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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 649 - Regulations Applicable To Providers Of Operator Services › Section 649.2 - Basic requirements

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A provider of intrastate operator assisted communications
					 services must:
(a) identify itself at
				  the time the end-user accesses its services;
(b) upon request, quote all rates and charges
				  for its services to the end-user accessing its system;
(c) arrange to have posted in plain view at
				  each telephone location which automatically accesses the operator service
				  provider's network and where its services are made available either to the
				  public or transient end-users:
(1) the
				  operator service provider's name and address;
(2) bill and service dispute calling
				  information including the operator service provider's dispute resolution phone
				  number;
(3) clear and specific
				  instructions informing the end-user how to access a local exchange telephone
				  company operator as an alternative available to the end-user; and
(4) notice concerning any and all amounts to
				  be billed by the operator services provider on behalf of any host location or
				  third party which will appear on the operator service provider's bill for
				  services rendered.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 649 - Regulations Applicable To Providers Of Operator Services › Section 649.3 - Rates and charges

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(a) A provider
				  of intrastate operator assisted communications services must file with the
				  commission tariffs setting forth its rates, charges, rules and
				  regulations.
(b) Whenever a
				  provider files new tariffs or proposed changes in tariff rates previously
				  effective, the provider shall file therewith an explanation of the rates or
				  changes and of the basis therefor.
(c) Such tariffs shall not become effective
				  for 75 days; and may, during that 75-day period, be suspended by the commission
				  for a further period of up to eight months for investigation and hearing if the
				  commission determines that the public interest so requires, unless the maximum
				  rates and charges to be charged by a provider do not exceed the highest rates
				  and charges authorized by the commission for use by a local exchange telephone
				  corporation or a dominant interexchange telephone corporation in the State for
				  similar kinds of operator assisted telephone calls.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 649 - Regulations Applicable To Providers Of Operator Services › Section 649.4 - Exclusive agreements prohibited

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Effective September 1, 1990, providers of intrastate
					 operator assisted communications services shall not take any action or enter
					 into any arrangement which restricts end-user selection among competing
					 interexchange telephone corporations or end-user access to competing providers
					 of intrastate operator assisted communications services, or pay any commissions
					 or other compensation to any entity engaged in such action or
					 arrangement.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 649 - Regulations Applicable To Providers Of Operator Services › Section 649.5 - Enforcement

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A provider of intrastate operator assisted communications
					 services which violates any provision contained in this Part is subject to
					 having its authority to provide such services revoked, its certificate of
					 public convenience and necessity suspended, and commission actions pursuant to
					 Public Service Law, sections
					 25 and
					 26.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 649 - Regulations Applicable To Providers Of Operator Services › Section 649.6 - Emergency calls

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(a) A provider
				  of intrastate operator assisted communications services will be authorized by
				  the commission to receive direct routing to it of calls initiated by dialing
				  solely "0," upon its demonstration that it:
(1) can process all emergency calls with a
				  high degree of reliability;
(2) can
				  ensure that at the start of each call it will receive a signal enabling it to
				  pinpoint the specific location of the calling telephone;
(3) has internal procedures to police,
				  monitor, and routinely test its ability to continuously process emergency calls
				  with a high degree of reliability; and
(4) can and will maintain the ability to
				  reliably and promptly connect any "0" call which it cannot satisfactorily
				  complete to the LEC operator in the area serving the calling location, in a
				  manner such that the caller does not sense or believe that the call has been
				  abandoned by the operator.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 650 - Regulations Applicable To Payphones › Section 650.1 - Requirements applicable to payphones

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A provider of telephone service to end users by means of a
					 currency or credit operated telephone, hereinafter a "payphone," shall be
					 subject to the requirements set forth in this Part. The term "COCOT," as
					 defined in Public Service Law, sections
					 90 and
					 92-c, shall be used interchangeably with
					 the term payphone.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 650 - Regulations Applicable To Payphones › Section 650.2 - Operational and service requirements

