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Public Act 093-1016
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| SB2858 Enrolled |
LRB093 17936 WGH 43619 b |
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AN ACT concerning business transactions.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2QQ as follows:
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(815 ILCS 505/2QQ new) |
Sec. 2QQ. Internet service; cancellation.
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(a) As used in this Section: |
"Internet service provider" means a person who provides a |
service that combines computer processing, information |
storage, protocol conversion, and routing with transmission to |
enable a consumer to access Internet content and services. |
(b) This Section applies only to agreements under which an |
Internet service provider provides service to consumers, for |
home and personal use, for a one-year term that is |
automatically renewed for another one-year term unless a |
consumer cancels the service. |
(c) An Internet service provider must give a consumer who |
is an Illinois resident the following: (1) a secure method at |
the Internet service provider's web site that the consumer may |
use to cancel the service, which method shall not require the |
consumer to make a telephone call or send U.S. Postal Service |
mail to effectuate the cancellation; and (2) instructions that |
the consumer may follow to cancel the service at the Internet |
service provider's web site. |
(d) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful |
practice within the meaning of this Act.
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