A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish and maintain a No‑Call Registry for Consumers Who Wish to Stop Unwanted Telephone solicitation calls and to Increase the Protections for Consumers in Transactions Initiated by Telemarketers.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The General Assembly of North Carolina makes the following findings:
(1)	The use of the telephone to market goods and services to the home and to other businesses is now pervasive due to the increased use of cost‑effective telemarketing technologies and techniques.
(2)	While some consumers enjoy and benefit from unsolicited telemarketing contacts from legitimate telemarketers, many others object to these contacts as an intrusive invasion of an individual’s right of privacy in the home.
(3)	In addition, the proliferation of unsolicited telemarketing calls, especially during the evening hours, creates a nuisance and a disturbance upon the home and family life of North Carolina residents during a time of day used by many families for traditional family activities.
(4)	North Carolina residents should have the freedom to choose whether or not to permit telemarketers to contact them.
(5)	Individual privacy rights, public safety interests, and commercial freedom of speech and trade must be balanced in a way that protects the privacy of individuals and permits legitimate telemarketing practices.
(6)	Even legitimate telemarketers have no interest in continuing to invade the privacy of those consumers who affirmatively express their objections to such contact and, in fact, legitimate telemarketers can make their telemarketing efforts more cost effective by avoiding calls to those consumers who have affirmatively expressed an objection to any such contact.
(7)	Many North Carolina consumers who have transacted business with firms that employ telemarketing have experienced problems with their checking and credit card accounts being debited before they can evaluate the terms and conditions of the transaction, before they can evaluate the merchandise or service to be delivered, or without their agreement to enter into the transaction or authorize such transactions in the first place.
(8)	New technologies that make telemarketing more cost effective also allow for the creation of a State No‑Call Registry through which North Carolina consumers can easily register their desires not to receive further telemarketing calls and telemarketers can easily access and employ lists of consumers who have registered those desires.
(9)	The public interest requires an efficient mechanism for North Carolina residents to notify telemarketers that their telephone numbers cannot be called and additional protections for North Carolina residents who enter into consumer transactions initiated through telemarketing calls.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 75‑30.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 75‑30.1. Restrictions on telephone solicitations.
(a)	For purposes of this section:
(1)	'Residential telephone subscriber' means a person who subscribes to residential telephone service from a local exchange company and uses that service primarily for residential purposes, or the persons living or residing with that person.
(2)	'Telephone solicitation' means a voice communication, whether prerecorded or live, or a facsimile over a telephone line to a residential telephone subscriber for the purpose of soliciting or encouraging the purchase or rental of, or investment in, property, goods, or services; for the purpose of obtaining information that will or may be used for that purpose; for the purpose of soliciting or encouraging a telephone subscriber’s participation in any contest, sweepstakes, raffle, or lottery, whether legal or illegal; or for the purpose of obtaining a donation. Telephone solicitation also means any such voice communication that is initiated by a residential telephone subscriber responding to any unsolicited letter, telegram, e-mail message, or other notice that states any one or more of the following:
a.	That the residential telephone subscriber has won, may have won, or may win any contest, sweepstakes, raffle, or lottery.
b.	That the residential telephone subscriber may obtain or qualify for credit by contacting the solicitor.
c.	That the solicitor has buyers interested in purchasing the recipient’s property.
(2a)	'Telephone solicitation' does not include any of the following telephonic communications:
a.	To any person with that person’s prior express invitation or permission, including telephonic communications initiated by that person unless that person is responding to any unsolicited letter, telegram, e-mail message, or other notice that states one or more of the following:
1.	That the residential telephone subscriber has won, may have won, or may win any contest, sweepstakes, raffle, or lottery.
2.	That the residential telephone subscriber may obtain or qualify for credit by contacting the solicitor.
3.	That the solicitor has buyers interested in purchasing the recipient’s property.
b.	To any person  in connection with an existing debt or contract for which payment or performance has not been completed at the time of the call.
c.	By or on behalf of a tax‑exempt nonprofit organization when calls are being placed by direct employees of the organization, or volunteers without remuneration for the organization, and the caller immediately discloses the following information upon making contact with the residential telephone subscriber:
(1.)	The caller’s true first and last name; and
(2.)	The name, address, and telephone number of the organization.
