order to automatically connect a
13 telephone with a recorded message, the term does not include
14 any device associated with a burglar alarm system, voice
15 message system or fire alarm system.
16 (b) "Emergency Telephone Number" means any telephone
17 number which accesses or calls a fire department, law
18 enforcement agency, ambulance, hospital, medical center,
19 poison control center, rape crisis center, suicide prevention
20 center, rescue service, the 911 emergency access number
21 provided by law enforcement agencies and police departments.
22 (c) "Recorded Message" means any taped communication
23 soliciting the sale of goods or services without live voice
24 interaction.
25 (d) "Voice Messaging System" means any message delivery
26 service which utilizes an autodialer to deliver
27 non-commercial messages to domestic and international
28 recipients.
29 (e) "Subscriber" means:
30 (1) A person who has subscribed to telephone
31 service from a telephone company; or
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1 (2) Other persons living or residing with the
2 subscribing person.
3 (f) "Caller ID" means the display to the recipient of
4 the call the caller's telephone number or identity.
5 (Source: P.A. 91-182, eff. 1-1-00.)