SOTO-RYAN, BRADY, KURTZ, BERNS, WIRSING, PANKAU AND DAVIS,MONIQUE. 815 ILCS 505/2P.1 new Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person or entity that, by means of telemarketing, offers free goods or services to an Illinois consumer on a trial basis and assesses a periodic fee or charge for the goods or services after the end of the free trial period, must send a consumer who accepts the free goods or services a form the consumer may use to indicate his or her agreement to pay the periodic fee or charge after the end of the free trial period. Prohibits a person or entity from assessing a fee or charge for the goods or services after the end of the free trial period if the person or entity does not receive a signed form from the consumer in which the consumer agrees to pay the periodic fee or charge after the end of the free trial period. Provides that a violation constitutes an unlawful practice under the Act. FISCAL NOTE (Office Of The Attorney General) There will be no fiscal impact from HB2083. FEB-21-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-21-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-21-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-22-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CONSUMER PROT FEB-27-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED FEB-27-2001 H COMMITTEE CONSUMER PROT FEB-27-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RYAN FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRADY FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KURTZ FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BERNS FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WIRSING FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PANKAU MAR-09-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE MAR-16-2001 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary