Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7504 – Special telephone equipment
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7504
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Person: includes a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, estate, any other legal entity or natural person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
The commission shall retain jurisdiction over the sale or lease of volume control and low-speech power telephone equipment and of bone conductor receivers, pursuant to section 103, until it makes an affirmative finding, based on full consideration of an evidentiary record, that there are adequate retail outlets in the State to ensure affordable and competitive pricing of this equipment and its availability in sufficient quantities to satisfy the current and projected demand for that equipment by customers with hearing or speech impairments. The commission shall have discretion not to regulate any person whose share of the total market in the State of volume control or low-speech power telephone equipment or of bone conductor receivers is considered not to be substantial. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW).