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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 349

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 349,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    in Section 10, by replacing "For purposes of registration and
 4    bonding  under  Sections  15  and 20, "telemarketer" does not
 5    include any of the following:" with the following:
 6    "The following  persons  are  exempt  from  registration  and
 7    bonding under Sections 15 and 20:"; and

 8    in  Section 10, subdivision (11), by replacing "partner" with
 9    "provider"; and

10    in   Section   10,    subdivision    (11),    after    "radio
11    telecommunication  service  provider",  by  inserting "or its
12    agents"; and

13    in Section 10, subdivision (20),  by  deleting  ",  or  other
14    business"; and

15    in Section 25, subsection (a), after "the following records",
16    by   inserting   "pertaining   to   and  in  connection  with
17    telemarketing"; and

18    in Section 25,  subdivision  (a)(1),  after  "materials",  by
19    inserting "used in connection with telemarketing"; and

20    in Section 30, subsection (b), by deleting the following:
21    "or  provides  any  financial  or  payment  information  to a
 
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 1    telemarketer"; and

 2    in Section 30,  by  replacing  subdivision  (b)(3)  with  the
 3    following:
 4        "(3)  All  material  conditions  to purchase the consumer
 5    goods or services that are the subject of  the  telemarketing
 6    solicitation."; and

 7    in  Section  30,  subdivision  (b)(5),  after  "In  any prize
 8    promotion", by inserting "offered through telemarketing"; and

 9    in Section 35, after "Rule", by inserting the following:
10    "or the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991  or
11    rules promulgated pursuant to that Act"; and

12    in  Section  40,  subdivision (d)(3), by replacing "within 30
13    days" with "within 60 days"; and

14    in  Section  45,  by  replacing  subdivision  (2)  with   the
15    following:
16        "(2)  Telephone calls initiated by a consumer."; and

17    in  Section  45,  by  inserting  after  subdivision  (4)  the
18    following:
19        "(5)  Telephone  calls  in  which  the  product  is  sold
20    pursuant  to  a  form  contract filed with a State regulatory
21    agency pursuant to Illinois law.
22        (6)  Telephone solicitations made pursuant to Section  8b
23    of the Illinois Securities Law of 1953."; and

24    in  Section  50,  subdivision  (a)(10),  after the period, by
25    inserting the following:
26    "It is not an unlawful act or practice under this  Act  if  a
27    person  obtains  or  submits  for  payment a check, draft, or
28    other form of negotiable paper drawn on a person's  checking,
29    savings, bond, or other account if the consumer gives express
30    authorization   and  the  check,  draft,  or  other  form  of
31    negotiable paper is in the amount  of  $75  or  less  and  is
 
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 1    obtained  or  submitted  for  payment only once in any 60 day
 2    period."; and

 3    in  Section  55,  subdivision  (3),  before  the  period,  by
 4    inserting the following:
 5    "; however, a telemarketer is not liable for  violating  this
 6    subsection  if  it  is  in  compliance with the Federal Trade
 7    Commission's  Telemarketing  Sales  Rule   or   the   federal
 8    Telephone   Consumer   Protection   Act   of  1991  or  rules
 9    promulgated pursuant to that Act"; and

10    by replacing Section 65 with the following:

11        "Section 65.  Criminal penalties.  A knowing violation of
12    Section 15 or 20 is a Class 4 felony.

13        Section 67.  Private right of action.   Nothing  in  this
14    Act shall be construed to grant to any person a private right
15    of  action  for damages for a violation of this Act nor shall
16    any person have a private right of action for  damages  under
17    Section  10a  of  the  Consumer  Fraud and Deceptive Business
18    Practices Act for a violation of  this  Act,  except  that  a
19    consumer  may  bring  a  private  action  under this Act if a
20    telemarketer or seller violates Section  35.    The  remedies
21    shall  be  the  same  as  those  under  the federal Telephone
22    Consumer Protection Act of 1991.".

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