LD 481
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LD 481 Title Page An Act To Preserve Competition in the Long-distance Telephone Market LD 481 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §7108 is enacted to read:

 
§7108.__Separation of marketing

 
A telephone utility that provides both local exchange
service and interstate interexchange service may not market or
refer to its interstate interexchange service offerings when
marketing or arranging local exchange service to a customer.__
The commission by rule shall establish standards of conduct
governing telephone utilities that provide both local exchange
and interstate interexchange service to ensure that employees
involved in the marketing of local exchange services are not
involved in the marketing of interstate interexchange
services.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine
technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter
2-A.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill ensures that employees of telephone utilities that
provide both local exchange and interstate interexchange
service who are involved in the marketing of local exchange
services are not involved in the marketing of interstate
interexchange services.


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