SB0034eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0034 Engrossed LRB095 03432 LCT 23436 b

AN ACT concerning business.

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

Section 5. The Automatic Telephone Dialers Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(815 ILCS 305/15) (from Ch. 134, par. 115)

Sec. 15. Method of operation.

(a) No person shall operate an autodialer in this State to place a telephone call during the hours between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m.

(b) All autodialers operated within the State of Illinois shall disconnect immediately within 30 seconds after termination of the call by the subscriber or the autodialer. Where immediate disconnection in 30 seconds is technically not feasible, the autodialer shall utilize a live operator who shall:

(1) state his name, the name, address and telephone number of the business or organization being represented and the purpose of the call; and

(2) inquire at the beginning of the call whether the person called consents to hear the prerecorded message.

(b-5) An autodialer shall provide the complete company name, address, and return phone number within its pre-recorded message.

(c) An autodialer shall not be used to dial numbers determined by successively increasing or decreasing integers.

(d) An autodialer must be properly registered so that the name and telephone number displays on any caller ID. An autodialer may not be operated in a manner that impedes the function of any caller ID when the telephone solicitor's service or equipment is capable of allowing the display of the solicitor's telephone number.

(e) An autodialer shall provide within the pre-recorded message an option of pressing a designated button to connect with a live operator at any time during the message.

(Source: P.A. 91-182, eff. 1-1-00.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2008.