Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF2690

Regulating telephonic sales or solicitation calls (telemarketing); requiring
registration of telephone solicitors making unsolicited telephonic calls with
the commissioner of commerce, excepting solicitors working as employees of
registered employers; prescribing the registration procedure; providing for
registration renewal and requiring certain fees, requiring deposit in a special
account and appropriating money in the account to the commissioner for
administrative expenses; providing for telephone subscriber placement on a no
sales solicitation calls listing by notice to the department of commerce,
providing for annual renewal; requiring the department to periodically update
the no call list; providing for access to the list by telephone solicitors, fee,
requiring crediting to an account and appropriating money in the account to the
commissioner for administrative expenses; authorizing the commissioner to
contract with an agent for establishment and maintenance of the list;
prohibiting solicitation calls to telephone numbers on the no call list and
interference with caller identification (ID) services; requiring the
commissioner to include Minnesota subscribers on a national no call list
maintained by the federal communications commission (FCC) on the state list;
classifying and restricting the release of information contained in the list;
specifying certain customer notice requirements of telephone companies; granting
the commissioner certain enforcement powers; violations to be a deceptive
practice, authorizing attorney general actions against violators; requiring the
commissioner to consult with representatives of state and local government,
senior citizen organizations, telemarketing companies and other businesses to
compile a list of educational tools to help consumers understand the options
relating to telephone solicitations and to provide information on the department
web site relating to the options (mk)