Iowa Code 714D.5 – Conditions on use of prize promotions to solicit authority to provide or change telecommunications services
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 714D.5
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
714D.5 Conditions on use of prize promotions to solicit authority to provide or change telecommunications services.
1. It is an unlawful practice for a person to use a form or document which is to be
used or intended to be used by another person to enter a sweepstakes, contest, or drawing of any description as written authority to provide or execute a change of a consumer’s telecommunications service.
2. It is an unlawful practice for a person to solicit the lease or sale of or to solicit the authority to provide or execute a change of a telecommunications service to another person through or in conjunction with a sweepstakes, contest, or drawing without clearly, conspicuously, and fully disclosing in all direct mail solicitations to the other person the fact that the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing is intended to solicit authority to provide or execute a change of a telecommunications service. The disclosure required shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
a. A statement that an acceptance or change of telecommunications service is not required to enter the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing.
b. An alternative means by which a person may enter the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing without accepting or authorizing a change in a telecommunications service.
c. The name and telephone number of the entity soliciting the person to accept or to authorize a change of telecommunications service through the use of or in conjunction with the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing.
d. A brief description of the nature of the telecommunications service for which authorization is sought through the use of or in conjunction with the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing.
99 Acts, ch 16, §6
1. It is an unlawful practice for a person to use a form or document which is to be
used or intended to be used by another person to enter a sweepstakes, contest, or drawing of any description as written authority to provide or execute a change of a consumer’s telecommunications service.
2. It is an unlawful practice for a person to solicit the lease or sale of or to solicit the authority to provide or execute a change of a telecommunications service to another person through or in conjunction with a sweepstakes, contest, or drawing without clearly, conspicuously, and fully disclosing in all direct mail solicitations to the other person the fact that the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing is intended to solicit authority to provide or execute a change of a telecommunications service. The disclosure required shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
a. A statement that an acceptance or change of telecommunications service is not required to enter the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing.
b. An alternative means by which a person may enter the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing without accepting or authorizing a change in a telecommunications service.
c. The name and telephone number of the entity soliciting the person to accept or to authorize a change of telecommunications service through the use of or in conjunction with the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing.
d. A brief description of the nature of the telecommunications service for which authorization is sought through the use of or in conjunction with the sweepstakes, contest, or drawing.
99 Acts, ch 16, §6