Bill Text: CT HB05098 | 2014 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Termination Of "robo" Calls.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-21-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-12 - Signed by the Governor [HB05098 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05098-Chaptered.html
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TERMINATION OF "ROBO" CALLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 16-256e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):
No person may use any device which transmits an unsolicited recorded telephone message for any commercial, business or advertising purpose to any telephone customer in the state and which continues the call and message after the customer hangs up the receiver. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than [five hundred] one thousand dollars.