soliciting customers for natural gas supply.
(2) Natural gas suppliers are prohibited from charging,
levying and imposing on their affiliated subsidiaries,
employees, contractors, subcontractors, third-party marketers
or third-party sales agents a cost, expense or fee for the
purchase of marketing materials, distributorships, binders of
sales and training materials and the creation of a marketing
Internet website.
(3) Natural gas suppliers shall not compensate
distributors, employees, contractors, subcontractors, agents
or third parties to recruit other distributors, employees,
contractors, subcontractors, agents or third parties.
(j) Customer protections.--The following shall apply:
(1) Natural gas suppliers and their affiliated
subsidiaries engaged in door-to-door or multilevel marketing
activity shall post security of $1,000,000.
(2) Natural gas suppliers and their affiliated
subsidiaries shall conduct criminal background investigations
of every employee, contractor, subcontractor, third-party
marketer or third-party sales agent engaged in the sale or
promotion of their energy supply service, including a check
of the Megan's Law registry, prior to the individual's
conducting door-to-door marketing or other sales activities.
(3) Natural gas suppliers and their affiliated
subsidiaries, employees, contractors, subcontractors, third-
party marketers or third-party sales agents engaged in
multilevel marketing and door-to-door marketing and sales
activities shall file annually with the commission a
certificate of liability. The certificate of liability shall
include a description of sales and marketing activity being
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