3.__Enforcement.__A summary of any enforcement efforts made by the Attorney General and any state agencies; and

4.__Recommendations.__The Attorney General's recommendations for any changes in this subchapter and any necessary implementing legislation.

SUMMARY

This bill regulates telephone solicitation by consolidating various laws regarding telemarketers found in different sections of the Maine Revised Statutes and does the following.

1. It changes the scope of the application to telemarketers to include all telemarketers, regardless of their place of business. Calls made by nonprofit charitable organizations and political organizations are exempt.

2. It prohibits a telemarketer from blocking the display of its phone number from the consumer being called.

3. It continues the current restrictions on the use of automated telephone calling devices to make telemarketing calls.

4. It requires telemarketers making solicitations via facsimile to provide the name and address of the person making the solicitation, as well as a toll-free telephone number that must be answered by an individual on weekdays between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or that automatically deletes the specified telephone number of the caller from the telemarketer's database.

5. It requires the Attorney General to establish, either in-house or through a contract with a private vendor, the Maine no-contact list, a database of names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of consumers in this State who object to receiving unsolicited telemarketing or telephone calls or commercial e-mail. Although a no-contact list is required now by law and maintained by the Attorney General, this bill places responsibility for the no-contact list with the Attorney General and requires the list to contain e-mail addresses. The Attorney General is required to provide information about the list and forms for enrolling on the list. The Attorney General may charge a fee of no more than $3 for inclusion on the list; a consumer remains on the list for 3 years or until the consumer is assigned