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Public Act 095-0413 |
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AN ACT concerning caller identification.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||
Internet Caller Identification Act. | ||||
Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act: | ||||
"Caller identification" means the display of the caller's | ||||
telephone number or identity to the recipient of the call. | ||||
Section 10. Internet caller identification. No person, | ||||
other than the recipient of the call, shall use any Internet | ||||
caller identification equipment or Internet phone equipment in | ||||
such a manner as to make a number or name, other than the | ||||
residential or business phone number or legal or business name | ||||
of the subscriber or registered user of the Internet phone | ||||
service, appear on a caller identification system of the | ||||
recipient of the call. This Section does not apply to service | ||||
providers who transmit caller identification information | ||||
created or supplied by others. | ||||
Section 15. Violations. Whenever any person knowingly uses | ||||
or has knowingly used any Internet caller identification | ||||
equipment or Internet phone equipment in violation of this Act, |
that use shall be deemed an unlawful act or practice under the | ||
Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. In the | ||
case of the use of Internet caller identification or Internet | ||
phone equipment in violation of this Act, all remedies, | ||
penalties, and authority available to the Attorney General and | ||
the several State's Attorneys under the Consumer Fraud and | ||
Deceptive Business Practices Act for the enforcement of that | ||
Act shall be available for the enforcement of this Act. | ||
Section 85. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||
Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
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(815 ILCS 505/2Z) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
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Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who knowingly | ||
violates
the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive Collision | ||
Repair Act,
the Home Repair and Remodeling Act,
the Dance | ||
Studio Act,
the Physical Fitness Services Act,
the Hearing | ||
Instrument Consumer Protection Act,
the Illinois Union Label | ||
Act,
the Job Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer | ||
Protection Act,
the Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act,
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the Credit Services Organizations Act,
the Automatic Telephone | ||
Dialers Act,
the Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection | ||
Act,
the Telephone Solicitations Act,
the Illinois Funeral or | ||
Burial Funds Act,
the Cemetery Care Act,
the Safe and Hygienic | ||
Bed Act,
the Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act,
the High Risk Home | ||
Loan Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud |
Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the
Cigarette Tax | ||
Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, subsection
(a) or (b) of | ||
Section 3-10 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Electronic
Mail | ||
Act , the Internet Caller Identification Act , paragraph (6)
of
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subsection (k) of Section 6-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, | ||
Article 3 of the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act, the | ||
Automatic Contract Renewal Act, or the Personal Information | ||
Protection Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning | ||
of this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 93-561, eff. 1-1-04; 93-950, eff. 1-1-05; 94-13, | ||
eff. 12-6-05; 94-36, eff. 1-1-06; 94-280, eff. 1-1-06; 94-292, | ||
eff. 1-1-06; 94-822, eff. 1-1-07.)
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