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92_SB0581

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning telecommunications.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
 5    Section 13-303 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-303 new)
 7        Sec. 13-303.  Fraudulent or misleading practices.
 8        (a)  The  Commission  is  authorized  to  hear complaints
 9    regarding  fraudulent  or  misleading   practices   allegedly
10    committed   by   a  telecommunications  carrier  against  its
11    customers. The  Commission  may  order  a  telecommunications
12    carrier  that  commits  a  fraudulent  or misleading practice
13    against its customers to refund to the customers any  amounts
14    that  the  telecommunications carrier received as a result of
15    the fraudulent or misleading practice.
16        (b)  The Commission must promulgate any  rules  necessary
17    to implement this Section.

18        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
19    becoming law.

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