DNC List effective as of 7/1/2000. AL has adopted FTC list as official state list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

Alaska made it a violation of state law to call numbers on the national DNC registry (H.B. 15, enacted 6/21/2004, effective July 1, 2004.) This law called for the repeal of Alaska's state-mandated Do Not Call registry (commonly referred to as AK's "black dot" law). In recent legislative news, by press release dated October 13, 2006, the Alaska Department of Commerce Community and Economic Development has announced that Alaska's "Black Dot" Do Not Call law has been officially repealed. Furthermore, HB 15 also reduces the time-frame for the EBR exemption from 24 months to 18 months, and requires all entities that have to register as telephone sellers under Alaska rules to pay a registration fee; the Attorney General shall establish the amount of this fee by regulation. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

AZ has adopted the FTC registry as the AZ "intrastate" DNC program. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC List active as of 1/1/2000. AR has adopted the FTC registry as its official state list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

Do-Not-Call Law passed in 2001. CA has adopted the FTC registry as its official state list. Legislative News: CA recently enacted a bill (AB 2059) that requires certain disclosures be made where persons NOT on the CA DNC list (CA area codes in the national registry) are asked via the mail for permission to conduct telephone solicitation. The summary of the bill provided by the CA Assembly reads as follows: “This bill would require a person that sends a solicitation by mail that solicits a recipient whose telephone number is not on the national ‘do not call’ registry to consent to receive information via telephone to include a clear and conspicuous identification of the sender and of the entity that is requesting permission to call, the telephone number to which the calls are to be placed, and notice that the recipient may be contacted by a telephone solicitor. A violation of this provision would not be a crime, but would be subject to enforcement by any available civil remedies. The bill would require a mailing that seeks express written permission to call a recipient who is on the ‘do not call’ list to contain certain information, including identification of the sender of the mailing and of the entity that is requesting permission to call, the telephone number to which the calls may be placed, the signature of the recipient authorizing the calls, and specified notice, unless there is an established business relationship between the subscriber and the solicitor, in which case express written permission would not be required. A violation of this provision would be a crime, punishable by specified penalties and would be subject to specified civil liability." For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com

DNC List effective as of 7/1/2002. CO has forwarded state DNC list information to the FTC. List maintained by third party vendor InsightAmerica. Legislative News: Telemarketer Subscriber Fees associated with the Colorado No-Call List have changed for 2006 according to the designated agent, Data Protection Group LLC. The Public Utilities Commission is allowed by state law to change the annual fee as necessary. Fee is based on the total number of employees who work for the company that employs telemarketers. This includes, but is not limited to delivery staff, receptionists, maintenance workers, accounting clerks, as well as telemarketers. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list effective as of 1/1/2001. CT has opted to make the FTC Do Not Call registry its official state list (effective 1/1/2004). Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

No DNC list active. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list effective as of 7/1/1990 (first DNC list in the country.) FL has forwarded state DNC list information to the FTC. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list effective as of 1/1/1999. Georgia uses the FTC's DNC list as its official state list. Legislative News: No recent legislative developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

HI has adopted the Federal level DNC registry as official state DNC list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list effective as of 4/1/2001. Effective 7/1/2004, the state of Idaho makes use of the FTC’s national registry as the official state DNC list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

IL has opted to make use of the FTC's DNC registry as its official state DNC list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list effective as of 1/1/2002. Legislative News: INo recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

No DNC list active. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list effective as of 11/1/02. KS has designated the FTC as the list manager for the KS No Call list (separate state-run program terminated.) Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

Legislative News: In April of 2007, KY House Bill 430 was signed into law. This bill changed the definition for KY's "zero call" list to mean the Do Not Call registry maintained by the FTC. The KY Office of the Attorney General has now officially indicated that starting June 26, 2007, "any telemarketing company or merchant making telephone solicitations into Kentucky is required to obtain the Federal Do Not Call list from the Federal Trade Commission. Kentucky phone numbers on the Federal Do Not Call registry are deemed to be on the Kentucky Zero Call list and may not be called unless an exemption applies." Therefore, starting June 26, the Zero Call list will no longer be maintained by the KY Attorney General's office. HB 430 also makes it clear that only "telemarketing companies" (defined as a company whose primary business is to engage in telephone solicitation) must continue to register with the Attorney General's office -- "merchants" (defined as "the individual or business entity offering the consumer goods or services, an investment, business, or employment opportunity, or a consumer loan") are no longer required to register. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list launched as of 1/1/03; enforcement commenced as of 4/1/03. DNC list program managed by Louisiana Public Service Commission; bond required in LA for telephonic sellers, for Automated Dial users, and for purchasing the DNC list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