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The following operational requirements shall apply to
					 payphones:
(a) access to intraLATA
				  directory assistance shall be provided;
(b) calls to the 911 emergency number, to an
				  operator, and to relay centers providing service to persons with speech,
				  hearing, or other disabilities shall be completed at no charge to payphone end
				  users. When "9-1-1" is dialed from a payphone, the payphone must input a signal
				  for a 911 call to the local exchange network with no perceptible delay. When a
				  payphone end user dials "0," if no further digits are dialed within five
				  seconds the call must be routed either to a local exchange carrier operator or
				  to an operator services provider authorized by the commission to receive such
				  calls. If additional digits are dialed by the caller within five seconds after
				  dialing "0," the call may be routed at the discretion of the payphone service
				  provider; and
(c) payphones, which
				  are serviced by dedicated exchange access lines, shall be connected to the
				  telephone network by means of metered or measured service access lines, or
				  specially rated flat rate lines in situations where measured service is not
				  available, offered pursuant to tariffs by local exchange carriers, and
				  hereinafter referred to as "public access lines." Such public access lines are
				  subject to the same regulatory requirements as other access line services
				  provided by local exchange carriers.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 650 - Regulations Applicable To Payphones › Section 650.3 - Access to interexchange or local exchange companies

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(a) A payphone service provider shall not
				  take any action or enter into any agreement which restricts an end user's
				  access to any interexchange or local exchange carrier providing service to
				  payphone callers within the local access and transport area (LATA) in which the
				  payphone is located.
(b) A payphone
				  service provider shall not take any action or enter into any agreement which
				  restricts an end user's access to any interexchange or local exchange carrier
				  providing interLATA long distance service to payphone callers.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 650 - Regulations Applicable To Payphones › Section 650.4 - Notice requirements

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(a) A
				  payphone service provider shall conspicuously display on, or in the immediate
				  vicinity of, its payphones the following information:
(1) the identity of the payphone service
				  provider; when ownership of a payphone changes due to merger with or
				  acquisition by another company, the identity of the new owner must be
				  registered within 30 days with the local exchange carrier serving the payphone
				  and be posted at the payphone within 60 days of the ownership change or when
				  scheduled maintenance is performed, whichever is earlier;
(2) a statement indicating that calls can be
				  made at no charge, and without need to deposit coins, use credit cards, or
				  input any other information, to the 911 emergency number, relay centers for the
				  disabled and an operator;
(3)
				  specific dialing and coin deposit/return information, including instructions
				  for accessing a telephone company operator and directory assistance
				  service;
(4) local call charging
				  information, including the timing of and rates applicable during the initial
				  call period and the timing of and rates applicable during additional (overtime)
				  call periods;
(5) the identity of
				  the local exchange and long distance companies carrying calls from the payphone
				  on an automated or pre-subscribed basis, and instructions for obtaining access
				  to other long distance carriers;
(6) a notice stating the location surcharge,
				  if any, that is imposed on an end user for placing a long distance call, unless
				  such information is made available through an on-line audio notification system
				  pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section and instructions for accessing the
				  system are posted;
(7) a toll-free
				  number that an end user can dial to obtain information on the rates,
				  surcharges, terms or conditions applicable to calls placed to the
				  pre-subscribed carrier from the payphone, unless such information is made
				  available through an on-line audio notification system pursuant to subdivision
				  (b) of this section and instructions for accessing the system are
				  posted;
(8) a toll-free number that
				  an end user can call to resolve, through the payphone service provider, billing
				  and service quality complaints;
(9)
				  a toll-free number that an end user can dial to reach the Department of Public
				  Service for assistance in resolving an intrastate complaint;
(10) the rates charged for interLATA
				  directory assistance calls placed to the pre-subscribed carrier; and
(11) the rates charged for intraLATA
				  directory assistance calls placed to the pre-subscribed carrier.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 650 - Regulations Applicable To Payphones › Section 650.5 - Customer service requirements

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(a) Every
				  payphone service provider shall maintain adequate complaint handling
				  procedures, including the:
(1) acceptance and
				  processing of complaints in a simple manner and form; and
(2) prompt investigation and resolution of
				  complaints.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 650 - Regulations Applicable To Payphones › Section 650.6 - Enforcement

