| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1498, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 775, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | A. "Automated telephone calling device" means any system | | or equipment that selects, dials or calls telephone | | numbers and plays recorded or computer-generated messages. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1498, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 775, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Prohibition. A | | person may not use an automated telephone calling device to | make solicitation calls to: | | State. |
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| | A. Any emergency telephone numbers in this State | including, but not limited to, the emergency telephone | numbers of any hospital, physician, health care facility, | ambulance service, or fire or law enforcement officer or | facility; |
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| | B. Any paging or cellular phone within the State; or |
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| | C. Any unlisted, unpublished, toll-free long distance or | direct inward dial telephone number within the State. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §1498, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1991, c. 524, §2, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Restriction. A person making a permitted use of an | | automated telephone calling device pursuant to subsection 6 | | may not use an automated telephone calling device to make | | solicitation calls to any telephone number in the State except | | weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., according to the time in | | this State, and may not complete more than one solicitation | | call to any telephone number during each 8-hour period. In | | addition, the person using the device to place the call shall | | ensure that the device disconnects no more than 5 seconds | | following the disconnection of the telephone number called. A | | person making a permitted use of an automated telephone | | calling device pursuant to subsection 6 may not use an | | automated telephone calling device to make solicitation calls | | to: |
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| | | A.__Any emergency telephone numbers in this State, | | including, but not limited to, the emergency telephone | | numbers of any hospital, physician, health care facility, | | ambulance service or fire or law enforcement officer or | | facility; |
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| | | B.__Any paging or cellular phone within the State; or |
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