{"data":{"id":"us-vt/9-v.s.a.-2508","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"9 V.S.A. § 2508","heading":"Children’s program services","body":"(a) It shall be an unlawful practice for a sponsor to sell or offer for sale pay-per-call services directed at children age 12 or under.\n(b) The advertisement or promotion of pay-per-call services on television during a time slot used by television stations to air programming for children age 12 or under shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption of a violation of this section.\n(c) It shall be an unlawful practice for a sponsor to sell or offer for sale pay-per-call services directed at children under the age of 18 where the service, or any advertisement or promotion for it:\n(1) contains an imperative statement, including language such as “call now” or “you must call”;\n(2) contains an embedded message to call other pay-per-call numbers;\n(3) requests that the caller provide his or her name, address, telephone number, or other identifying information;\n(4) requests that the caller make an additional purchase in order for the complete message to be received;\n(5) contains a message soliciting copies of phone bills; or\n(6) requires the viewing of a television program to obtain the complete message.\n(d) It shall be an unlawful practice for a sponsor to sell or offer for sale pay-per-call services directed at children under the age of 18 unless the sponsor provides a full credit upon request for any call by a child that was not authorized by the child’s parent.\n(e) It shall be an unlawful practice for a sponsor to sell or offer for sale pay-per-call services directed at children under the age of 18 for which the total charges per call to the customer exceed $4.00.","path":["Title 9: Commerce and Trade","Chapter 067: Pay-per-Call Services"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/067/02508","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:23:51Z","sha256":"4fab37937365e3e692a894c7c3fde6dbb8ee917fc4abdf526a4cc2286c349a03","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/9-v.s.a.-2507","next":"us-vt/9-v.s.a.-2509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}