Bill Text: OR SB525 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to telephone directories.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB525 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB525-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 1662

                         Senate Bill 525

Sponsored by Senator SHIELDS (at the request of Albert Kaufman)
  (Presession filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Prohibits person from distributing hard copies of telephone
directories to residences unless specifically requested. Makes
violation unlawful trade practice.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to telephone directories; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 646.608.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Legislative Assembly finds that the
annual, if not more frequent, distribution of hard copies of
telephone directories by multiple publishers to persons at their
residences without first determining whether such persons want or
will use the directories constitutes both a waste and misuse of
paper and natural resources and a harm to the environment without
justification. The Legislative Assembly declares that it is in
the public interest to establish a prohibition on the
distribution of hard copies of telephone directories unless a
person specifically requests the delivery of an identified
telephone directory.
  (2) A person may not distribute a hard copy of a telephone
directory to another person at the other person's residence in
this state unless specifically requested by the other person to
do so. A request under this subsection may be made in writing or
submitted using the Internet.
  (3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to telephone
directories that are made available electronically or on the
Internet.
  (4) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Hard copy' means a telephone directory that is printed or
copied on paper.
  (b) 'Residence' means real or personal property inhabited as
the principal residence of an owner or renter.
  (c) 'Telephone directory' means a hard copy compilation of
telephone numbers including but not limited to residence,
business, emergency or government telephone numbers.
  (5) A person who violates subsection (2) of this section
engages in an unlawful practice under ORS 646.608. The
prohibition under subsection (2) of this section is subject to
enforcement and penalty as provided under ORS 646.605 to
646.652. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 646.608 is amended to read:
  646.608. (1) A person engages in an unlawful practice when in
the course of the person's business, vocation or occupation the
person does any of the following:
  (a) Passes off real estate, goods or services as those of
another.
  (b) Causes likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding as to
the source, sponsorship, approval, or certification of real
estate, goods or services.
  (c) Causes likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding as to
affiliation, connection, or association with, or certification
by, another.
  (d) Uses deceptive representations or designations of
geographic origin in connection with real estate, goods or
services.
  (e) Represents that real estate, goods or services have
sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses,
benefits, quantities or qualities that they do not have or that a
person has a sponsorship, approval, status, qualification,
affiliation, or connection that the person does not have.
  (f) Represents that real estate or goods are original or new if
they are deteriorated, altered, reconditioned, reclaimed, used or
secondhand.
  (g) Represents that real estate, goods or services are of a
particular standard, quality, or grade, or that real estate or
goods are of a particular style or model, if they are of another.
  (h) Disparages the real estate, goods, services, property or
business of a customer or another by false or misleading
representations of fact.
  (i) Advertises real estate, goods or services with intent not
to provide them as advertised, or with intent not to supply
reasonably expectable public demand, unless the advertisement
discloses a limitation of quantity.
  (j) Makes false or misleading representations of fact
concerning the reasons for, existence of, or amounts of price
reductions.
  (k) Makes false or misleading representations concerning credit
availability or the nature of the transaction or obligation
incurred.
  (L) Makes false or misleading representations relating to
commissions or other compensation to be paid in exchange for
permitting real estate, goods or services to be used for model or
demonstration purposes or in exchange for submitting names of
potential customers.
  (m) Performs service on or dismantles any goods or real estate
when not authorized by the owner or apparent owner thereof.
  (n) Solicits potential customers by telephone or door to door
as a seller unless the person provides the information required
under ORS 646.611.
  (o) In a sale, rental or other disposition of real estate,
goods or services, gives or offers to give a rebate or discount
or otherwise pays or offers to pay value to the customer in
consideration of the customer giving to the person the names of
prospective purchasers, lessees, or borrowers, or otherwise
aiding the person in making a sale, lease, or loan to another
person, if earning the rebate, discount or other value is
contingent upon occurrence of an event subsequent to the time the
customer enters into the transaction.
  (p) Makes any false or misleading statement about a prize,
contest or promotion used to publicize a product, business or
service.
  (q) Promises to deliver real estate, goods or services within a
certain period of time with intent not to deliver them as
promised.
  (r) Organizes or induces or attempts to induce membership in a
pyramid club.
  (s) Makes false or misleading representations of fact
concerning the offering price of, or the person's cost for real
estate, goods or services.
  (t) Concurrent with tender or delivery of any real estate,
goods or services fails to disclose any known material defect or
material nonconformity.
  (u) Engages in any other unfair or deceptive conduct in trade
or commerce.
  (v) Violates any of the provisions relating to auction sales,
auctioneers or auction marts under ORS 698.640, whether in a
commercial or noncommercial situation.
  (w) Manufactures mercury fever thermometers.
