Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1732 – Registration requirements for prizes, sweepstakes, games of chance, job lines, and loans
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1732
- Advertisement: means any promotion of 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service by means of any radio, television, video or print media, telemarketing, or any other communication promoting a 900 or 976 number, service, or program to consumers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1730
- Pay-per-call service: means any passive, interactive, polling, or other similar audiotext service that is accessed through a seven or ten digit telephone number that is provided for a charge to a caller through an exclusive telephone number prefix or service access code. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1730
- Sponsor: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, or other entity that sells a pay-per-call service on whose behalf charges are billed, but shall not include a public utility regulated by the state or the Federal Communications Commission or an interexchange carrier which provides transport or billing, or both, and collection services for a pay-per-call service, unless the public utility or interexchange carrier actually produces or promotes the pay-per-call service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1730
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
Any sponsor which solicits calls for a prize, contest, sweepstakes, reward, give-away, credit card, loan, or job information shall also provide the following information to the attorney general. All other sponsors shall provide the following upon request of the attorney general or his representative or any district attorney’s office:
(1) For television, video, or any on-screen advertisements, a copy of the story board and videotape recording.
(2) For radio advertisement, a copy of the script and audio cassette recording.
(3) For print, a copy of the advertisement as produced for publication.
(4) For telephone-initiated solicitations, a copy of any script to be used by the salesperson making the call.
(5) For direct mail solicitation, a copy of the entire mailing.
(6) A copy of the sponsor’s audiotext, prerecorded, or live operator scripts or other 900, 976, or any other pay-per-call service program messages, and a written transcript of the messages.
(7) A copy of the entire package of information, if any, as part of the goods or services to be provided to subscribers.
Acts 1991, No. 808, §1; Acts 1992, No. 176, §1.