Bill Text: NJ A986 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes telemarketing fraud investigation unit.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-01-19 - Pocket Veto - Bills not Acted on by Governor-end of Session [A986 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A986-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 986

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  BOB ANDRZEJCZAK

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Gusciora

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes telemarketing fraud investigation unit.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee on September 18, 2014, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning telemarketing practices and supplementing ¹[chapter 8 of Title 56 of the Revised Statutes] P.L.2003, c.76 (C.56:8-119 et seq.)¹.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs shall establish a telemarketing fraud investigation unit within the division.  The unit shall be responsible for investigating consumer complaints of unsolicited telemarketing sales calls from: 

     ¹(1)¹ unregistered telemarketers ¹, in violation of section 3 of P.L.2003, c.76 (C.56:8-121)¹;

     ¹(2)¹ telemarketing calls made in violation of the division's no call list ¹, in violation of subsection a. of section 10 of P.L.2003, c.76 (C.56:8-128)¹;

     ¹(3)¹ telemarketing calls in which the telemarketer ¹[calling]¹ does not promptly ¹[identify] provide identifying information for¹ the person on behalf of whom the call is made or the purpose of the call ¹, in violation of subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.2003, c.76 (C.56:8-128)¹;

     ¹(4)¹ telemarketing calls received between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. ¹, in violation of subsection c. of section 10 of P.L.2003, c.76 (C.56:8-128)¹; 

     ¹(5)¹ telemarketing calls made using caller identification blocking methods ¹, in violation of subsection d. of section 10 of P.L.2003, c.76 (C.56:8-128)¹;

     ¹(6)¹ telemarketing calls made to any commercial mobile services device ¹, in violation of section 12 of P.L.2003, c.76 (C.56:8-130)¹; and ¹[,]

     (7)¹ any other ¹[such]¹ consumer complaints related to telemarketing practices as determined by the director.

     b.    Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs, may adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month following enactment, but the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs shall take such anticipatory administrative action ¹in¹ advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.