Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:844.3

  • Commission: means the Louisiana Public Service Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:844.1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Telephone solicitor: means any natural person, firm, organization, partnership, association, or corporation, or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof, doing business in this state, who makes or causes to be made a telephone solicitation, including but not limited to calls made by use of automated dialing or recorded message devices. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:844.1

The commission shall investigate any complaints received concerning violations of this Chapter.  If, after investigating any complaint, the commission finds that there has been a violation of this Chapter, the commission may impose a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each violation against the telephone solicitor.

Acts 1999, No. 518, §1.