(3)	'Telephone solicitor' means any business or other legal entity doing business in this State that, directly or through salespersons or agents, makes or attempts to make telephone solicitations or causes telephone solicitations to be made.
(4)	'Doing business in this State' means to make or cause to be made any telephone solicitation to North Carolina residential telephone subscribers, whether the telephone solicitations are made from a location inside North Carolina or outside North Carolina.
(b)	No telephone solicitor shall place any calls to a North Carolina residential telephone subscriber's number if that telephone subscriber's telephone number, facsimile machine number, pager number, or other telephonic device number appears on the latest edition of the No-Call Registry under G.S. 75-30.2 or if the telephone subscriber previously has communicated to that telephone solicitor a desire to receive no further telephone solicitations from that solicitor. Any telephone solicitor who makes a telephone solicitation to a residential telephone subscriber whose telephonic device number is not listed in the latest edition of the No-Call Registry or who previously has not communicated to the telephone solicitor a desire to receive no further telephone solicitations from that solicitor shall:
(1)	At the beginning of the call, state clearly the identity of the business, individual, or other legal entity initiating the call, and identify the person making the call by that person’s name.
(2)	Upon request, provide the telephone subscriber with the telephone number or address at which the person or entity may be contacted.
(3)	Terminate the call if the person does not consent to the call.
(4)	If the person called requests to be taken off the contact list of the telephone solicitor, take all steps necessary to remove within three business days that person’s name and telephone number from the contact records of the business, individual or other legal entity initiating the call.
(c)	Every telephone solicitor who makes telephone solicitations in this State shall implement in‑house systems and procedures designed to prevent further calls to any person who has asked not to be called  again or who has placed a telephonic device number in the No-Call Registry.
	(e)	No telephone solicitor shall initiate a call to a residential telephone subscriber after 8:00 P.M. or before  10:00 A.M. at the called party’s location.
(f)	No telephone solicitor who makes a telephone solicitation to the telephone line of a residential telephone subscriber in this State shall knowingly use any method to block or otherwise circumvent that subscriber’s use of a caller identification service.  No provider of telephone caller identification services shall be held liable for violations of this subsection committed by other persons or entities.
(g)	Every telephone solicitor who makes telephone solicitations in this State shall keep a record for a period of 24 months from the date a call is placed of the legal name and any fictitious name used, resident address, telephone number, and job title of each person who places a telephone solicitation for that telephone solicitor. If callers for a telephone solicitor use fictitious names, each fictitious name shall be traceable to only one specific caller.
(g1)	In all transactions involving residential telephone subscribers in North Carolina, no contract or purchase agreement secured during a telephone solicitation is valid, and no money from the residential telephone subscriber is due thereunder, unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1)	The contract is reduced to writing and signed by the consumer.
(2)	The contract complies with all other applicable laws.
(3)	The contract contains the name, address, and business telephone number of the seller, the total price of the contract, and a detailed description of the goods or services being sold.
(4)	The goods or services subject to the contract comply with the description principally used in the telephone solicitation.
(5)	The contract contains, in bold, conspicuous type, immediately preceding the signature, the words: 'You are not obligated to pay any money unless you sign this contract and return it to the seller.'
(6)	The contract does not exclude from its terms any oral or written representations made by the telephone solicitor to the consumer in connection with the transaction.
(g2)	A telephone solicitor or a merchant who engages a telephone solicitor to make or cause to be made a telephone solicitation to a North Carolina residential telephone subscriber shall not do any of the following until the merchant receives from the residential telephone subscriber a copy of the written contract, signed by the consumer, that complies with this section:
(1)	Make or submit a charge to a consumer’s credit card account, debit card account, checking account, savings account, or other account.
(2)	Make or cause to be made any electronic transfer of funds.
(h)	The Attorney General may investigate any complaints received alleging violations of 	this section or G.S. 75-30.2. If, after investigating a complaint, the Attorney General finds that there has been a violation of this section or G.S. 75-30.2, the Attorney General may bring an action to impose civil penalties and to seek any other appropriate  relief pursuant to this Chapter, including equitable relief to restrain the violation.
