| | | 7.__Facsimile recording device.__"Facsimile recording | | device" means any device capable of receiving a facsimile | | transmission. |
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| | | 8.__Facsimile solicitation.__"Facsimile solicitation" means | | a telemarketing call made by a transmission to a facsimile | | recording device. |
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| | | 9.__Maine no-contact list.__"Maine no-contact list" means | | the list compiled pursuant to section 14755 by the Attorney | | General of names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail | | addresses of consumers in this State who object to receiving | | unsolicited telemarketing calls and unsolicited commercial e- | | mail. |
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| | | 10.__State licensee.__"State licensee" means a person | | licensed by a state agency under a law of this State that | | requires the person to obtain a license as a condition of | | engaging in a profession or business. |
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| | | 11.__Telemarketer.__"Telemarketer" means a person who makes | | or causes to be made a telemarketing call. |
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| | | 12.__Telemarketing call.__"Telemarketing call" means an | | unsolicited telephone call made to solicit a sale of a | | consumer good or service, solicit an extension of credit for a | | consumer good or service, or obtain information that may be | | used to solicit a sale of a consumer good or service or to | | extend credit for the sale.__"Telemarketing call" does not | | include a call made: |
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| | | A. By a consumer that is the result of a solicitation by a | | seller or telemarketer or in response to general media | | advertising by direct mail solicitations that clearly, | | conspicuously and truthfully make all disclosures required | | by federal or state law; |
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| | | (1)__An established business relationship; or |
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| | | (2)__A business relationship that has been | | terminated, if the call is made before the later of | | the date the first Maine no-contact list in which the | | consumer's telephone number appears is published and | | one year after the date of termination; |
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| | | C.__Between a telemarketer and a business, other than by a | | facsimile solicitation, unless the business informed the | | telemarketer that the business does not wish to receive | | telemarketing calls from the telemarketer; |
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