Montana Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers § 69-3-810. New service--withdrawal of services

(1) A provider of regulated telecommunications service shall provide notice, in the form prescribed by the commission, of its intent to offer a new service to its customers. The notice must include a description of the service, a minimum price, and the terms and conditions under which it will be offered. At the end of a 10-day comment period for interested parties, the commission may immediately approve, suspend, or disapprove the new service offering or it may allow the interim introduction of the service pending a hearing at a later date. If the commission has not acted at the end of 30 days following issuance of notice, the provider may proceed to offer the service.

(2) A new service may be offered on a detariffed basis. A price list containing the price of the new service must be filed with the commission at the time the service is offered to the public.

(3) For purposes of this section, “new service” means any service that is introduced separately or in combination with other services and that is not functionally required to provide local exchange service or that is not a repackaged current service or a direct replacement for a regulated telecommunications service.

(4) A provider of regulated telecommunications service may withdraw a service upon 30 days' notice to the commission and to the users of the service. The commission may, however, suspend the withdrawal of the service, either on its own motion or at the request of an interested person, and shall then proceed to hearing.