Public Act 0567 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2853 Enrolled LRB094 03980 RXD 33995 b

Public Act 094-0567

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 2VV as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2VV new)

Sec. 2VV. Wireless telephone service provider; third party billings. A wireless telephone service provider shall provide a contact telephone number and brief description of the service for all third-party billings on the consumer's bill, to the extent allowed by federal law, or through a customer service representative. For purposes of this Section, "third-party billings" means any billing done by a wireless telephone service provider on behalf of a third party where the wireless telephone service provider is merely the billing agent for the third party with no ability to provide refunds, credits, or otherwise adjust the billings.