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(a) Any payphone
				  which operates in violation of this Part is subject to: discontinuance of
				  public access line service by the local exchange carrier serving it; a refusal
				  to install public access line service by other local exchange carriers; and,
				  penalties imposed pursuant to paragraph 3 of Public Service Law, section
				  90(3). Provision of public
				  access line services to all payphones owned by a person or entity or affiliate
				  thereof may be discontinued by current local exchange carriers and refused by
				  other local exchange carriers if that person or entity repeatedly violates the
				  rules set forth in this Part.
(b)
				  Every local exchange carrier providing public access line services to
				  payphones, shall:
(1) maintain a list of
				  payphones being served, and provide access to that list to the Department of
				  Public Service;
(2) adopt as part
				  of its schedule of rates and charges a provision stating that provision of
				  public access line service to payphones may be terminated and refused for
				  violation of the rules set forth in this Part; and
(3) discontinue provision of public access
				  line service, or refuse to install public access line service, to payphones
				  upon directive of the commission or a department director pursuant to the
				  provisions of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.1 - Applicability

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This Part is prescribed and promulgated as the regulations
					 governing the preservation of records of telephone corporations excluding other
					 common carriers and cellular communications companies, subject to the
					 jurisdiction of the commission, engaged in furnishing telephone service. As
					 used in this Part, the term telephone corporation includes every corporation,
					 company, association, jointstock association, partnership and person, owning,
					 operating or managing any telephone line or part of telephone line used in the
					 conduct of business of providing telephone service or telephonic communication
					 for hire.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.2 - Scope of the regulations in this part

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(a) The regulations in this Part, effective
				  November 1, 1993, apply to all accounts, records, memoranda documents, papers,
				  and correspondence prepared by or on behalf of the telephone company as well as
				  those which come into its possession in connection with the acquisition of
				  property, such as by purchase, consolidation, merger, etc.
(b) The regulations in this Part shall not be
				  construed as excusing compliance with any other lawful requirement for the
				  preservation of records for periods longer than those prescribed in this
				  Part.
(c) Unless otherwise
				  specified in section
				  651.11 
				  of this Part, duplicate copies of records may be destroyed at any time;
				  provided, however, that such duplicate copies contain no significant
				  information not shown on the originals and that precautions have been taken to
				  assure the continued retention of the originals (or one true copy) for the full
				  period required under the regulations in this Part.
(d) Records other than those listed in
				  section
				  651.11 
				  of this Part may be destroyed at the option of the company; provided, however,
				  that records which are used in lieu of those listed shall be preserved for the
				  periods prescribed for records used for substantially similar purposes. And
				  provided further, that retention of records pertaining to added services,
				  functions, plant, etc., the establishment of which cannot be presently
				  foreseen, shall conform with the principles promulgated in section
				  651.11 
				  of this Part.
(e) Notwithstanding
				  the provisions of the schedule of records and periods of retention, the
				  commission may, upon the request of the company, authorize a shorter period of
				  retention for any record listed therein upon a showing by the company that
				  preservation of such record for a longer period is not necessary or appropriate
				  in the public interest or for the protection of investors or
				  consumers.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.3 - Designation of supervisory official

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Each company subject to the regulations in this Part shall
					 designate one or more officials to supervise the preservation and the
					 authorized destruction of its records.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.4 - Protection and storage of records

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The company shall protect records subject to the
					 regulations in this Part from damage from fires, floods, and other hazards and,
					 in the selection of storage spaces, safeguard the records from unnecessary
					 exposure to deterioration from excessive humidity, dryness, or lack of proper
					 ventilation.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.6 - Microform, tape and computer output certification

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(a) As the initial recording media:
(1) Except as provided for in paragraph (2)
				  of this subdivision each microform record series shall contain, at the
				  beginning, a microform introduction stating the title of the record series, the
				  date prepared, the name of the official responsible for validating the data
				  contained therein. Each microform record series shall be closed with a clear
				  and standard microform notation indicating the completion of the series and the
				  date.
(2) If an official permanent
				  record series is a computer output product ( i.e., output paper or microfilm,
				  jacket microfiche or aperture cards), any certification that may otherwise be
				  required under paragraph(1) of this subdivision is not required if:
(i) the series is prepared in accordance with
				  written standard procedures developed or accepted general business practices
				  followed by the company that ensure the integrity of record series that are the
				  product of computer output; and
(ii) such procedures or practices include the
				  name or title of the official responsible for validating or confirming the data
				  contained in the record series and confirming that a particular computer output
				  record series was produced in accordance with the standard procedures or
				  practices.
(3) If after
				  validation, supplemental data and/or corrections (i.e., resulting from computer
				  programming) are required, said microform may be produced separately or as a
				  part of the series rerun, but shall be affixed to the original microform
				  certificate as described in paragraph (1) of this subdivision.
(4) Each tape record series shall be
				  externally labeled and shall include, as a basic part of the program, at the
				  beginning of that series an introduction stating the record series title, date
				  prepared, the name of the official responsible for validating or confirming the
				  data contained therein and an index where appropriate. Each record series shall
				  be closed with a clear and standard notation indicating the completion of that
				  series and the date.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.7 - Change of media for existing records

