Bill Text: IL HB5395 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Automatic Telephone Dialers Act. Redefines "recorded message" to mean any artificial or recorded communication that includes or introduces an advertisement or constitutes telemarketing without live voice interaction (rather than any taped communication soliciting the sale of goods or services without live voice interaction). Prohibits an autodialer from providing inaccurate caller ID information in violation of a specified federal law and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. Provides that it is a violation of the Act to play a recorded message (rather than a prerecorded message) placed by an autodialer without the (i) prior express consent of the called party or (ii) the prior express written consent of the called party if the call is a call that delivers a health care message made by, or on behalf of, a covered entity or its business associate as those terms are defined in a specified provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Defines "telemarketing" and "prior express written consent".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5395 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5395-Introduced.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 Automatic Telephone Dialers Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Sections 5, 15, and 30 as follows:
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6 | (815 ILCS 305/5) (from Ch. 134, par. 105)
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7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. For purpose of this Act:
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8 | (a) "Autodialer" or "Autodialer System" means any | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | telephone dialing or
accessing device, machine, computer or | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | system capable of storing telephone
numbers which is programmed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | to sequentially or randomly access the stored
telephone numbers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | in order to automatically connect a telephone with a
recorded | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | message, the term does not include any device associated with a
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14 | burglar alarm system, voice message system or fire alarm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | system.
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16 | (b) "Emergency Telephone Number" means any telephone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | number which
accesses or calls a fire department, law | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | enforcement agency, ambulance,
hospital, medical center, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | poison control center, rape crisis center, suicide
prevention | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | center, rescue service, the 911 emergency access number | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | provided
by law enforcement agencies and police departments.
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22 | (c) "Recorded Message" means any artificial or recorded | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | taped communication that includes or introduces an |
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1 | advertisement or constitutes telemarketing soliciting the
sale | ||||||
2 | of goods or services without live voice interaction.
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3 | (d) "Voice Messaging System" means any message delivery | ||||||
4 | service which
utilizes an autodialer to deliver non-commercial | ||||||
5 | messages to domestic and
international recipients.
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6 | (e) "Subscriber" means:
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7 | (1) A person who has subscribed to telephone service | ||||||
8 | from a telephone
company; or
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9 | (2) Other persons living or residing with the | ||||||
10 | subscribing person.
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11 | (f) "Caller ID" means the display to the
recipient of the | ||||||
12 | call the caller's telephone number or identity.
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13 | (g) "Telemarketing" means the initiation of a telephone | ||||||
14 | call or message, that is transmitted to any person, for the | ||||||
15 | purpose of encouraging the purchase or rental of, or investment | ||||||
16 | in, property, goods, or services. | ||||||
17 | (h) "Prior express written consent" has the meaning | ||||||
18 | ascribed to that term in 47 CFR 64.1200(f)(8). | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 91-182, eff. 1-1-00.)
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20 | (815 ILCS 305/15) (from Ch. 134, par. 115)
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21 | Sec. 15. Method of operation.
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22 | (a) No person shall operate an autodialer in this State to
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23 | place a telephone call during the hours between 9 p.m. and 9 | ||||||
24 | a.m.
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25 | (b) All autodialers operated within the State of Illinois
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1 | shall disconnect within 30 seconds after termination of the | ||||||
2 | call by the
subscriber or the autodialer. Where disconnection | ||||||
3 | in 30 seconds is
technically not feasible, the autodialer shall | ||||||
4 | utilize a live operator
who shall:
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5 | (1) state his name, the name, address and telephone | ||||||
6 | number
of the business or organization being represented | ||||||
7 | and the purpose of the
call; and
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8 | (2) inquire at the beginning of the call whether the
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9 | person called consents to hear the prerecorded message.
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10 | (c) An autodialer shall not be used to dial numbers
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11 | determined by successively increasing or decreasing integers.
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12 | (d) An autodialer may not be operated in a manner that | ||||||
13 | impedes the
function of any caller ID when the telephone | ||||||
14 | solicitor's service or equipment
is capable of allowing the | ||||||
15 | display of the solicitor's telephone number , or that provides | ||||||
16 | inaccurate caller ID information in violation of 47 U.S.C. | ||||||
17 | 227(e) and the rules of the Federal Communications Commission | ||||||
18 | implementing 47 U.S.C. 227(e) .
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19 | (Source: P.A. 91-182, eff. 1-1-00.)
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20 | (815 ILCS 305/30) (from Ch. 134, par. 130)
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21 | Sec. 30. Violations.
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22 | (a) It is a violation of this Act to make or cause to be
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23 | made
telephone calls utilizing an autodialer to any emergency | ||||||
24 | telephone number
as defined in Section 5.
It is a violation of | ||||||
25 | this Act to make or cause to be made telephone calls
utilizing |
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1 | an autodialer in a manner that does not comply with Section 15.
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2 | (b) It is a violation of this Act to play a
recorded | ||||||
3 | prerecorded
message placed by an autodialer without (i) the | ||||||
4 | prior express written consent of the called party or (ii) the | ||||||
5 | prior express consent of the called party if the call is a call | ||||||
6 | that delivers a health care message made by, or on behalf of, a | ||||||
7 | covered entity or its business associate as those terms are | ||||||
8 | defined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability | ||||||
9 | Act of 1996 at 45 CFR 160.103 .
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10 | (c) Enforcement by customer. Any customer injured by a | ||||||
11 | violation of this
Act may bring an action for the recovery of | ||||||
12 | damages. Judgment may be
entered for 3 times the amount at | ||||||
13 | which the actual damages are assessed,
plus costs and | ||||||
14 | reasonable attorney fees.
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15 | (c-5) In addition to the damages authorized under | ||||||
16 | subsection (c), a consumer may obtain statutory damages in the | ||||||
17 | amount of $500 per violation. | ||||||
18 | (d) Enforcement by Attorney General. Violation of any of | ||||||
19 | the provisions
of this Act is an unlawful practice under | ||||||
20 | Section 2Z of the Consumer
Fraud
and Deceptive Business | ||||||
21 | Practices Act. All remedies, penalties and authority
granted to | ||||||
22 | the Attorney General by that Act shall be available to him for
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23 | the enforcement of this Act. In any action brought by the | ||||||
24 | Attorney General
to enforce this Act, the court may order that | ||||||
25 | persons who incurred actual
damages be awarded the amount at | ||||||
26 | which actual damages are assessed. In addition to actual |
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1 | damages, a court may order that each person who received a call | ||||||
2 | in violation of this Act be awarded statutory damages in the | ||||||
3 | amount of $500 per violation.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 98-546, eff. 8-26-13.)
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