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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554
January 28, 2003
Lifetime Capital Guarantee C.T.
Corporation System 1
d.b.a. Rue Educational Publishers 36 South
Pennsylvania St., Suite 700
d.b.a. Rue Educational Publishers, Inc. Indianapolis,
Indiana 46204-2279
d.b.a. Rue Educational Publishers, Inc.-Nursing Division Attn:
Richard Riegner
d.b.a. Rue Uniforms and Accessories, Inc.
d.b.a. EBanc Funding, Your Mortgage Lender, LLC
150 McMullen Booth Road, South
Clearwater, Florida 33759-4468 Paul Haagsma
Attn: Paul Haagsma Barbara Haagsma
Barbara Haagsma 1320 Gulf Boulevard
Larry Bergsman, Registered Agent Bellaire Shore,
Florida 33786-3320
Vicky Graham
Tracy Rauck
RE: EB-03-TC-005
Dear Correspondents:
This is an official CITATION issued pursuant to section
503(b)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the
Act), for violations of the Act and the Federal Communications
Commission's rules that govern telephone solicitation.2
It has come to our attention that your company has delivered
one or more prerecorded messages to a cellular telephone line.
The Act and the Commission's rules prohibit the transmission of
any call using a prerecorded voice to any telephone number
assigned to a cellular telephone service except when the call is
made for emergency purposes3 or with the prior express consent of
the called party.4 The attached information provided to the
Commission indicates that your company delivered a prerecorded
message to a cellular telephone line, and that the message was
neither delivered for emergency purposes nor with the prior
express consent of the called party. This action violates
section 227(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Act and section
64.1200(a)(1)(iii) of the Commission's rules.
The attached information indicates that your prerecorded
message contained an unsolicited advertisement.5 Accordingly,
you also should be aware that it is unlawful to transmit
unsolicited advertisements through prerecorded messages to
residential telephone lines except under the very limited
circumstances described in the Commission's rules.6
Please be advised that subsequent violations of the
Communications Act or of the Commission's rules of the type
described herein may result in the imposition of monetary
forfeitures not to exceed $11,000 for each such violation or each
day of a continuing violation. 7
Pursuant to section 503(b)(5) of the Communications Act, you
may request a personal interview at the Commission's Field
Office nearest to your place of business. The nearest office
appears to be either the Tampa Office at 2203 North Lois Avenue,
Tampa, Florida 33607 or the Chicago Office at 1550 Northwest
Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068. You can contact the Tampa
Office or the Chicago Office by telephone at (813) 348-1741 and
(847) 298-5402, respectively. You must schedule this interview
to take place within 21 days of the date of this citation.
Alternatively, you may submit a written statement to the
following address within 21 days of the date of this citation:
Kurt A. Schroeder
Deputy Chief
Telecommunications Consumers Division
Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
445-12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
If you choose to submit a written statement, your written
statement should specify what actions have been taken to correct
the violation(s) outlined above. You should also include a copy
of your company's written do-not-call policy as required by
section 64.1200(e)(2)(i) of the Commission's rules. Please
reference EB-03-TC-005 when corresponding with the Commission.
Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(e)(3), we
are informing you that the Commission's staff will use all
relevant material information before it to determine what, if
any, enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance
with the Act and the Commission's rules. This will include any
information that you disclose in your interview or written
statement. Please be advised that if you choose not to respond
to this citation and a forfeiture is issued, your
unresponsiveness will be considered in our assessment of a
forfeiture amount.
You should also be aware that the knowing and willful making
of any false statement, or the concealment of any material fact,
in reply to this citation is punishable by fine or imprisonment
under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Sincerely,
Kurt A. Schroeder
Deputy Chief
Telecommunications Consumers Division
Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
Enclosures
_________________________
1 The Telecommunications Consumers Division has obtained
information that C. T. Corporation System is listed as Rue
Educational Publishers, Inc.'s registered agent.
2 47 U.S.C § 227; 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200.
3 In this context, ``'emergency purposes' means calls made
necessary in any situation affecting the health and safety of
consumers.'' 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(b).
4 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(A)(iii); 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(1)(iii).
5 The term ``unsolicited advertisement'' is defined in the Act
and the Commission's rules as ``any material advertising the
commercial availability of quality of any property, goods, or
services which is transmitted to any person without that person's
prior express invitation or permission. 47 U.S.C. § 227(a)(4);
47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(f)(5).
6 The Commission's rules make it unlawful to ``initiate any
telephone call using an artificial or prerecorded voice to
deliver a message without the prior express consent of the called
party unless the call is initiated for emergency purposes or . .
. is not made for a commercial purpose, is made for a commercial
purpose but does not include the transmission of any unsolicited
advertisement, [is made] to any person with whom the caller has
an established business relationship at the time the call is
made, or [is made by or on behalf of] a tax-exempt nonprofit
organization 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(2), (c); see also 47 U.S.C.
§ 227(b)(1)(B) (prohibiting all prerecorded calls to residential
lines ``unless the call is initiated for emergency purposes or is
exempted by rule or order by the Commission....'').
7 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(3).