HOUSE BILL No. 5449


     February 24, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Howell, Scranton, Richardville, Julian, Patterson, Kowall, Sheltrown, Spade, Rocca,
DeHart, Schermesser, Wojno, Ruth Johnson, Bovin, Neumann, Voorhees, Ehardt, Pappageorge, Van Woerkom, Martinez, Mans, Caul,
Gosselin, DeRossett, Cameron Brown, Shackleton, Jansen and Birkholz 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 9.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 9.  ALL TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS TO RESIDENTIAL TELE-

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      PHONE SUBSCRIBERS SHALL DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING:

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           (A) WITHIN THE FIRST 25 SECONDS OF THE CALL AND AT THE CON-

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      CLUSION OF THE CALL, STATE THE NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE

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      PERSON OR ORGANIZATION INITIATING THE CALL.  THE TELEPHONE NUMBER

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      GIVEN MUST BE A TOLL-FREE NUMBER AND BE ANSWERED WHEN TELEPHONE

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      SOLICITATIONS ARE BEING MADE.

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           (B) THE PERSON ANSWERING THE TELEPHONE NUMBER PROVIDED UNDER

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      SUBDIVISION (A) SHALL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION CONCERNING

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      THE SOLICITATION CALL.



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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. 5446

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      (request no. 06035'00) of the 90th Legislature is enacted into

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      law.
















































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