Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1498, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 775, is amended to read:

A. "Automated telephone calling device" means any system or equipment that selects, dials or calls telephone numbers and plays recorded or computer-generated messages.

Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1498, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 775, is amended to read:

2. Prohibition. A Except as provided in subsection 6, a person may not use an automated telephone calling device to make solicitation calls to: any telephone number in this State.

A. Any emergency telephone numbers in this State including, but not limited to, the emergency telephone numbers of any hospital, physician, health care facility, ambulance service, or fire or law enforcement officer or facility;

B. Any paging or cellular phone within the State; or

C. Any unlisted, unpublished, toll-free long distance or direct inward dial telephone number within the State.

Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §1498, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1991, c. 524, §2, is further amended to read:

3. Restriction. A person making a permitted use of an automated telephone calling device pursuant to subsection 6 may not use an automated telephone calling device to make solicitation calls to any telephone number in the State except weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., according to the time in this State, and may not complete more than one solicitation call to any telephone number during each 8-hour period. In addition, the person using the device to place the call shall ensure that the device disconnects no more than 5 seconds following the disconnection of the telephone number called. A person making a permitted use of an automated telephone calling device pursuant to subsection 6 may not use an automated telephone calling device to make solicitation calls to:

A.__Any emergency telephone numbers in this State, including, but not limited to, the emergency telephone numbers of any hospital, physician, health care facility, ambulance service or fire or law enforcement officer or facility;

B.__Any paging or cellular phone within the State; or