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LRB095 08715 MJR 28898 b |
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| services" has the same meaning ascribed to that term in 47 |
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| C.F.R. 1.907. With respect to wireless telecommunications |
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| services, all telecommunications carriers must provide |
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| itemized bills to end users that include only rate plan charges |
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| and line items and that clearly describe in plain language the |
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| services and products for which charges are imposed. |
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| (c) With respect to wireless telecommunications services, |
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| no telecommunications carrier shall include any line item on an |
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| end user's bill that has not been mandated or expressly |
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| authorized by federal, State, or local law, rule, or |
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| regulation. |
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| (d) Any line item specifying recovery of costs associated |
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| with a federal, State, or local government mandate or express |
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| federal, State, or local government authorization: |
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| (1) must state the specific charge and identify the |
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| law, rule, or regulation for which the charge is assessed; |
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| (2) must accurately reflect the amount assessed to the |
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| telecommunications carrier pursuant to the federal, State, |
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| or local government mandate, or through express |
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| authorization of federal, State, or local law, rule, or |
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| regulation, and, if assessed to the end user, (i) must be |
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| assessed in an amount proportionate to the end user's share |
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| of the assessment and
(ii) must not, when aggregated across |
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| all end users, exceed the actual cost of the mandate to the |
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| telecommunications carrier; |
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| (3) must not be aggregated with other charges; and |