(i)	A residential telephone subscriber who has received a telephone solicitation from or on behalf of a telephone solicitor in violation of this section or G.S. 75-30.2 may bring any of the following actions in the General Court of Justice:
(1)	An action to enjoin further violations by the telephone solicitor.
(2)	An action to recover five thousand dollars ($5,000) in statutory damages for each violation.
(3)	An action to declare void any contract resulting from telephonic solicitations in violation of this section or G.S. 75-30.2.
In an action brought pursuant to this section or G.S. 75-30.2, a prevailing plaintiff shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and the court may award reasonable attorneys’ fees to a prevailing defendant if the court finds that the plaintiff knew, or should have known, that the action was frivolous and malicious.
(j)	A citizen of this State is also entitled to bring an action in the General Court of Justice to enforce the private rights of action established by federal law under 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(3) and 47 U.S.C. § 227(c)(5).
(k)	Actions brought by residential telephone subscribers pursuant to this section or G.S. 75-30.2 shall be tried in the county where the plaintiff resides at the time of the commencement of the action."
SECTION 3.  Article 1 of Chapter 75 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 75-30.2. No-Call Registry.
The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a No-Call Registry containing the telephone numbers of North Carolina residential telephone subscribers who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations at those numbers. The No-Call Registry shall be operated as follows:
(1)	The telephone number of a residential telephone subscriber shall be placed in the No-Call Registry immediately upon receipt of a request submitted by the subscriber pursuant to registration procedures established by the Attorney General. The telephone subscriber’s number shall remain in the No-Call Registry until the telephone subscriber notifies the Attorney General, in accordance with these registration procedures, that it should be removed, or until the number is assigned to a new telephone subscriber.
(2)	Not less than 10 days before commencing telephone solicitations in this State, a telephone solicitor shall register pursuant to G.S. 66-261 and obtain from the Attorney General a copy of the most up-to-date quarterly edition of the No-Call Registry. On the first business day following each January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall produce and make available to registered telephone solicitors a revised, quarterly edition of the No-Call Registry. A telephone solicitor that relies upon any version of the Registry beyond the quarter for which it was produced and issued is in violation of this section.
(3)	The Attorney General shall make the latest edition of the No-Call Registry available to the registered telephone solicitor in written form upon request, or in whatever electronic form that the Attorney General deems appropriate and cost effective. 
(4)	The Attorney General may contract with an agent to establish and operate the No-Call Registry under this section so long as all of the following are satisfied:
a.	The agent has demonstrated the capacity to maintain and operate such a registry.
b.	The Attorney General, upon entering into a contract under this section, has ultimate authority over the agent for the approval of procedures for the establishment, maintenance, and dissemination of the listings in the No-Call Registry.
(5)	The Attorney General shall arrange, if the Attorney General determines it is technically feasible and economically practicable, to transfer into the No-Call Registry the numbers of all North Carolina residential telephone subscribers who have enrolled in any national do-not-call registries that may be established and operated by agencies of the United States government. The Attorney General may also arrange to transfer information from the No-Call Registry under this section to such federal agencies so that the wishes of the North Carolina telephone subscribers are recorded in those national do-not-call registries.
(6)	No telephone solicitor shall sell, assign, transfer, or convey any copy of the No-Call Registry to parties other than its employees or its wholly owned subsidiaries. If a telephone solicitor utilizes other telephone solicitors to make telephone solicitations for it in North Carolina on a subcontract, commission, partnership, or similar basis, that other telephone solicitor shall register under G.S. 66-261 and shall procure and utilize its own copy of the current No-Call Registry from the Attorney General in accordance with the provisions of this section. No telephone solicitor may use the information on the Registry for any purpose other than to remove residential telephone subscribers from telephone call lists and to prevent calls from being placed to telephone numbers listed in the Registry.
(7)	No information compiled and maintained in the No-Call Registry is a public record under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. Information contained in the No-Call Registry shall be used only for complying with or enforcing the requirements of this section.
(8)	The Attorney General shall produce a bill insert, pamphlet, or other document that notifies consumers of the existence of the No-Call Registry and provides information to consumers on how to use it to object to receiving telephone solicitations. Local exchange companies shall distribute the insert, pamphlet, or other document pursuant to G.S. 62-54."