  (x) Sells or supplies mercury fever thermometers unless the
thermometer is required by federal law, or is:
  (A) Prescribed by a person licensed under ORS chapter 677; and
  (B) Supplied with instructions on the careful handling of the
thermometer to avoid breakage and on the proper cleanup of
mercury should breakage occur.
  (y) Sells a thermostat that contains mercury unless the
thermostat is labeled in a manner to inform the purchaser that
mercury is present in the thermostat and that the thermostat may
not be disposed of until the mercury is removed, reused, recycled
or otherwise managed to ensure that the mercury does not become
part of the solid waste stream or wastewater. For purposes of
this paragraph, 'thermostat' means a device commonly used to
sense and, through electrical communication with heating, cooling
or ventilation equipment, control room temperature.
  (z) Sells or offers for sale a motor vehicle manufactured after
January 1, 2006, that contains mercury light switches.
  (aa) Violates the provisions of ORS 803.375, 803.385 or 815.410
to 815.430.
  (bb) Violates ORS 646A.070 (1).
  (cc) Violates any requirement of ORS 646A.030 to 646A.040.
  (dd) Violates the provisions of ORS 128.801 to 128.898.
  (ee) Violates ORS 646.883 or 646.885.
  (ff) Violates ORS 646.569.
  (gg) Violates the provisions of ORS 646A.142.
  (hh) Violates ORS 646A.360.
  (ii) Violates ORS 646.553 or 646.557 or any rule adopted
pursuant thereto.
  (jj) Violates ORS 646.563.
  (kk) Violates ORS 759.690 or any rule adopted pursuant thereto.
  (LL) Violates the provisions of ORS 759.705, 759.710 and
759.720 or any rule adopted pursuant thereto.
  (mm) Violates ORS 646A.210 or 646A.214.
  (nn) Violates any provision of ORS 646A.124 to 646A.134.
  (oo) Violates ORS 646A.095.
  (pp) Violates ORS 822.046.
  (qq) Violates ORS 128.001.
  (rr) Violates ORS 646.649 (2) to (4).
  (ss) Violates ORS 646A.090 (2) to (4).
  (tt) Violates ORS 87.686.
  (uu) Violates ORS 646.651.
  (vv) Violates ORS 646A.362.
  (ww) Violates ORS 646A.052 or any rule adopted under ORS
646A.052 or 646A.054.
  (xx) Violates ORS 180.440 (1) or 180.486 (1).
  (yy) Commits the offense of acting as a vehicle dealer without
a certificate under ORS 822.005.
  (zz) Violates ORS 87.007 (2) or (3).
  (aaa) Violates ORS 92.405 (1), (2) or (3).
  (bbb) Engages in an unlawful practice under ORS 646.648.
  (ccc) Violates ORS 646A.365.
  (ddd) Violates ORS 98.854 or 98.858 or a rule adopted under ORS
98.864.
  (eee) Sells a gift card in violation of ORS 646A.276.
  (fff) Violates ORS 646A.102, 646A.106 or 646A.108.
  (ggg) Violates ORS 646A.430 to 646A.450.
  (hhh) Violates a provision of ORS 744.318 to 744.384, 744.991
and 744.992.
  (iii) Violates a provision of ORS 646A.702 to 646A.720.
  (jjj) Violates ORS 646A.530 30 or more days after a recall
notice, warning or declaration described in ORS 646A.530 is
issued for the children's product, as defined in ORS 646A.525,
that is the subject of the violation.
  (kkk) Violates a provision of ORS 697.612, 697.642, 697.652,
697.662, 697.682, 697.692 or 697.707.
  (LLL) Violates the consumer protection provisions of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 501 et seq., as
in effect on January 1, 2010.
  (mmm) Violates a provision of ORS 646A.480 to 646A.495.
  (nnn) Violates ORS 646A.082.
  (ooo) Violates ORS 646.647.
  (ppp) Violates ORS 646A.115.
  (qqq) Violates a provision of ORS 646A.405.
   { +  (rrr) Violates a provision of section 1 of this 2011
Act. + }
  (2) A representation under subsection (1) of this section or
ORS 646.607 may be any manifestation of any assertion by words or
conduct, including, but not limited to, a failure to disclose a
fact.
  (3) In order to prevail in an action or suit under ORS 646.605
to 646.652, a prosecuting attorney need not prove competition
between the parties or actual confusion or misunderstanding.
  (4) An action or suit may not be brought under subsection
(1)(u) of this section unless the Attorney General has first
established a rule in accordance with the provisions of ORS
chapter 183 declaring the conduct to be unfair or deceptive in
trade or commerce.
  (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 646.605 to
646.652, if an action or suit is brought under subsection (1)(xx)
of this section by a person other than a prosecuting attorney,
relief is limited to an injunction and the prevailing party may
be awarded reasonable attorney fees.
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act and the amendments
to ORS 646.608 by section 2 of this 2011 Act apply to
distributions of hard copies of telephone directories occurring
on or after the effective date of this 2011 Act. + }
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