BILL NUMBER: AB 792INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Duvall FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to amend Section 17514 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 792, as introduced, Duvall. Business: mail solicitations. Existing law requires a person who sends a solicitation by mail soliciting the recipient to receive information by telephone to disclose specified information, including, without limitation, the telephone number to which calls are to be placed. This bill would require the person to disclose additional telephone numbers, if applicable. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 17514 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 17514. (a) A person who sends a solicitation by mail that solicits a recipient to consent to receive information via telephone, where that recipient's telephone number is not listed on the national "do not call" registry established and maintained by the Federal Trade Commission, as described in Section 310.4(b)(1)(iii)(B) of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations, shall include in the solicitation a clear and conspicuous disclosure of the following information: (1) Identification of the name of the sender of the mailing and of the entity that is requesting permission to call. (2) The telephone number or numbers to which calls are to be placed. (3) Notice that the recipient may be contacted by a telephone solicitor. (b) A violation of this section shall not be a crime, notwithstanding Section 17534. However, all available civil remedies that are applicable to a violation of this section may be employed.