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IN HB1405
Bill
Status
1/16/2018
Primary Sponsor
Donald Lehe
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AI Summary
HB 1405 Summary
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Adds violation of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information (IC 24-5-14.5) to the list of deceptive acts under Indiana's consumer protection laws, making it actionable by the attorney general.
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Defines a person as a "seller" subject to telephone solicitation registration requirements if they make solicitations with false representations about their identity, including through misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.
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Prohibits registered sellers from transmitting false caller identification numbers when making solicitations outside the course of dealing, if they knowingly and intentionally do so with intent to defraud or harm consumers.
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Establishes civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation for knowing or intentional violations of misleading caller identification requirements, with penalties deposited in the consumer protection division telephone solicitation fund.
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Effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Identity of telephone solicitors. Makes technical changes to the deceptive consumer sales act (act) to: (1) include in the list of acts constituting deceptive acts for purposes of the act, a reference to a violation of the statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification information; and (2) include a reference to the Indiana Code provision that specifies the civil penalty that the attorney general may recover for a knowing or intentional violation of the statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification. Amends the statute concerning telephone solicitations as follows: (1) Provides that a person is a seller subject to the
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/16/2018