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HOUSE BILL 1345
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Representatives Mielke, DeBolt, Pennington, Doumit, Hatfield, D. Schmidt and Thompson
Read first time 01/22/97. Referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.
AN ACT Relating to commercial telephone solicitation; adding a new section to chapter 19.158 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 80.36 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that, despite efforts to regulate commercial telephone solicitation, this practice continues to annoy and frustrate many citizens. The legislature further finds that a system of identification in telephone directories of those citizens who do not wish to be solicited by telephone would help to eliminate unwanted calls.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 19.158 RCW to read as follows:
A commercial telephone solicitor is in violation of this chapter if he or she engages in the telephone solicitation of a person who is identified, in a published telephone directory available for general use, as a person who does not wish to receive any telephone solicitation.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 80.36 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The commission shall require telecommunications companies to provide for identification in a telephone directory of persons who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations.
(2) The commission shall by rule ensure that telecommunications companies inform their residential customers of the provisions of this act. The notification may be made by (a) annual inserts in the billing statements mailed to residential customers, or (b) conspicuous publication of the notice in the consumer information pages of local telephone directories.
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