Montana Code 69-3-1106. Billing disclosure requirements
69-3-1106. Billing disclosure requirements. A telecommunications carrier that enters into a contract with an operator service provider for the purpose of providing billing services for operator service providers shall include a disclosure in each customer‘s bill that:
Terms Used In Montana Code 69-3-1106
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Customer: means a person who makes an intrastate telephone call through an operator service provider or the person accepting a collect telephone call made through an operator service provider. See Montana Code 69-3-1102
- Operator service provider: means any person, company, or entity that provides automated or live assistance to a customer to arrange for billing or completion, or both, of an intrastate telephone call through a method other than:
(a)automatic completion, with billing to the telephone from which the call originated; or
(b)completion through an access code used by the customer, with billing to an account previously established with a telecommunications carrier by the customer. See Montana Code 69-3-1102
- Telecommunications carrier: means the same as provided in 69-3-1302. See Montana Code 69-3-1102
(1)plainly and clearly identifies the operator service provider charges as distinct from those of the telecommunications carrier; and
(2)includes accurate information about the operator service provider so that the customer may contact the operator service provider by telephone for the purpose of contesting the charge or bringing an action against the operator service provider, or both. Upon request of the customer, the local service provider shall provide mailing address information about the operator service provider.