SECTION 4.  G.S. 62‑54 reads as rewritten:
"§ 62‑54.  Notification of opportunity to object to telephone solicitation.
The Commission shall require each local exchange company to notify all persons who subscribe to residential service from that company of the provisions of G.S. 75-30.1 and G.S. 75-30.2, of the federal laws and regulations allowing consumers to object to receiving telephone solicitations, and of programs made available by private industry that allow consumers to have their names removed from telemarketing lists, by enclosing that information, at least every six months, in every telephone bill mailed to residential customers. This information shall be in the form of a bill insert, pamphlet, or other document drafted by the Attorney General and reprinted at the local exchange company’s expense, and shall reflect any changes in North Carolina, federal, or private industry procedures and requirements for registering objections to telephone solicitations. The Commission shall also ensure that this information is printed in a clear, conspicuous manner in the consumer information pages of each telephone directory distributed to residential customers."
SECTION 5.  G.S. 75‑30 reads as rewritten:
"§ 75‑30.  Automatic dialing and recorded message players; restriction on use of.
(a)	No person may make an unsolicited telephone call by the use of an automatic dialing and recorded message player unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1)	Such calling person is a  tax-exempt charitable or civic organization, a political party or political candidate, a governmental official, an opinion polling organization, or a radio station, television station, or broadcast rating service conducting a public opinion poll when no part of the call is used for any one or more of the following:
a.	To solicit or encourage the purchase or rental of, or investment in, property, goods, or services.
b.	To obtain information that will or may be used for that purpose.
c.	For the purpose of obtaining a donation.(2)	Such calling person clearly identifies the nature of the call and the name and address of the calling organization.
(b)	As an exception to subsection (a) of this section, an unsolicited telephone call may be made by the use of an automatic dialing and recorded message player if the recorded message is preceded by an announcement made by a live operator who does all of the following:
(1)	States the nature and length in minutes of the recorded message.
(2)	Identifies the individual, business, group, or organization calling.
(3)	Asks  for and receives the called party’s prior approval to play the recorded message.
(4)	Promptly disconnects from the called party’s line once the called party hangs up or otherwise attempts to terminate the call.
(c)	For the purpose of this section, an automatic dialing and recorded message player shall be defined as any automatic equipment which incorporates a storage capability of telephone numbers to be called or a random or sequential number generator capable of producing numbers to be called and the capability, working alone or in conjunction with other equipment, of disseminating a prerecorded message to the telephone number called. 
(d)	For the purpose of this section, a telephone call shall be deemed to be unsolicited unless pursuant to a prior agreement between the parties the person called has agreed to accept such calls from the person calling, and the person called has not subsequently expressed to the caller a desire not to receive further telephone solicitations in accordance with provisions of G.S. 75-30.1.
(e)	Violation of this section is an unfair and deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce under G.S. 75-1.1.
(f)	The Attorney General may investigate any complaints received alleging violations of this section. If, after investigating a complaint, the Attorney General finds that there has been a violation of this section, the Attorney General may bring an action to impose civil penalties and to seek any other appropriate relief pursuant to this Chapter, including equitable relief to restrain the violation.
(g)	A residential telephone subscriber who has received a telephone communication in violation of this section may bring a civil action seeking any one or more of the following:
(1)	An action to enjoin further violations by the telephone solicitor.
(2)	An action to recover five thousand dollars ($5,000) in statutory damages for each violation.
(3)	An action to declare void any contract resulting from telephone solicitations in violation of this section.
(4)	An action to enforce private rights of action established by federal law under 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(3) and 47 U.S.C. § 227(c)(5).
(h)	Actions brought by residential telephone subscribers under this section shall be tried in the county where the plaintiff resides at the time of the commencement of the action."
SECTION 6. Article 33 of Chapter 66 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
"Article 33.
"Telephone Solicitor Registration and Bond Requirement.
"§ 66‑260.  Definitions.
As used in this Article, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)	'Gift or prize' means any premium, bonus, award, or any other thing of value.
(2)	'Item' means any good or any service. 'Item' includes coupon books, vouchers, or certificates that are to be used with businesses other than the solicitor's business.
