Bill Text: IL SB0066 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Creates the Smart Phone Theft Protection Act. Requires wireless communications device dealers to maintain a written record of every purchase or acquisition of a used wireless communications device for resale. Sets forth information that must be included in the written record. Provides that a law enforcement agency that has probable cause to believe a device has been stolen or is evidence of a crime may place an investigative hold on or confiscate the device. Requires the installation of video security cameras at a dealer's physical location. Provides that a violation of the Act is a Class B misdemeanor. Provides exemption from the application of the Act, including dealers who acquire devices for trade-in, or repair and refurbishment programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0327 [SB0066 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0066-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Creates the Smart Phone Theft Protection Act. Requires wireless communications device dealers to maintain a written record of every purchase or acquisition of a used wireless communications device for resale. Sets forth information that must be included in the written record. Provides that a law enforcement agency that has probable cause to believe a device has been stolen or is evidence of a crime may place an investigative hold on or confiscate the device. Requires the installation of video security cameras at a dealer's physical location. Provides that a violation of the Act is a Class B misdemeanor. Provides exemption from the application of the Act, including dealers who acquire devices for trade-in, or repair and refurbishment programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0327 [SB0066 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0066-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Smart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Phone Theft Protection Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Internet marketplace" or "online platform" means a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | digitally accessible platform that facilitates commercial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | transactions between buyers and community-rated sellers where | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the operator or the platform does not take possession of, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | title to, the goods bought or sold. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Law enforcement agency" means a duly authorized local, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | county, State, or federal law enforcement agency. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Repair and refurbishment program" means a program, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | offered by a wireless telephone service provider, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | manufacturer, or retailer who is not primarily engaged in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | purchasing personal property of any type from a person who is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | not a wholesaler, through which used or previously owned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | wireless communications devices are restored to good working | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | order. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | "Trade-in program" means a program offered by a wireless | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | telephone service provider, manufacturer, or retailer who is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | not primarily engaged in purchasing personal property of any |
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1 | type from a person who is not a wholesaler, pursuant to which | ||||||
2 | used wireless communications devices are accepted from | ||||||
3 | customers in exchange for either a noncash credit usable only | ||||||
4 | for the purchase of goods or services from the wireless | ||||||
5 | telephone service provider, manufacturer, or retailer or a | ||||||
6 | rebate from a manufacturer on the purchase of one of the | ||||||
7 | manufacturer's wireless communications devices. | ||||||
8 | "Wireless communications device" means a cellular phone or | ||||||
9 | a portable electronic device that is capable of receiving and | ||||||
10 | transmitting data, including, but not limited to, text messages | ||||||
11 | and e-mail, without an access line for service. | ||||||
12 | "Wireless communications device dealer" or "dealer" means | ||||||
13 | an individual, partnership, limited partnership, limited | ||||||
14 | liability company, corporation, or other entity engaged in the | ||||||
15 | business of buying or selling used wireless communications | ||||||
16 | devices. | ||||||
17 | "Wireless communications device manufacturer" or | ||||||
18 | "manufacturer" means an individual, partnership, limited | ||||||
19 | partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other | ||||||
20 | entity engaged in the business of manufacturing wireless | ||||||
21 | communications devices.
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22 | "Wireless telephone service provider" means a provider of | ||||||
23 | wireless telephone services and its authorized dealers, | ||||||
24 | distributors, and agents.
