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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The health and welfare of Illinois' citizens is a 
3primary concern of this State; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Senior citizens have often been the targets of 
5financial fraud; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Being defrauded out of their life savings can 
7cause undue hardship on our senior citizens, their families, 
8and the State of Illinois; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Discontinued State toll-free telephone numbers 
10have been reassigned to private individuals or companies that 
11fraudulently use the phone numbers' former status to illegally 
12obtain financial information from senior callers who believe 
13they are calling a phone number still assigned to the State of 
14Illinois; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Other vulnerable citizens may also be at risk to 
16fall prey to these types of financial fraud schemes involving 
17discontinued State toll-free telephone numbers; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, This problem is beyond the purview of the State of 
19Illinois since toll-free telephone numbers are regulated by the 
20federal government; therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
2NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
3urge the federal government to place a temporary embargo or 
4increase any current ban on discontinued toll-free telephone 
5numbers for 2 years after the federal or state government no 
6longer uses the phone number; and be it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8delivered to the Federal Commerce Commission.