Maine opted for use of the FTC National DNC Registry in 2007. Legislative News: The state of Maine recently passed SB 783 which aligns state DNC established business relationship rules with federal level rules (18 months for transactions and 3 months for inquiries.) SB 783 also enacted a safe harbor provision that similarly conforms with federal level rules. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

On May 26th, 2004, Maryland governor Robert Ehrlich signed into law an amended version of Senate Bill 88. This bill makes it a violation (starting June 1, 2004) of MD deceptive trade practice rules to violate the Telemarketing Sales Rule (FTC rules) or the rules implemented by the FCC pursuant to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Under MD state law, deceptive trade practices are subject to fines of up to $1,000 (up to $5,000 for violations after the first), and SB 88 gives individuals the right to seek $500 per violation (plus reasonable attorney's fees.). Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list effective as of 1/1/2003 (enforcement began 4/1/03). MA has forwarded state DNC list information to the FTC. State list administered by Consumer Protection Office of the Office of the Attorney General. No consumer fee; telemarketers pay for list. MA also gives consumers right to contact their telephone company and request not to receive calls from any automated dialers. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list law signed into law by outgoing Governor John Engler on December 20, 2002. By order dated 4/17/2003, the Michigan PSC has officially designated the FTC's DNC list as the official state DNC list for Michigan. Legislative developments: Michigan House Bill 4423 was recently signed into law. This bill makes it illegal to misrepresent in a message left on an answering machine or voice mail of a Michigan consumer that the consumer has a current business matter or relationship with the telephone solicitor (or another person) and asks the consumer to return the call to discuss that matter. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

The State of MN Department of Commerce, starting as of July 9th, 2008, is forwarding all consumers interested in signing up for the MN Do Not Call program to the FTC's Do Not Call sign-up page. As of this date, MN will no longer maintain a separate state-run Do Not Call list. All numbers listed on the (now discontinued) separate MN Do Not Call list either already are, or shortly will be, included on the national DNC registry. Teleservices entities seeking to register with and pay for the MN DNC program are likewise being directed to the FTC DNC website. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list effective as of 10/1/2003. DNC list maintained by MS PUC. Federal DNC information is included in the MS list. Legislative News: The Mississippi Public Service Commission formally adopted a set of Proposed Rules Implementing the Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act on September 18. These new rules make significant changes, including: the cost to obtain MS DNC list is $1000 (for either internet or CD-Rom delivery); a telephone solicitor is allowed to have two contracted companies call on its behalf under the $1000 fee - and must pay an additional $500 for each subsequent contracted company beyond the first two; all companies contracted by a telephone solicitor to make calls on its behalf must be identified to the MS PSC; MS now joins AL, LA, RI and UT as states with a ban on "holiday" calling; telemarketers must submit affidavits to the effect that no blocking of caller ID is occurring; all telephone numbers to be used by a telephone solicitor for telemarketing purposes must be submitted to the MS PSC; telcos must provide disconnected numbers to the MS PSC for DNC list updating purposes; the time frame for the effectiveness of a consumer's DNC listing has been shortened; specific rules regarding recordkeeping have been implemented. Full details are available at https://www.ms.gov/psc/nocall/pdf/nocall_rules_and_regs.pdf. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list effective as of 7/1/2001. Legislative News: The Missouri Attorney General's office has confirmed that the cost for the Missouri DNC list is going to be increased. Currently set at $25 per area code, with a cap of $600, the new fee as of September 15th, 2005 will be $50 per area code, with a $1,200 cap. The determination to raise the fees completes a rulemaking proceeding that began in late 2001 (26 MoReg 2020). For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

Effective 1/1/2004, the MT Dept. of Administration has adopted the FTC National registry as the official MT state DNC list. Legislative developments: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

No DNC list active. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

Effective 5/1/2004, NV Attorney General has opted to make use of Federal Do Not Call registry. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

By SB 98 (2003), NH has officially designated the FTC's DNC list as the official state DNC list for NH. Legislative news: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

