Oregon Statutes 759.260 – Unjust discrimination in rates
(1) Except as provided in ORS § 759.265, no telecommunications utility or any agent or officer thereof shall, directly or indirectly, by any device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by it than:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 759.260
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Telecommunications: means the transmission of information chosen by a person, between or among points specified by the person, without change in the form or content of the information sent or received. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
(a) That prescribed in the public schedules or tariffs then in force or established; or
(b) It charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person for a like and contemporaneous service under substantially similar circumstances. A difference in rates or charges based upon a difference in classification pursuant to ORS § 759.210 shall not constitute a violation of this paragraph.
(2) Any telecommunications utility violating this section is guilty of unjust discrimination. [1987 c.447 § 46; 1989 c.5 § 22; 1993 c.18 § 165]