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1.Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a.“Alternative operator services company” means a nongovernmental company which
receives more than half of its Iowa intrastate telecommunications services revenues from
calls placed by end-user customers from telephones other than ordinary residence or
business telephones. The definition is further limited to include only companies which
provide operator assistance, either through live or automated intervention, on calls placed
from other than ordinary residence or business telephones, and does not include services
provided under contract to rate-regulated local exchange utilities.
b.“Contracting entity” means an entity providing telephones other than ordinary
residence or business telephones for use by end-u
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1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Alternative operator services company” means a nongovernmental company which
receives more than half of its Iowa intrastate telecommunications services revenues from
calls placed by end-user customers from telephones other than ordinary residence or
business telephones. The definition is further limited to include only companies which
provide operator assistance, either through live or automated intervention, on calls placed
from other than ordinary residence or business telephones, and does not include services
provided under contract to rate-regulated local exchange utilities.
b. “Contracting entity” means an entity providing telephones other than ordinary
residence or business telephones for use by end-user customers which has contracted with
an alternative operator services company to provide telecommunications services to those
telephones.
c. “End-user customer” means a person who places a local or toll call.
d. “Other than ordinary residence or business telephones” means telephones other than
the residence or business telephones of the customary users of the telephones, including but
not limited to pay telephones and telephones in motel, hotel, hospital, and college dormitory
rooms.
2. Jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any finding by the commission that a service or facility
is subject to competition and should be deregulated pursuant to section 476.1, all intrastate
telecommunicationsservicesprovidedbyalternativeoperatorservicescompaniestoend-user
customers, using other than ordinary residence or business telephones, are subject to the
jurisdiction of the commission and shall be rendered pursuant to tariffs approved by the
commission. Alternativeoperatorservicescompaniesshallbesubjecttoallrequirementsand
sanctionsprovidedinthischapter. Contractingentitiesshallbesubjecttotherequirementsof
anycommissionregulationsconcerningtelecommunicationsservicesprovidedbyalternative
operator services companies.
3. Requirements. The commission shall adopt and enforce requirements for the
provision of services by alternative operator services companies and contracting entities.
4. Billing by local exchange utilities. Notwithstanding any finding by the commission
that a service or facility is subject to competition and should be deregulated pursuant to
section 476.1, a regulated local exchange utility shall not perform billing and collection
functions relating to regulated telecommunications services provided by an alternative
operator services company, unless the alternative operator services company has filed a
statement with the local exchange utility signed by a corporate officer, or other authorized
person having personal knowledge, that all regulated telecommunications services to be
billed shall be rendered pursuant to tariffs approved by the commission.