Public Act 1016 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2858 Enrolled LRB093 17936 WGH 43619 b

Public Act 093-1016

AN ACT concerning business transactions.

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 2QQ as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2QQ new)

Sec. 2QQ. Internet service; cancellation.

(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.

Effective Date: 1/1/2005