	
(4)	'Person' includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or any other business entity.
(5)	'Principal' means an owner, a part-owner holding or controlling ten percent (10%) or more of the equity of, or otherwise having a claim to ten percent (10%) or more of the net income of, a telephone solicitor, an executive officer of a corporation, a general partner of a partnership, a sole proprietor of a sole proprietorship, a trustee of a trust, or any other individual with similar supervisory functions with respect to any person.
(6)	'Purchaser' or 'prospective purchaser' means  the residential telephone subscriber whose telephone number is called or used in a telephone solicitation, and includes any member of the residential telephone subscriber’s household who is a party to any telephone solicitation transaction.
			
(10)	'Telephone solicitation' or 'attempted telephone solicitation'  has the same meaning as telephone solicitation in G.S. 75-30.1.
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'Telephone solicitor' or 'solicitor' has the same meaning as telephone solicitor in G.S. 75-30.1. 
"§ 66‑261.  Registration of telephone solicitors.
(a)	Not less than 10 days before commencing telephone solicitations in this State, a telephone solicitor shall register with the Attorney General by filing the information required in G.S. 66‑262 and paying a filing fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000). A telephone solicitor is doing business in this State if it solicits or attempts to solicit prospective purchasers from locations in this State or solicits or attempts to solicit prospective purchasers who are located in this State.
(b)	The information required in G.S. 66‑262 shall be submitted on a form provided by the Attorney General and shall contain the notarized signatures of each principal of the telephone solicitor.
(c)	Registration of a telephone solicitor shall be valid for one year from the effective date thereof and may be annually renewed by making the filing required in G.S. 66‑262 and paying the filing fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000). Registration shall not be deemed effective unless all required information is provided and any deficiencies or errors noted by the Attorney General have been corrected to the satisfaction of the Attorney General.
(d)	Whenever, prior to expiration of a solicitor's annual registration, there is a change in the information required by G.S. 66‑262, the solicitor shall, within 10 days after the change, file an addendum with the Attorney General updating the information.
"§ 66‑262.  Filing information.
(a)	Each filing submitted to the Attorney General shall contain all of the following information:
(1)	The name or names, including any assumed names, under which the  telephone solicitor is doing or intends to do business in this State.
(2)	The telephone solicitor's business form and place of organization.
(3)	Complete street address of the  telephone solicitor's principal place of business.
							
(10a)	The name, title, telephone number, fax number (if any), electronic mail address (if any), and mailing address of the party to whom all notices, information regarding changes in North Carolina telemarketing regulations, and current copies of the No-Call Registry established under G.S. 75-30.2 shall be delivered.
(11)	A summary of each  civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding, including a consent judgment or consent decree without litigation and including an assurance of discontinuance or an assurance of voluntary compliance in order to resolve any allegation that has been brought by any federal, state, or local government agency or local official within the United States or any federal, provincial, or local government agency or official in Canada,  in which the telephone solicitor, any of its principals, subsidiaries, or corporate predecessors has been a party during the ten-year period preceding registration or renewal of registration, and which proceeding involves allegations that regulations, agency rules, ordinances, or statutes pertaining to telephone solicitations have been violated by the telephone solicitor or that the telephone solicitor or any of its principals, subsidiaries, or corporate predecessors have violated any criminal statute prohibiting mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, obtaining property by false pretenses, or other forms of fraud. The summary shall include the date each proceeding was commenced, the criminal, civil, or administrative violations alleged, the case caption, the court or agency proceeding file number, the venue of the proceeding, and the disposition or current status of the proceeding.  The summary of settlement agreements, assurances of discontinuance, and assurances of voluntary compliance shall include the date each was executed, the violations alleged or resolved, and the name and address of the agency or official that executed the document with the telephone solicitor.
(b)	For purposes of this section, `street address' does not include a private mail service address, `Commercial Mail Receiving Agency' ('CMRA') or 'private mailbox' ('PMB'), as those terms are defined by the United States Postal Service.
"§ 66‑263.  Bond requirement; prizes and gifts.
