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 1        AN ACT in relation to telephone solicitations.

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

 4        Section 5. The Telephone Solicitations Act is amended  by
 5    changing Section 15 as follows:

 6        (815 ILCS 413/15)
 7        Sec. 15.  Method of operations.
 8        (a)  No  person  shall  solicit  the  sale  of  goods  or
 9    services in this State by placing a telephone call during the
10    hours between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.
11        (b)  A  live  operator  soliciting  the  sale of goods or
12    services shall:
13             (1)  immediately state his or her name, the name  of
14        the  business  or organization being represented, and the
15        purpose of the call; and
16             (2)  inquire at the beginning of  the  call  whether
17        the person called consents to the solicitation; and
18             (3)  if  the  person called requests to be taken off
19        the contact list of the  business  or  organization,  the
20        operator  must refrain from calling that person again and
21        take all steps necessary to have that person's  name  and
22        telephone  number removed from the contact records of the
23        business or organization so that the person will  not  be
24        contacted   again  by    the  business  or  organization.
25        Compliance with Section 310.4(b)  of  the  Federal  Trade
26        Commission's  Telemarketing  Sales  Rule shall constitute
27        compliance with this subsection (b)(3) of this Section.
28        (c)  A person may  not  solicit  the  sale  of  goods  or
29    services  by  telephone in a manner that impedes the function
30    of any caller ID when the telephone  solicitor's  service  or
31    equipment   is   capable  of  allowing  the  display  of  the
 
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 1    solicitor's telephone number.
 2    (Source:  P.A. 90-541, eff. 6-1-98; 91-182, eff. 1-1-00.)