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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 476.57, subsections 1 and 2, Code 1999,
  1  2 are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  DEFINITION DEFINITIONS.  As used in this section,
  1  4 unless the context otherwise requires:
  1  5    a.  "ADAD equipment" means automatic dialing-announcing
  1  6 device equipment which is a device or system of devices used,
  1  7 either alone or in conjunction with other equipment, for the
  1  8 purpose of automatically selecting or dialing telephone
  1  9 numbers without the use of a live operator to disseminate
  1 10 prerecorded messages to the numbers selected or dialed.
  1 11    b.  "Caller identification" means the display of the
  1 12 caller's telephone number or identity to the recipient of the
  1 13 call.
  1 14    2.  PROHIBITION.
  1 15    a.  Except as provided in paragraph "b", a person shall not
  1 16 use, employ, or direct another person to use, or contract for
  1 17 the use of ADAD equipment.
  1 18    b.  Except for ADAD equipment which randomly or
  1 19 sequentially selects the telephone numbers for calling, the
  1 20 prohibition in paragraph "a" does not apply to any of the
  1 21 following:
  1 22    (1)  Calls made with ADAD equipment by a nonprofit
  1 23 organization or by an individual using the calls other than
  1 24 for commercial profit-making purposes or fund-raising, if the
  1 25 calls do not involve the advertisement or offering for sale,
  1 26 lease, or rental of goods, services, or property.
  1 27    (2)  Calls made with ADAD equipment relating to payment
  1 28 for, service of, or warranty coverage of previously ordered or
  1 29 purchased goods or services or to persons or organizations
  1 30 with a prior business relationship with the persons or
  1 31 organizations using the calls.
  1 32    (3)  Calls made with ADAD equipment relating to the
  1 33 collection of lawful debts.
  1 34    (4)  Calls made with ADAD equipment to members or employees
  1 35 of the organization making the calls.
  2  1    (5)  Calls made with ADAD equipment which use an initial
  2  2 prerecorded message of a duration no greater than seven
  2  3 seconds prior to a live operator intercept, or calls which
  2  4 involve an initial message from a live operator.
  2  5    c.  Notwithstanding paragraph "b", ADAD equipment shall not
  2  6 be operated in a manner that impedes or prevents the function
  2  7 of a recipient's caller ID when the caller's equipment is
  2  8 capable of allowing the display of the caller's telephone
  2  9 number or identity.  
  2 10                           EXPLANATION
  2 11    This bill provides that a person using ADAD (automatic
  2 12 dailing-announcing device) equipment is prohibited from using
  2 13 equipment in a manner that impedes or prevents the function of
  2 14 a recipient's caller ID when the caller's ADAD equipment is
  2 15 capable of allowing the display of the caller's telephone
  2 16 number or identity.  A person violating this provision is
  2 17 guilty of a serious misdemeanor, as provided under current law
  2 18 for a violation of Code section 476.57.  
  2 19 LSB 5039YH 78
  2 20 mj/cls/14
     

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