Section 759.710 – Pay-per-call information; disclosure.
(1) An information provider that advertises pay-per-call services that are broadcast by radio or television, contained in home videos or that appear on movie screens must include an announcement that accurately represents the price of the service being advertised. The announcement must be clearly articulated in the language used in the body of the program […]
Section 759.715 – Information service blocking; suspension or termination of telephone service for nonpayment of information service charges; rules.
(1) Local exchange carriers shall make information delivery service blocking available to all customers as soon as such a system becomes technically available to local exchange carriers. Local exchange carriers shall notify customers of such a blocking service when available. (2) A customer’s local or long distance service shall not be suspended or terminated for […]
Section 759.680 – Operator service provider duties to service users; rules.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Call aggregator” means a person who furnishes a telephone for use by the public, including but not limited to hotels, hospitals, colleges, airports, public pay station owners and pay station agents. (b) “Contract” means an agreement between an operator service provider and a call aggregator to automatically connect […]
Section 759.720 – Action against information provider for failure to comply with law; remedies; customer liability for charges.
(1) Any customer, telecommunications utility or local exchange carrier who suffers damages from a violation of ORS 646.608, 646.639 and 759.700 to 759.720 by an information provider has a cause of action against such information provider. The court may award the greater of three times the actual damages or $500, or order an injunction or […]
Section 759.685 – Surcharge assessed on retail telecommunications subscribers; rules.
(1)(a) In order to fund the programs provided in sections 2 to 6, chapter 290, Oregon Laws 1987, and ORS 759.693 to 759.698, the Public Utility Commission shall develop and implement a system for assessing a surcharge in an amount not to exceed 35 cents per month against each paying retail subscriber who has telecommunications […]
Section 759.730 – Unauthorized changes in telecommunications carriers (“slamming”); rules.
(1) The Public Utility Commission may by rule assume primary responsibility for resolving consumer complaints relating to changes in a consumer’s telecommunications carrier, as defined in ORS 759.400, in violation of federal laws, federal regulations or Federal Communications Commission orders. (2) If the Public Utility Commission assumes primary responsibility for resolving consumer complaints relating to […]
Section 759.687 – Residential Service Protection Fund.
The Residential Service Protection Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys in the fund are appropriated to the Public Utility Commission to carry out the provisions of chapter 290, Oregon Laws 1987. [1987 […]
Section 759.900 – Liability of utility; effect on other remedies; liability for personal injury or property damage.
(1) Any telecommunications utility which does, or causes or permits to be done, any matter, act or thing prohibited by this chapter or ORS chapter 756, 757 or 758 or omits to do any act, matter or thing required to be done by such statutes, is liable to the person injured thereby in the amount […]
Section 759.688 – Oregon Telephone Assistance Program Advisory Committee; duties; members; rules.
(1) As used in this section, “the plan of assistance” means the plan of assistance established by the Public Utility Commission under section 6, chapter 290, Oregon Laws 1987. (2) The Oregon Telephone Assistance Program Advisory Committee is established as an advisory committee to the commission for the purposes described in subsection (4) of this […]
Section 759.990 – Penalties.
(1) Any telecommunications utility violating ORS 759.260 commits a Class A violation. Violation of ORS 759.260 by an officer or agent of a telecommunications utility is a Class D violation. (2) Violation of ORS 759.275 is a specific fine violation punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000. (3) Violation of ORS 759.280 is […]