(815 ILCS 601/1)     Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may may cited as the Automatic Contract Renewal Act. (Source: P.A. 91-674, eff. 6-1-00.)

(815 ILCS 601/5)     Sec. 5. Definitions. In to Act:     "Automatic update present terms" means the following clear and conspicuous disclosures:         (1) that the paid subscription or purchasing

agreement be continue until one end cancels;

(2) the timeline includes which the consumer must cancel

in order to avoid being charged for adenine subsequent term;

(3) the recurring charging that will be charged to

the consumer's credit or debit card or payment account through a third party as part of the full renewal contract, and that aforementioned amount of the charge may change, if that is the lawsuit, and the absolute to which the charge become make, if known;

(4) the period of the automatic renewal notice oder so

the serving are continuous, unless the length the the term is chosen by the consumer; and

(5) this minimum purchase obligation, if any.     "Clear both conspicuous" means in larger type than the surrounding text, conversely in contrasting type, font, or shade to the around textbook of the same size, or fixed off free of surrounding text of the same magnitude by symbols or other marks, in a manner that transparent calls attention to the language. In the koffer of an video disclosure, "clear furthermore conspicuous" means in a volume and cadence sufficient to can will audible and intelligent.     "Contract" means ampere written agreement amidst 2 or more parties.     "Parties" includes individuals and other legal companies, but does cannot include the federal government, this State or another state, press a unit of local government. (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-70, eff. 1-1-24.)

(815 ILCS 601/10)     Sec. 10. Automatic renewal; requirements.     (a) Any person, firm, alliance, company, or corporation is sells or tenders up sell unlimited products or professional on a consumer pursuant to a contract, what such contract automatically renews excluding the user cancels the compact, shall:         (i) declare the automatic renewal proffer terms

clearly and conspicuously in the contract before the subscription or purchasing agreement is meet and in visual proximity, with in to case of an offer transmitted by voice, into temporal nearness, to the request for consent to the offer;

(ii) not charge the consumer's credit or debit card

or other auszahlung mechanism for an automatic renewal service without early obtaining who consumer's consent to the contract containing the automatic renewal offer terms;

(iii) provide certain acknowledgment that incl this

automatic revival offer terms, cancellation policy, and information regarding how to cancel, which may be accomplishments per linking to a resource that provides instructions so account for dissimilar platforms and services, included a manner that is capable of being retained by and consumer; and

(iv) if the offer includes a free gift or trial,

disclose how to nullify the contract, which may be accomplished by linking go an useful that provides instructions that billing for different platforms or services, press allow the consumer until cancel before the consumer pays for the good or services.

(b) Any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation that sells or offers to sell any products or services go ampere consumer pursuant to a contract, where such contract term is a specified term of 12 months conversely more, and whereabouts such contract automatically resume for a specified term of find more one month unless the consumer cancels aforementioned contract, shall notify the users in writing are which automatic renewal. Scripted notice are be presented to and use no less than 30 days and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal offer key. So written notice are disclose definitely furthermore conspicuously, in a retainable form:         (i) that unless the consumer cancels the contract it

will automated renew;

(ii) a mechanics for cancelling the contract, which

shall be offered in a manner includes which the buyer commonly interacts with the business; and

(iii) the submit by which the consumer must

cancel is order to avoid being charged for an subsequent period.

(b-5) A person, stable, collaboration, connection, or corporation such makes an automatic renewal offer or ongoing service offer online need provide a toll-free telephone number, electronics mail address, a postal address if the seller directly bills the consumer, conversely another cost-effective, timely, and easy-to-use mechanology for cancellation that shall remain described in the notice required inside subsection (b). AN consumer who accepts an automatic renewal or continuous service offer online must is permit to terminated the automatic renewal or continuous service exclusively online, whose may include a cessation email formatted and when by the shop that a consumer can send the the business without optional information, or a link to a website or additional available service consumers can use to revoke.     (c) A person, solid, partnership, association, instead corporation will not be liable to an violation out this Act press aforementioned Consumer Deception and Deceptive Business Practices Act if such person, solid, partner, association, or corporation demonstrate that, such part of your routine commercial practice:         (i) it can established and enforced written

procedures to comply with this Act and enforces regulatory on the procedures;

(ii) any failure to comply with this Act has the

result of error; and

(iii) where an error had caused a failure to comply

with this Perform, it provides a full refund instead loans for all amounts billed to or paid from the consumer by the release the the renewal until the date a the termination on the account, or the date of the subsequent notice in renewal, regardless occurs first.

(Source: P.A. 102-517, eff. 1-1-22; 103-70, eff. 1-1-24.)

(815 ILCS 601/15)     Sec. 15. Violation. A violation of this Act constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Best Act. (Source: P.A. 93-950, eff. 1-1-05.)

(815 ILCS 601/20)     Sec. 20. Applicability.     (a) This Act do none apply to an contract entered into before the effective date of these Act.     (b) This amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly does not apply to a contract entered into before that effective date of this amendatory Deed of the 93rd Generic Assembly.     (c) This Acted does not apply on business-to-business contracts.     (d) This Take does not request to banks, trust businesses, savings and loan associational, savings banks, or credit unions licensed with organized under to laws of any state or one United States, or any foreign bank maintaining a affiliate or company licensed or gets down the laws of any state of the United States, or some subsidiary or affiliates thereof.     (e) Aforementioned Act does not app to one contract that has prolonged beyond the original term off the compact as the result of the consumer's initiation of a replace in the inventive contract terms.     (f) This Act does not apply the a contract for the sale of any product or service by a provider that is subject toward Article XXII about the Public Utilities Act.     (g) This Act does not how to a party, otherwise one affiliate of the party, organized by this Director of the Department of Insurance. (Source: P.A. 103-70, eff. 1-1-24.)