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Those records prepared and maintained under previous
					 regulations in a paper media and whose remaining retention period falls within
					 the life expectancy range of any of the media detailed in section
					 651.5,
					 Figure 1 of this Part, may be converted to that media at the telephone
					 utility's option, provided the applicable certification processes described in
					 section
					 651.6 
					 of this Part are observed and an audit referencing capability
					 maintained.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.8 - Media

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(a) All records
				  created or maintained in a media and a format other than readable entries on
				  paper shall:
(1) be prepared, arranged,
				  classified, identified and indexed as to permit the subsequent location,
				  examination and reproduction of the record to a readable media;
(2) be stored in such a manner as to provide
				  reasonable protection from hazards such as fire, flood, theft, etc. and
				  maintained in a controlled environment;
(3) be regenerated, including proper
				  certification, when damaged. (Also see section
				  651.5[a] 
				  of this Part.)
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.9 - Destruction of records

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The destruction of the records permitted to be destroyed
					 under the provisions of the regulations in this Part may be performed in any
					 manner elected by the carrier concerned. Precautions shall be taken, however,
					 to macerate, or otherwise destroy the legibility of, records the content of
					 which is forbidden by law to be divulged to unauthorized
					 persons.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.10 - Premature destruction or loss of records

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When records are destroyed or lost before the expiration of
					 the prescribed period of retention, a certified statement listing, as far as
					 may be determined, the records destroyed and describing the circumstances of
					 accidental or other premature destruction or loss shall be filed with the
					 commission within 90 days from the date of discovery of such
					 destruction.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.11 - Schedule of records and periods of retention

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A schedule of records is hereby prescribed for use by
					 telephone corporations for record retention requirements of this Part. The
					 schedule of records contained in section
					 651.19 
					 of this Part, shows the periods of time that designated records shall be
					 preserved. However, records related to plant shall be retained a minimum of 30
					 years unless otherwise specified in section
					 651.19 
					 of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.12 - Retention periods designated "destroy at option"

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Use of the retention period, "destroy at option," in the
					 regulations in this Part constitutes authorization for such destruction under
					 the conditions specified for the particular types of records, only if such
					 optional destruction is appropriate to limited managerial interest in such
					 records and if such optional destruction is not in conflict with other legal
					 retention requirements or usefulness of such records in satisfying pending
					 regulatory actions or directives.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.13 - Records of services performed by affiliated companies

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The telephone corporation to which the regulations in this
					 Part apply shall assure the availability of records of services performed by
					 affiliated companies for the periods indicated herein, as are necessary, to
					 support the cost of services rendered to it by an affiliated
					 company.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.14 - Index of records

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At each office of the company where records are kept or
					 stored, such records as are required by this Part to be preserved shall be so
					 arranged, filed, and currently indexed that they may be readily identified and
					 made available to representatives of the commission. In the principal office of
					 the company a master index shall be available showing the physical location of
					 the various classes of records, the periods to which such classes of records
					 relate, and the locations, names, and titles of the
					 custodians.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.15 - Notes to schedule of records and periods of retention

