In Colorado, residents who don’t want to be called by telemarketers need to share their phone numbers with those telemarketers. That’s how the Colorado No-Call List works.
Telemarketers must pay the state for that list and then ensure workers do not call those phone numbers.
Fees generated by the list totaled $107,545 in 2016 for the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. The money is going back into the program, said Terry Bote, a PUC spokesman.
“The money from the telemarketer fees is used to pay the third-party vendor for administration of the Colorado do-not-call program. The vendor () takes complaints by phone or website. The Attorney General’s office handles enforcement of the program,” Bote explained in an e-mail.
According to the PUC, there were 3.8 million telephone numbers registered on Colorado’s no-call list, which the state General Assembly passed into legislation in 2001. The so telemarketers with five or more employees must pay between $275 to $500 to register with the state.In Colorado, residents can register their phone number for free at . To complain about a pesky caller, consumers should fill out the online form at: .
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which handles ( ), to $61 for a single area code to $16,714 for all area codes nationwide. The FTC also takes complaints (at ) and handles enforcement. In 2013, the FTC made its largest settlement for violators of the list. It Corp. for $7.5 million.
The state and national no-call lists are meant to reduce sales calls. In many cases, telemarketers representing charities, political organizations, telephone surveys and customers’ telephone companies or companies that have an existing business relationship with consumers are allowed to call, regardless whether a number is registered on a no-call list. To read the Colorado rules, visit .
