§ 102 — IntraLATA presubscribed interexchange carrier-change charge study

§ 102. IntraLATA presubscribed interexchange carrier-change charge\nstudy. 1. As used in this section, the following terms have the\nfollowing meanings:\n (a) "Provider of telephone service" means a telephone corporation that\nprovides intraLATA or local exchange telephone service to end-use\ncustomers.\n (b) "Customer change of use charges" means intraLATA presubscribed\ninterexchange carrier-change charges, that any provider of residential\nor single-line business telephone service levies upon the customer for\nthe customer's change in intraLATA presubscribed interexchange carrier\nservice or complete termination of that service.\n (c) "Customer local calling plan" means any residential or single-line\nbusiness telephone plan, exclusively for the purpose of completing\nregional intraLATA calls, offered by any telegraph corporation or\ntelephone corporation, subject to section ninety of this article.\n 2. The commission shall conduct a study to analyze trends associated\nwith customer change of use charges related to changes of a customer's\nlocal calling plan and determine the extent to which these changes take\nplace and the actual cost for a provider of telephone service to make\nall the necessary changes associated with such a change. From its\nfindings, the commission shall publish a report regarding the activity\nrelated to changes in local calling plans and the costs associated with\nthe changes of such plans. The report must be published within one\nhundred twenty days of the effective date of this section. A copy of the\nreport must be furnished to the temporary president of the senate, the\nspeaker of the assembly, the chairperson of the senate standing\ncommittee on energy and telecommunications, and the chairperson of the\nassembly standing committee on corporations, authorities and\ncommissions.\n 3. In cases where the customer's calling plan was altered by, or on\nbehalf of, a telegraph corporation and/or telephone corporation subject\nto section ninety of this article, other than the customer's provider of\ntelephone service, the telegraph corporation or telephone corporation\nshall pay the customer change of use charges to the provider of\ntelephone service.\n 4. The commission shall notify customers of its findings on its\nofficial world wide web website.\n