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(a) For the purposes of the regulation, a
				  stockholder's account may be treated as a closed account at the time that such
				  stockholder ceases to be a holder of record of the particular class and series
				  of stock of the company and the six-year retention period prescribed herein
				  shall run from that date. If such person subsequently acquires shares of
				  capital stock of the company and thus again becomes a stockholder of the
				  company, the record of such acquisition shall be treated as a new stockholder
				  account.
(b) The terms bonds and
				  debentures, as used in captions (a) through (f) of item 4 (section
				  651.19 
				  of this Part), shall include all debt securities, such as bonds, debentures or
				  notes other than debt securities which evidence temporary borrowings and which
				  are expected to be repaid out of the proceeds of the sale of longer term
				  securities. Typical of such temporary debt securities as described in caption
				  (i) of item 4 (section
				  651.19 
				  of this Part), would be notes issued to banks evidencing temporary working
				  capital and construction loans.
(c)
				  Canceled bonds and debentures and paid interest coupons pertaining thereto may
				  be destroyed, provided that a certificate of destruction giving full
				  description reference to the documents destroyed shall be made by the person or
				  persons authorized to perform such destruction and shall be retained by the
				  company for the period herein prescribed. The certificate of destruction
				  evidencing the destruction of paid interest coupons pertaining to bonds and
				  debentures need not contain a listing of the bond or debenture, serial numbers
				  pertaining to such paid interest coupons. When documents represent debt secured
				  by mortgage, the certificate of destruction shall also be authorized by a
				  representative of the trustee(s) acting in conjunction with the person or
				  persons destroying the documents or shall have the trustee(s) acceptance
				  thereon. The certificate of destruction above described may be destroyed six
				  years after the payment and discharge of the bonds or debentures or interest
				  coupons described in such certificate.
(d) If a retention period is prescribed
				  elsewhere in the schedule (section
				  651.19 
				  of this Part), with respect to any document which is included as an exhibit to
				  any filing retained pursuant to the requirements of item 5 (section
				  651.19 
				  of this Part), the company need retain only one copy of such document in its
				  files provided appropriate cross references are established.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.16 - Retention of telephone toll records

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Each company that offers or bills toll telephone service
					 shall retain for a period of 18 months such records as are necessary to provide
					 the following billing information about telephone toll calls: the name,
					 address, and telephone number of the caller, telephone number called, date,
					 time, length of call, method of completion of call (e.g., direct dial, operator
					 assisted, third number or calling card) and automatic message accounting tapes.
					 Each company shall retain this information for toll calls that it bills whether
					 it is billing its own toll service customers for toll calls or billing
					 customers for another company.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.17 - Retention of complaint records

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Except as specified in section
					 651.16 
					 of this Part, each company shall retain records required by section
					 651.11 
					 of this Part, schedule of records and periods of retention, for the period
					 established therein. Records relevant to complaint proceedings not already
					 contained in the company index of records should be added to the index as soon
					 as a complaint is filed and retained until 60 days after final disposition of
					 the complaint. Records a company is directed to retain as the result of a
					 proceeding or inquiry by the commission to the extent not already contained in
					 the index will also be added to the index and retained until 60 days after
					 final disposition of the proceeding or inquiry.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter D - Records; Reports › Part 651 - Preservation Of Records › Section 651.18 - Incorporation by reference

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(a) Any
				  documents or parts thereof incorporated by reference in this Part are a part of
				  this regulation as though set forth in full herein.
(b) All incorporated documents are available
				  for inspection and copying at the Public Service Commission's Office, Empire
				  State Plaza, Building 3, Albany, NY 12223. In addition, the documents are
				  available from the American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street,
				  New York, NY 10036.
(c) The
				  material from ANSI (ANSI/NAPM IT9.1-1992, for Imaging Media [Film]--
				  Silver-Gelatin Type--Specifications for Stability, and ANSI IT9.11-1991, for
				  Imagining Media--Processed Safety Photographic Film--Storage), is used with the
				  permission of the American National Standards Institute. Copies of the
				  standards may be purchased from the American National Standards Institute at 11
				  West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 660 - General Provisions › Section 660.0 - Background

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The revised uniform system of accounts (USOA) is an
						historical financial accounting system which reports the results of operational
						and financial events in a manner which enables both management and regulators
						to assess these results within a specified accounting period. The USOA also
						provides the financial community and others with financial performance results.
						In order for an accounting system to fulfill these purposes, it must exhibit
						consistency and stability in financial reporting (including the results
						published for regulatory purposes). Accordingly, the USOA has been designed to
						reflect stable, recurring financial data based, to the extent regulatory
						considerations permit, upon the consistency of the well established body of
						accounting theories and principles commonly referred to as generally accepted
						accounting principles.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 660 - General Provisions › Section 660.2 - Order authorizing uniform system of accounts

