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is not liable for any action taken in good faith to block the
receipt or transmission through its service of any commercial e-
mail that it reasonably believes is or will be sent in violation
of this section.

 
§14759.__Rulemaking

 
The Attorney General shall adopt rules to administer this
subchapter.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are major
substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375,
subchapter 2-A.__The rules must:

 
1.__Information dissemination.__Require each local exchange
telephone company to inform its customers of the requirements
of this subchapter by annual inserts in billing statements
mailed to customers or conspicuous publication of the notice
in the consumer information pages of local telephone
directories or other appropriate notice to consumers.__The
Attorney General may conduct educational programs designed to
inform the public of their rights and telemarketers of their
obligations under this subchapter;

 
2.__Nonviolation.__Provide that a telemarketing call made to
a number on the Maine no-contact list is not a violation of
section 14756 if the telemarketing call is an isolated
occurrence made by a person who has in place adequate
procedures to comply with this subchapter; and

 
3.__Format of list; fee.__Provide for:

 
A.__The dissemination of copies of the Maine no-contact
list in formats, including electronic formats, commonly
used by persons making telemarketing calls; and

 
B.__A fee, not to exceed $75, for each distribution of the
Maine no-contact list.

 
§14760.__Report by Attorney General

 
Before December 31st of each even-numbered year, the
Attorney General shall submit a report to the Legislature.__
The report must contain for the 2-year period ending August
31st of the year of the report:

 
1.__Maine no-contact list statistics.__A statement of the
number of telephone numbers included on the Maine no-contact
list, the number of copies of the Maine no-contact list
distributed and the amount collected for those requests and
for distribution;


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