As of May 17, 2004, NJ has adopted the Federal level DNC registry as its official state DNC list. Legislative News: New Jersey Assembly Bill 773, which fine tunes the provisions of NJ Stat. 56:8-128, was recently signed into law (effective date of August 1, 2006). Specifically, AB 773 requires that the disclosure of a telemarketer's name (which must be completed within the first 30 seconds of a telemarketing sales call) must be made "accurately." In addition, as a clarification to existing NJ Caller ID blocking prohibitions, AB 773 states that a telemarketer may not use "any technology or method which displays a telephone number or name not associated with the telemarketer or intentionally designed to misrepresent the telemarketer's identity." For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

SB 573, adopting FTC list (but creating separate and more restrictive New Mexico DNC program) signed by Governor on April 5, 2003. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

DNC list effective as of 4/1/2001. NY has adopted FTC list as official state list. Legislative News: The New York Consumer Protection Board has amended its regulations governing the state DNC call list to make these rules conform more with Federal level rules. Specifically, the NY CPB has amended its EBR rules to delete the prior broad references to an "arrangement, agreement, contract or other such legal state of affairs" to a rule that closely follows FCC definitions (including 18 month transactional and 3 month inquiry rules.) The NY CPB also made changes to its definitions for "telemarketing" and "telemarketing sales call" to include the FCC's language regarding "encouraging" a sale. These changes are effective immediately. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

SB 872 signed Aug. 12, 2003, establishing FTC registry as official NC No Call list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.

