Sec. 6. The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement IC 8-1-29-5.5. The commission’s rules shall ensure that a customer of a telecommunications provider is not:

(1) switched to another telecommunications provider without the customer’s authorization; or

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-29-6

  • commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1-1
  • customer: means a person to whom telecommunications services are provided. See Indiana Code 8-1-29-1
  • telecommunications: means the electronic transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information sent and received. See Indiana Code 8-1-29-2
  • telecommunications provider: means a person that provides telecommunications service. See Indiana Code 8-1-29-3
(2) billed for additional services by a telecommunications provider that without the customer’s authorization added the services to the customer’s service order.

The rules adopted under this section must be consistent with rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission concerning verification procedures for the switching of a customer’s telecommunications provider.

As added by P.L.92-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.135-1999, SEC.5.