Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05263 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/11/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5263
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 453
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. ESPOSITO, 116th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5263 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 453

Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW 

Introduced by:

REP. ESPOSITO, 116th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR UNSOLICITED TELEPHONIC SALES CALLS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 42-288a of the general statutes be amended to increase the maximum fine for unsolicited telephonic sales calls from eleven thousand to sixteen thousand dollars per violation. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To protect consumers by increasing fines for "Do Not Call" list violations.