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Ban on Junk Faxes Sought in California.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2002
By Bernard J. Wolfson, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 8--A pair of state legislators Wednesday jumped on news of a federal fine against Aliso Viejo-based Fax.com to resurrect a bill cracking down on junk faxes in California.
Assemblywoman Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, and state Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Redondo Beach, introduced legislation to ensure that a federal ban on unsolicited fax advertising is upheld in California. Their bill would repeal a conflicting state law that allows such faxes.
Kehoe said receiving unwanted commercial faxes is "akin to a telemarketer calling you collect or a mail order company sending you its catalog with postage due."
The $5.4 million fine issued against...
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