HB1530 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 04532 LCT 24585 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1530

Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

815 ILCS 505/2ZZ new

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Prohibits a business from selling merchandise or services over the Internet to any Illinois resident unless that business has a customer service telephone number that it provides to the Illinois resident prior to the sale of the merchandise or services.

A BILL FOR

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 2ZZ as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2ZZ new)

Sec. 2ZZ. Internet business; phone number.

(a) No business shall sell merchandise or services over the Internet to any Illinois resident unless that business has a customer service telephone number that it provides to the Illinois resident prior to the sale of the merchandise or services.

(b) Any business that violates this Section commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.

(c) For purposes of this Section, "business" means any corporation, partnership, individual, sole proprietorship, joint stock company, joint venture, or other private legal entity.