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25 | Section 10. Wireless communications devices; acquisition |
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1 | for resale; purchase or acquisition record required. | ||||||
2 | (a) Every wireless communications device dealer, including | ||||||
3 | an agent, employee, or representative of the dealer, but not an | ||||||
4 | internet marketplace, shall keep a written record at the time | ||||||
5 | of each purchase or acquisition of a used wireless | ||||||
6 | communications device for resale. The record must include the | ||||||
7 | following and may be kept in electronic form: | ||||||
8 | (1) an accurate account or description of the wireless | ||||||
9 | communications device purchased or acquired; | ||||||
10 | (2) the date, time, and place or the online platform | ||||||
11 | the wireless communications device was purchased or | ||||||
12 | acquired; | ||||||
13 | (3) the name and address of the person selling or | ||||||
14 | delivering the wireless communications device; | ||||||
15 | (4) the number of the check or electronic transfer used | ||||||
16 | to purchase the wireless communications device; | ||||||
17 | (5) the number from an identification document issued | ||||||
18 | by any state, federal, or foreign government if the | ||||||
19 | document includes the person's photograph, full name, | ||||||
20 | birth date, and signature; and | ||||||
21 | (6) a statement signed by the seller, under penalty of | ||||||
22 | perjury, attesting that the wireless communications device | ||||||
23 | is not stolen and is free of any liens or encumbrances and | ||||||
24 | the seller has the right to sell it. | ||||||
25 | (b) Records required to be maintained under this Section | ||||||
26 | shall be retained by the wireless communications device dealer |
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1 | for a period of 3 years. | ||||||
2 | (c) The record, as well as the wireless communications | ||||||
3 | device purchased or received, shall at all reasonable times be | ||||||
4 | available for inspection by any law enforcement agency. | ||||||
5 | (d) No record is required for wireless communications | ||||||
6 | devices purchased from merchants, manufacturers, or wholesale | ||||||
7 | dealers having an established place of business, but a bill of | ||||||
8 | sale or other evidence of open or legitimate purchase of the | ||||||
9 | wireless communications device shall be obtained and kept by | ||||||
10 | the wireless communications device dealer, which must be shown | ||||||
11 | upon demand to any law enforcement agency. | ||||||
12 | (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a | ||||||
13 | wireless communications device dealer or the dealer's agent, | ||||||
14 | employee, or representative may not disclose personal | ||||||
15 | information received pursuant to subsection (a) concerning a | ||||||
16 | customer without the customer's consent unless the disclosure | ||||||
17 | is made in response to a request from a law enforcement agency. | ||||||
18 | A wireless communications device dealer must implement | ||||||
19 | reasonable safeguards to protect the security of the personal | ||||||
20 | information and prevent unauthorized access to or disclosure of | ||||||
21 | the information. For purposes of this Section, "personal | ||||||
22 | information" is any individually identifiable information | ||||||
23 | gathered in connection with a record under subsection (a).
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24 | Section 15. Records; prohibitions. A wireless | ||||||
25 | communications device dealer, including an agent, employee, or |
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1 | representative of the dealer, shall not: | ||||||
2 | (1) make any false entry in the records of transactions | ||||||
3 | involving a used wireless communications device; | ||||||
4 | (2) falsify, obliterate, destroy, or remove from the | ||||||
5 | place of business the records, books, or accounts relating | ||||||
6 | to used wireless communications device transactions;
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7 | (3) refuse to allow the appropriate law enforcement | ||||||
8 | agency to inspect records or any used wireless | ||||||
9 | communications device in the dealer's possession during | ||||||
10 | the ordinary hours of business or other times acceptable to | ||||||
11 | both parties; | ||||||
12 | (4) fail to maintain a record of each used wireless | ||||||
13 | communications device transaction for 3 years; or | ||||||
14 | (5) purchase a used wireless communications device | ||||||
15 | from a person under the age of 18 years.
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16 | Section 20. Payment for used wireless communications | ||||||
17 | devices. A wireless communications device dealer shall pay for | ||||||
18 | purchases of all used wireless communications devices by check | ||||||
19 | mailed to a specific address or by electronic transfer.
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20 | Section 25. Investigative holds; confiscation of property.
