LD 1919
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8.__Place of primary use.__"Place of primary use" means the
street address representative of where a customer's use of mobile
telecommunications services primarily occurs, which must be
either the residential street address or the primary business
street address of the customer and must also be located within
the licensed service area of the home service provider. For
purposes of determining the place of primary use, "customer"
means the person or entity that contracts with the home service
provider for mobile telecommunications services or, if the end
user of such services is not the contracting party, the person
that is the end user of such services. The term "customer" does
not include a reseller of mobile telecommunications services or a
serving carrier under an agreement to serve the customer outside
the home service provider's licensed service area.

 
9.__Prepaid calling arrangement.__"Prepaid calling
arrangement" means the right to purchase exclusively
telecommunications services that must be paid for in advance and
that enables the origination of calls using an access number or
authorization code.__The sale or recharge of the service is
considered a sale within the State if the transfer for
consideration takes place at the vendor's place of business in
the State.__If the sale or recharge of a prepaid calling
arrangement does not take place at the vendor's place of
business, the sale or recharge is deemed to take place at the
customer's shipping address or, if there is no item shipped, at
the customer's billing address or the location associated with
the customer's mobile telephone number.__The sale of the service
is deemed to occur on the date of the transfer for consideration
of the service.

 
10.__Private nonmedical institution.__"Private nonmedical
institution" means a person licensed by the Department of Human
Services or the Department of Behavioral and Developmental
Services to provide private nonmedical institution services to 4
or more MaineCare-eligible and other residents in single or
multiple facilities under a written agreement with the Department
of Human Services or the Department of Behavioral and
Developmental Services.__"Private nonmedical institution" does
not include a health insurance organization, hospital, nursing
home or community health care center.

 
11.__Private nonmedical institution services.__"Private
nonmedical institution services" means services, including food,
shelter and treatment, that are provided by a private nonmedical
institution.

 
12.__Reseller.__"Reseller," when used in relation to mobile
telecommunications services, means a provider that purchases
telecommunications services from another telecommunications


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