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LYNNE M. ROSS PRESIDE\'\'T £'t'Cul"'~ Direrii»' WILLIAM H. SORRELL Allon,~'GeaemlofVvmollt February J7,2005 PRESIDENT-ELF-cr STEPHEN CARTER AI/orne)' Cwn",nl ofInd;mrn VICE PRESIDENT THURBERT BAKER AI/orney Genernl olGeorgi" IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT BILL LOCKYER AI/orney Genernl olen/i/o""'"

Marlene Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 J2" Street, SW, Room TW-B204 Washington~ DC 20554

RE: Attorney General Steve Carter's Comments and Motion to Dismiss Consumer Bankers Association's Petition for Declaratory Ruling Regarding Certain Provisions ofthc Indiana o-Call Law. CG Docket No. 02-278.

Dear Ms. Dortch:

We, the undersigned Attorneys General, hereby express our agreement with and support of the rationale and arguments in Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter's Motion to Dismiss Consumer Bankers Association's Petition on the Grounds of Sovereign Immunity, filed with the FCC on January 24. 2005, and Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter's Comments in Opposition to the Consumer Bankers Association's Petition for Declaratory Ruling, filed with the FCC on February 2, 2005. We urge the FCC to adopt the reasoning and conclusions expressed therein.

Sincerely,

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