House Journal: Page 1001: Monday, April 2, 2001
5 certain greater number of telephone calls than the
6 number of telephone solicitors available to speak to
7 prospective customers, with a goal of keeping the
8 available telephone solicitors continually speaking to
9 one prospective customer after another.
10 12. "Prepaid calling card" means an object
11 containing an access number and authorization code
12 that enables an end user to use prepaid calling
13 services.
14 13. "Prepaid calling card company" means any
15 person providing prepaid calling services to the
16 public using its own or resold telecommunications
17 network.
18 14. "Prepaid calling services" means any prepaid
19 telecommunications service that allows end users to
20 originate calls through an access number and
21 authorization code, whether manually or electronically
22 dialed.
23 15. "Telephone solicitation" means any voice
24 communication, wherever originated, transmitted over a
25 telephone for the purpose of encouraging action on the
26 part of the consumer, including but not limited to any
27 of the following actions:
28 a. The purchase or rental of property, goods, or
29 services.
30 b. Investment in property, goods, or services.
31 c. Soliciting a sale of a consumer good or
32 service.
33 d. Offering an extension of credit for a consumer
34 good or service.
35 e. Obtaining information that will or may be used
36 for the direct solicitation of a sale of a consumer
37 good or service or an offer of extension of credit for
38 such purpose.
39 f. Soliciting a donation for any group,
40 organization, or purpose.
41 16. "Telephone solicitor" means a person doing
42 business in this state, who makes or causes to be made
43 a telephone solicitation, including, but not limited
44 to, calls made by use of automatic dialing-announcing
45 device equipment, predictive dialing technology, or an
46 autodialer.
47 17. "Unsolicited telephone solicitation" means a
48 telephone solicitation other than a call made as
49 follows:
50 a. In response to an express request of the person
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1 called.
2 b. Primarily in connection with an existing debt
3 or contract, payment, or performance of which has not
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