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22. Voice mail service. "Voice mail service" means an
ancillary service that enables the customer to store, send or
receive recorded messages. "Voice mail service" does not include
any vertical services that the customer may be required to have
in order to use the voice mail service.

 
Sec. 58. 36 MRSA §2552, sub-§1, ¶¶J and K, as enacted by PL 2005, c.
386, Pt. S, §6 and affected by §9, are amended to read:

 
J. Personal support services; and

 
K. Residential training services.; and

 
Sec. 59. 36 MRSA §2552, sub-§1, ¶L is enacted to read:

 
L.__Ancillary services.

 
Sec. 60. 36 MRSA §2556, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. V,
§25 and affected by §29, is amended to read:

 
1. Identifying place of primary use. Mobile
telecommunications services provided to a customer whose place of
primary use is located in this State, the charges for which are
billed by or for the customer's home service provider, are deemed
to be provided at the customer's place of primary use. A home
service provider is responsible for obtaining and maintaining a
record of a customer's place of primary use. Subject to
subsection 2 and if the home service provider's reliance on the
information provided by its customer is in good faith, the home
service provider:

 
A. May rely on the applicable residential or business
street address supplied by the home service provider's
customer; and

 
B. May not be held liable for any additional taxes under
this chapter based on a different determination of the place
of primary use.

 
Sec. 61. 36 MRSA §2556-A is enacted to read:

 
§2556-A. Telecommunications sourcing

 
1. Call-by-call basis. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, a sale of telecommunications services sold on a
call-by-call basis must be sourced to the taxing jurisdiction
where the call originates and terminates, if the call originates
and terminates in the same jurisdiction, or otherwise to the
taxing jurisdiction where the call either originates or


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