§ 8-203. Local measured rates

West's Annotated Code of MarylandPublic Utilities

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Public Utilities (Refs & Annos)
Division I. Public Services and Utilities [Titles 1-15] (Refs & Annos)
Title 8. Telegraph and Telephone Companies (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 2. Telephone Service (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Public Utilities, § 8-203
Formerly cited as MD PUBLIC UTIL COMP § 8-203
§ 8-203. Local measured rates
Currentness
Mandatory charges based on measured time period unit rate prohibited
(a)(1) The Commission may not authorize mandatory telephone company charges based on a measured time period unit rate for local messages.
(2) The Commission may study or evaluate mandatory telephone company charges.
Conditions for approving charges based on a measured time period unit rate
(b) If the Commission authorizes a telephone company to offer to residential customers the option of telephone charges based on a measured time period unit rate for local messages, the Commission also shall require the telephone company to offer to residential customers:
(1) the option of an unlimited number and duration of local calls; and
(2) the option of a specific charge per local call, regardless of the duration of the local call.
Order processing or line change charges authorized
(c) A telephone company may not require the payment of an order processing charge or line change charge for a residential customer's first change from local telephone service based on charges for measured time period unit rates, if the change occurs within 18 months after the date that the consumer elects this telephone service.
Charges for distance of call within local calling area prohibited
(d) The Commission may not authorize a telephone company to charge for the distance of a call within a local calling area.

Credits

Added by Acts 1998, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1998.
Formerly Art. 78, § 68.
MD Code, Public Utilities, § 8-203, MD PUBLIC UTIL § 8-203
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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