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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2198 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 322 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bruce J. Ayers |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act allowing businesses to sign up for the "Do Not Call" list. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2198 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 322 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 322) of Bruce J. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Ayers relative to telemarketing solicitation. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 246 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act allowing businesses to sign up for the "Do Not Call" list. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1: Section 1 of chapter 159C is hereby amended by striking out the definition |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2for “consumer” and inserting in place thereof the following definition: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 “Consumer”, an individual who is a resident of the commonwealth or an association, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity operating |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5in the commonwealth, that subscribes to residential or business telephone services in the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6commonwealth and is a prospective recipient of goods or services. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 SECTION 2: Section 1 of chapter 159C, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8hereby amended by striking out, in line 14, the word “residential”. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 SECTION 3: Section 5 of chapter 159C, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the word "residential". 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11 SECTION 4: Section 8 of Chapter 159C, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12hereby amended by striking out, in line 10, the word "person" and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13following word:- “consumer”. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14 SECTION 5: Section 10 of Chapter 159C, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the word "person" and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16word:- "consumer". |
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