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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  476.58  RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF
  1  2 EQUIPMENT USED TO DIAL MULTIPLE TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
  1  3    1.  For purposes of this section, unless the context
  1  4 otherwise requires:
  1  5    a.  "ADAD equipment" means ADAD equipment as defined in
  1  6 section 476.57.
  1  7    b.  "Telemarketer" means a person who makes telephonic
  1  8 sales calls.
  1  9    c.  "Telephonic sales call" means a call made by a
  1 10 telemarketer to a consumer for any of the following purposes:
  1 11    (1)  To solicit a sale of a consumer good or service.
  1 12    (2)  To solicit an extension of credit for a consumer good
  1 13 or service.
  1 14    (3)  To obtain information that will or may be used for the
  1 15 direct solicitation of a sale of a consumer good or service or
  1 16 an extension of credit for such purpose.
  1 17    2.  A telemarketer shall not use ADAD equipment or any
  1 18 similar equipment to make telephonic sales calls where the
  1 19 number of live telemarketers is less than the number of
  1 20 telephonic sales calls dialed by such equipment, and where the
  1 21 number of telemarketers would be insufficient to engage in
  1 22 each of the telephonic sales calls, if all calls made by such
  1 23 equipment resulted in a completed call to each of the
  1 24 telephone numbers dialed.
  1 25    3.  A person who violates subsection 2 is subject to a
  1 26 civil penalty in the same manner as provided in section 476.51
  1 27 with regard to a public utility.  
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill provides that a telemarketer shall not use ADAD
  1 30 equipment or any similar equipment to make telephonic sales
  1 31 calls where the number of live telemarketers is less than the
  1 32 number of telephonic sales calls dialed by that equipment, and
  1 33 where the number of telemarketers would be insufficient to
  1 34 engage in the telephonic sales calls if all calls made by that
  1 35 equipment result in a completed call to the numbers dialed.
  2  1    The bill provides that a person who violates the bill is
  2  2 subject to a civil penalty in the same manner as provided in
  2  3 Code section 476.51 with regard to a public utility.
  2  4 Penalties under that Code section range from $100 to $10,000.  
  2  5 LSB 2074YH 79
  2  6 jj/cls/14
     

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