For the purposes of §§ 37-30-23 to 37-30-29 , inclusive, a telephone solicitation is the unsolicited initiation of a telephone call to a residential telephone customer for the purpose of encouraging a person to purchase property, goods, or services or soliciting donations of money, property, goods, or services. Telephone solicitation does not include: (1) Calls made in response to a request or inquiry by the called party. This includes calls regarding an item that has been purchased by the called party from the company or organization during a period not longer than twelve months prior to the telephone contact; (2) Calls made for a not - for - profit organization to its own list of bona fide or active members of the organization; (3) Calls limited to polling or soliciting the expression of ideas, opinions or votes; (4) Business - to - business contacts or contacts with residential customers with whom a business or credit relationship exists; or (5) Calls utilized for relaying messages for private purposes, including voice messaging services or message delivery services.
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