APPROVED CHAPTER
MARCH 25, 2024 570
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
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H.P. 1433 - L.D. 2234
An Act to Require Telephone Solicitors to Use the Reassigned Numbers
Database
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1499-B, sub-§1, ¶D-2 is enacted to read:
D-2. "Reassigned numbers database" means a database created and maintained by the
Federal Communications Commission that identifies whether a telephone number has
been reassigned.
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1499-B, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2007, c. 489, §3, is further
amended to read:
6. Telephone solicitation violations. It is a violation of this section for a telephone
solicitor to initiate a telephone sales call to a consumer if that consumer's telephone number
has been on the national or state do-not-call registry, established by the Federal Trade
Commission, for at least 3 months prior to the date the call is made or to fail to use the
reassigned numbers database to verify that a consumer's telephone number has not been
reassigned prior to initiating a telephone sales call to that consumer. A telephone solicitor
is not liable for violating this section if the telephone solicitor can demonstrate that:
A. As part of the telephone solicitor's routine business practice, the telephone solicitor
has established and implemented written procedures to comply with this section;
B. As part of the telephone solicitor's routine business practice, the telephone solicitor
has trained its personnel, and any entity assisting in its compliance, in the procedures
established pursuant to paragraph A;
C. As part of the telephone solicitor's routine business practice, the telephone solicitor
or another person acting on behalf of the telephone solicitor has recorded and
maintained a list of telephone numbers the telephone solicitor may not contact;
D. As part of the telephone solicitor's routine business practice, the telephone solicitor
uses a process to prevent telemarketing to any telephone number on any list established
pursuant to paragraph C or on the national do-not-call registry, employing a version of
the national do-not-call registry obtained from the Federal Trade Commission no more
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than 31 days prior to the date any call is made, and maintains records documenting this
process;
E. As part of the telephone solicitor's routine business practice, the telephone solicitor
or another person acting on behalf of the telephone solicitor monitors and enforces
compliance with the procedures established pursuant to paragraph A; and
E-1. As part of the telephone solicitor's routine business practice, the telephone
solicitor or another person acting on behalf of the telephone solicitor uses the
reassigned numbers database to verify that a consumer's telephone number has not been
reassigned prior to initiating a telephone sales call to that consumer; and
F. Any subsequent call otherwise violating this section is the result of error.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2234, HP 1433: 10.1499
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 570: 10.1499