Section 16-17-446 - Regulation of automatically dialed announcing device (ADAD)(A) "Adad" means an automatically dialed announcing device which delivers a recorded message without assistance by a live operator for the purpose of making an unsolicited consumer telephone call as defined in Section 16-17-445(A)(3). Adad calls include automatically announced calls of a political nature including, but not limited to, calls relating to political campaigns.(B) Adad calls are prohibited except: (1) in response to an express request of the person called;(2) when primarily connected with an existing debt or contract, payment or performance of which has not been completed at the time of the call;(3) in response to a person with whom the telephone solicitor has an existing business relationship or has had a previous business relationship.(C) Adad calls which are not prohibited under subsection (B):(1) are subject to Section 16-17-445(B)(1), (2), and (3);(2) shall disconnect immediately when the called party hangs up;(3) are prohibited after seven p.m. or before eight a.m.;(4) may not ring at hospitals, police stations, fire departments, nursing homes, hotels, or vacation rental units.(D) A person who violates this section, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 16-17-445(F).1991 Act No. 89, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 656, Section 2. Section 16-17-445 was deleted by 2018 Act No. 218, Section 2. See now, Chapter 21, Title 37.