§7107. Unauthorized services

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
A. "Billing agent" means a telephone utility that includes in a bill it sends to a customer a charge for a product or service offered by a service provider. [1999, c. 59, §1 (NEW); 1999, c. 59, §3 (AFF).]
B. "Billing aggregator" means any person, other than a service provider, who forwards the charge for a product or service offered by a service provider to a billing agent. [1999, c. 59, §1 (NEW); 1999, c. 59, §3 (AFF).]
C. "Service provider" means any person, other than the billing agent, that offers a product or service to a customer, the charge for which appears on the bill of a billing agent. [1999, c. 59, §1 (NEW); 1999, c. 59, §3 (AFF).]
D. "Unauthorized service" means the provision of any service or product by a service provider from whom a billing agent has not obtained sufficient evidence of customer authorization and for which a charge appears on the customer's telephone bill. For the purposes of this section, a charge for a collect call is deemed to be authorized by the customer receiving the call. [1999, c. 59, §1 (NEW); 1999, c. 59, §3 (AFF).]
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