LD 1953
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LR 1934
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(10) The lead-acid battery deposit imposed by Title
38, section 1604, subsection 2-B.

 
Sec. A-3. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§18-A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 668,
§22, is further amended to read:

 
18-A. Telephone or telegraph service. "Telephone or telegraph
service" means all telecommunications or telegraph service,
including installation or use of telecommunication or telegraphic
equipment, but not including telecommunications or telegraph
service originating or terminating outside this State.
"Telecommunications or telegraphic equipment" means any 2-way
interactive communications device, system or process for
transmitting or receiving signals and capable of exchanging
audio, database or textual information. "Telecommunications
service" does not include access services provided by a local
exchange carrier to an interstate or intrastate interexchange
carrier. "Telephone or telegraph service" does not include
directory advertising service. This subsection applies to leases
entered into prior to October 1, 1996.

 
Sec. A-4. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§18-B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 668,
§23, is further amended to read:

 
18-B. Telephone or telegraph service. "Telephone or
telegraph service" means all telecommunications or telegraph
service, including installation of telecommunication or
telegraphic equipment, but not including telecommunications or
telegraph service originating or terminating outside this State.
"Telecommunications and telegraph equipment" means any 2-way
interactive communications device, system or process for
transmitting or receiving signals and capable of exchanging
audio, database or textual information. "Telecommunications and
telegraph equipment" does not include computers, except those
components of a computer used primarily and directly as a 2-way
interactive communications device capable of exchanging audio,
database or textual information. "Telephone or telegraph
service" does not include directory advertising service. This
subsection applies to leases entered into on or after October 1,
1996.

 
Sec. A-5. 36 MRSA §1760, as amended by PL 1997, c. 791, Pt. A, §2,
is repealed.

 
Sec. A-6. 36 MRSA §1765, as amended by PL 1997, c. 133, §§3 and 4,
is repealed.

 
Sec. A-7. 36 MRSA §1811-A, as amended by PL 1981, c. 706, §22, is
repealed.


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