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(a) The attached uniform system of accounts
					 for telephone corporations is hereby prescribed for every telephone corporation
					 (as that term is defined in the Public Service Law) subject to the jurisdiction
					 of this commission and every such telephone corporation is hereby required to
					 keep its records and accounts in conformity therewith.
(b) Each telephone corporation for which this
					 uniform system of accounts is prescribed shall classify, set forth, and carry
					 all assets, liabilities, capital stock, and retained earnings (or noncorporate
					 proprietorship) existing as of the effective date of this uniform system of
					 accounts, as prescribed in such system of accounts.
(c) In prescribing this system of accounts,
					 the commission does not commit itself to the approval or acceptance of any item
					 set out in any account, for the purpose of fixing rates or in determining other
					 matters before the commission. The prescribed system of accounts is designed to
					 set out the facts in connection with the capitalization, construction, income,
					 expenditures, etc., and therefrom the commission will determine, in connection
					 with such matters as may be under advisement from time to time, just what
					 consideration shall be given to the various items in the several
					 accounts.
(d) The system of
					 accounts prescribed by this Part shall become effective as ordered and shall be
					 put into effect by each telephone company affected thereby on January 1,
					 1988.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 661 - Instructions-general › Section 661.1 - Classification of companies

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(a) All
					 telephone companies will be required to maintain the accounts and comply with
					 the recordkeeping requirements described herein. In accounting for certain
					 transactions herein (see sections
					 663.2,
					 663.5,
					 663.6,
					 663.8;
					 accounts 2003, 2004, and subaccount 2005.1 of this Title) we have divided
					 companies into two classes as follows:
Class A. Companies having annual revenues from regulated
						telecommunications operations of $100,000,000 or more.
Class B. Companies having annual revenues from regulated
						telecommunications operations of less than $100,000,000.
(b) For purposes of recording certain
					 transactions referred to in subdivision (a) of this section, the initial
					 classification of a company shall be determined by its lowest annual operating
					 revenues for the three immediately preceding years. Subsequent changes in
					 classification shall be made when the annual operating revenues show a greater
					 or lesser classification for three consecutive years. Companies becoming
					 subject to the jurisdiction of the commission and not having revenue data for
					 the three immediately preceding years shall estimate the amount of their annual
					 revenues and adopt the scheme of accounts appropriate for the amount of such
					 estimated revenues.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 661 - Instructions-general › Section 661.2 - Records

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(a) The company's
					 financial records shall be kept in accordance with generally accepted
					 accounting principles to the extent permitted by this system of
					 accounts.
(b) The company's
					 financial records shall be kept with sufficient particularity to show fully the
					 facts pertaining to all entries in these accounts. The detail records shall be
					 filed in such manner as to be readily accessible for examination by
					 representatives of this commission.
(c) The commission shall require a company to
					 maintain financial and other subsidiary records in such a manner that specific
					 information, of a type not warranting disclosure as an account or subaccount,
					 will be readily available. When this occurs, or where the full information is
					 not otherwise recorded in the general books, the subsidiary records shall be
					 maintained in sufficient detail to facilitate the reporting of the required
					 specific information. The subsidiary records, in which the full details are
					 shown, shall be sufficiently referenced to permit ready identification and
					 examination by representatives of this commission, at a location within the
					 State of New York, unless the company is specifically exempted by order of this
					 commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 661 - Instructions-general › Section 661.3 - Accounts-general

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(a) As a general
					 rule, all accounts kept by reporting companies shall conform in numbers and
					 titles to those prescribed herein. However, reporting companies may use
					 different numbers for internal purposes when separate accounts (or subaccounts)
					 maintained are consistent with the title and content of accounts and
					 subaccounts prescribed in this system.
(1)
					 Accounts which are clearly summaries of other accounts or subaccounts are to be
					 used for reporting purposes and are not otherwise required to be
					 maintained.
(2) A company may
					 subdivide any of the accounts prescribed. The titles of all such subaccounts
					 shall refer by number or title to the controlling account.
(3) A telephone company may only use its own
					 subaccount structure where this structure can readily be mapped to the
					 subaccount structure prescribed in this system of accounts. Any company that
					 wishes to use its own subaccount structure shall file its proposed structure
					 with the director of the Office of Accounting and Finance, or his designee, no
					 less than 60 days before the intended adoption of such accounting practice.
					 Before such accounting practice may be adopted the director must be satisfied
					 that the proposed subaccount structure can be mapped to the subaccount
					 structure prescribed in this system of accounts.
(4) A company may establish temporary or
					 experimental accounts provided that within 30 days of the opening of such
					 accounts the company notifies the commission of the nature and purpose
					 thereof.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 661 - Instructions-general › Section 661.6 - Changes in accounting standards

