Md. Code, Public Utilities § 8-404
This is the official text of Md. Code, Public Utilities § 8-404, part of Maryland’s Code, Public Utilities — regulates utility companies.
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§8–404.
Official statutory text
Unless the telephone company or reseller complies with authorization and confirmation procedures adopted by the Commission and by federal law and regulation, a telephone company or reseller may not, on behalf of a customer:
(1) change, or direct another telephone company or reseller to change, the customer’s telephone company or reseller;
(2) select a telecommunications service option for which the telephone company or reseller imposes a charge; or
(3) change the person who bills the customer or the customer’s billing arrangement.
(1) change, or direct another telephone company or reseller to change, the customer’s telephone company or reseller;
(2) select a telecommunications service option for which the telephone company or reseller imposes a charge; or
(3) change the person who bills the customer or the customer’s billing arrangement.
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