An Act To Require Oral Disclosure of the Cost of Certain Public Telephone Calls
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0048
Committee Amendment CA_A_H38 (House)
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology, strikes the bill and directs the Public Utilities Commission to adopt major substantive rules that establish oral notice requirements for providers of intrastate telecommunications service initiated from public telephones

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 41, L.D. 48, Bill, "An Act To Require 
Oral Disclosure of the Cost of Certain Public Telephone Calls" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Direct the Public Utilities Commission To Adopt Rules Regarding 
Disclosure of the Cost of Certain Public Telephone Calls' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Adoption of rules regarding disclosure of the cost of certain 
public telephone calls. Resolved: That the Public Utilities Commission shall by rule 
adopt the consumer information provisions of the rules of the Federal Communications 
Commission, 47 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 64.703(a) (2011), including the 
definitions in 47 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 64.708(b), (i) and (I) (2011), with 
appropriate changes to make those provisions applicable to intrastate telephone service. 
Rules adopted under this section are major substantive rules, as defined in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, and the commission shall submit 
the provisionally adopted rules to the Legislature for review by January 15,2012.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Energy, Utilities and Technology, strikes the bill and directs the Public Utilities 
Commission to adopt major substantive rules that establish oral notice requirements for 
providers of intrastate telecommunications service initiated from public telephones. The 
provisions the commission is directed to adopt are the same provisions that are 
established in rules of the Federal Communications Commission that apply to providers 
of interstate telecommunications service. The federal rules require, among other things, 
that the provider audibly identify itself, disclose upon request a quotation of its charges 
for the call and instruct the caller how to obtain applicable rate and surcharge quotations. 
The provider is given 2 options for how it instructs the caller to obtain the rate and 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "H" to H.P. 41, L.D. 48 
surcharge information: instructing the customer to dial no more than 2 digits or 
instructing the customer to remain on the line. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/11/11 frac 
LD48 
LR 216(02) 
An Act To Require Oral Disclosure of the Cost of Certain Public Telephone Calls 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "4,, 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Requiring the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to adopt major substantive rules that establish oral notice 
requirements for providers of intrastate telecommunications services initiated from public telephones may result in 
minor costs which can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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