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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3759 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a wireless telephone service provider may not terminate service to a consumer for non-payment of charges that the consumer disputes unless the provider sends written notice of the termination at least 14 days before the termination date.
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| | HB3759 | | LRB099 11159 JLS 31646 b |
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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 Section 2WW as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/2WW) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2WW. Wireless telephone service provider; third party |
| 8 | | billings. |
| 9 | | (a) A wireless telephone service provider shall provide a |
| 10 | | contact telephone number and brief description of the service |
| 11 | | for all third-party billings on the consumer's bill, to the |
| 12 | | extent allowed by federal law, or through a customer service |
| 13 | | representative. For purposes of this Section, "third-party |
| 14 | | billings" means any billing done by a wireless telephone |
| 15 | | service provider on behalf of a third party where the wireless |
| 16 | | telephone service provider is merely the billing agent for the |
| 17 | | third party with no ability to provide refunds, credits, or |
| 18 | | otherwise adjust the billings. |
| 19 | | (b) A wireless telephone service provider may not terminate |
| 20 | | service to a consumer for non-payment of charges that the |
| 21 | | consumer disputes unless the provider sends written notice of |
| 22 | | the termination at least 14 days before the termination date.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 94-567, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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