B.__A toll-free or local exchange-accessible telephone number of the person that:

(1)__Is answered in the order in which calls are received by an individual capable of responding to inquiries from recipients of facsimile solicitations at all times after 9 a.m. and before 5 p.m. on each day except Saturday and Sunday; or

(2)__Automatically and immediately deletes the specified telephone number of the recipient.

2.__Acknowledgment required; transmission prohibited.__On receipt of oral or written notification from a recipient of a facsimile solicitation not to send any further facsimile transmissions to one or more telephone numbers specified by the recipient, the person making the facsimile solicitation:

A.__Shall within 24 hours send the recipient a written acknowledgment of the recipient's notification; and

B.__May not make or cause to be made a transmission to a telephone number specified by the recipient, except for a single transmission to comply with paragraph A.

§14755.__Maine no-contact list

1.__Attorney General to establish Maine no-contact list.__ The Attorney General shall establish and provide for the operation of a database to compile a list of names, addresses and telephone numbers and e-mails of consumers in this State who object to receiving unsolicited telemarketing calls and commercial e-mails.

2.__Contract.__The Attorney General may contract with a private vendor to maintain the Maine no-contact list if:

A.__The private vendor has maintained a national no- contact list database for more than 2 years containing the names, addresses and telephone numbers of consumers in this State who have previously requested to be added to the vendor's national no-contact list; and

B.__The contract requires the private vendor to publish the Maine portion of the national no-contact list in an electronic format to any telemarketer who agrees to use the