HOUSE BILL No. 5453


     February 24, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Faunce, DeHart, Julian, Rick Johnson, Ehardt, Bisbee, Gilbert, Hager, Richardville,
DeRossett, Van Woerkom, Cameron Brown, Bishop, Middaugh, Basham, O'Neil, Dennis, Wojno, Woodward, Schermesser,
Gieleghem, Pestka, Garcia, Woronchak, Gosselin, Shulman, Jansen, Shackleton 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 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) RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS MAY ENROLL ON THE REG-

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      ISTER AS PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSION.  ENROLLMENT ONTO THE





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      REGISTER WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF

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      ENROLLMENT BY THE SUBSCRIBER.

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           (B) A RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER WILL REMAIN IN THE DO

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      NOT CALL REGISTER UNTIL THE SUBSCRIBER REQUESTS THAT THE COMMIS-

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      SION REMOVE HIS OR HER NAME FROM THE REGISTER.

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           (C) BUSINESS TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS MAY NOT BE INCLUDED ON

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      THE REGISTER.

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           (D) THE COMMISSION WILL UPDATE THE REGISTER AT THE BEGINNING

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      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 WILL TAKE

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      ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE INFOR-

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      MATION IN THE DATABASE.

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

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      SCRIBERS ON THE REGISTER TO THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

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      COMMISSION'S OR ANY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES' DO NOT CALL NATIONAL

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      DATABASE, IF AND WHEN 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. 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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