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SENATE BILL NO. 1113 – Phone solicitation, no contact list

SENATE BILL NO. 1113

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S1113.........................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
TELEPHONE SOLICITATION - Amends existing law to revise the type of subscriber
that may be placed on a no telephone solicitation contact list; and to revise
the types of telephone solicitations that are not subject to designated
provisions relating to no telephone solicitation contact lists.
                                                                        
02/11    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1113
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING  TO  NO  TELEPHONE  SOLICITATION  CONTACT  LISTS;  AMENDING   SECTION
  3        48-1003A,  IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE THE TYPE OF SUBSCRIBER THAT MAY BE PLACED
  4        ON A NO TELEPHONE SOLICITATION CONTACT LIST AND TO  REVISE  THE  TYPES  OF
  5        TELEPHONE  SOLICITATIONS  THAT  ARE  NOT  SUBJECT TO DESIGNATED PROVISIONS
  6        RELATING TO NO TELEPHONE SOLICITATION CONTACT LISTS.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Section 48-1003A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        48-1003A.  NO TELEPHONE SOLICITATION CONTACT LIST.
 11        (1)  (a) Any  residential,  mobile  or  telephonic paging device telephone
 12        subscriber, including  residential  subscribers  operating  commercial  or
 13        business  endeavors  from their residences, desiring to be placed on a "no
 14        telephone solicitation contact" list, indicating that the subscriber  does
 15        not  wish to receive telephone solicitations, may be placed upon such list
 16        by notifying the attorney general in writing and paying the attorney  gen-
 17        eral  an  initial  list  fee,  which the attorney general may assess in an
 18        amount up to ten dollars ($10.00) per subscriber. The subscriber's  notice
 19        shall  be  in  a  form  approved by the attorney general. The subscriber's
 20        listing shall be for a period of up to three (3) years, and may be renewed
 21        by the attorney general for additional periods of up to  three  (3)  years
 22        each,  if  the  subscriber  requests  renewal and pays a renewal list fee,
 23        which the attorney general may assess in an  amount  up  to  five  dollars
 24        ($5.00) per renewal.
 25        (b)  The first "no telephone solicitation contact" list shall be published
 26        on  or  before June 30, 2001. The attorney general shall thereafter update
 27        his "no telephone solicitation contact" list quarterly  and  provide  this
 28        list  to telephone solicitors upon request and receipt of a list distribu-
 29        tion fee, which the attorney general may charge in an amount up to twenty-
 30        five dollars ($25.00) per list.
 31        (c)  All fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be deposited  in  the
 32        consumer  protection  account and shall be used for the furtherance of the
 33        attorney general's duties and activities under this section.
 34        (2)  Within thirty (30) days after a new "no telephone  solicitation  con-
 35    tact"  list has been published by the attorney general, no telephone solicitor
 36    shall make or cause to be made any telephone solicitation, as defined by  sec-
 37    tion  48-1002(10)(a), Idaho Code, to any telephone number which is assigned by
 38    a telephone company to a person listed on the "no telephone solicitation  con-
 39    tact"  list  as appears in the then current quarterly listing published by the
 40    attorney general.
 41        (3)  Section 48-1006, Idaho Code, notwithstanding, any violation  of  this
 42    section  shall  subject  the  person  violating the terms of this section to a
 43    civil penalty, to be imposed by the district court, as follows: for the  first
                                                                        
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  1    violation,  not  to  exceed five hundred dollars ($500); for the second viola-
  2    tion, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); for the  third
  3    and  subsequent  violations,  not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per
  4    violation. Penalties received under this section shall be expended pursuant to
  5    legislative appropriation.
  6        (4)  This section is not applicable to telephone solicitations:
  7        (a)  To a telephone subscriber's commercial or business telephone number, 
  8        with the exception of those subscribers described in subsection (1)(a)  of
  9        this section;
 10        (b)  (i)   Where  an  established business relationship exists between the
 11             telephone solicitor and the telephone subscriber;  provided  however,
 12             the  established  and  existing business relationship exception shall
 13             not apply between a telephone  company  and  a  telephone  subscriber
 14             under  this section unless the telephone subscriber shall have previ-
 15             ously consented to receive a telephone solicitation from such company
 16             or its agent;
 17             (ii)  For purposes of this section, "telephone company" means a  per-
 18             son  providing telecommunications services to the public, or any seg-
 19             ment thereof, for compensation, by wire,  cable,  radio,  lightwaves,
 20             cellular  signal  or other means. "Telecommunications services" means
 21             the conveyance of voice, data, sign, signal, writing, sound, messages
 22             or  other  information  at  any  frequency  over  any  part  of   the
 23             electromagnetic spectrum;
 24        (c)  By a minor seeking to sell a good or service, pursuant to a telephone
 25        solicitation, for a charitable purpose or organization.
 26        (5)  The  attorney general shall advise telephone subscribers who register
 27    with his office under this section of all self-help measures available to them
 28    to reduce unwanted telephone solicitations.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                 
                                             RS 12664
                                 
                                      The purpose of this legislation is to amend the "No Telephone
    Solicitation Contact" code to allow home based businesses to
    access this service.
   
  
  
  
                           FISCAL IMPACT
                                 
                                      There is no fiscal impact to the general fund. There may be
    increased work and cost to the Attorney General s office. That
    additional cost should be offset by the fee the Attorney
    General s office charges for this service.
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   Contact
                Name:    Senator Shawn Keough
                      Phone: 332 1000
              
         STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                      S 1113