Bill Text: IL SB3340 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Telemarketing Disclosure and Privacy Act. Provides that telemarketers may not interfere with the operation of a caller identification device or service. Provides for the Illinois Commerce Commission to impose an administrative penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3340 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB3340-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Telemarketing Disclosure and Privacy Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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7 | "Caller identification information" means the name, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | telephone number, or other identifying data of the person or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | entity originating a call using a telecommunications service or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | voice over Internet protocol (VoIP).
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11 | "Caller identification service" means any service or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | device designed to provide the user of the service or device | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | with the telephone number or other information regarding the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | origination of a call made using a telecommunications service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | or VoIP service. This term includes automatic number | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | identification services.
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17 | "Telemarketer" means a person who makes or causes to be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | made a telemarketing call.
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19 | "Telemarketing call" means an unsolicited telephone call | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | made to:
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21 | (1) solicit a sale of a consumer good or service;
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22 | (2) solicit an extension of credit for a consumer good | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | or service; or
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1 | (3) obtain information that may be used to solicit a | ||||||
2 | sale of a consumer good or service or to extend credit for | ||||||
3 | the sale.
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4 | Section 10. Circumvention of caller identification | ||||||
5 | prohibited.
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6 | (a) A telemarketer may not:
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7 | (1) interfere with or circumvent the capability of a | ||||||
8 | caller identification service or device to access or | ||||||
9 | provide to the recipient of the telemarketing call any | ||||||
10 | information regarding the call that the service or device | ||||||
11 | is capable of providing;
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12 | (2) fail to provide caller identification information | ||||||
13 | in a manner that is accessible by a caller identification | ||||||
14 | service or device, if the telemarketer is capable of | ||||||
15 | providing the information in that manner; or
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16 | (3) cause misleading information to be transmitted to a | ||||||
17 | recipient's caller identification service or device or to | ||||||
18 | otherwise misrepresent the origin of a telemarketing call.
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19 | (b) A telemarketer does not violate this Section if the | ||||||
20 | telemarketer substitutes the name and telephone number of the | ||||||
21 | person on whose behalf the call is made for the telemarketer's | ||||||
22 | name and telephone number.
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23 | Section 15. Enforcement. The Illinois Commerce Commission | ||||||
24 | shall receive and investigate complaints concerning violations |
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1 | of this Act and may impose an administrative penalty not to | ||||||
2 | exceed $1,000 for each violation.
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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