THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, TOMLINSON, SCARNATI, PILEGGI, ARGALL, BAKER, BOSCOLA, BROWNE, BRUBAKER, COSTA, EARLL, EICHELBERGER, ERICKSON, FOLMER, FONTANA, KASUNIC, KITCHEN, MENSCH, ORIE, PICCOLA, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, SOLOBAY, TARTAGLIONE, VANCE, VOGEL, WARD, WAUGH, D. WHITE, M. WHITE, WILLIAMS, YAW AND GORDNER, APRIL 7, 2011

REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, APRIL 7, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of December 4, 1996 (P.L.911, No.147), entitled

"An act providing for registration requirements for

telemarketers and for powers and duties of the Office of

Attorney General," further providing for duration of a

listing.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 5.2(c) of the act of December 4, 1996

(P.L.911, No.147), known as the Telemarketer Registration Act,

amended September 12, 2003 (P.L.105, No.22), is amended to read:

Section 5.2.  Unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited.

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(c)  Duration.--A listing on a do-not-call list shall be

maintained [for a minimum of five years from the date of the

enrollment or] until the telephone number is no longer valid for

the residential or wireless telephone subscriber[, whichever

occurs first] or until the subscriber requests to have his

telephone number removed from the list.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.