HB103 Alabama 2018 Session

Under existing law, no person or entity may make a telephone solicitation to a residential subscriber whose telephone number is registered with the Do Not Call database. A person or entity who makes a telephone solicitation to a residential subscriber whose telephone number is not registered with the Do Not Call database is required to identify himself or herself and may not block or circumvent the caller identification service of the residential subscriber. A person who violates the telephone solicitation law may be assessed a civil penalty of up to $2,000 in damages for certain violations

This bill would increase the maximum civil penalty and damage awards to $5,000 for certain violations

To amend Sections 8-19C-6 and 8-19C-7, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to telephone solicitations; to increase the maximum civil penalty and damage awards for certain violations.