SB 107

Current law regulates telephone solicitation, defined as the unsolicited

initiation of a telephone conversation for the purpose of encouraging the recipient of

the telephone call to purchase property, goods, or services. Generally, under current

law, a telephone solicitor may not make a telephone solicitation to a residential

customer if the customer's telephone number is included in a directory, maintained

by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), listing

residential customers who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations. Violations

of current provisions regulating telephone solicitation are subject to a forfeiture of

$100.

This bill increases the penalty for a violation to a forfeiture of not less than

$1,000 nor more than $10,000. The bill also permits a person who suffers damages

as a result of a violation to bring an action for injunctive relief and for actual damages

or $500 per violation, whichever is greater.