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Colvin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCS 505/2VV new Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.

Requires an Internet service provider to clearly and conspicuously disclose, to any consumer who is an Illinois resident, all of the following on any web page, web site, or other means by which the consumer may select a telephone number to access that Internet service provider:

(1) some of the Internet service provider’s access numbers may be outside of the consumer’s local calling area, even though they are within the consumer’s area code;

(2) the consumer may be liable for long distance charges or other additional charges if the consumer uses an access number that is outside of the consumer’s local calling area;

and (3) the consumer may contact his or her telephone company for assistance in determining whether a particular access number is outside of the consumer’s local calling area.

Provides that a person who violates those provisions commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.

LRB094 07689 WGH 37865 b A BILL FOR HB0907 LRB094 07689 WGH 37865 b AN ACT concerning business transactions.

(d)(c) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.