HB 2611-S - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/15/02)

     Requires the department of licensing to provide for the establishment and operation of a list of telephone numbers of persons who object to receiving commercial telephone solicitations.  The list will be called the no call list.

     Provides that the department shall update the list quarterly, and shall provide the list, in written or electronic form, to commercial telephone solicitors that are registered with the department under RCW 19.158.050 and have paid all applicable fees.

     Directs the department to establish a fee sufficient to support the costs of administering and enforcing this section and providing the list quarterly to each commercial telephone solicitor.

     Provides that each commercial telephone solicitor registered under this act must pay the fee annually.  The department of licensing may contract with a private vendor to establish and maintain the do not call list.