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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
ALABAMA	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.psc.state.al.us/nocall/NoCallPreUpdate.htm	8:00AM - 8:00PM w/ No Sundays or Holidays	$2,000 per infraction
DNC List effective as of 7/1/2000. AL has adopted FTC list as official state list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
ALASKA	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.law.state.ak.us/department/civil/consumer/cp_topics.html#tele	8:00AM - 9:00PM	Up to $5,000 per infraction
Alaska made it a violation of state law to call numbers on the national DNC registry (H.B. 15, enacted 6/21/2004, effective July 1, 2004.) This law called for the repeal of Alaska's state-mandated Do Not Call registry (commonly referred to as AK's "black dot" law). In recent legislative news, by press release dated October 13, 2006, the Alaska Department of Commerce Community and Economic Development has announced that Alaska's "Black Dot" Do Not Call law has been officially repealed. Furthermore, HB 15 also reduces the time-frame for the EBR exemption from 24 months to 18 months, and requires all entities that have to register as telephone sellers under Alaska rules to pay a registration fee; the Attorney General shall establish the amount of this fee by regulation. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
ARIZONA	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.azag.gov/consumer/telemarketing.html	8:00AM - 9:00PM	Up to $1,000 per infraction
AZ has adopted the FTC registry as the AZ "intrastate" DNC program. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
ARKANSAS	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.ag.arkansas.gov/consumers_protection.html	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$10,000 per infraction
DNC List active as of 1/1/2000. AR has adopted the FTC registry as its official state list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
CALIFORNIA	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://caag.state.ca.us/donotcall/index.htm	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$500 for initial infraction with $1,000 per infraction thereafter
Do-Not-Call Law passed in 2001. CA has adopted the FTC registry as its official state list. Legislative News: CA recently enacted a bill (AB 2059) that requires certain disclosures be made where persons NOT on the CA DNC list (CA area codes in the national registry) are asked via the mail for permission to conduct telephone solicitation. The summary of the bill provided by the CA Assembly reads as follows: “This bill would require a person that sends a solicitation by mail that solicits a recipient whose telephone number is not on the national ‘do not call’ registry to consent to receive information via telephone to include a clear and conspicuous identification of the sender and of the entity that is requesting permission to call, the telephone number to which the calls are to be placed, and notice that the recipient may be contacted by a telephone solicitor. A violation of this provision would not be a crime, but would be subject to enforcement by any available civil remedies. The bill would require a mailing that seeks express written permission to call a recipient who is on the ‘do not call’ list to contain certain information, including identification of the sender of the mailing and of the entity that is requesting permission to call, the telephone number to which the calls may be placed, the signature of the recipient authorizing the calls, and specified notice, unless there is an established business relationship between the subscriber and the solicitor, in which case express written permission would not be required. A violation of this provision would be a crime, punishable by specified penalties and would be subject to specified civil liability." For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
COLORADO	State and Federal	Quarterly	3,327,281	No	http://www.coloradonocall.com/	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$2,000 per infraction
DNC List effective as of 7/1/2002. CO has forwarded state DNC list information to the FTC. List maintained by third party vendor InsightAmerica. Legislative News: Telemarketer Subscriber Fees associated with the Colorado No-Call List have changed for 2006 according to the designated agent, Data Protection Group LLC. The Public Utilities Commission is allowed by state law to change the annual fee as necessary. Fee is based on the total number of employees who work for the company that employs telemarketers. This includes, but is not limited to delivery staff, receptionists, maintenance workers, accounting clerks, as well as telemarketers. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
CONNECTICUT	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.ct.gov/dcp/cwp/version_preview.asp?l=109708&c=18194&q=285064&a=1629	9:00AM - 9:00PM	$5,000 per infraction
DNC list effective as of 1/1/2001. CT has opted to make the FTC Do Not Call registry its official state list (effective 1/1/2004). Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
DELAWARE	Federal	Proposed Quarterly	None	No	http://www.attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/consumers/protection/telemarketing.shtml	8:00AM - 9:00PM	Proposed fines of $500 plus
No DNC list active. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	Federal	None	None	No	http://www.dcpsc.org/	8:00AM - 9:00PM	None
No DNC list active. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
FLORIDA	State and Federal	Quarterly	11,449,989	No	http://www.800helpfla.com/nosales.html	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$10,000 per infraction
DNC list effective as of 7/1/1990 (first DNC list in the country.) FL has forwarded state DNC list information to the FTC. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
GEORGIA	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://consumer.georgia.gov/00/article/0,2086,5426814_5684686_38667992,00.html	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$2,000 per infraction
DNC list effective as of 1/1/1999. Georgia uses the FTC's DNC list as its official state list. Legislative News: No recent legislative developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
HAWAII	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/ocp/brochures/Telemarketing/	8:00AM - 9:00PM	DNC Violation is Unfair/Deceptive Act
HI has adopted the Federal level DNC registry as official state DNC list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
IDAHO	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www2.state.id.us/ag/consumer/ncl/telemarketerlinks.htm	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$500 for initial infraction. $2,500 for second infraction. $5,000 per infraction thereafter
