Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to any of the following messages:

(1) Messages from school districts to students, parents, or employees.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-5-14-5

  • automatic dialing-announcing device: means a device that:

    Indiana Code 24-5-14-1

  • caller: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, unincorporated association, or the entity that attempts to contact, or contacts, a subscriber in Indiana by using a telephone or telephone line. See Indiana Code 24-5-14-2
  • subscriber: means :

    Indiana Code 24-5-14-4

(2) Messages to subscribers with whom the caller has a current business or personal relationship.

(3) Messages advising employees of work schedules.

     (b) A caller may not use or connect to a telephone line an automatic dialing-announcing device unless:

(1) the subscriber has knowingly or voluntarily requested, consented to, permitted, or authorized receipt of the message; or

(2) the message is immediately preceded by a live operator who obtains the subscriber’s consent before the message is delivered.

As added by P.L.151-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.169-2015, SEC.165; P.L.216-2015, SEC.40.