Montana Code 69-3-907. Proposed increase or decrease effective unless requisite petitions received by commission
69-3-907. Proposed increase or decrease effective unless requisite petitions received by commission. (1) If by the 60th day following notice to subscribers of a proposed rate increase or decrease the commission has not received petitions containing signatures from at least 10% of the affected subscribers in any rate category or a petition for review from the consumer counsel, the commission shall certify this fact to the small telecommunications provider and the proposed rate increase or decrease becomes effective as published in the notice of proposed increase or decrease.
Terms Used In Montana Code 69-3-907
- Commission: means the Montana public service commission. See Montana Code 69-3-901
- Rate: means a charge by a small telecommunications provider to a subscriber for the initiation or continued provision of regulated telecommunications service. See Montana Code 69-3-901
- Rate increase: means an increase in the rates for regulated telecommunications services provided by a small telecommunications provider and the creation of new rates. See Montana Code 69-3-901
- Small telecommunications provider: means a person, partnership, corporation, or other entity providing regulated telecommunications service to less than 12,000 subscribers in Montana. See Montana Code 69-3-901
(2)If by the 60th day following notice to subscribers of a proposed rate increase or decrease the commission has received petitions containing signatures from 10% or more of the affected subscribers in any rate category or a petition for review from the consumer counsel, the commission shall notify the small telecommunications provider of this fact and shall indicate that the proposed rate increase or decrease in that rate category will not take effect as noticed. The commission shall then review and determine the rates in that category pursuant to 69-3-904.
(3)In the case of a proposed increase or decrease in rates for access services provided to interexchange carriers, a valid petition for commission review and determination of rates consists of a signature of an authorized representative of any interexchange carrier that would be affected by the access rates that are proposed to be increased or decreased.