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37 service related to such property.
38 7. "Conversation time" is the time when two-way
39 telecommunications is possible during a telephone
40 call.
41 8. "Doing business in this state" means a business
42 that conducts telephone solicitations from a location
43 in this state or from other states or nations to
44 consumers located in this state.
45 9. "Existing business relationship" means an
46 established pattern of activity between a consumer and
47 a merchant, involving an inquiry, application,
48 purchase, or transaction initiated by a consumer
49 regarding consumer goods or services offered by a
50 merchant.
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1 10. "Merchant" means a person who, directly or
2 indirectly, offers or makes available to a consumer
3 any consumer good or service.
4 11. "Predictive dialing technology" means an
5 automated dialing system or computer software that
6 utilizes a formula or similar mechanism to initiate a
7 certain greater number of telephone calls than the
8 number of telephone solicitors available to speak to
9 prospective customers, with a goal of keeping the
10 available telephone solicitors continually speaking to
11 one prospective customer after another.
12 12. "Prepaid calling card" means an object
13 containing an access number and authorization code
14 that enables an end user to use prepaid calling
15 services.
16 13. "Prepaid calling card company" means any
17 person providing prepaid calling services to the
18 public using its own or another person's
19 telecommunication network or networks.
20 14. "Prepaid calling services" means any prepaid
21 telecommunications service that allows end users to
22 originate calls through an access number and
23 authorization code, whether manually or electronically
24 dialed.
25 15. "Telephone solicitation" means any voice
26 communication, wherever originated, transmitted over a
27 telephone for the purpose of encouraging action on the
28 part of a consumer, including but not limited to any
29 of the following actions:
30 a. The purchase or rental of consumer goods or
31 services.
32 b. Investment in consumer goods or services.
33 c. Soliciting a sale of a consumer good or
34 service.
35 d. Offering an extension of credit for a consumer
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