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OH HB183
Bill
Status
5/19/2009
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Boyd
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AI Summary
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Expands the definition of "advertisement" to include any message promoting the availability or quality of goods, property, or services, rather than limiting it to real estate sales.
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Prohibits transmission of advertisements to facsimile devices at business premises without prior permission or a pre-existing business relationship, and requires written permission for residential facsimile devices.
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Eliminates criminal penalties for violating facsimile advertisement restrictions and replaces them with a civil remedy allowing recipients to recover $1,000 per violation if a court determines a violation occurred.
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Removes the previous criminal penalties of minor misdemeanor for first offense and first-degree misdemeanor for subsequent offenses related to violations of facsimile advertisement rules.
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Maintains requirement that transmissions occur between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. when requested by the device owner or lessee.
Legislative Description
To abolish the criminal penalty for sending an unwanted facsimile advertisement to a business entity, and to establish that a person may recover one thousand dollars in a civil action for such a violation.
Unwanted fax to business-civil remedy only
Last Action
To Civil & Commercial Law
5/19/2009