CHAPTER 530

H.P. 1273 - L.D. 1751

An Act To Create Consistency between State and Federal

Telephone Consumer Protection Laws

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §7106, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 71, §2, is further amended to read:

A. Notwithstanding Title 32, chapter 69, subchapter V 5 or Title 32, section 4690-A, subsection 4 14716, and except as otherwise provided by the commission by rule adopted pursuant to subsection 3, a local or intrastate interexchange carrier may not initiate the change of a customer's local or intrastate carrier unless the change is verified by one of the following methods:

(1) Written or electronically signed authorization from the customer;

(2) Toll-free electronic authorization placed from the telephone number that is the subject of the change order; or

(3) Oral authorization obtained by an independent 3rd party.

Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §7106, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 702, §1, is amended to read: