A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to add political robo calls to the "Do not call registry."
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 75‑101(9) reads as rewritten:
"(9)	Telephone solicitation. – A voice or text communication, whether prerecorded, live, or a facsimile, over a telephone line or wireless telephone network or via a commercial mobile radio service that is made by a telephone solicitor to a telephone subscriber for the purpose of soliciting or encouraging the purchase or rental of, or investment in, property, goods, or services; obtaining or providing information that will or may be used for that purpose; soliciting or encouraging a telephone subscriber's participation in any contest, sweepstakes, raffle, or lottery, whether legal or illegal; or obtaining a charitable donation. "Telephone solicitation" also includes all of the following:
a.	Those transactions that are defined as "telemarketing" under the Telemarketing Sales Rule.
b.	A political message if the message is communicated by use of an automatic dialing and recorded message player."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2012.