CELL PHONE DIRECTORY S.B. 127: FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 127 (as reported by the Committee of the Whole)
Sponsor: Senator Bill Hardiman
Committee: Technology and Energy
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Michigan Telecommunications Act to prohibit a provider of cellular or mobile telecommunication service from providing, selling, or including a customer's dialing number for inclusion with any directory assistance without first obtaining the customer's written or electronic consent. The written consent would have to be on a separate document. A customer could not be charged for choosing not to be included with any directory assistance.
A customer could revoke consent at any time. A provider of cellular or mobile telecommunication service would have to remove the customer's listing from directory assistance and could not include it in any future publications or communications of the directory.
Proposed MCL 484.2360a Legislative Analyst: Julie Koval
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 2-7-06 Fiscal Analyst: Elizabeth Pratt
Maria Tyszkiewicz
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb127/0506