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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 460
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C 121 L 85
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1985 Regular Session
By House Committee on Energy & Utilities (originally sponsored by Representatives Wang, Jacobsen, Tilly, D. Nelson, Long, Locke, Barnes, Armstrong, Isaacson, Todd, Gallagher, Unsoeld and Winsley)
Read first time 3/6/85 and passed to Committee on Rules.
AN ACT Relating to telephone solicitation; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that telephone solicitations by commercial and charitable organizations are increasing and that such solicitations cause increasing intrusions on the legitimate privacy rights of Washington citizens. The legislature further finds that current state law regulating such solicitations may be inadequate to allow telephone subscribers to adequately protect their privacy rights.
(2) The legislature directs the Washington utilities and transportation commission to study telephone solicitations in Washington state. The study shall include: The extent of telephone solicitations in Washington; the legal basis for regulating such solicitations; whether voluntary approaches to regulation can be developed; whether regulatory distinctions may be made between charitable and commercial solicitations; alternative approaches to regulating telephone solicitations; and suggestions for any needed legislation. The commission shall deliver its report to the legislature no later than December 1, 1985.