Bill Text: AZ HB2312 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Solicitation; text message; prohibition

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-11 - Governor Signed [HB2312 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-HB2312-Chaptered.html

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House Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

 

CHAPTER 95

 

HOUSE BILL 2312

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 13‑2919, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to offenses against public order.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 13-2919, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-2919.  Automated telephone solicitation; violation; classification

A.  A person shall not use an automated system for the selection and dialing of telephone numbers and the playing of a recorded message or sending a text message for the purpose of soliciting persons to purchase goods or services or requesting survey information if the results are to be used directly for the purpose of soliciting persons to purchase goods or services.

B.  This section does not apply if a recorded message or text message is received under any of the following circumstances:

1.  With prior express invitation or permission by the recipient.

2.  By a recipient who has an existing business relationship with the sender.

B.  C.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE

 

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 11, 2013.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 11, 2013.