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21 | (a) Whenever a law enforcement official from any agency has | ||||||
22 | probable cause to believe that a wireless communications device | ||||||
23 | in the possession of a wireless communications device dealer is | ||||||
24 | stolen or is evidence of a crime and notifies the dealer not to |
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1 | sell the item, the dealer shall not process or sell the item or | ||||||
2 | remove or allow its removal from the premises. This | ||||||
3 | investigative hold must be confirmed in writing by the | ||||||
4 | originating agency within 72 hours and remain in effect for 30 | ||||||
5 | days from the date of initial notification, until the | ||||||
6 | investigative hold is canceled or renewed, or until a law | ||||||
7 | enforcement notification to confiscate or directive to release | ||||||
8 | is issued, whichever comes first. | ||||||
9 | (b) If a wireless communications device is identified as | ||||||
10 | stolen or as evidence in a criminal case, a law enforcement | ||||||
11 | official may: | ||||||
12 | (1) physically confiscate and remove the wireless | ||||||
13 | communications device from the wireless communications | ||||||
14 | device dealer pursuant to a written notification; | ||||||
15 | (2) place the wireless communications device on hold or | ||||||
16 | extend the hold under subsection (a) and leave the device | ||||||
17 | at the premises; or | ||||||
18 | (3) direct its release to a registered owner or owner's | ||||||
19 | agent. | ||||||
20 | (c) When an item is confiscated, the law enforcement agency | ||||||
21 | doing so shall provide identification upon request of the | ||||||
22 | wireless communications device dealer, and shall provide the | ||||||
23 | name and telephone number of the confiscating agency and | ||||||
24 | investigator and the case number related to the confiscation. | ||||||
25 | (d) When an investigative hold or notification to | ||||||
26 | confiscate is no longer necessary, the law enforcement official |
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1 | or designee shall notify the wireless communications device | ||||||
2 | dealer. | ||||||
3 | (e) A wireless communications device dealer may sell or | ||||||
4 | otherwise dispose of the wireless communications device if:
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5 | a notification to confiscate is not issued during the | ||||||
6 | investigative hold; or
(2) a law enforcement official does not | ||||||
7 | physically remove the wireless communications device from the | ||||||
8 | premises within 15 calendar days from issuance of a | ||||||
9 | notification to confiscate. | ||||||
10 | (f) If a wireless communications device dealer is required | ||||||
11 | to hold the wireless communications device at the direction of | ||||||
12 | law enforcement for purposes of investigation or prosecution, | ||||||
13 | or if the device is seized by law enforcement, the wireless | ||||||
14 | communications device dealer and any other victim is entitled | ||||||
15 | to seek restitution, including any out-of-pocket expenses for | ||||||
16 | storage and lost profit, in any criminal case that may arise | ||||||
17 | from the investigation against the individual who sold the | ||||||
18 | wireless communications device to the wireless communications | ||||||
19 | device dealer.
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20 | Section 30. Video security cameras required.
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21 | (a) Each wireless communications device dealer shall | ||||||
22 | install and maintain at each physical location video | ||||||
23 | surveillance cameras, still digital cameras, or similar | ||||||
24 | devices positioned to record or photograph a frontal view | ||||||
25 | showing a readily identifiable image of the face of each seller |
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1 | of a wireless communications device who enters the physical | ||||||
2 | location. | ||||||
3 | (b) The video camera or still digital camera must be kept | ||||||
4 | in operating condition and must be shown upon request to a | ||||||
5 | properly identified law enforcement officer for inspection. | ||||||
6 | The camera must record and display the accurate date and time. | ||||||
7 | The video camera or still digital camera must be turned on at | ||||||
8 | all times when the physical location is open for business and | ||||||
9 | at any other time when wireless communications devices are | ||||||
10 | purchased or sold. | ||||||
11 | (c) Recordings and images required by subsection (a) shall | ||||||
12 | be retained by the wireless communications device dealer for a | ||||||
13 | minimum period of 30 days and shall at all reasonable times be | ||||||
14 | open to the inspection of any properly identified law | ||||||
15 | enforcement officer.
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16 | Section 35. Criminal penalty. A wireless communications | ||||||
17 | device dealer, or the agent, employee, or representative of the | ||||||
18 | wireless communications device dealer, who intentionally | ||||||
19 | violates a provision of this Act is guilty of a Class B | ||||||
20 | misdemeanor.
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21 | Section 40. Application of Act.
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22 | (a) This Act does not apply with respect to a wireless | ||||||
23 | communications device returned to the store where it was | ||||||
24 | originally purchased pursuant to the return policies of the |
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1 | wireless communications device dealer, wireless telephone | ||||||
2 | service provider, manufacturer, or retailer. | ||||||
3 | (b) This Act does not apply with respect to wireless | ||||||
4 | communications devices acquired by a: | ||||||
5 | (1) wireless telephone provider as part of a trade-in | ||||||
6 | or a repair and refurbishment program; or | ||||||
7 | (2) manufacturer as part of a trade-in program. | ||||||
8 | (c) This Act does not apply to wireless communications | ||||||
9 | device dealers regulated under the Pawnbroker Regulation Act.
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