DNC list effective as of 4/1/2001. Effective 7/1/2004, the state of Idaho makes use of the FTC’s national registry as the official state DNC list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
ILLINOIS	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.ag.state.il.us/donotcall/donotcall.htm	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$1,000 for initial infraction with up to $2,500 for each infraction thereafter
IL has opted to make use of the FTC's DNC registry as its official state DNC list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
INDIANA	State and Federal	Quarterly	1,743,819	No	http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/consumer/telephone/telephone_solicitors.html	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$10,000 for initial infraction and $25,000 per infraction thereafter
DNC list effective as of 1/1/2002. Legislative News: INo recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
IOWA	Federal	None	None	No	http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/consumer/advisories/08_03_Do_Not_Call.html	8:00AM - 9:00PM	Proposed $100 to $2,000
No DNC list active. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
KANSAS	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.ksag.org/content/page/id/55	8:00AM - 9:00PM	Up to $10,000 per infraction
DNC list effective as of 11/1/02. KS has designated the FTC as the list manager for the KS No Call list (separate state-run program terminated.) Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
KENTUCKY	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://nocall.ky.gov/telemarketer.asp	10:00AM - 9:00PM w/o Exemption	Up to $10,000 per infraction depending of violation
Legislative News: In April of 2007, KY House Bill 430 was signed into law. This bill changed the definition for KY's "zero call" list to mean the Do Not Call registry maintained by the FTC. The KY Office of the Attorney General has now officially indicated that starting June 26, 2007, "any telemarketing company or merchant making telephone solicitations into Kentucky is required to obtain the Federal Do Not Call list from the Federal Trade Commission. Kentucky phone numbers on the Federal Do Not Call registry are deemed to be on the Kentucky Zero Call list and may not be called unless an exemption applies." Therefore, starting June 26, the Zero Call list will no longer be maintained by the KY Attorney General's office. HB 430 also makes it clear that only "telemarketing companies" (defined as a company whose primary business is to engage in telephone solicitation) must continue to register with the Attorney General's office -- "merchants" (defined as "the individual or business entity offering the consumer goods or services, an investment, business, or employment opportunity, or a consumer loan") are no longer required to register. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
LOUISIANA	State and Federal	Quarterly	2,114,481	No	http://www.lpsc.org/solicitors.asp	8:00AM - 8:00PM w/ No Sundays or Holidays	$1,500 per infraction and $3,000 per infraction when consumer over the age of sixty-five (65)
DNC list launched as of 1/1/03; enforcement commenced as of 4/1/03. DNC list program managed by Louisiana Public Service Commission; bond required in LA for telephonic sellers, for Automated Dial users, and for purchasing the DNC list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
MAINE	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.maine.gov/ag/consumer/donotcall.shtml	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$500 per infraction
Maine opted for use of the FTC National DNC Registry in 2007. Legislative News: The state of Maine recently passed SB 783 which aligns state DNC established business relationship rules with federal level rules (18 months for transactions and 3 months for inquiries.) SB 783 also enacted a safe harbor provision that similarly conforms with federal level rules. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
MARYLAND	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/index.htm	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$1,000 for initial infraction and up to $5,000 per infraction thereafter
On May 26th, 2004, Maryland governor Robert Ehrlich signed into law an amended version of Senate Bill 88. This bill makes it a violation (starting June 1, 2004) of MD deceptive trade practice rules to violate the Telemarketing Sales Rule (FTC rules) or the rules implemented by the FCC pursuant to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Under MD state law, deceptive trade practices are subject to fines of up to $1,000 (up to $5,000 for violations after the first), and SB 88 gives individuals the right to seek $500 per violation (plus reasonable attorney's fees.). Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
MASSACHUSETTS	State and Federal	Quarterly	5,039,775	No	https://www.madonotcall.govconnect.com/Welcome.asp	8:00AM - 8:00PM	Up to $5,000.00 per infraction
DNC list effective as of 1/1/2003 (enforcement began 4/1/03). MA has forwarded state DNC list information to the FTC. State list administered by Consumer Protection Office of the Office of the Attorney General. No consumer fee; telemarketers pay for list. MA also gives consumers right to contact their telephone company and request not to receive calls from any automated dialers. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
MICHIGAN	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.michigan.gov/mpsc/0,1607,7-159-16372_48208_48716---,00.html	9:00AM - 9:00PM	A misdemeanor with fines ranging from six (6) months imprisonment and/or $500.00 per infraction
DNC list law signed into law by outgoing Governor John Engler on December 20, 2002. By order dated 4/17/2003, the Michigan PSC has officially designated the FTC's DNC list as the official state DNC list for Michigan. Legislative developments: Michigan House Bill 4423 was recently signed into law. This bill makes it illegal to misrepresent in a message left on an answering machine or voice mail of a Michigan consumer that the consumer has a current business matter or relationship with the telephone solicitor (or another person) and asks the consumer to return the call to discuss that matter. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
MINNESOTA	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/portal/mn/jsp/content.do?contentid=536889669&contenttype=EDITORIAL&agency=Commerce	9:00AM - 9:00PM	$1,000 per infraction
