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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 714.16, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. n. (1) It is an unlawful practice for a 1 4 person to misrepresent the geographic location of a supplier 1 5 or a service or product by listing a fictitious business name 1 6 or an assumed business name in a local telephone directory or 1 7 directory assistance database if all of the following apply: 1 8 (a) The name purportedly represents the geographic 1 9 location of the supplier. 1 10 (b) The listing does not identify the address, including 1 11 the city and state, of the supplier. 1 12 (c) Calls made to a local telephone number are routinely 1 13 forwarded to or otherwise transferred to a business location 1 14 that is outside the local calling area covered by the local 1 15 telephone directory or directory assistance database. 1 16 (2) A telephone company, provider of directory assistance, 1 17 publisher of a local telephone directory, or officer, 1 18 employee, or agent of such company, provider, or publisher 1 19 shall not be liable in a civil action under this section for 1 20 publishing in any directory or directory assistance database 1 21 the listing of a fictitious or assumed business name of a 1 22 person in violation of subparagraph (1) unless the telephone 1 23 company, directory assistance provider, directory publisher, 1 24 or officer, employee, or agent of the company, provider, or 1 25 publisher is the person committing such violation. 1 26 (3) For purposes of this paragraph: 1 27 (a) "Local telephone directory" means a telephone 1 28 classified advertising directory or the business section of a 1 29 telephone directory that is distributed free of charge to some 1 30 or all telephone subscribers in a local area directory. 1 31 (b) "Local telephone number" means a telephone number that 1 32 has a three-number prefix used by the provider of telephone 1 33 service for telephone customers physically located within the 1 34 area covered by the local telephone directory in which the 1 35 number is listed. The term does not include long distance 2 1 numbers or 800, 888, or 900 exchange numbers listed in the 2 2 telephone directory. 2 3 EXPLANATION 2 4 This bill provides it is an unlawful practice under the 2 5 consumer frauds provisions for a person to misrepresent the 2 6 geographic location of a supplier or a service or product by 2 7 listing a fictitious business name or an assumed business name 2 8 in a local telephone directory or directory assistance 2 9 database if the name represents the geographic location of the 2 10 supplier; the listing does not identify the address, including 2 11 the city and state, of the supplier; and calls made to a local 2 12 telephone number are routinely forwarded to or otherwise 2 13 transferred to a business location that is outside the local 2 14 calling area covered by the local telephone directory or 2 15 directory assistance database. 2 16 LSB 5829SS 78 2 17 mj/cls/14
Text: SF02087 Text: SF02089 Text: SF02000 - SF02099 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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