PRINTER'S NO. 621
No. 594 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, BOSCOLA, BELAN, MELLOW, CORMAN, COSTA,
GERLACH, HELFRICK, LEMMOND, MOWERY, MUSTO, O'PAKE, RHOADES
AND WAUGH, MARCH 15, 1999
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
MARCH 15, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 4, 1996 (P.L.911, No.147), entitled
2 "An act providing for registration requirements for
3 telemarketers and for powers and duties of the Office of
4 Attorney General," providing for a "no sales solicitation
5 calls" list.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The act of December 4, 1996 (P.L.911, No.147),
9 known as the Telemarketer Registration Act, is amended by adding
10 a section to read:
11 Section 5.1. "No sales solicitation calls" list.
12 (a) List.--Any residential telephone customer desiring to be
13 placed on a "no sales solicitation calls" list may notify the
14 Office of Attorney General and have his telephone number placed
15 on the list upon receipt by the Office of Attorney General of an
16 initial listing charge of no more than $10. By having his
17 telephone number placed on the list, the customer will be
18 indicating that he does not wish to receive unsolicited
1 telephone sales calls.
2 (b) Update.--The Office of Attorney General shall update its
3 "no sales solicitation calls" list quarterly and provide the
4 list for a fee to telemarketers upon request.
5 (c) Deposit of fees.--All fees imposed pursuant to this
6 section shall be deposited in the separate restricted account
7 provided for in section 4(d).
8 (d) Calls prohibited.--No telemarketer shall make or cause
9 to be made any unsolicited telephone sales call to any
10 residential telephone number if that telephone number appears on
11 the then-current quarterly list published by the Office of
12 Attorney General.
13 (e) Notification.--The Office of Attorney General shall
14 inform each local telephone company, on an annual basis, that
15 the company is required to notify its residential customers of
16 the opportunity to place their telephone number on the "no sales
17 solicitation calls" list. The notification shall be made by
18 annual inserts in the billing statements mailed to residential
19 customers and conspicuous publication of the notice in the
20 consumer information pages of the local telephone directories.
21 The notification shall specify the methods by which residential
22 customers may place their names on the list and the length of
23 time that the numbers will remain on the list without renewal.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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