"Prepaid calling service" means telecommunications service that must be paid for in advance by an end user, enables the end user to originate calls using an access number or authorization code, whether manually or electronically dialed, and is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount. A prepaid calling service call is a call made by an end user using prepaid calling service. "Prepaid calling service" does not include a wireless telecommunications service that allows a caller to dial 9-1-1 to access the 9-1-1 system, which service must be paid for in advance, and is sold in predetermined units or dollars and the amount declines with use in a known amount.
220 ILCS 5/13-230
Prepaid calling service
Known as the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law
The act spans §§ 220-5-13-100 to 220-5-13-904 (114 sections).
P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.