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PRINTER'S NO. 1811
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
820
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY COX, BAKER, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BOBACK, R. BROWN,
V. BROWN, COHEN, D. COSTA, SCHLEGEL CULVER, CUTLER, DAVIS,
DEAN, DEASY, DeLUCA, DIAMOND, DUNBAR, ELLIS, EVERETT, FARRY,
FEE, GABLER, GILLEN, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GREINER, HAHN,
HARHAI, A. HARRIS, HELM, HICKERNELL, PHILLIPS-HILL, IRVIN,
KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, KNOWLES, KORTZ, LAWRENCE, LONGIETTI,
MACKENZIE, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MATZIE, McGINNIS,
MILLARD, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI,
PETRI, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, SAMUELSON,
SCHLOSSBERG, SCHREIBER, STEPHENS, THOMAS, WARD, WATSON,
YOUNGBLOOD AND ZIMMERMAN, JUNE 16, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JUNE 16, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 4, 1996 (P.L.911, No.147), entitled
"An act providing for registration requirements for
telemarketers and for powers and duties of the Office of
Attorney General," further providing for unlawful acts and
penalties and for unwanted telephone solicitation calls
prohibited.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5(a) of the act of December 4, 1996
(P.L.911, No.147), known as the Telemarketer Registration Act,
is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 5. Unlawful acts and penalties.
(a) Acts enumerated.--The following acts are prohibited:
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(10) Conducting telemarketing on a legal holiday.
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Section 2. Section 5.2(c) of the act, amended September 12,
2003 (P.L.105, No.22), is amended to read:
Section 5.2. Unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited.
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(c) Duration.--A listing on a do-not-call list shall be
maintained [for a minimum of five years from the date of the
enrollment or] until the telephone number is no longer valid for
the residential or wireless telephone subscriber[, whichever
occurs first] or until the subscriber requests to have the
telephone number removed from the list.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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