HOUSE BILL No. 4042


     January 25, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Faunce and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.


        A bill to amend 1971 PA 227, entitled

   "An act to prescribe the rights and duties of parties to home
   solicitation sales,"

   (MCL 445.111 to 445.117) by adding section 13.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 13.  (1) THE COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH AND PROVIDE FOR

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      THE OPERATION OF A REGISTER ON WHICH TO COMPILE A LIST OF TELE-

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      PHONE NUMBERS OF RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS WHO OBJECT TO

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      RECEIVING TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS.  THE REGISTER MAY BE OPERATED

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      BY THE COMMISSION OR BY ANOTHER ENTITY UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE

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      COMMISSION.  THE FOLLOWING ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR THE OPERATION

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      OF THE REGISTER:

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           (A) A RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER MAY ENROLL 1 OR MORE

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      TELEPHONE NUMBERS ON THE REGISTER IN THE MANNER ESTABLISHED BY





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      THE COMMISSION.  AN ENROLLMENT ON THE REGISTER IS EFFECTIVE 30

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      DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF ENROLLMENT BY THE SUBSCRIBER.

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           (B) A TELEPHONE NUMBER REMAINS ON THE REGISTER UNTIL THE

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      RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER REQUESTS THAT THE COMMISSION

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      REMOVE THE NUMBER FROM THE REGISTER.

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           (C) TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF BUSINESS TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS MAY

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      NOT BE INCLUDED ON THE REGISTER.

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           (D) THE COMMISSION SHALL UPDATE THE REGISTER AT THE BEGIN-

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      NING OF EACH MONTH.

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           (E) THE COMMISSION MAY PURGE THE REGISTER PERIODICALLY IN

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      ORDER TO ENSURE ACCURACY.

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           (2) THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE DATABASE IS NOT OPEN TO

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      PUBLIC INSPECTION OR DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

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      ACT, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 TO 15.246.  THE COMMISSION SHALL

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      TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE

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      INFORMATION IN THE DATABASE.

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           (3) THE COMMISSION SHALL FORWARD THE LIST OF MICHIGAN TELE-

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      PHONE NUMBERS ON THE REGISTER TO THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

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      COMMISSION'S OR ANY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY'S "DO NOT CALL" NATIONAL

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      DATABASE, IF A FEDERAL LIST IS ESTABLISHED.

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           Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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      effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____

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      (request no. 00093'01) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

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      law.









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