Section 742.5 Of Article 2. Rates From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 2.
742.5
. (a) No telephone corporation which operates within a service
area shall provide billing and collection services for either of the
following:
(1) Any telephone corporation which has not obtained a certificate
of public convenience and necessity but is required to do so.
(2) Any person or corporation providing billing and collection
services for any telephone corporation which has not obtained a
certificate of public convenience and necessity but is required to do
so.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not prohibit a telephone corporation
operating within a service area from providing billing and collection
services for a provider of enhanced service, as defined by Section
64.702 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(c) No telephone corporation which provides billing and collection
services for any call placed by a subscriber of the telephone
corporation from a coin-activated telephone available for public use
owned or operated by other than a telephone corporation shall
transmit any charge which is in excess of the maximum tariff rate or
charge for that call placed from that telephone, as determined by the
commission. Any reasonable cost incurred by the telephone
corporation in verifying any such charge may be included in the fees
or charges for conducting the billing and collection services. The
commission shall adopt rules and procedures for the implementation of
this subdivision.