Bill Text: IL HB0617 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends a Section of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act regarding Internet gaming service providers. Changes "Internet gaming service provider" to "Internet game service provider" and makes various changes to the definition of the term. Provides that the Section applies only to agreements under which an Internet game service provider provides consumers access to its service or the games on its site, for home and personal use, on a paid subscription basis for a stated term that is automatically renewed for another term unless the consumer cancels the service (rather than to agreements under which an Internet gaming service provider provides service to consumers, for home and personal use, for a stated term that is automatically renewed for another term unless the consumer cancels the service). Provides that an Internet game service provider must give a consumer who is an Illinois resident instructions for canceling the paid subscription, and that these instructions should be posted on the Internet game service provider's web site (rather than providing that an Internet gaming service provider must give such a consumer a secure method at the 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 instructions that the consumer may follow to cancel the service at the Internet gaming service provider's web site). Adds language providing that the Section does not require an Internet game service provider to adopt a particular method of cancellation. Effective January 1, 2010.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2009-07-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0047 [HB0617 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0617-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends a Section of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act regarding Internet gaming service providers. Changes "Internet gaming service provider" to "Internet game service provider" and makes various changes to the definition of the term. Provides that the Section applies only to agreements under which an Internet game service provider provides consumers access to its service or the games on its site, for home and personal use, on a paid subscription basis for a stated term that is automatically renewed for another term unless the consumer cancels the service (rather than to agreements under which an Internet gaming service provider provides service to consumers, for home and personal use, for a stated term that is automatically renewed for another term unless the consumer cancels the service). Provides that an Internet game service provider must give a consumer who is an Illinois resident instructions for canceling the paid subscription, and that these instructions should be posted on the Internet game service provider's web site (rather than providing that an Internet gaming service provider must give such a consumer a secure method at the 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 instructions that the consumer may follow to cancel the service at the Internet gaming service provider's web site). Adds language providing that the Section does not require an Internet game service provider to adopt a particular method of cancellation. Effective January 1, 2010.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2009-07-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0047 [HB0617 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0617-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
5 | Practices Act is amended by changing and renumbering Section | ||||||
6 | 2AAA, as added by Public Act 95-765, as follows:
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7 | (815 ILCS 505/2CCC) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 2CCC
2AAA . Internet game gaming service provider; | ||||||
9 | cancellation. | ||||||
10 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
11 | "Internet game gaming service provider" means a person | ||||||
12 | who provides a web site that includes information, | ||||||
13 | software, data, text, photographs, graphics, sound, or | ||||||
14 | video that may be accessed by a consumer on a paid | ||||||
15 | subscription basis for a fee for the purpose of the | ||||||
16 | consumer playing a single player or multiplayer game | ||||||
17 | through the Internet or that may be downloaded for the | ||||||
18 | consumer to play on his or her computer outside of the | ||||||
19 | Internet. "Internet game gaming service provider" does not | ||||||
20 | include online gambling or other gaming where a consumer | ||||||
21 | can enter to win money. | ||||||
22 | (b) This Section applies only to agreements under which an | ||||||
23 | Internet game gaming service provider provides service to |
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1 | consumers, for home and personal use, for a stated term that is | ||||||
2 | automatically renewed for another term unless the consumer | ||||||
3 | cancels the service. | ||||||
4 | (c) An Internet game gaming service provider must give a | ||||||
5 | consumer who is an Illinois resident a disclosure of the | ||||||
6 | methods the consumer may use to cancel the service. One of the | ||||||
7 | methods of cancellation must provide for online cancellation of | ||||||
8 | the service via email, chat, instant messaging, web-based | ||||||
9 | forms, or any other means of communicating information over a | ||||||
10 | computer network the following: (1) a secure method at the | ||||||
11 | Internet gaming service provider's web site that the consumer | ||||||
12 | may use to cancel the service, which method shall not require | ||||||
13 | the consumer to make a telephone call or send U.S. Postal | ||||||
14 | Service mail to effectuate the cancellation; and (2) | ||||||
15 | instructions that the consumer may follow to cancel the service | ||||||
16 | at the Internet gaming service provider's web site . | ||||||
17 | (d) This Section does not apply to any entity that merely | ||||||
18 | provides the host platform on the web site to the Internet game | ||||||
19 | gaming service provider. | ||||||
20 | (e) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful | ||||||
21 | practice within the meaning of this Act.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 95-765, eff. 1-1-09; revised 9-25-08.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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