SB3112eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB3112 Engrossed LRB098 19906 JLS 55125 b

AN ACT concerning business.

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

Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2RRR as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2RRR new)

Sec. 2RRR. Satellite broadcast service disclosure.

(a) In this Section, "broadcast service provider" means a provider of video programming that delivers that programming to a consumer by means of satellite transmission, master antenna television, satellite master antenna television, direct broadcast satellite, or satellite multipoint distribution service.

(b) A broadcast service provider must require its equipment installers to make the following disclosures, both orally and in writing, to a customer before installing any equipment at a customer's premises:

(1) the differences between a residential subscription package and a commercial customer subscription package; and

(2) the potential penalties for subscription piracy involved when a commercial subscription user accepts a residential subscription package.

The installer shall obtain a written acknowledgement signed by the customer acknowledging that the customer has received the disclosures required under this Section.

(c) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.

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