| An Act Restricting Telemarketers from Blocking Their |
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| Telephone Numbers When Making Solicitation Calls |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1499-A is enacted to read: |
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| §1499-A.__Telemarketing; prohibition on number blocking |
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| | 1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context | otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following | meanings. |
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| A.__"Caller identification service" means a service that | allows a telephone subscriber to have the telephone number | and, where available, name of the calling party transmitted | contemporaneously with the telephone call and displayed on a | device in or connected to the subscriber's telephone. |
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| B.__"Seller" means any person who, in connection with a | telemarketing transaction, provides, offers to provide or | arranges for others to provide goods or services to the | customer in exchange for consideration. |
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| C.__"Telemarketer" means any person who, in connection with | telemarketing, initiates or receives telephone calls to or | from a customer or donor. |
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