A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to add political robo calls to the "do not call" registry.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 75‑101(9) reads as rewritten:
"(9)	Telephone solicitation. – A voice communication, whether prerecorded, live, or a facsimile, over a telephone line or wireless telephone network or via a commercial mobile radio service that is made by a telephone solicitor to a telephone subscriber for the purpose of soliciting or encouraging the purchase or rental of, or investment in, property, goods, or services; obtaining or providing information that will or may be used for that purpose; soliciting or encouraging a telephone subscriber's participation in any contest, sweepstakes, raffle, or lottery, whether legal or illegal; or obtaining a charitable donation. "Telephone solicitation" also includes a political message if the message is communicated by use of an automatic dialing and recorded message player. "Telephone solicitation" also includes those transactions that are defined as "telemarketing" under the Telemarketing Sales Rule."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2010.