Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 2507
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 2507
- Advertisements and promotions: include all forms of solicitation directed at prospective callers of pay-per-call services, including mailings and advertisements in newspapers and magazines and on radio and television. See
- Caller: means a person who accesses a pay-per-call service. See
- Pay-per-call service: means any passive, interactive, polling, conference, or other similar audiotext service that is accessed through a telephone number and that generates an audiotext service related fee billed to a subscriber. See
- Sponsor: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, or other entity that sells or offers to sell a pay-per-call service to a person in this State and on whose behalf charges are billed, but shall not include a public utility regulated by the State or the Federal Communications Commission or an interexchange carrier which provides transport or billing and collection services for a pay-per-call service unless the public utility or interexchange carrier actually produces or advertises the pay-per-call service. See
§ 2507. Prize award services
It shall be an unlawful practice for a sponsor to sell or offer for sale pay-per-call services that involve unsolicited notification to prospective callers that they are entitled to a prize, award, or other thing of value and with respect to which they are requested to access a pay-per-call service unless:
(1) all advertisements and promotions for such services include:
(A) an accurate description of all material terms, conditions, and rules regarding the prospective caller‘s eligibility for the prize or prizes;
(B) a statement as to whether all prizes will be awarded and the odds of winning each prize;
(C) the identity and true market value of the prize or prizes to which the caller is entitled, and a complete description of each prize including any related expenses which will be the responsibility of the winner; and
(D) a description of how to claim the prize without calling the pay-per-call service or incurring any other cost;
(2) the sponsor provides a full refund to any caller who requests one;
(3) the identity and value of the prize or prizes is not determined by chance. (Added 1993, No. 99, § 2.)