K.A.R. § 82-1-250
82-1-250. Consumer information
and education; telephone preference service subscribership; information for
telephone solicitors.
(a)
(1)
On
or before September 1, 2001, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company shall coordinate
an industrywide forum of all interested local exchange carriers and telecommunications
carriers to collectively develop a method or methods for annually notifying
residential subscribers of the information specified in K.S.A. 50-675a(a), and
amendments thereto.
(2)
The forum shall, within
two weeks after its conclusion, submit a report to the commission for approval
as to the form and content of the method or methods developed to ensure compliance
with K.S.A. 50-675a, and amendments thereto.
(b)
In addition to the
information required to be provided in paragraph (a)(1) above, the following
information, to be provided to the forum by the Direct Marketing Association,
shall also be provided to all residential subscribers by all local exchange
carriers and telecommunications carriers using the method or methods developed:
(1)
The procedure for
registering with the Direct Marketing Association's telephone preference service;
(2)
the frequency with
which the Direct Marketing Association's database is updated;
(3)
the types of calls
residential subscribers should still expect to receive;
(4)
the procedure for
registration renewal if residential subscribers move or receive a new telephone
number;
(5)
the duration of the
residential subscriber's registration period; and
(6)
the procedure for
registration renewal.
(c)
Any of the following
means may be used in attempting to inform telephone solicitors in Kansas of
the criteria for membership in the Direct Marketing Association, the charges
for members and nonmembers to access the Direct Marketing Association's database,
and options for accessing Kansas-specific portions of the Direct Marketing Association's
database:
(1)
Beginning September
1, 2001, annual publication in the Kansas register by the commission of the
criteria for telephone solicitors to become members of the Direct Marketing
Association;
(2)
inclusion by the commission
of relevant information on its internet web site;
(3)
inclusion of relevant
information in a newsletter mailing by the Direct Marketing Association; or
(4)
inclusion of relevant
information by publishers of telephone directories in the consumer information
pages in local telephone directories.
