February 11, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Anderson, Bieda, Vagnozzi, Law, Gieleghem, Accavitti, O'Neil, Minore and Gleason and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.
A bill to amend 1991 PA 179, entitled
"Michigan telecommunications act,"
(MCL 484.2101 to 484.2701) by adding section 312c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 312c. (1) Before advising a caller how to complete a
2 0+ call using a payphone, the operator service provider that owns
3 or operates the payphone or contracts to provide toll service for
4 the payphone provider shall orally advise a caller attempting to
5 use the toll service how the caller may receive a rate quote.
6 (2) To receive a rate quote, the caller shall have the option
7 of either pressing a sequence of not more than 2 keys or staying
8 on the line for assistance from the toll service provider.
9 (3) The caller shall not be assessed any charge for the use
10 of the payphone or toll service if the caller terminates the call
11 after receiving the rate quote.
1 (4) This section does not apply to calls made by a caller
2 utilizing his or her toll provider of choice by dialing the
3 provider's access service method.