Bill Text: CT HB05296 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Businesses That Make Certain Unsolicited And Intentionally Misleading Telephone Calls To Consumers.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Referred to Joint Committee on General Law [HB05296 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05296-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2015 |
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW |
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AN ACT CONCERNING BUSINESSES THAT MAKE CERTAIN UNSOLICITED AND INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING TELEPHONE CALLS TO CONSUMERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) (a) No person, as defined in section 1-1 of the general statutes, shall (1) knowingly make an unsolicited business telephone call to a consumer using a caller identification service or device that transmits misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to the recipient of the telephone call with the intent to defraud or cause harm to such recipient, or (2) having made such unsolicited business telephone call to a consumer, fail to maintain an active consumer response telephone line for consumer questions and complaints.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall have engaged in an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce under chapter 735a of the general statutes.
(c) Any person having knowledge of a violation of subsection (a) of this section may report all facts and information in such person's possession concerning such violation to the Attorney General. The Attorney General may review such facts and information and investigate as he or she deems proper regarding such facts and information and any other information that may be reasonably derived from such report. If the Attorney General takes action against any person for violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the person who reported such violation shall be awarded one-half of any monetary fines or settlement recovered by the Attorney General from the violator.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2015 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To protect consumers by making certain unsolicited and intentionally misleading business calls an unfair trade practice and to provide financial incentives for consumers to report such unfair trade practices to the Attorney General.
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