Indiana Legislature Threatens to Cut Business Ties Over No-Call
Share this article: Lawmakers in Indiana proposed a bill that
would require the state to cut businesses off from government
contracts unless they comply with Indiana's no-call law, even if
the law is preempted by the Federal Communications Commission.
The proposal, announced yesterday by Republican state Sen. Greg
Server, is a response to the Consumer Bankers Association's
petition to the FCC to preempt no-call laws in Indiana and other
states. Indiana's no-call law is inconsistent with the federal
no-call law in that it does not provide for an existing-
business-relationship exemption, whereas federal law exempts
calls to consumers who have made a purchase in the past 18
months or an inquiry in the past three months.  Server's
proposal is attached as an amendment to another bill, HB 1501.
That bill requires contractors doing business with the
government to certify that they have not violated Indiana's
telephone privacy laws within the past year