A State agency that uses automated telephone answering equipment to answer incoming telephone calls must, during the normal business hours of the agency, provide the caller with the option of speaking to a live operator. This Section does not apply to field offices, telephone lines dedicated as hot lines for emergency services, telephone lines dedicated to providing general information, and any system that is designed to permit an individual to conduct a complete transaction with the State agency over the telephone solely by pressing one or more touch tone telephone keys in response to automated prompts.
5 ILCS 308/15
Automated telephone answering equipment
Known as the Human Voice Contact Act
The act spans §§ 5-308-1 to 5-308-99 (5 sections).
P.A. 94-620, eff. 1-1-07.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.