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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Notice of charges. Any person who owns, controls, operates or manages a public telephone shall provide a written notice within the immediate vicinity of the telephone and plainly visible to any person using the telephone. The notice must:
A. Identify the name, address and telephone number of the person who owns, controls, operates or manages the public telephone to whom complaints regarding that telephone may be directed;
B. Inform the person using the public telephone how to contact a local telephone company operator or “911” service operator in case of emergency;
C. Specify the rates or charges for use of the public telephone, including charges for local calls, intrastate calls, “800” or other toll-free calls, uncompleted calls, incoming calls, collect calls, 3rd-party calls and credit card calls; and
D. Contain the identity of the long-distance company that serves the public telephone, explain how the user of the public telephone may, at no charge, obtain information on the rates or charges imposed by the long-distance company, and any additional charges imposed on the user for long distance services.
2. Charges limited when no notice. Any person who owns, controls, operates or manages a public telephone and fails to provide the notice required by subsection 1 may not demand or receive compensation for use of the telephone in excess of charges imposed by the local exchange telephone utility serving that area with respect to that use.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A. Public Utilities § 7305. Notice of charges for use of public telephones - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-35-a-public-utilities/me-rev-st-tit-35-a-sect-7305/
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