(a)	At least 10 days before the commencement of any promotion offering any gift or prize with an actual or represented market value of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more, the  telephone solicitor shall notify the Attorney General in writing of the details of the promotion, fully describing the nature and number of all gifts or prizes and their current market value, the solicitor's rules and regulations governing the promotion, and the date the gifts or prizes are to be awarded. All gifts or prizes offered shall be awarded. Concurrent with notifying the Attorney General under this subsection, the  telephone solicitor shall post a bond with the Attorney General for the market value or the represented value, whichever is greater, of all gifts or prizes represented as available under the promotion. The bond must be issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this State. The bond shall be in favor of the State of North Carolina for the benefit of any person entitled to receive a gift or prize under the promotion who did not receive it within 30 days of the specified date of award. The amount recoverable by any person under the bond shall not exceed the market value, the represented value of the gift or prize, or the amount of any consideration or contribution paid by that person in response to the telephone solicitation, whichever is greatest.
(b)	Within 45 days after the specified date of the award of the gift or prize, the solicitor shall provide, in writing, to the Attorney General, proof that the gifts or prizes were awarded. The writing shall include the name, address, and telephone number of all persons receiving awards or prizes. The bond shall be maintained until the Attorney General receives reliable proof that the gifts or prizes have been delivered to the intended recipients.
(c)	The Attorney General, on behalf of any injured purchaser, or any purchaser who is injured by the bankruptcy of the  telephone solicitor or its breach of any agreement entered into in its capacity as a telephone solicitor, may initiate a civil action to recover against the bond.
"§ 66‑264.  Calls made to minors.
A telephone solicitor must inquire as to whether the prospective purchaser it is contacting is under 18 years of age. If the prospective purchaser purports to be under 18 years of age, the telephone solicitor must discontinue the call immediately. 
"§ 66‑265.  Offers of gifts or prizes.
(a)	It shall be unlawful for any telephone solicitor to make a telephone solicitation or attempted telephone solicitation involving any gift or prize when the solicitation or attempted solicitation:
(1)	Requests or directs the consumer to further the transaction by calling a 900 number or a pay‑per‑call number.
(2)	Requests or directs the consumer to send any payment or make a donation in order to collect the gift or prize.
(3)	Does not comply fully with G.S. 75‑30, 75‑32, 75‑33, or 75‑34.
(b)	Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a  telephone solicitor may offer a gift or prize in connection with the bona fide sale of a product or service.
"§ 66‑266.  Penalties.
(a)	Any violation of this Article shall constitute an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of G.S. 75‑1.1.
(b)	In an action by the Attorney General against a telephone solicitor for violation of this Article, or for any other act or practice by a telephone solicitor constituting a violation of G.S. 75‑1.1, the court may impose civil penalties of up to twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation involving North Carolina purchasers or prospective purchasers who are 65 years of age or older.
(c)	The remedies and penalties available under this section shall be supplemental to others available under the law, both civil and criminal.
(d)	Compliance with this Article does not satisfy or substitute for any other requirements for license, registration, or conduct imposed by law.
(e)	In any civil proceeding alleging a violation of this Article, the burden of proving an exemption or an exception from a definition is upon the person claiming it, and in any criminal proceeding alleging a violation of this Article, the burden of producing evidence to support a defense based upon an exemption or an exception from a definition is upon the person claiming it."
SECTION 7. Should one or more of the terms or provisions of this act or any application thereof be held or declared unenforceable or invalid to any extent, the remainder of this act, and the applications thereof that have not been held or declared unenforceable or invalid, shall remain in effect.
SECTION 8.  Consistent with protected speech rights of businesses that engage in telephone solicitations, the provisions of this act shall be given broad construction so as to protect North Carolina residential telephone subscribers from unwanted telephone solicitations and from problematic sales techniques and payment procedures often associated with these solicitations.
SECTION 9.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Justice the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year to establish and maintain the No‑Call Registry established by G.S. 75‑30.2, as enacted in Section 3 of this act.
SECTION 10.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to telephone solicitations made on or after that date.  G.S. 75‑30.2, as enacted in Section 3 of this act, becomes effective 90 days after the current operations appropriations act for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year is enacted. G.S. 66‑54, as amended in Section 4 of this act, applies to all telephone directories printed on or after that date.