Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7305 – Notice of charges for use of public telephones
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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; [PL 1989, c. 651, §2 (NEW).]
B. Inform the person using the public telephone how to contact a local telephone company operator or “911” service operator in case of emergency; [PL 1989, c. 651, §2 (NEW).]
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 [PL 1989, c. 651, §2 (NEW).]
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. [PL 1989, c. 651, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 1989, c. 651, §2 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7305
- Emergency: means a situation in which property or human or animal life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7102
- 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
- Public telephone: means a telephone made available for voice message use by members of the transient or general public for compensation, including pay telephones and any telephones provided for the use of lodgers in or patrons of hotels, motels, hospitals, medical and convalescent care facilities, academic institutions, transportation terminals, government offices, public buildings, restaurants or other places of public accommodation or prisons and other confinement facilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7102
- Telephone utility: includes every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, that provides telephone service for compensation inside this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
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.
[PL 1989, c. 651, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 651, §2 (NEW).