Section 359-E:1 Definitions.
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In this chapter:
I. ""Automatic telephone dialing system'' means any automatic terminal equipment which stores or produces numbers to be called randomly or sequentially and which delivers a prerecorded message to the number called without assistance of a live operator.
I-a. ""Caller identification information'' means:
(a) The telephone listing number and/or name of the customer from whose telephone instrument a telephone number is dialed; or
(b) Other information that may be used to identify the specific originating number or originating location of a wire or electronic communication transmitted by a telephone instrument.
I-b. ""Caller identification service'' means a service offered by a telecommunications utility that provides caller identification information to a device capable of displaying the information.
I-c. ""Per-call blocking'' means a telecommunications service that prevents the transmission of caller identification information to a called party on an individual call if the calling party acts affirmatively to prevent the transmission of the caller identification information.
I-d. ""Per-line blocking'' means a telecommunications service that prevents the transmission of caller identification information to a called party on every call unless the calling party acts affirmatively to release the caller identification information.
II. ""Solicitation'' means the unrequested initiation of a telephone call to a residential telephone subscriber for the purposes of giving, selling, or leasing services or goods, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible; or to gain a pledge, promise or contribution in circumstances where there is no pre-existing relationship between the caller and the person called; or to obtain information, data or opinions.
I. ""Automatic telephone dialing system'' means any automatic terminal equipment which stores or produces numbers to be called randomly or sequentially and which delivers a prerecorded message to the number called without assistance of a live operator.
I-a. ""Caller identification information'' means:
(a) The telephone listing number and/or name of the customer from whose telephone instrument a telephone number is dialed; or
(b) Other information that may be used to identify the specific originating number or originating location of a wire or electronic communication transmitted by a telephone instrument.
I-b. ""Caller identification service'' means a service offered by a telecommunications utility that provides caller identification information to a device capable of displaying the information.
I-c. ""Per-call blocking'' means a telecommunications service that prevents the transmission of caller identification information to a called party on an individual call if the calling party acts affirmatively to prevent the transmission of the caller identification information.
I-d. ""Per-line blocking'' means a telecommunications service that prevents the transmission of caller identification information to a called party on every call unless the calling party acts affirmatively to release the caller identification information.
II. ""Solicitation'' means the unrequested initiation of a telephone call to a residential telephone subscriber for the purposes of giving, selling, or leasing services or goods, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible; or to gain a pledge, promise or contribution in circumstances where there is no pre-existing relationship between the caller and the person called; or to obtain information, data or opinions.
Source. 1989, 165:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. 1998, 14:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.