HOUSE BILL No. 4154


     February 7, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Howell, Woronchak, Meyer, Kolb, Garcia, Anderson, Bovin, Rich Brown, Kuipers, Faunce, Plakas, Ehardt,
DeRossett, Sanborn, Pappageorge and Kooiman 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.  (1) WITHIN THE FIRST 25 SECONDS OF THE TELEPHONE

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      SOLICITATION AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TELEPHONE SOLICITATION,

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      A PERSON MAKING A TELEPHONE SOLICITATION TO A RESIDENTIAL TELE-

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      PHONE SUBSCRIBER SHALL STATE THE NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE

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      ORGANIZATION OR OTHER PERSON ON WHOSE BEHALF THE CALL WAS

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      INITIATED.  THE TELEPHONE NUMBER GIVEN MUST BE A TOLL-FREE NUMBER

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      AND A NATURAL PERSON MUST BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THE TOLL-FREE

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      NUMBER AT ANY TIME WHEN TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS ARE BEING MADE.

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           (2) THE PERSON ANSWERING THE TELEPHONE NUMBER REQUIRED UNDER

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      SUBSECTION (1) SHALL POSSESS AND PROVIDE A RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE



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      SUBSCRIBER CALLING THE TELEPHONE NUMBER WITH INFORMATION

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      CONCERNING THE TELEPHONE SOLICITOR AND THE TELEPHONE

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      SOLICITATION.

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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. 4153

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

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      law.










































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