The State of MN Department of Commerce, starting as of July 9th, 2008, is forwarding all consumers interested in signing up for the MN Do Not Call program to the FTC's Do Not Call sign-up page. As of this date, MN will no longer maintain a separate state-run Do Not Call list. All numbers listed on the (now discontinued) separate MN Do Not Call list either already are, or shortly will be, included on the national DNC registry. Teleservices entities seeking to register with and pay for the MN DNC program are likewise being directed to the FTC DNC website. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
MISSISSIPPI	State and Federal	Monthly	1,304,162	No	http://www.psc.state.ms.us/telemarketers.htm	8:00AM - 8:00PM w/ No Sundays or Holidays	$5,000 per infraction
DNC list effective as of 10/1/2003. DNC list maintained by MS PUC. Federal DNC information is included in the MS list. Legislative News: The Mississippi Public Service Commission formally adopted a set of Proposed Rules Implementing the Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act on September 18. These new rules make significant changes, including: the cost to obtain MS DNC list is $1000 (for either internet or CD-Rom delivery); a telephone solicitor is allowed to have two contracted companies call on its behalf under the $1000 fee - and must pay an additional $500 for each subsequent contracted company beyond the first two; all companies contracted by a telephone solicitor to make calls on its behalf must be identified to the MS PSC; MS now joins AL, LA, RI and UT as states with a ban on "holiday" calling; telemarketers must submit affidavits to the effect that no blocking of caller ID is occurring; all telephone numbers to be used by a telephone solicitor for telemarketing purposes must be submitted to the MS PSC; telcos must provide disconnected numbers to the MS PSC for DNC list updating purposes; the time frame for the effectiveness of a consumer's DNC listing has been shortened; specific rules regarding recordkeeping have been implemented. Full details are available at https://www.ms.gov/psc/nocall/pdf/nocall_rules_and_regs.pdf. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
MISSOURI	State and Federal	Quarterly	3,788,860	No	http://ago.mo.gov/nocalllaw/nocalllaw.htm	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$5,000 per infraction
DNC list effective as of 7/1/2001. Legislative News: The Missouri Attorney General's office has confirmed that the cost for the Missouri DNC list is going to be increased. Currently set at $25 per area code, with a cap of $600, the new fee as of September 15th, 2005 will be $50 per area code, with a $1,200 cap. The determination to raise the fees completes a rulemaking proceeding that began in late 2001 (26 MoReg 2020). For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
MONTANA	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.doj.state.mt.us/consumer/business/telemarketing.asp	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$5,000 per knowing infraction
Effective 1/1/2004, the MT Dept. of Administration has adopted the FTC National registry as the official MT state DNC list. Legislative developments: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
NEBRASKA	Federal	Proposed Quarterly	None	No	http://www.psc.state.ne.us/home/NPSC/communication/comm_issues.html	8:00AM - 9:00PM	Proposed $2,000 per infraction
No DNC list active. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
NEVADA	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://ag.state.nv.us/org/bcp/nocall.htm	9:00AM - 8:00PM	Up to $10,000 per infraction
Effective 5/1/2004, NV Attorney General has opted to make use of Federal Do Not Call registry. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
NEW HAMPSHIRE	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://doj.nh.gov/consumer/sourcebook/telemarket.html	8:00AM - 9:00PM	Proposed $2,000 per infraction
By SB 98 (2003), NH has officially designated the FTC's DNC list as the official state DNC list for NH. Legislative news: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
NEW JERSEY	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/donotcall/factsheet.pdf	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$10,000 for initial infraction and $20,000 per infraction thereafter
As of May 17, 2004, NJ has adopted the Federal level DNC registry as its official state DNC list. Legislative News: New Jersey Assembly Bill 773, which fine tunes the provisions of NJ Stat. 56:8-128, was recently signed into law (effective date of August 1, 2006). Specifically, AB 773 requires that the disclosure of a telemarketer's name (which must be completed within the first 30 seconds of a telemarketing sales call) must be made "accurately." In addition, as a clarification to existing NJ Caller ID blocking prohibitions, AB 773 states that a telemarketer may not use "any technology or method which displays a telephone number or name not associated with the telemarketer or intentionally designed to misrepresent the telemarketer's identity." For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
NEW MEXICO	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	https://telemarketing.donotcall.gov/	9:00AM - 9:00PM	$500 per infraction
SB 573, adopting FTC list (but creating separate and more restrictive New Mexico DNC program) signed by Governor on April 5, 2003. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
NEW YORK	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.consumer.state.ny.us/dnc_index.htm	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$11,000 per infraction
DNC list effective as of 4/1/2001. NY has adopted FTC list as official state list. Legislative News: The New York Consumer Protection Board has amended its regulations governing the state DNC call list to make these rules conform more with Federal level rules. Specifically, the NY CPB has amended its EBR rules to delete the prior broad references to an "arrangement, agreement, contract or other such legal state of affairs" to a rule that closely follows FCC definitions (including 18 month transactional and 3 month inquiry rules.) The NY CPB also made changes to its definitions for "telemarketing" and "telemarketing sales call" to include the FCC's language regarding "encouraging" a sale. These changes are effective immediately. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
NORTH CAROLINA	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://ncdoj.gov/Consumer/Telephone-and-Do-Not-Call/Do-Not-Call-and-Telemarketing.aspx	8:00AM - 9:00PM	None
SB 872 signed Aug. 12, 2003, establishing FTC registry as official NC No Call list. Legislative News: No recent developments to report. For detailed information on all telemarketing related rules in this state, please go to www.cci.regulatoryguide.com.
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State	Posted	Updated	Enrollment	DMA List	Webpage	Calling Hour Restrictions	Penalties
NORTH DAKOTA	Federal	As Per FTC Rules	As Per FTC List	No	http://www.ag.state.nd.us/nocall/nocall.htm	8:00AM - 9:00PM	$2,000 per infraction