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(a) The company's records and accounts shall
					 be adjusted to apply new accounting standards prescribed by the financial
					 accounting standards board or successor authoritative accounting
					 standard-setting groups, in a manner consistent with generally accepted
					 accounting principles. The change in accounting standard will automatically
					 take effect 150 days after the company informs this commission of its intention
					 to follow the new standard, unless the commission notifies the company to the
					 contrary. Concurrent with informing the director of the Office of Accounting
					 and Finance of its intent to adopt an accounting standards change, the company
					 shall also file a revenue requirement study for the current year and a
					 projection for three years into the future analyzing the effects of the
					 accounting standards change. Furthermore, any change subsequently adopted shall
					 be disclosed in annual reports to this commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 661 - Instructions-general › Section 661.7 - Interpretation of accounts

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To the end that uniform accounting shall be maintained
						within the prescribed system, questions involving matters of significance which
						are not clearly provided for shall be submitted to the director of the Office
						of Accounting and Finance, for explanation, interpretation, or resolution.
						Questions and answers thereto with respect to this system of accounts will be
						maintained by the Office of Accounting and Finance.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 661 - Instructions-general › Section 661.8 - Preservation of records

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(a) Except with
					 the permission of this commission, the companies shall not destroy any records
					 beyond those specifically permitted under Part 42, Preservation of Records of
					 Communication Common Carriers, of the rules of the Federal Communications
					 Commission governing the preservation of records of communication common
					 carriers, effective December 31, 1960, and as thereafter amended.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 661 - Instructions-general › Section 661.9 - Spreading of income, revenue, and expense items

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(a) When the amount of any unusual item
					 includable in an income, operating revenue, or operating expense account for a
					 single month is relatively so large that its inclusion in the accounts for that
					 month would seriously distort those accounts, it may be included in account
					 1439, Deferred Charges, or account 4360, Other Deferred Credits, as
					 appropriate, and distributed in equal amounts to the accounts for the current
					 and remaining months of the calendar year.
(b) When the amount of any unusual item
					 includable in the income, operating revenue, or operating expense accounts is
					 relatively so large that its inclusion in the accounts for the year in which
					 the transaction occurred, would seriously distort those accounts, the company
					 may request permission to include all or a part of the amount in account 1439,
					 Deferred Charges, or account 4360, Other Deferred Credits to be amortized over
					 such period and through such accounts as this commission shall determine.
					 Without permission from this commission, no such item shall be carried beyond
					 the year in which the transaction occurred.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 661 - Instructions-general › Section 661.10 - Waivers

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A waiver from any provision of this system of accounts
						shall be made by the commission upon its own initiative or upon the submission
						of written request therefor from any telecommunications company, or group of
						telecommunications companies, provided that such a waiver is in the public
						interest and each request for waiver expressly demonstrates that: existing
						peculiarities or unusual circumstances warrant a departure from a prescribed
						procedure or technique; a specifically defined alternative procedure or
						technique will result in a substantially equivalent or more accurate portrayal
						of operating results or financial condition, consistent with the principles
						embodied in the provisions of this system of accounts; and the application of
						such alternative procedure will maintain or improve uniformity in substantive
						results among telecommunications companies.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 661 - Instructions-general › Section 661.11 - Address for reports and correspondence

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Reports, statements, and correspondence submitted to the
						commission in accordance with or relating to instructions and requirements
						contained herein shall be addressed to the Office of Secretary, Building 3,
						Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VI - TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS › Subchapter E - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Telephone Corporations › Part 661 - Instructions-general › Section 661.12 - Sequence of accounts

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The order in which the accounts are presented in this
						system of accounts is not to be considered as necessarily indicative of the
						order in which they will be scheduled at all times in reports to this
						commission.