Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:844.15 – Violations; penalties
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:844.15
- Commission: means the Louisiana Public Service Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:844.12
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Residential telephonic subscriber: means any natural person who has subscribed to residential telephonic service from a telecommunications service provider or any other natural person living or residing with such person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:844.12
- Telephonic solicitor: means any natural person, firm, organization, partnership, association, or corporation, or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof, doing business in this state, who makes or causes to be made a telephonic solicitation, including but not limited to any communication made by use of automated dialing or recorded message devices. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:844.12
A. The commission shall investigate any complaints received concerning violations of this Chapter. If, after investigating such complaint, the commission finds that there has been a violation of this Chapter, the commission, after notice and hearing, shall impose an administrative penalty against the telephonic solicitor not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars for each violation. If the violation is committed against a residential telephonic subscriber over the age of sixty-five, then the commission, after notice and hearing, shall impose a penalty not to exceed three thousand dollars for each violation.
B. Any telephonic solicitor found by the commission to be in violation of this Chapter, who refuses to pay the fine assessed, shall after notice and hearing, be assessed additional costs and reasonable attorney fees related to the collection of the fine.
Acts 2001, No. 40 , §1, eff. May 24, 2001.