Compliance News

We want our clients to know that we are compliant with the most recent changes to telemarketing laws.

The purpose of the compliance news section is to keep our clients knowledgeable and informed about all compliance changes and updates.  Continue reading to learn about the most current regulatory changes.

Colorado

A new state law applies the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to all activities of state regulated mortgage brokers; impacting brokers or their agents.  Now any violations of the TSR by mortgage brokers will be considered violation of state law.

Florida

House Bill 13 is currently being considered by the Florida House.  If enacted, political calls would have to disclose at the beginning of the call that the caller is a for-profit telemarketer, and would also ban political calls to numbers on the state do-not-call list.

Kentucky

On June 26, Kentucky adopted the National Do Not Call Registry as the official state list.

Maine

Maine State Bill 655, was recently signed into law and appears to enact the National Do Not Call list.  However, the state attorney general must first adopt rules to implement this bill.  Also included in State Bill 655:  Established Business Relationships (EBRs) are limited to those with existing debt, a new mandatory disclosure of the caller’s first and last name, and callers must abide by the most current national or state do-not-call lists.

New York

State Bill 3543 modified the current State Do Not Call list law to shorten the time period in which a number becomes effective on the National Do Not Call Registry.  The time period was changed from three months down to the federal law of 31 days.

Pennsylvania

House Bill 1195, which would regulate pre-recorded political messages, is currently under consideration in the Pennsylvania House.  This bill would require registration and scrubbing against the National Do Not Call Registry for pre-recorded political messages.

Tennessee

House Bill 1337 / State Bill 753 went into effect July 1.  This law impacted the Tennessee Charitable Solicitations Act.   Some of the changes include:  eliminating the requirements for professional solicitors to post bonds for each of their employees, and eliminates the requirements for professional fundraising counsel bonds.  It all grants a 90-day extension for charities to file their renewal.

 Back to Issue 3 / July 2007